{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}}{{Short description|Hong Kong online news media}} {{expand Chinese|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Channel C | logo = | logo_size = 250px | type = Online media | founder = Five ex-''Apple Daily'' employees | founded = {{start date and age|2021|7|12|df=yes}} | political_position = {{hlist|Pro-democracy|Localism}} | language = Cantonese (spoken)<br/>Traditional Chinese (written) | readership = {{plainlist|*Facebook: >1 million *Instagram: >1.7 million *YouTube: >41 million (August 2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/|title=Channel C-關於我們|date=2022-04-13|language=Zh-hant|access-date=2022-04-14|archive-date=2014-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819074711/https://m.youtube.com/}}</ref>}} }} {{Infobox youtube channel | youtube_handle = ChannelCHK | youtube_display_name = Channel C HK | youtube_years_active = 2021–present | youtube_genre = | youtube_subscribers = 705 thousand<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | youtube_views = 403 million<!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW --> | stats_update = 20 December 2024{{nu|date=October 2025}} }}
'''Channel C''' is a Hong Kong online news media that focuses on video production<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2021-07-13|title=蘋果終章前員工分別辦新媒體 娛壹冀港人讀娛聞有選擇 |url=https://www.thestandnews.com/media/蘋果終章前員工分別辦新媒體-娛壹冀港人讀娛聞有選擇-channel-c主打影片填空虛感 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719010850/https://www.thestandnews.com/media/%E8%98%8B%E6%9E%9C%E7%B5%82%E7%AB%A0%E5%89%8D%E5%93%A1%E5%B7%A5%E5%88%86%E5%88%A5%E8%BE%A6%E6%96%B0%E5%AA%92%E9%AB%94-%E5%A8%9B%E5%A3%B9%E5%86%80%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E8%AE%80%E5%A8%9B%E8%81%9E%E6%9C%89%E9%81%B8%E6%93%87-channel-c%E4%B8%BB%E6%89%93%E5%BD%B1%E7%89%87%E5%A1%AB%E7%A9%BA%E8%99%9B%E6%84%9F|archive-date=2021-07-19|access-date=2021-07-13}}</ref> and was founded on 12 July 2021 by five former Apple News narrators of the Next Animation Studio, affiliated with ''Apple Daily''. The "C" of Channel C stands for City, Crime and Culture, focusing on real-time popular topics, breaking news, and cultural life.
On 22 April 2025, the outlet ceased operations due to financial issues.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/60232866/channel-c%E6%8B%96%E6%AC%A066%E8%90%AC%E8%96%AA%E9%87%91-%E5%81%9C%E6%AD%A2%E6%9B%B4%E6%96%B0%E5%85%A9%E6%97%A5-%E5%82%B5%E4%B8%BB%E7%99%BC%E6%8E%A5%E7%AE%A1%E4%BF%A1%E8%B2%BC%E5%A4%A7%E9%96%80 |title=Channel C拖欠66萬薪金 停止更新兩日 債主發接管信貼大門 |date=25 April 2025 |website=HK01 |author=冼博勵 |access-date=10 July 2025 |language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/article/20250425/s00001/1745586896466/%E7%B6%B2%E5%AA%92%E3%80%8Cchannel-c%E3%80%8D%E5%B7%B2%E5%81%9C%E9%81%8B%E5%85%A9%E6%97%A5-%E6%93%9A%E6%82%89%E7%B7%A8%E8%BC%AF%E9%83%A8%E5%93%A1%E5%B7%A5%E8%A2%AB%E6%AC%A0%E8%96%AA%E7%B4%8466%E8%90%AC%E5%85%83 |title=網媒「Channel C」已停運兩日 據悉編輯部員工被欠薪約66萬元 |date=25 April 2025 |website=Ming Pao |access-date=10 July 2025 |language=zh}}</ref> On 10 July, the outlet announced that it had secured funding from a white knight and would resume operations under the new name Channel WE.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.am730.com.hk/%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0/channel-c%E5%89%8D%E5%93%A1%E5%B7%A5%E7%8D%B2-%E7%99%BD%E6%AD%A6%E5%A3%AB-%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81-%E6%88%90%E7%AB%8B%E6%96%B0%E5%B9%B3%E5%8F%B0-channel-we-/578120 |title=Channel C前員工獲「白武士」支持 成立新平台「Channel WE」|date=10 July 2025 |website=am730 |access-date=10 July 2025 |language=zh}}</ref> Its first story was posted the same day, and it became fully operational starting 12 July.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.inmediahk.net/node/%E5%AA%92%E9%AB%94/%E5%89%8Dchannel-c%E5%93%A1%E5%B7%A5%E7%8D%B2%E3%80%8C%E7%99%BD%E6%AD%A6%E5%A3%AB%E3%80%8D%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81-%E6%96%B0%E8%A8%AD%E5%B9%B3%E5%8F%B0channel-we |title=前Channel C員工獲「白武士」支持 新設平台Channel WE |date=10 July 2025 |website=Hong Kong Inmedia |access-date=10 July 2025 |language=zh}}</ref>
== See also == * ''{{ill|Applelisation|zh|蘋果化}}''
== References == {{Reflist|30em}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20250516192430/http://channelchk.com/ Official website] (archived) * {{YouTube|channel=UCQRdJCdUVkXYPvWZ6_Omkag}} * {{Facebook|channelchk}} * {{Instagram|channelchk}} * {{Telegram|channelchk}}
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