Sharp Daily
Encyclopedia
Sharp Daily is a free Chinese-language tabloid newspaper, published in Taipei
, Taiwan
by Next Media
.
Launched on October 24, 2006 as a rival to Cola (可樂報 Pinyin:Kělèbào), another free tabloid published by United Daily Newspaper (聯合報 Pinyin: Liánhébào ), Sharp Daily shares news content with the Taiwanese Apple Daily
. According to Forbes
each copy costs 2.8 New Taiwan dollar
s to produce and its target readership is "the train-riding working class
"
Sharp Daily was launched in Hong Kong on 19 September 2011 with a stated aim of 1 million copies per day. It will become the largest free paper in Hong Kong in terms of circulation.
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
by Next Media
Next Media
Next Media Limited , founded by serial entrepreneur Jimmy Lai, has more than 3,600 employees and is the largest-listed media company in Hong Kong....
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Launched on October 24, 2006 as a rival to Cola (可樂報 Pinyin:Kělèbào), another free tabloid published by United Daily Newspaper (聯合報 Pinyin: Liánhébào ), Sharp Daily shares news content with the Taiwanese Apple Daily
Apple Daily
Apple Daily is a Hong-Kong-based tabloid-style newspaper founded in 1995 by Jimmy Lai Chee Ying and is published by its company, Next Media. A sister publication carrying the same name is published in Taiwan, Republic of China under a joint venture between Next Media and other Taiwanese companies...
. According to Forbes
Forbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
each copy costs 2.8 New Taiwan dollar
New Taiwan dollar
The New Taiwan dollar , or simply Taiwan dollar, is the official currency of the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar...
s to produce and its target readership is "the train-riding working class
Working class
Working class is a term used in the social sciences and in ordinary conversation to describe those employed in lower tier jobs , often extending to those in unemployment or otherwise possessing below-average incomes...
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Sharp Daily was launched in Hong Kong on 19 September 2011 with a stated aim of 1 million copies per day. It will become the largest free paper in Hong Kong in terms of circulation.