Alas, the tinkering at struggling Next Digital (00282.HK), formerly Next Media, never stops. Jimmy Lai's media flagship yesterday decided to close its 25-year-old magazine Face by the end of March, ac ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
A man who attacked media tycoon Jimmy Lai Chee-ying at the Occupy protest site in Admiralty has pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault, Apple Daily reported Friday. Yip Wing-chi, 44, who runs a ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-29
Did Next Media get it wrong when it decided to close Sudden Weekly? People are asking barely a day after Hong Kong's best-selling entertainment magazine ceased publication, forfeiting a virtual market ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
It seems Hong Kong's news industry has been getting mostly bad news these days. It's not enough that they're grappling with perceived threats to press freedom. Incumbents are also facing a very visibl ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
Next Media Ltd. (00282.HK) will shed about 110 workers as it steps up the consolidation of its publishing and printing businesses in Hong Kong. The downsizing is expected to cost HK$30 million in seve ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-30
Embattled print media group Next Media decided on Monday to stop publishing its entertainment title Sudden Weekly next month. It is one of the moves the media group has taken to address its falling ad ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-21
The widespread use of smartphones and tablet devices has changed the habits of newspaper and magazine readers. Many of them have access to massive amounts of news and information from the internet and ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-17
The People's Liberation Army Hong Kong garrison conducted a live-fire drill over the weekend, with the public and the media invited to watch the event for the first time. As such exercises by the Ch ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
Imagine what Hong Kong will be like without Apple Daily. Not because the popular newspaper will be shut down after the city legislates the anti-subversion provisions of Article 23 of the Basic Law -- ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
There must a direct correlation between media and politics, but a reverse correlation between media and economics. Although many media owners are either losing money or making much less than before, ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-29
Now that Ronny Tong Ka-wah has announced his resignation from the Legislative Council with effect from Oct. 1, the government is expected to announce soon a by-election to fill the vacancy. The by-ele ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-23
The traditional news industry is still in the doldrums, and the only news we have is bad news. Apple Daily's parent, Next Media Ltd. (00282.HK), for instance, is always rumored to be streamlining its ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-19
Beijing has been putting additional resources into establishing a harmonious media environment in Hong Kong. Its latest move is to build up its presence in the virtual world via different online news ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-22
Next Media Ltd. (00282.HK) has issued a profit warning for the fiscal year ended March 31, a somewhat shocking announcement given that the company had reported HK$100 million in profit for the interim ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-08
A new pro-establishment website founded by former RTHK host Robert Chow Yung will debut on May 5, just in time to join the second phase of the debate on universal suffrage. The website will be called ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-29
Hong Kong's Apple Daily is known for its fiercely pro-democracy stance, tabloid-style reporting and controversial story angles. In a move to enhance its news coverage and mass appeal, the newspaper la ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
Media maverick and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has for the first time appointed a foreigner as a director in his Next Media flagship. Dr. Bradley Hamm, dean of the Northwestern University Medill ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
Exactly a year after the savage chopper attack that nearly killed him, former Ming Pao Daily chief editor Kevin Lau is still waiting for justice. He said he has recovered from injuries he sustained in ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
Do so-called “foreign forces” really exist in Hong Kong? Do they really constitute a serious threat to the city's social stability and economic prosperity? It goes without saying that the answer is a ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-05
Some pro-Beijing groups are hell-bent on getting the National People’s Congress (NPC) to implement China's state security law in Hong Kong. They want to make sure the proposal is on the agenda of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-23
