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ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS
The former two English publications are regarded as neutral towards the Government and are mostly "serious" newspapers. ''The Standard'' now presents itself as a business paper, but also carries general news.
CHINESE-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS
''Ta Kung Pao'', ''Hong Kong Commercial Daily'', ''Sing Pao'', ''Sing Tao'' and ''Wen Wei Po'' are all considered pro-Beijing and pro-government; in contrast, ''Apple Daily'' often takes an anti-Beijing and pro-democracy stance. ''Oriental Daily'', ''Apple Daily'' and ''The Sun'' are known for their sensational style, often gory pictures (e.g. of road accidents or murder scenes), and frequent borderline obscene coverage (including " Prostitution guides"). ''Ming Pao'' is considered a "serious" paper and is favoured by students. ''Hong Kong Economic Journal'' and ''Hong Kong Economic Times'' are business-oriented. FREE TABLOIDS
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POPULARITY By a wide margin, the ''South China Morning Post'' is the most popular English newspaper. Among Cantonese newspapers, ''Oriental Daily'' and ''Apple Daily'' are the top sellers, while the ''Hong Kong Economic Times'' is the best-selling financial newspaper. According to independent surveys, ''Ming Pao'' and ''Economic Journal'' are the papers most trusted by local readers. PAPARAZZI The fact that ''The Sun'' and ''Oriental Daily'' are among those with the highest circulation can be explained by their approach. Both use an informal style, concentrating on celebrity gossip and Paparazzi photography, and written to some degree in colloquial Cantonese phrases. This style of writing, as in other markets, is popular with a large section of the public. The content is often exaggerated or outright fabricated in order to claim "exclusives". Although the subjects of these alleged falsehoods have tried to express their dissatifaction through actions such as refusing interviews or even suing the reporters, they have not succeeded in stopping the papers' activities. NUMBER AND PRICE The number of newspapers in the market has been stable for a long time. There are occasional attempts at establishing new types of newspaper and theme-oriented papers, but most of these new papers cannot compete with the "mainstream" papers. Most papers sell for a fixed price of HKD$6, except the ''South China Morning Post'' ($7, while the Sunday edition costs $8). ''Metropolis Daily'', ''Headline Daily'', ''am730'', and ''The Epoch Times'' are free papers, distributed at MTR and KCR stations. ''The Sun'' has reduced its price to $3 from October 19 2005 onwards, supposedly for the purpose of competing with the free papers. SEE ALSO
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