HK01
News
CommercialYes
LanguageChinese
OwnerHK01 Company Limited
(Chinese: 香港01有限公司)
Launch dateJanuary 11, 2016 (age 10)
Headquarters7/F, Tower 1, Ever Gain Plaza, 88 Container Port Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong[1]
HK01 Weekly
Weekly
OwnersYu Pun-hoi
PublisherHK01 Company Limited
Founded11 March 2016
Ceased publication29 August 2022 (age 3)
LanguageTraditional Chinese

HK01 () is a Hong Kong–based news outlet launched by Yu Pun-hoi, a former chairman of the Ming Pao.[2] Operated as both a physical newspaper and a news website, it was established in June 2015 and managed by HK01 Company Limited.[3] The website went live on 11 January 2016. It publishes a weekly paper every Friday, the first edition of which was released on 11 March 2016.[4] As of 2019, The company has a staff of approximately 700.[5]

Circulation

As of October 2021, there were 1.7 million unique visitors viewing on HK01's websites and mobile applications on a daily basis, which made it the most influential news media in Hong Kong. Its mobile application was the most downloaded news app in both Apple App Store and Google Play Store in Hong Kong for more than 45 months since March 2018.[6][7]

Editorial stance

HK01 claims to be an advocacy media for social reform, which serves to integrate social reform in the role of media and inspire people about social issues.[8] It claims to aim at a third path in the political fights between the pro-democracy and pro-establishment camps.[9] Its founder Yu Pun-hoi is a pro-Beijing businessman, who write opinions for the 01 Opinion column.[10] It was remarked by the Hong Kong Free Press in 2019 as a pro-Beijing media.[11]

Controversies

Coverage of Tiananmen Massacre anniversary

In 2017, HK01 was criticised by the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) for deleting an article covering release of new details of the Tiananmen Square massacre by the UK Government Archives shortly after the article's publication. Pressure from founder Yu Pun-hoi was suspected to have motivated the removal.[12] The article was later republished with a rebuttal, saying that mistakes had been made when verifying the information contained in the original version and denying there had been self-censorship.[13]

Stance on Taiwan and Hong Kong independence

In 2018, HK01 was again criticised by the HKJA over its tagging an article it published about Taiwanese independence with an anti-independence disclaimer.[14] The company maintains a black-list containing pro-independence parties and groups in Hong Kong whose events it will not attend, with whom it will not form partnerships, and from whom it will accept advertising.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "香港01聯絡資訊". Archived 2020-01-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
  2. ^ Chan, Jennifer (11 March 2016). "Hot off the press: hk01 newspaper launches today". Marketing. Lighthouse Independent Media Pte Ltd. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. ^ "香港01裁員70餘人" (in zh-tw). Central News Agency (Taiwan). 2019-02-22.
  4. ^ "訂閱香港01周報". HK01. HK01 Company Limited. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  5. ^ Cheng, Kris (22 February 2019). "News outlet HK01 fires 70 employees to 'improve efficiency' as part of restructuring". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  6. ^ 江逸然 (2022-01-07). "《香港01》單月總瀏覽人數突破500萬 於多項網上指標奪全港第一" (in zh-HK). 香港01. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  7. ^ 凌素研 (2021-01-28). "香港01於多項網上指標奪全港第一 日均點擊次數直迫5000萬次" (in zh-HK). 香港01. Archived 2021-11-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
  8. ^ 龍景昌 (2016-01-10). "【關於01】龍景昌 是時候改變了". 香港01. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  9. ^ "《香港01》是「藍」還是「黃」的？". 香港01. 2019-08-15. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  10. ^ 劉瀾昌 (2018-07-03). 《在河水井水漩渦之中：一國兩制下的香港新聞生態【增訂版】》. 秀威資訊. pp. 344–345. ISBN 9789863265597.
  11. ^ Kris Cheng (2019-02-22). "News outlet HK01 fires 70 employees to 'improve efficiency' as part of restructuring". Hong Kong Free Press. Archived 2020-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
  12. ^ Cheng, Kris (22 December 2017). "Journalists' Association 'extremely concerned' over news site HK01's handling of Tiananmen reports". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  13. ^ Tong, Elson (28 December 2017). "News outlet HK01 rejects watchdog's concerns over 'self-censorship' of declassified Tiananmen Massacre report". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  14. ^ "News outlet HK01 hits back after press freedom watchdog questions its Taiwan independence 'disclaimer'". Hong Kong Free Press. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  15. ^ Cheng, Kris (22 February 2019). "News outlet HK01 blacklists pro-Hong Kong independence groups from ad deals and partnerships". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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