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  • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
    Apple Daily
    Hong Kongers rush to buy final edition of Apple Daily newspaper

    Hundreds queue as pro-democracy tabloid prints 1m copies after being forced to shutter

  • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Apple Daily case is assault on Hong Kong’s freedoms

    City’s attractions for business over mainland China are being stripped away

  • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
    Apple Daily
    Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily to shut down

    Newspaper renowned for challenging government to close after assets frozen and journalists arrested

  • Monday, 21 June, 2021
    Hong Kong’s Apple Daily at risk of imminent closure

    Pro-democracy newspaper’s assets frozen and 2 senior executives face national security charges

  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong police invoke security law to arrest senior journalists

    Executives of Jimmy Lai’s Apple Daily tabloid detained as hundreds of officers raid newsroom

  • Thursday, 27 May, 2021
    Jimmy Lai
    Shares in Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong media group surge 330% as trading resumes

    Jailed pro-democracy tycoon had assets frozen under national security law

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    Jimmy Lai’s Hong Kong media group in doubt after asset freeze

    Pro-democracy tycoon’s Next Digital halts trading after founder’s stake frozen under security law

  • Monday, 5 October, 2020
    News in-depthFTfm
    Conscience investors put their values into stocks

    A rare group of shareholders is acting on emotion rather than a desire to mitigate risk

  • Thursday, 10 September, 2020
    Hong Kong police arrest 15 people over Next Digital stock surge

    Shares in media company had rocketed following detention of its pro-democracy founder Jimmy Lai

  • Monday, 10 August, 2020
    US-China relations
    China targets US officials in retaliation for HK sanctions

    Police in territory arrest media tycoon Jimmy Lai under new security law

  • Monday, 10 August, 2020
    LexHong Kong politics
    Jimmy Lai/Hong Kong: buy orders on democracy Premium content

    Media tycoon’s arrest does not spell the end of Next Digital; it will stay in demand, like its shares

  • Monday, 10 August, 2020
    Hong Kong politics
    Activists pile in to Next Digital stock following Jimmy Lai’s arrest

    Shares in company owned by pro-democracy Hong Kong tycoon jump as much as 344%

  • Monday, 17 July, 2017
    Next Digital jumps on plan to sell magazine assets
  • Thursday, 28 August, 2014
    Chinese politics & policy
    Hong Kong anti-corruption agents raid media mogul Jimmy Lai’s home
  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2013
    ReviewAsia-Pacific companies
    Next Media print sale collapses
  • Thursday, 29 November, 2012
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  • Wednesday, 28 November, 2012
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    Taiwan tycoons to buy Next Media assets
  • Monday, 19 November, 2012
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    Next Media deal: getting complicated
  • Friday, 19 October, 2012
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    Lai’s Taiwan exit: less choice for viewers, big boost for stock
  • Tuesday, 16 October, 2012
    Asia-Pacific companies
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