tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post116269014019747898..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Newspaper circulation in Taiwan: Liberty Times leads?Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1162738221238214642006-11-05T22:50:00.000+08:002006-11-05T22:50:00.000+08:00Apple Daily depends heavily on the retail channel ...Apple Daily depends heavily on the retail channel such as the convenient stores - which means they have very few subscribers. I think AD is the only pro-blue media that plays fair in the market. As for other pro-blue newspapers, they seem to have some rather mysterious offshore investers that keep pumping in large amount of cash. Hence, they don't have to worry about ad incomes per se - apparently their biggest "advertiser/sponsor" with a deep pocket is secured, and that leaves them with only one thing to do - to get out as many copies of propaganda as possible. And there goes the free paper in McDonalds, on the subway or communiting trains or the freeway buses, in the gas station, even when you go shopping at Carrefour. Oh, and if this is too much trouble for you, those nice folks at UDN or CT would call you up, begging you for permission to, well, deliver free prapaganda newspaper to your doorstep. How thoughtful. Courtesy of Big Brother Ma (or Hu?).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1162709202763271622006-11-05T14:46:00.000+08:002006-11-05T14:46:00.000+08:00The Taiwan Erh Bao, the English name was the Taiwa...The Taiwan Erh Bao, the English name was the Taiwan Daily News, I think.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1162698949841365822006-11-05T11:55:00.000+08:002006-11-05T11:55:00.000+08:00What was the pro green paper which was shut down?What was the pro green paper which was shut down?Battlepandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04842340982653417060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1162695537351218182006-11-05T10:58:00.000+08:002006-11-05T10:58:00.000+08:00In the 7-Elevens near where are live (Taipei Count...In the 7-Elevens near where are live (Taipei County) there are always huge piles of the Apple Daily. They often bring in another huge pile of them in the middle of the day. <BR/><BR/>Maybe it is not as popular down south. Also maybe more businesses subscribe to the other more serious papers wereas the Apple Daily relies more on retail sales.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1162693173676492072006-11-05T10:19:00.000+08:002006-11-05T10:19:00.000+08:00Good point.Good point.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1162692588631451982006-11-05T10:09:00.000+08:002006-11-05T10:09:00.000+08:00I don't think United Daily News or China Times agr...I don't think United Daily News or China Times agree that Liberty Times is leading. They will probably claim that their newspapers are read by (rather than "sold to") more people. Every morning, "United China" gives their newspapers free of charge to passengers at almost all MRT stations in Taipei Metropolis. Mmm, they must be making a lot of money from their advertising business so that they can continue to subsidize the free give-aways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com