Sharp Daily
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Sharp Daily
| image = Image:sharpdailylogo.jpg
| caption =
| type = Free daily newspaper
| format = Tabloid
| foundation = October 24, 2006
| owners = Next Digital
| headquarters = 141 Sing-Ai Road
Neihu Industrial Park, Taipei City 114
Taiwan
| website = |
}}
{{Chinese
|order=ts
|t=爽報
|s=爽报
|p=Shuǎng Bào
|w=Shuang Pao
|j=Song2 bou3
|y=Sóng Bou
}}
Sharp Daily is a Chinese-language free daily tabloid newspaper, published in Taipei, Taiwan, and previously in Hong Kong, by Next Digital.
Taiwan edition
Launched on 24 October 2006 as a rival to Cola News (可樂新聞 Pinyin:Kělèxinwen), another free tabloid, published by United Daily News, Sharp Daily shares news content with the Taiwanese Apple Daily. According to Forbes each copy costs 2.8 New Taiwan dollars to produce and its target readership is "the train-riding working class" Vivian Wai-yin Kwok, [https://www.forbes.com/facesinthenews/2006/10/19/lai-taiwan-newspaper-face-cx_vk_1018autofacescan06.html Lai Chases Taipei Commuters], Forbes.com, October 19, 2006
Hong Kong edition
Sharp Daily was launched in Hong Kong on 19 September 2011 with a stated aim of 1 million copies per day.[http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20110806&sec_id=4104&art_id=15499373 港版《爽報》目標：日派 100萬份 免費報章進入戰國時代] Apple Daily Hong Kong. 2011年08月06日 It was also the first free tabloid newspaper in Hong Kong to have an evening edition, although this was dropped in March 2012.[http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1018707/new-evening-post-relaunched-back-beijing-loyalists-election New Evening Post relaunched to back Beijing loyalists in election] SCMP Hong Kong The Hong Kong edition of Sharp Daily was closed down on 21 October 2013 after the owner Jimmy Lai revealed that the newspaper had lost several hundred millions of Hong Kong dollars in two years.[http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1334656/apples-free-sister-paper-sharp-daily-folds-after-losing-millions Apple's free sister paper Sharp Daily folds after losing millions] SCMP Hong Kong
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References
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- Pinyin translated with [http://www.cozychinese.com/convert/ CozyChinese.COM]
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External links
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- [http://sharp.1-apple.com.tw/ Sharp Daily Taiwan]
- [http://maintenance.sharpdaily.hk/ Sharp Daily Hong Kong]
- [http://www.atnext.com Next Digital]
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Category:Newspapers published in Taiwan
Category:Chinese-language newspapers (Traditional Chinese)
Category:2006 establishments in Taiwan
Category:Newspapers established in 2006
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