What's NEXT? Apple Daily TV and politics

Politics Taiwan Politics
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Oh, boy, I hope this new TV channel shakes up the TV news as they already did for the rest of the mass media. At least, it’ll be interesting in this saturated market.

[quote]Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai (黎智英), after successfully launching a newspaper and a magazine in Taiwan, will soon launch his television channel in Taiwan, Jimmy Lai’s Apple Daily said Tuesday.

The Apple Daily said Jimmy Lai has appointed King Pu-tsung (金溥聰), a former Taiwan journalism professor and former deputy Taipei mayor, as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the TV channel.
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Lai moved from Hong Kong to Taiwan in 2003 to launch the Taiwan versions of his Apple Daily and Next Magazine, famous for sensational stories and scoops.

In several interviews, Lai said he wants to build his media empire in Taiwan because Taiwan has democracy and innovation, and will play a vital role in China’s political and economic reforms.
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http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=862414&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_taiwan.jpg&cate_rss=TAIWAN_eng

Nevertheless, I’d like to see how this element plays out:

[quote]A close former ally of President Ma Ying-jeou will run Next Media’s entry into Taiwan’s television scene, the group’s publications said yesterday.
King Pu-tsung will serve as the CEO of a new 24-hour news station in Taiwan, he said in interviews published in Next Magazine and Apple Daily yesterday.

King served as Ma’s spokesman when he was mayor of Taipei, and was later promoted to the post of vice mayor. King’s relations with reporters and with politicians from both sides of the spectrum were strained at times.

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The opposition Democratic Progressive Party demanded Ma and King give a public explanation. The party described King’s appointment as a throwback to the martial law era, when the KMT and the military ran their own TV stations and media companies.

King’s past as such a close aide to the president will cross the line separating politics and media, said DPP spokesman Cheng Wen-tsang. He praised Lai as a freethinker, but questioned his choice of a partisan official to lead his TV station.

King’s appointment comes on the heels of numerous accusations of interference in the media by Ma’s KMT administration.
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http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=863166&lang=eng_news&cate_img=49.jpg&cate_rss=news_Society_TAIWAN

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Just when it was thought Taiwanese TV couldn’t get very much worse…
:saywhat:

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King Pu-tsung (金溥聰) was known as the top aide of Ma for more than a decade. Allegedly, he had influences on appointments of several Cabinet members. This movement seems to ignore the ethical line between politics and media.

Although I am not completely convinced by the following article, this is worth continuing attention.

source: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/02/13/2003435990

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And you guys thought nothing is connected to nothing in the media? Even in the USA they are all connected up the wazoo.

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I wonder what will the Apple Daily TV do to Chen’s daughter…

probably they will tap their cellphone, put cams in the toilet, call her for interview at 3am…

They have to be even worse than all the other blue channels, otherwise they will not get audiences… Maybe they will start knocking on her hotel door during the night, instead of just standing there waiting for her to be mad… Anyone ever saw “London Hearts”, where they go to the hotel rooms and take pictures of the stars while they are sleeping, and then wake them up to see the stars in non-make-up-mode? That will be an idea… probably she will scream a bit more, and all the media will have their 10 minutes to fill up, because speaking of how the government is not doing anything is so dificult…