List of newspapers in Hong Kong

This is a list of newspapers in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is home to many of Asia's biggest English and Chinese language newspapers. The territory has one of the world's largest press industries and is a major centre for print journalism.

Overview Popularity The Chinese language newspapers Headline Daily and Oriental Daily News have the highest shares in the Hong Kong newspaper market, while the Hong Kong Economic Times is the best-selling financial newspaper. The Standard, a free tabloid with a mass market strategy, is the most widely circulated English newspaper by a significant margin. Its rival, South China Morning Post, has the most paid subscribers among English-language papers in Hong Kong.

Apple Daily had one of the highest circulations before its closure in 2021. It had a feisty, tabloid style, concentrating on celebrity gossip and paparazzi photography, with sensationalist news reportage and a noted anti-government political position. The Chinese language publications were written to some degree with colloquial Cantonese phrases.

Media landscape and pricing The number of newspapers in the market has been stable for a long time. Occasional attempts to establish new types of newspaper and themed papers generally cannot compete with the established brands. However, the entry into the market of free newspapers Metropolis Daily, Headline Daily, am730, and The Epoch Times 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 and Admiralty.Standard to become free newspaper – RTHK, 3 September 2007

Most papers sell at a cover price of HK$12, except South China Morning Post (HK$16) and Hong Kong Economic Journal (HK$15). The economic recession brought about by SARS in 2003 led to some resellers pricing at $1 below the recommended price. According to the HK Newspaper Hawkers Association, the situation lasted through to 2008, when around 10% of sellers maintained the cut price despite the change in the prevailing economic climate. The Association urged a return to resale price maintenance.Diana Lee, "Plea to halt newspaper price war" , The Standard, 28 March 2008, in 2013, the newspapers changed price to $7.

Chinese-language newspapers Newspapers in Hong Kong are considered to follow a particular political stance, with most being pro-Beijing. There has long been a lively tabloid sector, including Oriental Daily, (formerly) The Sun and (formerly) Apple Daily.Hong Kong Early Tabloid Newspapers 香港早期小報, CUHK Library; accessed 19 May 2024

Daily print newspapers +NewspaperChinese nameEstablishedTypeIssuedPositionTa Kung Pao1902 in Tientsin1938 in Hong KongPaidDailyState-controlledSing Tao Daily1938PaidDailyPro-governmentWen Wei Po1938 in Shanghai1948 in Hong KongPaidDailyState-controlledSing Pao Daily News1939PaidDailyPro-governmentHong Kong Commercial Daily1952PaidDailyState-controlledMing Pao1959PaidDailyPro-governmentOriental Daily News1969PaidDailyPro-governmentHong Kong Economic Journal1973PaidMonday–SaturdayPro-governmentHong Kong Economic Times1988PaidMonday–SaturdayPro-governmentHeadline Daily2005FreeMonday–SaturdayPro-governmentPart of Sing Tao News Corporationam7302005FreeMonday–FridayCentristLion Rock Daily2018FreeMonday–FridayState-controlled Weekly or quarterly newspapers NewspaperChinese nameEstablishedTypeIssuedPositionKung Kao Po1928PaidEvery SundayCatholic, moderateChristian Times1987PaidEvery SundayChristian, pro-democracyThe Epoch Times2005FreeEvery weekendFalun Gong, pro-democracyPassion Times2012FreeQuarterlyLocalist, anti-communist

Newspaper-turned-online media MediaChinese nameEstablishedPrinting endedTypeIssuedPositionHK0120162022PaidWeeklyPro-governmentSky Post晴報20112023FreeDailyPro-governmentOwned by Hong Kong Economic Times

Online only MediaChinese nameEstablishedPositionOrange News橙新聞2014State-controlled

Defunct newspapers Newspaper Chinese name Established ClosedOperatedPosition Notes Chinese Serial 遐爾貫珍 1853 1856 2 yrs Chinese Mail 華字日報 1872 194674 yrs BusinessUniversal Circulating Herald循環日報187419591947196372 yrs4 yrsPro-reformChina中國日報1900191313 yrsPro-reformThe World News世界公益報1903191714 yrsPro-revolutionary廣東日報1904 in Hong Kong19062 yrsPro-revolutionary有所謂報東方報19051906190619072 yrsPro-revolutionary大光報1912193220 yrs香江晚報192119298 yrs Kung Sheung Daily News 工商日報 1925 1984 yrsPro-Kuomintang Wah Kiu Yat Po 華僑日報 1925 1995 yrsPro-Kuomintang香港小日報192919301 yr南華日報1930194414 yrsPro-JapanHong Kong Times香港時報19391993 yrsPro-Kuomintang華商晚報華商報19411946194119491 yr3 yrsPro-communist正報194519483 yrsPro-communist新生晚報1945197631 yrsNew Evening Post新晚報195020121997201447 yrs2 yrsPro-communistChing Po Daily晶報1956199135 yrsPro-communistHong Kong Daily News新報1959201556 yrs Tin Tin Daily News 天天日報 1960 2000 yrs Express News快報1963199835 yrs星報1965198419 yrsPopular Daily萬人日報1975??Anti-communist兒童日報198919901 yr香港聯合報199219953 yrs現代日報199319941 yr Apple Daily 蘋果日報 1995 2021 26 yrsPro-democrat The Sun 太陽報 1999 2016 17 yrsPro-communist Metro Daily 都市日報 2002 2019 yrs Sharp Daily 爽報 2011 2013 yrsPro-democrat 快馬201220131 yr

Defunct online media

MediaChinese nameEstablishedClosedHouse News 主場新聞 2012 2014 Inkstone News 2018 2021 Stand News 立場新聞 2014 2021 Citizen News 眾新聞 2017 2022 FactWire 傳真社 2015 2022

English-language newspapers Hong Kong is also the base of regional editions of foreign English-language newspapers. The New York Times International Edition and the Financial Times are published in Hong Kong.

From 10 September 2007, The Standard switched to free, advertising-supported distribution. The South China Morning Post announced on 11 December 2015 that the Alibaba Group would acquire the South China Morning Post from Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok, who had owned it since 1993. As of 5 April 2016, the South China Morning Post's online content became free to read.

NewspapersChinese nameEstablishedTypeIssuedPositionSouth China Morning Post1903PaidDailyModerateSunday Examiner1946PaidEvery SundayCatholic, moderateChina Daily Hong Kong Edition1997PaidMonday–FridayState-ownedThe Standard1949FreeMonday–FridayPro-governmentPart of Sing Tao News CorporationCareer Times1997Every FridayThe SUN1995

Online only Hong Kong Free Press Asia Times

Defunct newspapers Media Chinese name Established Closed NotesThe Friend of China 中國之友, 華友西報 1842 1861 moved to mainland in 1860The Hong Kong RegisterSinn, Elizabeth (2002). Emerging Media: Hong Kong and the Early Evolution of the Chinese Press. Modern Asian Studies vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 421-46518431863The China Mail中國郵報, later 德臣西報18451974Overland China Mail18481941Weekly edition of The China MailHong Kong Daily Press孖剌沙西報, 每日雜報18641941Hongkong Telegraph士蔑西報, 士蔑新聞18811951Hong Kong Weekly Press香港周報18901945Hong Kong Sunday Herald香港星期先鋒報1929≥1941Hong Kong News進時編錄19411945printed on the abandoned presses of SCMPduring Japanese occupationThe Wall Street Journal Asia亞洲華爾街日報19762017The Star英文星報19651984Eastern Express東快訊19941996

Newspapers in other languages Hong Kong Post () (Japanese) Wednesday Journal () (Korean) Suara (Indonesian) Filipino Globe (Filipino) Everest Weekly (Nepalese)

List of newspapers in Hong Kong

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