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Initium Media

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Initium Media
IndustryNews
Founded3 August 2015 (2015-08-03)
HeadquartersHong Kong (2015 - 2021) Singapore (2021 - Present)
Key people
Jin Ding (CEO)[1]
Lulu Ning (Editor-in-chief)[2]
ProductsWebsite
iOS & Android Applications
Websitetheinitium.com
Initium Media
Traditional Chinese端傳媒
Simplified Chinese端传媒
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDuān Chuánméi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingdyun1 cyun4 mui4
Sidney LauDuen1Chuen4Mooi4

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]

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]

  1. ^ Ding, Jin [@jinkding] (25 October 2023). "#ProfessionalNews: After over a decade in English journalism, I'm thrilled to announce that I'm returning to my Chinese community as the new CEO of @initiumnews, starting this November" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Announcing Global News Leaders for the 2024 Executive Program Cohort". Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism (CUNY). 2023-08-17. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  3. ^ Speelman, Tabitha. "Initium's Ambition: A Digital Magazine for All Chinese". Archived from the original on March 14, 2021. Retrieved Aug 16, 2020.
  4. ^ Muller, A Charles (2 December 2014). "Mencius (Selections)". Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  5. ^ "漩渦裏的人，有責任說出漩渦的樣子". Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  6. ^ a b "【訂閱新趨勢】靠收費絕境翻身 端傳媒總編：深度分析鮮被抄稿 ｜ 即時 ｜ 要聞 ｜ 20190422". Archived from the original on 2020-09-02. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  7. ^ Cheng, Selina (3 August 2021). "In media first, Hong Kong news outlet Initium quits city for Singapore". Hong Kong Free Press. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

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