Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying is upset as he feels people are saying unkind things about him, things which may not even be correct. Most politicians understand that the burden of criticism is someth ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-10
It's no fairy tale, but just a love and money story with a happy ending. A week after he placed front-page adverts to announce that he was snapping ties with ex-girlfriend Yvonne Lui, we have news tha ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-23
While many news outlets are bidding farewell to their readers and audiences, it may be baffling to note that new entrants are still flocking to Hong Kong's seemingly bleak media sector. When the debt- ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-07
It is perhaps only a coincidence that big changes are taking place at the same time at all the media firms in Tai Po Industrial Estate. Asia Television (ATV) is set to halt operations, ending a run of ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-30
We thought we knew everything about pro-Beijing loyalists until we learned that they're also a poor sport. Put a check mark on it in their tick box and the others, too. They can't be satirized (check) ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-17
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
