''Sharp Daily'' is a
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of v ...
-language free daily
tabloid newspaper
A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet. There is no standard size for this newspaper format.
Etymology
The word ''tabloid'' comes from the name given by the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wel ...
, published in
Taipei,
Taiwan, and previously in
Hong Kong, by
Next Digital
Next Digital Limited (), previously known as Next Media Limited, founded by Jimmy Lai, has 2,095 employees (as of 30 Sep 2020) and is the largest listed media company in Hong Kong.
From 20 October 2015, the company has changed its English na ...
.
Taiwan edition
Launched on 24 October 2006 as a rival to ''Cola News'' (可樂新聞 Pinyin:Kělèxinwen), another free tabloid, published by
United Daily News, ''Sharp Daily'' shares news content with the Taiwanese ''
Apple Daily
''Apple Daily'' ( zh, link=no, 蘋果日報) was a popular tabloid published in Hong Kong from 1995 to 2021. Founded by Jimmy Lai, it was one of the best-selling Chinese language newspapers in Hong Kong. ''. According to ''
Forbes'' each copy costs 2.8
New Taiwan dollar
The New Taiwan dollar (code: TWD; symbol: NT$, also abbreviated as NT) is the official currency of Taiwan. The New Taiwan dollar has been the currency of Taiwan since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar, at a rate of 40,000 old dol ...
s to produce and its target readership is "the train-riding
working class"
Hong Kong edition
Sharp Daily was launched in Hong Kong on 19 September 2011 with a stated aim of 1 million copies per day. It was also the first free tabloid newspaper in Hong Kong to have an evening edition, although this was dropped in March 2012. The Hong Kong edition of Sharp Daily was closed down on 21 October 2013 after the owner
Jimmy Lai revealed that the newspaper had lost several hundred millions of
Hong Kong dollars
The Hong Kong dollar (, sign: HK$; code: HKD) is the official currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is subdivided into 100 cents or 1000 mils. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is the monetary authority of Hong Kong and ...
in two years.
Apple's free sister paper Sharp Daily folds after losing millions
SCMP Hong Kong
Notes
References
:Translation:
*Pinyin translated wit
CozyChinese.COM
External links
''Sharp Daily'' Taiwan''Sharp Daily'' Hong KongNext Digital
Newspapers published in Taiwan
Chinese-language newspapers (Traditional Chinese)
Next Digital
Mass media in Taipei
2006 establishments in Taiwan
Publications established in 2006
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