Newspapers of Hong Kong

English Newspapers

• South China Morning Post
• The Standard (formerly, the I-mail)
• Eastern Express (now defunct)

The three English publications are regarded as neutral towards the government and are mostly "serious" newspapers.

Chinese Newspapers

• Apple Daily
• Hong Kong Commercial Daily
• Hong Kong Economic Journal
• Hong Kong Economic Times
• Metropolis Daily
• Ming Pao
• Oriental Daily
• Sing Pao Daily News
• Sing Tao Daily
• Sun Daily
• Ta Kung Pao
• Wen Wei Po

The Ta Kung Pao, Hong Kong Commercial Daily and Wenweipao are all considered pro-China and pro-government. Oriental Daily, Apple Daily and Sun Daily are known for their sensational articles and their informal writing style and occasional pornography. The other papers, Singpao, Sing Tao, Ming Pao, Hong Kong Economic Times and Metropolis Daily are all general newspapers except the "Hong Kong Economic Times", which is business oriented.

Popularity

Among the English newspapers, South China Morning Post is the most popular while with Cantonese newspapers, Apple Daily and the Oriental Daily have the highest circulation. According to independent surveys, Ming Pao and Economic Press are the most trusted by readers in Hong Kong.

Paparazzi

The fact that Apple Daily and Oriental Daily and not the highly respected Economic Press are of the highest circulation can be explained by their approach.

Both have an informal style, concentrating on celebrity gossip and paparazzi photography. This style of writing, like in other markets, is popular with a large section of the public. The content is often exaggerated or outright fabricated in order to claim "exclusives". Although the subjects of these alleged falsehoods have tried to express their dissatifaction through actions such as refusing interviews or even suing the reporters, they have not stopped the papers' activities.

Price

The number of newspapers in the market has been stable over a long time in its business field. Occasional attempts at establishing new types of newspaper and theme orientated newspaper are present, but most cannot stand the keen competition from the "main stream" newspapers.

Most of the newspapers available are with fixed price at HKD$6 except the Sun Daily and the South China Morning Post . The Metropolis Daily, which is actually the 3rd largest daily newspaper in Hong Kong written in Chinese with an international news section in English, is free of charge. It is distributed in 48 MTR stations during rush hours from Monday to Friday.

See also:

• Media in Hong Kong, Communications in Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulations
• List of newspapers, Newspapers of China
• List of Chinese companies

External Links

English Newspapers

• http://www.scmp.com/
• http://www.thestandard.com.hk/

Chinese Newspapers

• http://www.atnext.com/
• http://www.singtao.com/
• http://www.mingpao.com/newspaper/
• http://the-sun.com.hk/
• http://www.orientaldaily.com.hk/
• http://www.takungpao.com/
• http://www.wenweipo.com/
• http://www.metrohk.com.hk/
• http://www.singpao.com/

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