South China Morning Post
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The South China Morning Post (SCMP), with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group.[2][3] Founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham, it has remained Hong Kong's newspaper of record since British colonial rule.[4][5]: 251 Editor-in-chief Tammy Tam succeeded Wang Xiangwei in 2016. The SCMP prints paper editions in Hong Kong and operates an online news website that is blocked in mainland China.
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Owner(s) | Alibaba Group |
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Publisher | SCMP Publishers |
President | Catherine So, CEO |
Editor-in-chief | Tammy Tam |
Managing editor | Eugene Tang, Yonden Lhatoo |
Opinion editor | Robert Haddow |
Sports editor | Joshua Ball (acting) |
Photo editor | Robert Ng |
Executive Editor | Chow Chung-yan |
Founded | 6 November 1903; 120 years ago (1903-11-06) (43,997 issues) |
Headquarters | Global: Morning Post Centre 22 Dai Fat Street Tai Po Industrial Estate Tai Po, New Territories Hong Kong Overseas: 56 Mott Street New York, NY 10013 U.S. |
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ISSN | 1021-6731 (print) 1563-9371 (web) |
OCLC number | 648902513 |
Website | www |
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Traditional Chinese | 南華早報 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 南华早报 | ||||||||||||
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The newspaper's circulation has been relatively stable for years—the average daily circulation stood at 100,000 in 2016. In a 2019 survey by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the SCMP was regarded relatively as the most credible paid newspaper in Hong Kong.[6]
The SCMP was owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation from 1986 until it was acquired by Malaysian real estate tycoon Robert Kuok in 1993.[3] On 5 April 2016, Alibaba Group acquired the media properties of the SCMP Group, including the SCMP.[2][7] In January 2017, former Digg CEO Gary Liu became the SCMP's chief executive officer.[8]
Since the change of ownership in 2016, concerns have been raised about the paper's editorial independence and self-censorship. Critics including The New York Times, Der Spiegel, and The Atlantic have alleged that the paper is on a mission to promote China's soft power abroad.[9][10]