The Beijing News
| Type | daily newspaper |
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| Format | tabloid paper size |
| Owner(s) | Publicity Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee |
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| Publisher | The Beijing News Press (Chinese: 新京报社) |
| Founded | 11 November 2003 |
| Political alignment | affiliated to Chinese Communist Party |
| Language | Chinese |
| City | Beijing |
| Country | China |
| Website | http://www.bjnews.com.cn |
| Free online archives | http://www.bjnews.com.cn |
| The Beijing News | |||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 新京报 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 新京報 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | New Capital News (or New [Bei]jing News) | ||||||
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The Beijing News is a Chinese newspaper from Beijing. The Chinese name of the newspaper was Xīn Jīng Bào (Chinese: 新京报), means "New Capital News", which was named after the defunct Peking Gazette (simplified Chinese: 京报; traditional Chinese: 京報; lit. 'Capital News').
The Chinese publications serial number of the newspaper was CN11-0245.
History
The Beijing News was published since 11 October 2003 by a joint venture of Guangming Daily Press and Nanfang Media Group,[1] both owned by the sub-committees of the Chinese Communist Party. Guangming Daily Press was owned by the Central Committee[2] while Nanfang Media Group was owned by the Guangdong provincial committee of the Party.[3] Nanfang Media Group dominated the day-to-day operation of the newspaper, turning The Beijing News into one of Beijing's most influential newspapers.[4]
In 2011, the newspaper was takeover by the Publicity Department of the Beijing municipal committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]
In 2013, it was reported that Dai Zigeng, a publisher of the newspaper, had verbally resigned due to political pressure from the propaganda authorities.[5][6]
In 2014, it was reported that the Publicity Department had acquired the remaining 49% stake from Nanfang Media Group.[7] According to the South China Morning Post, an English newspaper from Hong Kong, general public were feared that The Beijing News would turned into a "propaganda mouthpiece".[7] In February 2014, The Beijing News, made a news coverage regarding Zhou Yongkang's son possible corruption, but the article was take down from the newspaper's website.[8]
In 2018 the merger of the newspapers The Beijing News, the Beijing Morning Post and the news website qianlong.com (千龙网) was announced.[9] Beijing Morning Post ceased the publication in the same year.[10]
See also
- Beijing Times, another Beijing newspaper, ceased publication in 2017
- Beijing Daily Group: a publishing group that was also owned by the Beijing Municipal Party Committee,[11] the owner of The Beijing News. Beijing Daily Group publishes Beijing Morning Post as well as 8 other newspapers, such as:
References
- ^ a b 关于我们 [About us]. The Beijing News (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ 报社概况 (in Chinese (China)). Guangming Daily Press. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ 南方报业传媒集团简介 (in Chinese (China)). Nanfang Media Group. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Jonathan Hassid (22 December 2015). "Beyond pushback". China's Unruly Journalists: How Committed Professionals are Changing the People’s Republic. Routledge. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-317-35414-7. Retrieved 17 April 2019 – via Google Book.
- ^ Ng, Teddy; Li Jing (10 January 2013). "Media crisis spreads as row erupts over state meddling at Beijing News". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Priyanka Boghani; Carlson, Ben (9 January 2013). "Beijing News Publisher Resigns Over Censorship Dispute". CNBC. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ a b Boehler, Patrick (27 January 2014). "Sale of stake in outspoken Beijing News may turn it into 'propaganda mouthpiece'". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Boehler, Patrick (26 February 2014). "Beijing paper's investigative report on Zhou Yongkang's son censored". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ 新京报、千龙网、北京晨报将合并整合. jrj.com.cn (in Chinese (China)). 31 October 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ 1998年之前，，，2018年以后. Beijing Morning Post (in Chinese (China)). 31 December 2018 [local time]. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ 北京日报报业集团简介. bjd.com.cn (in Chinese (China)). Beijing Daily Group. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
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