The Paper (newspaper)
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Online newspaper |
| Publisher | Shanghai United Media Group |
| Founded | July 2014 |
| Political alignment | Chinese Communist Party |
| Language | Mandarin Chinese |
| Headquarters | 839 Yan'an West Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai |
| Sister newspapers | Sixth Tone |
| Website | www |
The Paper (Chinese: 澎湃新闻; lit. 'Surging News') is a Chinese digital newspaper owned and run by the state-owned Shanghai United Media Group.
History
[edit]The Paper was launched in July 2014 as an offshoot of the Shanghai United Media Group's Oriental Morning Post. It's initial funding was speculated to be between US$16 million and US$64 million.[1] Approximately $14,500,000 was provided by the government through the Cyberspace Administration of China. The publication was intended to be "smarter" and "sexier" state propaganda.[2]
The Paper was founded as an attempt to capture the readership of mobile internet users as revenue from mainstream physical papers across China saw major declines in the early 2010s.[3]: 599 In May 2016, The Paper launched Sixth Tone, an English-language sister publication.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Olesen, Alexa (23 July 2014). "The New Website That Has China Buzzing". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Speelman, Tabitha (15 December 2015). "Looking for Smarter, Sexier Chinese State Media? There's an App for That". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ Peter, Alain; Chen, Mengshu; Carrasco, Silvia (17 January 2017). "Power interplay and newspaper digitization: Lessons from the Pengpai experiment". Global Media and China. 1 (4): 497–510. doi:10.1177/2059436416687313.
- ^ Tatlow, Didi Kirsten (5 April 2016). "Digital Paper in China Covers Contentious Issues, Now in English". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 June 2020.