Recently, there have been major earthquakes in the media industry. Following the arrest of several current or former senior officials of "Stance News" earlier, and immediately ceased operation, Zhongxin News, founded by a group of veteran media professionals in 2017, also launched tonight (2 It was announced at 9:30 a.m. that it will cease operations on January 4 (Tuesday), the website will no longer be updated, and will be closed after a period of time.
According to the news, it is helpless when the following is not only the wind and rain, but the tornado, huge waves, the rapid social changes in the past two years, and the deterioration of the media’s living environment, it is no longer possible to achieve the ideals when it was founded without any worries. "In a crisis, we must first ensure that everyone on board can be safe."
"Zhong News" was established under the leadership of a group of senior media professionals, and officially started operation on New Year's Day in 2017.
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Established by the media "old ghost" with dozens of existing employees
Zhongxin posted a post on its Facebook page, stating that today, January 2nd, the day after the establishment of New Year’s Day in 2017, "we want to say goodbye" and "5 years, thank you everyone."
The article mentioned that at the press conference on the day of establishment, many media "old ghosts" expressed their deep concern about the state of press freedom in Hong Kong, and hoped that the news could inherit the spirit of professional journalism, return to the original aspirations of journalism, and serve the public interest and serve the public. I hope that our small step can encourage the industry to take a small step. Each small step can form a big step in protecting freedom of the press." Then, with extremely limited resources, we will use exclusive news, data news, and personalities. Interviews, investigative reports, in-depth commentaries, court news, China News, and the Voice of the People started reporting.
"Even though our manpower is limited, the news is not enough, and the news is not fast enough, but our entire small team, the old ghosts and the younger generations, are working hard to seek truth and depth in news reports." The news reported that the team had grown from ten to dozens. The team, "From the beginning of the street people's sentence "Zhong News? Don't know you", "Today I heard people say: Everyone News? I have watched."
The website will be closed when it is no longer updated
Zhong Xin News was established on January 1, 2017. It was founded by 10 Hong Kong media workers, journalists and journalists, including senior journalist Li Yuehua, former Ming Pao editor-in-chief Liu Jintu, and former Ming Pao executive editor-in-chief Jiang Guoyuan , Mai Yanting and Cen Yilan, Chairman of Qianji Association.
So far, there are about 300,000 Facebook fans.
In the announcement, the news said, "We have always loved this land, but we are helpless. Now we are not only facing wind and rain, but tornadoes and huge waves." We have never forgotten our original intentions, but in the past two years. The drastic changes in the media and the deterioration of the media’s living environment "make it impossible for us to achieve our vision without worry", and described that "in a crisis, we must first ensure that everyone on board can be safe and secure."
Zhongxin said that it will cease operations on January 4, and the website will no longer be updated and will be closed after a period of time.
"I sincerely thank the subscribers and readers for their support. We will remember your love. The journey we have traveled in the past five years will be our cherished memories."
▼On December 29, 200 police officers searched the "Stance" office▼
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Cable News China Group resigned to form "Zhong News China Group"
The Cable News Department layoffs on December 1, 2020, and the news stinger dismissed the entire team, triggering the resignation of the cable China team.
The 10 original crew members who resigned from the Cable News China Group later joined the China News China Group to broadcast Chinese news on the online platform at 9 o'clock every night.
In October last year, "Zhongxin" reported on "Deng Bingqiang's refusal to guarantee that Article 23 is not guilty of words." It was criticized by the Security Bureau for misleading the public.
Later, Deng Bingqiang was asked in an interview with the media whether the relevant report of "Zhongxin" was "fake news."
He claimed that he had never said that "Zhong Xin" was fake news in this incident, but only told the facts. The title of the report was misleading, which made people think that he would convict him of words in the future, and that the incident involved moral issues.
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