Liberty Times

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Liberty Times ( 自由 時報 )
Liberty Times logo.svg
description Chinese-language daily newspaper
language Chinese (Taiwan)
Headquarters Taipei Taiwan
TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) 
First edition April 17, 1989
(as 自由 日報 )
founder LIN, Rung San
( 林榮 三 )
Frequency of publication Every day
Sold edition 667,000 copies
(www.ifabc.org as of 2010 )
Range 2.55 million readers
( The Nielsen Company as of 2015 )
editor The Liberty Times Group
Web link www.ltn.com.tw
Liberty Times Publishing House and Headquarters, Taipei

Liberty Times , LT for short ( Chinese  自由 時報  /  自由 时报 , Pinyin Zìyóu shíbào ) is a daily newspaper in Taiwan that appears in traditional Chinese characters .

The newspaper was founded in 1989 by Lin, Rung San ( 林榮 三 ) after the ban on the establishment of new newspapers in Taiwan was lifted on January 1, 1988. Lin later also founded the English-language sister newspaper Taipei Times . Both press organs are now part of the Liberty Times Media Group . The self-chosen motto of the Liberty Times is 台灣 優先 自由 第一 , English Taiwan Foremost, Liberty First  - "Taiwan first, freedom first". This motto indicates the political orientation of the newspaper, which has been devoted to Taiwan-centric topics since its inception. During the reign (1988–2000) of the former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui , the paper represented the political course of the Kuomintang . She has been advocating a pro-independence course since 2000 and is politically close to the parties and positions of the formerly so-called pan-green camp . During the presidency of Lee Teng-hui - at that time still a member of the Kuomintang - the newspaper supported his efforts to further "Taiwanize" and democratize the country by publishing. (see two-state theory ) The newspaper later supported the governments of the DPP and was critical of the attempts at economic rapprochement with the People's Republic of China under the Kuomintang President Ma Ying-jeou . The newspaper offers quality journalism with the usual headings: daily news, politics (Taiwan / international), finance / economy, entertainment, etc.

In 2003, the Apple Daily ( 蘋果 日報 ), which was partly lurid tabloid style , launched by Hong Kong entrepreneur and media tycoon Jimmy Lai - 黎智英 , Lí Zhìyīng , see Next Media group - caused some unrest in the Taiwanese newspaper market. In order to retain their previous readership and circulation, traditional quality newspapers such as the China Times , the United Daily News and the Liberty Times had to modernize their layout, for example by adding more colored images, expanding the range and, in some cases, lowering prices.

The estimated daily number of readers in 2014 was 2.55 million. This placed the Liberty Times at the top of all Taiwanese newspapers. In Reuters' 2018 digital media report, the Liberty Times came second among all Taiwanese print media with 27 percent weekly usage, behind Apple Daily (38%). For many years the printed circulation sold has been decreasing, while the use of Internet offers has increased.

Awards

  • SOPA 2010 Award for Editorial Excellence - in the field of Chinese media "for reporting on environmental issues"
  • Taipei Journalists' Association Award 2010

Web links

Commons : Liberty Times  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS_PAID. ( xls file; 164 kB) Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
  2. ^ A b Jane Rickards: Taiwan's Changing Media Landscape. The New Lens, March 31, 2016, accessed October 30, 2018 (figures from Nielsen Holdings ).
  3. ↑ The newspaper title in both English and Chinese, despite the Chinese script.
  4. ↑ a b The Liberty Times Editorial: 'Taiwan Foremost, Liberty First'. Taipei Times, December 27, 2015, accessed October 30, 2018 .
  5. ^ A b c Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley, Gary Rawnsley, James Smyth, Jonathan Sullivan: Taiwanese Media Reform . In: Journal of the British Association for Chinese Studies . tape December 6 , 2016, ISSN  2048-0601 , p. 66-80 (English).
  6. ^ HUANG, Ching-Lung: The changing roles of the media in Taiwan's democratization process. ( pdf file; 143 kB) The Brookings Institution, July 2009, accessed on October 30, 2018 (English).
  7. ^ Gary Rawnsley, Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley: The Media in Democratic Taiwan. ( pdf file; 362 kB) Accessed October 30, 2018 (English).
  8. ↑ Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2018. In: media.digitalnewsreport.org. Retrieved October 30, 2018 (English, pages 138-139).
  9. ↑ 2010 Award Winners (Group C): 5. Excellence in Reporting on the Environment. The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), accessed October 30, 2018 .
  10. ↑ 報導 陳樹菊 本報 獲 光明 面 獎 - "Report from Chen Shuju: Our newspaper receives the 'Guangmingmian' award". August 6, 2010, accessed October 30, 2018 (Chinese).