Channel C

{{Short description|Hong Kong online news media}}

{{expand Chinese|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = Channel C

| logo =

| logo_size = 250px

| type = Online media

| founder = Five ex-Apple Daily employees

| foundation = {{start date and age|2021|7|12}}

| political = {{hlist|Pro-democracy|Localism}}

| language = Cantonese (written in Traditional Chinese)

| readership =

• Facebook: >1 million
• Instagram: >1.7 million
• YouTube: >41 million
  as at 2 August 2022{{cite web|url=https://m.youtube.com/|title=Channel C-關於我們|date=2022-04-13|language=Zh-hant|access-date=2022-04-14|archive-date=2014-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819074711/https://m.youtube.com/}}

| website = {{Url|https://channelchk.com}}

}}

{{Infobox YouTube personality

| channel_handle = ChannelCHK

| channel_display_name = Channel C HK

| location = Hong Kong

| years_active = 2021–present

| subscribers = 705 thousand

| views = 403 million

| stats_update = 20 December 2024

}}

Channel C is a Hongkongese online news media that focuses on video production{{Cite news |date=2021-07-13|title=蘋果終章前員工分別辦新媒體 娛壹冀港人讀娛聞有選擇 |url=https://www.thestandnews.com/media/蘋果終章前員工分別辦新媒體-娛壹冀港人讀娛聞有選擇-channel-c主打影片填空虛感 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719010850/https://www.thestandnews.com/media/%E8%98%8B%E6%9E%9C%E7%B5%82%E7%AB%A0%E5%89%8D%E5%93%A1%E5%B7%A5%E5%88%86%E5%88%A5%E8%BE%A6%E6%96%B0%E5%AA%92%E9%AB%94-%E5%A8%9B%E5%A3%B9%E5%86%80%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E8%AE%80%E5%A8%9B%E8%81%9E%E6%9C%89%E9%81%B8%E6%93%87-channel-c%E4%B8%BB%E6%89%93%E5%BD%B1%E7%89%87%E5%A1%AB%E7%A9%BA%E8%99%9B%E6%84%9F|archive-date=2021-07-19|access-date=2021-07-13}} and was founded on 12 July 2021 by five former Apple News narrators of the Next Animation Studio, a sector of Apple Daily. The "C" of Channel C stands for City, Crime and Culture, focusing on real-time popular topics, breaking news, and cultural life.

On 22 April 2025, the outlet ceased operations due to financial issues.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/60232866/channel-c%E6%8B%96%E6%AC%A066%E8%90%AC%E8%96%AA%E9%87%91-%E5%81%9C%E6%AD%A2%E6%9B%B4%E6%96%B0%E5%85%A9%E6%97%A5-%E5%82%B5%E4%B8%BB%E7%99%BC%E6%8E%A5%E7%AE%A1%E4%BF%A1%E8%B2%BC%E5%A4%A7%E9%96%80 |title=Channel C拖欠66萬薪金 停止更新兩日 債主發接管信貼大門 |date=25 April 2025 |website=HK01 |author=冼博勵 |access-date=10 July 2025 |language=zh}}{{Cite web |url=https://news.mingpao.com/ins/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/article/20250425/s00001/1745586896466/%E7%B6%B2%E5%AA%92%E3%80%8Cchannel-c%E3%80%8D%E5%B7%B2%E5%81%9C%E9%81%8B%E5%85%A9%E6%97%A5-%E6%93%9A%E6%82%89%E7%B7%A8%E8%BC%AF%E9%83%A8%E5%93%A1%E5%B7%A5%E8%A2%AB%E6%AC%A0%E8%96%AA%E7%B4%8466%E8%90%AC%E5%85%83 |title=網媒「Channel C」已停運兩日　據悉編輯部員工被欠薪約66萬元 |date=25 April 2025 |website=Ming Pao |access-date=10 July 2025 |language=zh}} On 10 July, the outlet announced that it had secured funding from a white knight and would resume operations under the new name Channel WE.{{Cite web |url=https://www.am730.com.hk/%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0/channel-c%E5%89%8D%E5%93%A1%E5%B7%A5%E7%8D%B2-%E7%99%BD%E6%AD%A6%E5%A3%AB-%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81-%E6%88%90%E7%AB%8B%E6%96%B0%E5%B9%B3%E5%8F%B0-channel-we-/578120 |title=Channel C前員工獲「白武士」支持　成立新平台「Channel WE」|date=10 July 2025 |website=am730 |access-date=10 July 2025 |language=zh}} Its first story was posted the same day, and it became fully operational starting 12 July.{{Cite web |url=https://www.inmediahk.net/node/%E5%AA%92%E9%AB%94/%E5%89%8Dchannel-c%E5%93%A1%E5%B7%A5%E7%8D%B2%E3%80%8C%E7%99%BD%E6%AD%A6%E5%A3%AB%E3%80%8D%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81-%E6%96%B0%E8%A8%AD%E5%B9%B3%E5%8F%B0channel-we |title=前Channel C員工獲「白武士」支持 新設平台Channel WE |date=10 July 2025 |website=Hong Kong Inmedia |access-date=10 July 2025 |language=zh}}