Newspapers of Hong Kong
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This is a list of newspapers in Hong Kong. Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 is home to many of Asia's biggest English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 and Chinese language
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

 newspapers. The territory has one of the world's largest press industries and is a major centre for print journalism.

Popularity

The Chinese language newspapers, Oriental Daily News
Oriental Daily News
Oriental Daily News is a Chinese language newspaper in Hong Kong. It was established in 1969. It is one of the two newspapers published by the Oriental Press Group Limited , found by Ma's Family.-History:While Oriental Daily targets at a more mature reader group, Sun Daily Oriental Daily News is...

, Apple Daily
Apple Daily
Apple Daily is a Hong-Kong-based tabloid-style newspaper founded in 1995 by Jimmy Lai Chee Ying and is published by its company, Next Media. A sister publication carrying the same name is published in Taiwan, Republic of China under a joint venture between Next Media and other Taiwanese companies...

 and Sun Daily have the highest shares in the Hong Kong newspaper market, while the Hong Kong Economic Times
Hong Kong Economic Times
Hong Kong Economic Times , the leading financial daily in Hong Kong, was founded by Mr. Fung Siu Por, Lawrence , Mr. Perry Mak , Mr. Arthur Shek and other founders with HK$20 million of foundation fund in 1988...

 is the best-selling financial newspaper. The Hongkong Standard, a free tabloid with a mass market strategy, is the most widely-circulated English newspaper by a significant margin. Its rival, the South China Morning Post
South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post , together with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is an English-language Hong Kong newspaper, published by the SCMP Group with a circulation of 104,000....

, has the most paid subscribers among English-language papers in Hong Kong and nearly 10 times the total revenue from subscribers and advertisers of the Hongkong Standard based upon a high-end focus strategy. According to independent surveys conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a research-led university in Hong Kong.CUHK is the only tertiary education institution in Hong Kong with Nobel Prize winners on its faculty, including Chen Ning Yang, James Mirrlees, Robert Alexander Mundell and Charles K. Kao...

, South China Morning Post
South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post , together with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is an English-language Hong Kong newspaper, published by the SCMP Group with a circulation of 104,000....

 and Ming Pao
Ming Pao
Ming Pao is a Chinese language newspaper published by Ming Pao Group in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, Ming Pao established four overseas branches in North America, each provides independent reporting on local news and collect local advertisements. Currently, only the two Canadian editions remain: Ming...

 are the most trusted newspapers in Hong Kong (see below).

Paparazzi

The fact that Apple Daily
Apple Daily
Apple Daily is a Hong-Kong-based tabloid-style newspaper founded in 1995 by Jimmy Lai Chee Ying and is published by its company, Next Media. A sister publication carrying the same name is published in Taiwan, Republic of China under a joint venture between Next Media and other Taiwanese companies...

 and The Sun
The Sun (Hong Kong)
The Sun is one of the newspapers in Hong Kong, first published in March 1999. It belongs to the Oriental Press Group Limited .There is also an electronic version of The Sun on the Internet...

 are among those with the highest circulation can be explained by their approach. Both use an informal style, concentrating on celebrity gossip and paparazzi
Paparazzi
Paparazzi is an Italian term used to refer to photojournalists who specialize in candid photography of celebrities, politicians, and other prominent people...

 photography, and written to some degree in colloquial Cantonese phrases. This style of writing, as 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 succeeded in stopping the papers' activities.

Number and price

The number of newspapers in the market has been stable for a long time. There are occasional attempts at establishing new types of newspaper and theme-oriented papers, but most of these new papers cannot compete with the more mainstream papers. However, the entry into the market of free newspapers Metropolis Daily
Metropolis Daily
Metropolis Daily is the Hong Kong edition of Metro , which publishes free newspapers around the world with 25 editions in 16 countries in 14 languages...

, Headline Daily
Headline Daily
Headline Daily was launched on July 12, 2005 by Sing Tao Newspaper Group Limited and became the second free Chinese newspaper published officially in Hong Kong . The paper is only distributed on weekdays and is aimed at the working class. The estimated average daily circulation of the paper is...

, am730
Am730
am730, operated by AM730 Media Limited, is the third free Chinese newspaper in Hong Kong, the prior two being Headline Daily and Metropolis Daily. Shih Wing-ching, chairman of the Centaline Holdings property agency, is the founder of the newspaper. Shih introduced the new paper due to the...

, and The Epoch Times
The Epoch Times
The Epoch Times is a multi-language, international media organisation. As a newspaper, the Times has been publishing in Chinese since May 2000. It was founded in 1999 by supporters of the Falun Gong spiritual discipline....

 has spurred competition. In September 2007, The Standard changed its business model from a traditional daily into a free-sheet, distributed in commercial districts like Central
Central, Hong Kong
Central is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula...

 and Admiralty
Admiralty, Hong Kong
Admiralty is the eastern extension of central business district of the Central on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It is located on the eastern end of the Central and Western District, bordered by Wan Chai to the east and Victoria Harbour to the north. The name of Admiralty refers to the former...

.

Most papers sell at the cover price of HKD$6, except the South China Morning Post
South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post , together with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is an English-language Hong Kong newspaper, published by the SCMP Group with a circulation of 104,000....

 ($7, while the Sunday edition costs $8). The economic recession brought about by SARS
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is a respiratory disease in humans which is caused by the SARS coronavirus . Between November 2002 and July 2003 an outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong nearly became a pandemic, with 8,422 cases and 916 deaths worldwide according to the WHO...

 in 2003 led to some resellers pricing at $1 below the recommended price. According to the HK Newspaper Hawkers Association, the situation has lasted through to 2008, and some 10% of sellers maintain the cut price despite the change in the prevailing economic climate. The Association urges a return to resale price maintenance
Resale price maintenance
Resale price maintenance is the practice whereby a manufacturer and its distributors agree that the latter will sell the former's product at certain prices , at or above a price floor or at or below a price ceiling...

.

Chinese-language newspapers

  • Apple Daily
    Apple Daily
    Apple Daily is a Hong-Kong-based tabloid-style newspaper founded in 1995 by Jimmy Lai Chee Ying and is published by its company, Next Media. A sister publication carrying the same name is published in Taiwan, Republic of China under a joint venture between Next Media and other Taiwanese companies...

     (蘋果日報)
  • Hong Kong Commercial Daily
    Hong Kong Commercial Daily
    The Hong Kong Commercial Daily is a business-oriented newspaper, published in broadsheet format. Established in 1952, it was the first financial newspaper in the Chinese language, with its electronic format available on the Internet...

     (香港商報)
  • Hong Kong Daily News (新報)
  • Hong Kong Economic Journal
    Hong Kong Economic Journal
    The Hong Kong Economic Journal is a Chinese language daily newspaper published in Hong Kong by the Shun Po Co., Ltd. Available in both Hong Kong and Macau, the newspaper mainly focuses on economic news and other related issues...

     (信報財經新聞)
  • Hong Kong Economic Times
    Hong Kong Economic Times
    Hong Kong Economic Times , the leading financial daily in Hong Kong, was founded by Mr. Fung Siu Por, Lawrence , Mr. Perry Mak , Mr. Arthur Shek and other founders with HK$20 million of foundation fund in 1988...

     (香港經濟日報)
  • Kung Kao Po
    Kung Kao Po
    Kung Kao Po — literally “Catholic newspaper” — is a Chinese language newspaper in Hong Kong. Launched on August 1, 1928, it is owned and published by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong....

     (公教報)
  • Ming Pao
    Ming Pao
    Ming Pao is a Chinese language newspaper published by Ming Pao Group in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, Ming Pao established four overseas branches in North America, each provides independent reporting on local news and collect local advertisements. Currently, only the two Canadian editions remain: Ming...

     (明報)
  • Oriental Daily News
    Oriental Daily News
    Oriental Daily News is a Chinese language newspaper in Hong Kong. It was established in 1969. It is one of the two newspapers published by the Oriental Press Group Limited , found by Ma's Family.-History:While Oriental Daily targets at a more mature reader group, Sun Daily Oriental Daily News is...

     (東方日報)
  • Sing Pao Daily News
    Sing Pao Daily News
    Sing Pao Daily News is one of the oldest Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong and was first published on May 1, 1939 by the Sing Pao Newspaper Company Limited . It was initially published once every three days, and later once a day...

     (成報)
  • Sing Tao Daily
    Sing Tao Daily
    The Sing Tao Daily is Hong Kong's second largest Chinese language newspaper. It is owned by Sing Tao News Corporation Limited, of which Charles Ho Tsu Kwok is the chairman. Its English language sister paper is The Standard...

     (星島日報)
  • The Sun (太陽報)
  • Ta Kung Pao
    Ta Kung Pao
    Ta Kung Pao is the oldest active Chinese language newspaper in China. It is based in Hong Kong and has been funded by the government of the People's Republic of China since 1949...

     (大公報)
  • Wen Wei Po
    Wen Wei Po
    Wen Wei Po is a Hong Kong-based Chinese language newspaper, which was first established in Shanghai in January 1938; its Hong Kong version was launched on 9 September 1948....

     (文匯報)


Ta Kung Pao
Ta Kung Pao
Ta Kung Pao is the oldest active Chinese language newspaper in China. It is based in Hong Kong and has been funded by the government of the People's Republic of China since 1949...

, Hong Kong Commercial Daily
Hong Kong Commercial Daily
The Hong Kong Commercial Daily is a business-oriented newspaper, published in broadsheet format. Established in 1952, it was the first financial newspaper in the Chinese language, with its electronic format available on the Internet...

, Sing Pao, and Wen Wei Po
Wen Wei Po
Wen Wei Po is a Hong Kong-based Chinese language newspaper, which was first established in Shanghai in January 1938; its Hong Kong version was launched on 9 September 1948....

 are all considered pro-Beijing and pro-government; Oriental Daily, The Sun
The Sun (Hong Kong)
The Sun is one of the newspapers in Hong Kong, first published in March 1999. It belongs to the Oriental Press Group Limited .There is also an electronic version of The Sun on the Internet...

 and Sing Tao
Sing Tao Daily
The Sing Tao Daily is Hong Kong's second largest Chinese language newspaper. It is owned by Sing Tao News Corporation Limited, of which Charles Ho Tsu Kwok is the chairman. Its English language sister paper is The Standard...

 are considered as slightly pro-Beijing and pro-government; and Apple Daily
Apple Daily
Apple Daily is a Hong-Kong-based tabloid-style newspaper founded in 1995 by Jimmy Lai Chee Ying and is published by its company, Next Media. A sister publication carrying the same name is published in Taiwan, Republic of China under a joint venture between Next Media and other Taiwanese companies...

 often takes an anti-Beijing and pro-democracy stance. Oriental Daily, Apple Daily and The Sun are known for their sensational style, often gory pictures (e.g., of road accidents or murder scenes), and frequent borderline obscene coverage (including "prostitution guides"). Ming Pao
Ming Pao
Ming Pao is a Chinese language newspaper published by Ming Pao Group in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, Ming Pao established four overseas branches in North America, each provides independent reporting on local news and collect local advertisements. Currently, only the two Canadian editions remain: Ming...

 and Sing Tao
Sing Tao Daily
The Sing Tao Daily is Hong Kong's second largest Chinese language newspaper. It is owned by Sing Tao News Corporation Limited, of which Charles Ho Tsu Kwok is the chairman. Its English language sister paper is The Standard...

 are considered as "serious" papers and are favoured by students and intellectuals. Hong Kong Economic Journal
Hong Kong Economic Journal
The Hong Kong Economic Journal is a Chinese language daily newspaper published in Hong Kong by the Shun Po Co., Ltd. Available in both Hong Kong and Macau, the newspaper mainly focuses on economic news and other related issues...

 and Hong Kong Economic Times
Hong Kong Economic Times
Hong Kong Economic Times , the leading financial daily in Hong Kong, was founded by Mr. Fung Siu Por, Lawrence , Mr. Perry Mak , Mr. Arthur Shek and other founders with HK$20 million of foundation fund in 1988...

 are business-oriented.

English-language newspapers

  • South China Morning Post
    South China Morning Post
    The South China Morning Post , together with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is an English-language Hong Kong newspaper, published by the SCMP Group with a circulation of 104,000....

     (published continuously since 1903, except December 1941 to August 1945)
  • The Standard
    The Standard
    The Standard is an English free newspaper of Hong Kong with a daily circulation of 231,018. It was called the Hong Kong Standard and changed to HKiMail during the Internet boom, but it changed back to The Standard in 2001....

     (formerly, HK-iMail, and earlier Hong Kong Standard)
  • China Daily Hong Kong Edition
  • The Sunday Examiner
    The Sunday Examiner
    The Sunday Examiner is a newspaper owned by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. The newspaper is published weekly and is available every Sunday at the Catholic churches in Hong Kong...

     (Roman Catholic)
  • CareerTimes
  • Skypost
  • IBTimes HK English


South China Morning Post
South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post , together with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is an English-language Hong Kong newspaper, published by the SCMP Group with a circulation of 104,000....

 and The Standard
The Standard
The Standard is an English free newspaper of Hong Kong with a daily circulation of 231,018. It was called the Hong Kong Standard and changed to HKiMail during the Internet boom, but it changed back to The Standard in 2001....

 are both regarded as "serious" newspapers, and generally considered as neutral towards the government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...

, though with the Post more "establishment-leaning" and the Standard a little more liberal in its editorial stance. The Standard now presents itself as a business paper, but also carries general news. From September 10, 2007, it switched to free, advertising-supported distribution.

The regional English-language newspaper, The Wall Street Journal Asia
The Wall Street Journal Asia
The Wall Street Journal Asia, a version of The Wall Street Journal provides news and analysis of global business developments for an Asian audience. It was founded in 1976 and is printed in nine Asian cities: Bangkok, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo....

, is also published in Hong Kong; the Asian editions of the International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...

 and Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....

 are also available in the city.

Free tabloids

  • am730
    Am730
    am730, operated by AM730 Media Limited, is the third free Chinese newspaper in Hong Kong, the prior two being Headline Daily and Metropolis Daily. Shih Wing-ching, chairman of the Centaline Holdings property agency, is the founder of the newspaper. Shih introduced the new paper due to the...

  • Headline Daily
    Headline Daily
    Headline Daily was launched on July 12, 2005 by Sing Tao Newspaper Group Limited and became the second free Chinese newspaper published officially in Hong Kong . The paper is only distributed on weekdays and is aimed at the working class. The estimated average daily circulation of the paper is...

     (頭條日報)
  • Metropolis Daily
    Metropolis Daily
    Metropolis Daily is the Hong Kong edition of Metro , which publishes free newspapers around the world with 25 editions in 16 countries in 14 languages...

     (都市日報)
  • The Standard
    The Standard
    The Standard is an English free newspaper of Hong Kong with a daily circulation of 231,018. It was called the Hong Kong Standard and changed to HKiMail during the Internet boom, but it changed back to The Standard in 2001....

  • The Epoch Times
    The Epoch Times
    The Epoch Times is a multi-language, international media organisation. As a newspaper, the Times has been publishing in Chinese since May 2000. It was founded in 1999 by supporters of the Falun Gong spiritual discipline....

     (大紀元時報 - endorsed by the Falungong)

Free district posts

  • Ming Pao NT Edition (明報新界專線)
  • Sing Tao Daily - District Post (星島地區報)
  • Take Me Home
  • 南區新聞
  • 美新報

Relative credibility

In a 2010 survey, the Center for Communication Researchhttp://www.com.cuhk.edu.hk/ at the School of Journalism and Communication of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a research-led university in Hong Kong.CUHK is the only tertiary education institution in Hong Kong with Nobel Prize winners on its faculty, including Chen Ning Yang, James Mirrlees, Robert Alexander Mundell and Charles K. Kao...

 asked Hong Kong residents to score the credibility of media sources on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being very high credibility). A random sample of 1206 Cantonese-speaking adults was reached by telephone with a 65% response rate, and the scores were weighted by age and sex to reflect Hong Kong's population. The South China Morning Post was the most credible (score: 6.85), while Ming Pao was the most credible Chinese-language paper (score: 6.77). The Sun was the least credible (score: 4.99), and Apple Daily was slightly better (score: 5.27). Oriental Daily News was the median (score: 5.75).
Rank Newspaper Score (public) Score (journalists)
1 South China Morning Post 6.85 7.67
2 Ming Pao 6.77 7.47
3 HK Economic Times 6.71 6.88
4 HK Economic Journal 6.57 7.03
5 Sing Tao Daily 6.53 6.99
6 Standard 6.5 7.07
7 Headline Daily 5.9
8 Sing Pao Daily News 5.88 6.09
9 Oriental Daily News 5.75 5.84
10 AM 730 5.73
11 Metropolis Daily 5.67
12 HK Commercial Daily 5.56
13 HK Daily News 5.38
14 Wen Wei Po 5.37
15 Apple Daily 5.27 4.88
16 Ta Kung Pao 5.14 5.44
17 The Sun 4.99 4.75

Defunct newspapers

  • The China Mail
    The China Mail
    The China Mail was an English-language newspaper published in Hong Kong from 1845 to 1974. David Smith, who had started on the newspaper in 1971 as the sports editor, was the acting editor at the time of its closure...

     (1845-1974)
  • Chinese Serial
    Chinese Serial
    Chinese Serial was the first Chinese newspaper in Hong Kong, since the Treaty of Nanjing. Founded in August 1853 and published by Ying Wa College in binding-book style. It introduced Western history, geography and sciences to Chinese readers, as well as reporting the latest news in China and the...

     (1853-1856)
  • Sing Tao Evening News (1938-1996)
  • Hong Kong Daily Press (1864 to 1941)
  • The Hong Kong Telegraph (1881 to 1924)
  • The Hong Kong Weekly Press and China Overland Trade Report (1917 to 1930)
  • Daily Bulletin (1918 to 1919)
  • Wah Kiu Yat Pao (1925-1995)
  • The Hong Kong News (1941 to 1945)
  • Hong Kong Times (1949-1994)
  • South China Sunday Post-Herald (1951 to 1972)
  • Tin Tin Daily News
    Tin Tin Daily News
    Tin Tin Daily News was a newspaper in Hong Kong, published between 1960 and 2000. It was founded by the Aw family, who made their fortune in pharmaceutical industry...

     (天天日報) (1960-2000)
  • The Star
    The Star (Hong Kong)
    The Star was Hong Kong's first tabloid newspaper, founded in 1965 and closed down in 1984. It was founded by Graham Jenkins, an Australian journalist, who was the newspaper's editor until 1979. After the 1967 riots, Graham decided to add a Chinese language edition. The newspaper was printed and...

     (1965-1984)
  • Ching Pao ( -1991)
  • Hong Kong United Daily (1992-1995)
  • Hong Kong Today (1993-1994)
  • Eastern Express (1994-1996)
  • Television Daily ( - 1995)


More are listed in the catalogue of the British Library's Newspaper Library

See also

  • Newspaper Society of Hong Kong
    Newspaper Society of Hong Kong
    The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong , set up on May 10, 1954, is the largest newspaper industrial society in Hong Kong, found by Hong Kong's four largest newspapers at the time - Kung Sheung Yat Po , Wah Kiu Yat Po , Sing Tao Jih Pao and South China Morning Post The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong...

  • Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulations
    Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulations
    The Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulations , or HKABC in short, was established in April 1995.It is a non-profit organization which aims at promoting the cause of circulation auditing in Hong Kong...

  • Media in Hong Kong, Communications in Hong Kong
    Communications in Hong Kong
    A wide-ranging and sophisticated communications network has developed in Hong Kong, reflecting its thriving commerce and international importance....

  • List of newspapers,
  • Newspapers of Macau
  • Newspapers of China
  • List of Chinese companies
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