HK01 explained

HK01
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Commercial:Yes
Type:News
Language:Chinese
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Owner:HK01 Company Limited
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Headquarters:11/F, The Octagon 6, Sha Tsui Road, Tsuen Wan, New Territories[1]
HK01 Weekly
Type:Weekly
Owners:Yu Pun-hoi
Publisher:HK01 Company Limited
Foundation:11 March 2016
Political:Pro-One Country, Two Systems[2]
Centrism[3]
Language:Traditional Chinese

HK01 is a Hong Kong-based online news portal launched by Yu Pun-hoi, a former chairman of the Ming Pao.[4] It is operated by HK01 Company Limited, established in June 2015.[5] 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.[6], The company has a staff of approximately 700.[7]

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.[8] [9]

Editorial stance

HK01 claims to be an "advocacy media."[10] It claims to aim at a third path in the political fights between the pro-democracy and pro-establishment camps.[11] Its founder Yu Pun-hoi is a pro-Beijing businessman, who write opinions for the 01 Opinion column, while the staff of the media are more inclined to the pro-democracy camp.[12] According to a 2016 survey, most Hong Kong college students believed that HK01 was a neutral media.[13] While it was criticised by the Hong Kong Free Press in 2019 as a pro-Beijing media,[14] its reporting was also described by pro-Beijing politician Ng Chau-pei to be anti-China.[15]

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.[16] 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.[17]

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.[18] 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.[19]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 香港01聯絡資訊 . 2020-01-03 . 2020-01-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200103153419/https://www.hk01.com/contact . live .
  2. News: Kris Cheng . News outlet HK01 fires 70 employees to 'improve efficiency' as part of restructuring . HKFP . 2019-02-22 . 2020-01-08 . 2020-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200321093018/https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/02/22/news-outlet-hk01-fires-70-employees-improve-efficiency-part-restructuring/.
  3. News: appledaily . 國安搜蘋果︱吳秋北點名斥《香港01》有線新聞「反中亂港」 . 蘋果日報 . 2021-06-22 . 2021-06-22 . 2021-06-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210622080349/https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20210622/5JZP4NLE3ZBXDIICA4EU34WLKQ/ .
  4. News: Chan . Jennifer . Hot off the press: hk01 newspaper launches today . 16 February 2019 . Marketing . Lighthouse Independent Media Pte Ltd . 11 March 2016 . Marketing01.
  5. Web site: 香港01裁員70餘人. Central News Agency (Taiwan). 2019-02-22. zh-tw.
  6. Web site: 訂閱香港01周報 . 16 February 2019 . HK01 . HK01 Company Limited.
  7. News: Hong Kong Free Press. News outlet HK01 fires 70 employees to 'improve efficiency' as part of restructuring. Cheng. Kris. 22 February 2019. 23 February 2019.
  8. Web site: 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 . 2022-01-22 . 香港01 . zh-HK.
  9. Web site: 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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211118011828/https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A0%94%E6%95%B8%E6%89%80/577978/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF01%E6%96%BC%E5%A4%9A%E9%A0%85%E7%B6%B2%E4%B8%8A%E6%8C%87%E6%A8%99%E5%A5%AA%E5%85%A8%E6%B8%AF%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%80-%E6%97%A5%E5%9D%87%E9%BB%9E%E6%93%8A%E6%AC%A1%E6%95%B8%E7%9B%B4%E8%BF%AB5000%E8%90%AC%E6%AC%A1 . 2021-11-18 . 2021-08-14 . 香港01 . zh-HK.
  10. News: 龍景昌 . 2016-01-10 . 【關於01】龍景昌 是時候改變了 . 香港01 . 2020-04-29.
  11. News: 2019-08-15 . 《香港01》是「藍」還是「黃」的？ . 香港01 . 2019-08-16.
  12. Book: 劉瀾昌 . 《在河水井水漩渦之中：一國兩制下的香港新聞生態【增訂版】》 . 2018-07-03 . 秀威資訊 . 9789863265597 . 344–345.
  13. News: 2016-10-05 . 蘇鑰機：大學生眼中的政黨和傳媒是怎樣的？ . . 2017-03-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170319111154/https://theinitium.com/article/20161005-opinion-clementso-umbrellamovement/ . 2017-03-19.
  14. News: Kris Cheng . News outlet HK01 fires 70 employees to 'improve efficiency' as part of restructuring . HKFP . 2019-02-22 . 2020-01-08 . 2020-03-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200321093018/https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/02/22/news-outlet-hk01-fires-70-employees-improve-efficiency-part-restructuring/.
  15. News: 2021-06-24 . 香港人大點名香港01、立場新聞「反中反共亂港」 . . 2022-04-17.
  16. News: Cheng . Kris . Journalists' Association 'extremely concerned' over news site HK01's handling of Tiananmen reports . 16 February 2019 . Hong Kong Free Press . 22 December 2017.
  17. News: Tong . Elson . News outlet HK01 rejects watchdog's concerns over 'self-censorship' of declassified Tiananmen Massacre report . 16 February 2019 . Hong Kong Free Press . 28 December 2017.
  18. News: News outlet HK01 hits back after press freedom watchdog questions its Taiwan independence 'disclaimer' . 16 February 2019 . Hong Kong Free Press . 29 December 2018.
  19. News: Hong Kong Free Press. News outlet HK01 blacklists pro-Hong Kong independence groups from ad deals and partnerships. Cheng. Kris. 22 February 2019. 23 February 2019.

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