South China Morning Post

South China Morning Post (SCMP), is a Hong Kong-based English language newspaper owned by the Chinese multinational media corporation . It is Hong Kong's newspaper of record since British colonial rule.
==History==
SCMP was founded in 1903 by anti-Qing revolutionary and British journalist Alfred Cunningham. While the reason for the founding of SCMP is disputed, the early editions of SCMP supported the reform movement of the late Qing Dynasty. The papers were written by British journalists while Tse focused on the business and relations side of things. 
After WWII, (HSBC) brought majority shares in the newspaper. It was listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange in 1971, but was privatized in 1987 after getting brought by the . SCMP relisted in 1990.
in 1993, was in negotiations to sell his 50 per cent interest in the SCMP as a part of a scheme to increase investments in the Asian media industry. He sold SCMP at a 34.9 per cent stake for $375 million to Malaysian businessman . 
SCMP was owned by the Kuok family until 2015 when Alibaba brought all assets of SCMP for HK$2 billion (US$266 million). This lead to concerns that the newspaper would become a propaganda piece for the Chinese Communist Party, but Alibaba stated that the acquisition was to make media coverage of China "fair and accurate" and not in the optic of Western news outlets. A year later Alibaba removed SCMP's paywall, but reinstalled it in 2020. In 2021, it was reported that the Chinese government is pressuring Alibaba to sell SCMP, due to concerns over the company's influence over public opinion in Hong Kong. Critics say this is designed to move the paper under the ownership of Chinese state-owned firm, essentially making the fears of the newspaper becoming a propaganda piece true. Alibaba has not yet sold SCMP. 
==Content==
SCMP's YouTube channels posts news from Hong Kong, China, and the rest of Asia. The videos range from politics, technology, natural disasters, inspirational, and interviews. 
The SCMP Clips channel posts short-form videos that are easy to digest. The SCMP MMA channel posts about mixed martial art news and fights. And the SCMP Style channel posts about luxury life in Asia. 
==Awards==
*SCMP won 3 awards at the 2018 Asian Digital Media Event. The paper won 11 awards the next year in the same contest. 
*SCMP won a 2019 for their coverage of the 2019 Hong Kong protests. They won another in 2020 for their coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic. 
*SCMP won 23 awards at the 's 2020 Best of Digital Design competition. They also won 4 gold medals at the the same year.
*SCMP was announced as the winner of the 's 2020 General Excellence in Online Journalism award for large newsrooms.
*SCMP won the grand prize at the 2020 for its report titled "The ‘thin yellow line’ standing between Hong Kong police and protestors”. SCMP was also awarded the 2nd place prize at the 2020 Digital Storytelling Contest in the shorts category for the same story.
*SCMP's piece titled "Hong Kong Protests: 100 days of protests rock Hong Kong" was an honoree at the 2020 for Best Individual Editorial Feature. SCMP won another Webby in 2021 for its video titled "China’s Rebel City – The Hong Kong Protests". 
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