Initium Media
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Initium Media (Chinese: 端傳媒; Sidney Lau: Duen1Chuen4Mooi4) is a Singapore-based digital media outlet launched in August 2015. It mainly provides in-depths news, opinions and lifestyle content to Chinese-speaking readers worldwide with the aim of staking out neutral terrain among Chinese readers in Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, and abroad.[3]
Industry | News |
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Founded | 3 August 2015; 8 years ago (2015-08-03) |
Headquarters | Hong Kong (2015 - 2021) Singapore (2021 - Present) |
Key people | Jin Ding (CEO)[1] Lulu Ning (Editor-in-chief)[2] |
Products | Website iOS & Android Applications |
Website | theinitium |
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Traditional Chinese | 端傳媒 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 端传媒 | ||||||||||||
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Initium Media has explained that its naming concept was sourced from a passage from the writings of Mencius (Chinese: 孟子; Sidney Lau: Maang6Ji2) in which the word "端" (Sidney Lau: Duen1) ("beginning", or "initium" in Latin) is significant: “The sense of concern for others is the starting point of Humaneness. The feeling of shame and disgust is the starting point of Fairness. The sense of humility and deference is the starting point of Propriety and the sense of right and wrong is the starting point of Wisdom.” [4][5]
By 2019, it had 33,000 paid members of the company's online subscription for the in-depth articles which was started in July 2017.[6] It has users from more than 200 different countries and territories, the vast majority being in Hong Kong and Taiwan, with the rest coming from the U.S., Japan and elsewhere.[6]
Initium Media currently has 10 channels, which are Daily News, Opinions, International News, Hong Kong News, China News, Taiwan News, Culture, City, Parenting and Photos.
In August 2021, against the backdrop of increasing pressure on Hong Kong media outlets following the enactment of the national security law, Initium Media announced that they will move their headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore.[7]