Today Daily News (Toronto)
Encyclopedia
Today Daily News is a Chinese language
newspaper in Canada
, launched on November 1, 2005. It is published by Today Daily News International in Scarborough
.
It is called the Canada Eastern Edition (加東版 Pinyin: jiā dōng bǎn) even though it is the only edition published at the moment.
The paper is published 7 days a week in traditional Chinese in the broadsheet
format. News coverage includes headline news, news at the metro
and national levels, news from Greater China
, Chinese community news, international news, entertainment, financial news, sports, and supplements.
The paper does not own its own printing press
; printing is being contracted out to a printer
.
Compared with the other three main Chinese newspapers, the reporting style of Today Daily News is relatively sensationalist. The reporting style seems to be approximately comparable to the Toronto Sun
, but not as sensationalist as the likes of Apple Daily
or the Hong Kong Sun
.
. The online version contains an exact copy of the day’s newspaper; back issues are online for 7 days. Access is free of charge, however, registration of account is required.
The online version of Today Daily News works in a way similar to the “ePaper” version of Oriental Daily News
and Apple Daily
and is very different from the way most online newspapers work:
In other words, the online version of Today Daily News aims to give the visitor an experience comparable to reading a printed newspaper.
The way the online version works presents a number of accessibility problems:
Nevertheless, some users like this format and cites a number of advantages:
It has the Home Guide Magazine contents inside, with information on Greater Toronto's new, resale and rental homes. Its editorial contents of home improvement and renovation originates from the Sun Media.
Today BQ serves primarily the Mandarin-speaking Chinese immigrants from Mainland China.
701 serves primarily the Cantonese-speaking Chinese immigrants from Hong Kong.
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
newspaper in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, launched on November 1, 2005. It is published by Today Daily News International in Scarborough
Scarborough, Ontario
Scarborough is a dissolved municipality within the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Geographically, it comprises the eastern part of Toronto. It is bordered on the south by Lake Ontario, on the west by Victoria Park Avenue, on the north by Steeles Avenue East, and on the east by the Rouge River...
.
It is called the Canada Eastern Edition (加東版 Pinyin: jiā dōng bǎn) even though it is the only edition published at the moment.
The paper is published 7 days a week in traditional Chinese in the broadsheet
Broadsheet
Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet...
format. News coverage includes headline news, news at the metro
Greater Toronto Area
The Greater Toronto Area is the largest metropolitan area in Canada, with a 2006 census population of 5.5 million. The Greater Toronto Area is usually defined as the central city of Toronto, along with four regional municipalities surrounding it: Durham, Halton, Peel, and York...
and national levels, news from Greater China
Greater China
Greater China is a term used to refer to mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. As a "phrase of the moment", the precise meaning is not entirely clear, and people may use it for only the commercial ties, only the cultural actions, or even as a euphemism for the Two Chinas, while others may...
, Chinese community news, international news, entertainment, financial news, sports, and supplements.
The paper does not own its own printing press
Printing press
A printing press is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium , thereby transferring the ink...
; printing is being contracted out to a printer
Printer (publisher)
In publishing, printers are both companies providing printing services and individuals who directly operate printing presses. With the invention of the moveable type printing press by Johannes Gutenberg around 1450, printing—and printers—proliferated throughout Europe.Today, printers are found...
.
Compared with the other three main Chinese newspapers, the reporting style of Today Daily News is relatively sensationalist. The reporting style seems to be approximately comparable to the Toronto Sun
Toronto Sun
The Toronto Sun is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known for its daily Sunshine Girl feature and for what it sees as a populist conservative editorial stance.-History:...
, but not as sensationalist as the likes of 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...
or the Hong Kong Sun
The Sun (Hong Kong)
The Sun is one of the newspapers in Hong Kong, first published in March 1999. It belongs to the Oriental Press Group Limited .There is also an electronic version of The Sun on the Internet...
.
The online version
Today Daily News is also published online on the world wide webWorld Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
. The online version contains an exact copy of the day’s newspaper; back issues are online for 7 days. Access is free of charge, however, registration of account is required.
The online version of Today Daily News works in a way similar to the “ePaper” version of Oriental Daily News
Oriental Daily News
Oriental Daily News is a Chinese language newspaper in Hong Kong. It was established in 1969. It is one of the two newspapers published by the Oriental Press Group Limited , found by Ma's Family.-History:While Oriental Daily targets at a more mature reader group, Sun Daily Oriental Daily News is...
and 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...
and is very different from the way most online newspapers work:
- When a visitor visits the web site, the visitor is presented with a text menu for selecting the three publications (the paper, and the two supplements)
- Clicking on one of the three text links gives a GIFGIFThe Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability....
thumbnailThumbnailThumbnails are reduced-size versions of pictures, used to help in recognizing and organizing them, serving the same role for images as a normal text index does for words...
image of the front page of the paper or supplement. - Clicking the image leads to a new page with GIF thumbnail images of each of the major sections.
- Clicking any of the thumbnails of a section leads to a new page with GIF thumbnail images of each of the pages in that section.
- Finally, clicking the thumbnail image of any page leads to a new page containing an image of that page, consisting of 9 JPEGJPEGIn computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....
sub-images.
In other words, the online version of Today Daily News aims to give the visitor an experience comparable to reading a printed newspaper.
The way the online version works presents a number of accessibility problems:
- There is no search function;
- It is not possible to read the paper with text-based browserWeb browserA web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content...
s (nor with screen readerScreen readerA screen reader is a software application that attempts to identify and interpret what is being displayed on the screen . This interpretation is then re-presented to the user with text-to-speech, sound icons, or a Braille output device...
s, but screen readers for Chinese are not known to exist); - Search engineSearch engineA search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...
s will not be able to index the news stories reported by Today Daily News; - It would not be understood by people who can only read simplified Chinese (who normally would be able to benefit from third-partyThird-party software componentIn computer programming, a third-party software component is a reusable software component developed to be either freely distributed or sold by an entity other than the original vendor of the development platform...
utilitiesUtility softwareUtility software is system software designed to help analyze, configure, optimize or maintain a computer. A single piece of utility software is usually called a utility or tool....
like NJStar, which can convert traditional Chinese text into simplified Chinese on the fly).
Nevertheless, some users like this format and cites a number of advantages:
- It feels like reading a real paper;
- It is possible to look up advertisements, which is sometimes helpful. Advertisers can also add hyperlink to their website.
Supplements (magazines)
Two weekly magazine are distributed free of charge as supplements:- Saturday—Today BQ Magazine (現代北京青年週刊)is in tabloid size; it is a lifestyle-and-entertainment magazine from Beijing, China which is published in simplified Chinese.
It has the Home Guide Magazine contents inside, with information on Greater Toronto's new, resale and rental homes. Its editorial contents of home improvement and renovation originates from the Sun Media.
Today BQ serves primarily the Mandarin-speaking Chinese immigrants from Mainland China.
- Sunday-701 is the most popular entertainment magazine, with hot gossips on celebrities and stars, fashion and fad from Hong Kong's Oriental Sunday(東方新地). It is printed in art glossy paper.
701 serves primarily the Cantonese-speaking Chinese immigrants from Hong Kong.
Launch
Today Daily News and its website http://www.todaydailynews.com were launched in November, 2005.Rivals
- Ming Pao Daily News
- Sing Tao Daily
- World JournalWorld Journal (Toronto)The World Journal is a Chinese language newspaper published in Vancouver, BC and Toronto, Ontario. The paper originally catered to Taiwanese Canadian readers, using transliterations used in Taiwan for foreign names...
External references
- Official web site
- Source: Pinyin translated with CozyChinese.COM