The Paper (newspaper)

The Paper (Chinese: 澎湃新闻; lit. 'Surging News') is a Chinese digital newspaper owned and run by the state-owned Shanghai United Media Group.

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Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Online newspaper
Publisher	Shanghai United Media Group
Founded	July 2014; 10 years ago (2014-07)
Political alignment	Chinese Communist Party
Language	Mandarin Chinese
Headquarters	839 Yan'an West Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai
Sister newspapers	Sixth Tone
Website	www.thepaper.cn

The Paper was launched in July 2014 as an offshoot of the Shanghai United Media Group's Oriental Morning Post. It's initial funding was speculated to be between US$16 million and US$64 million.^[1] Approximately $14,500,000 was provided by the government through the Cyberspace Administration of China. The publication was intended to be "smarter" and "sexier" state propaganda.^[2]

The Paper was founded as an attempt to capture the readership of mobile internet users as revenue from mainstream physical papers across China saw major declines in the early 2010s.^[3]^: 599 In May 2016, The Paper launched Sixth Tone, an English-language sister publication.^[4]

[1]
Olesen, Alexa (23 July 2014). "The New Website That Has China Buzzing". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
[2]
Speelman, Tabitha (15 December 2015). "Looking for Smarter, Sexier Chinese State Media? There's an App for That". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
[3]
Peter, Alain; Chen, Mengshu; Carrasco, Silvia (17 January 2017). "Power interplay and newspaper digitization: Lessons from the Pengpai experiment". Global Media and China. 1 (4): 497–510. doi:10.1177/2059436416687313.
[4]
Tatlow, Didi Kirsten (5 April 2016). "Digital Paper in China Covers Contentious Issues, Now in English". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

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The Paper (Chinese: 澎湃新闻; lit. 'Surging News') is a Chinese digital newspaper owned and run by the state-owned Shanghai United Media Group.

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The Paper

The Paper headquarters
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Online newspaper
Publisher	Shanghai United Media Group
Founded	July 2014; 10 years ago (2014-07)
Political alignment	Chinese Communist Party
Language	Mandarin Chinese
Headquarters	839 Yan'an West Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai
Sister newspapers	Sixth Tone
Website	www.thepaper.cn

[1]
Olesen, Alexa (23 July 2014). "The New Website That Has China Buzzing". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
[2]
Speelman, Tabitha (15 December 2015). "Looking for Smarter, Sexier Chinese State Media? There's an App for That". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
[3]
Peter, Alain; Chen, Mengshu; Carrasco, Silvia (17 January 2017). "Power interplay and newspaper digitization: Lessons from the Pengpai experiment". Global Media and China. 1 (4): 497–510. doi:10.1177/2059436416687313.
[4]
Tatlow, Didi Kirsten (5 April 2016). "Digital Paper in China Covers Contentious Issues, Now in English". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

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