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}}<!--{{Romanization needed}} end--> was a Chinese-language tabloid published in Hong Kong from 1995 to 2021,<ref name="Steinberger1996">{{cite journal|title=An apple a day: Jimmy Lai's tough tabloid|journal=Columbia Journalism Review|volume=34|issue=6|year=1996|last=Steinberger|first=Michael|via=ProQuest}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Guo |first1=Steve |editor1-last=Huang |editor1-first=Yu |editor2-last=Song |editor2-first=Yunya |title=The Evolving Landscape of Media and Communication in Hong Kong |date=2018 |publisher=City University of Hong Kong Press |pages=135–150 |chapter=A Report on Public Evaluations of Media Credibility in Hong Kong}}</ref> with a digital-only English edition launched in May, 2020.<ref name="archive_201108230626">[http://www.nextmedia.com/v5/chinese/intro.html 壹傳媒有限公司] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823062620/http://www.nextmedia.com/v5/chinese/intro.html|date=23 August 2011}} According to the information released by Next Digital, "Apple Daily" was the second best-selling Chinese newspaper in Hong Kong.</ref> Founded by [[Jimmy Lai]] and part of Next Media, ''Apple Daily'' was known for its sensational headlines, paparazzi photographs, conspiracy theories{{Citation needed|date=June 2024|reason=requires a citation to high-quality RS that say it in their own words}} and pro-democracy, anti-[[Chinese Communist Party|Chinese government]] editorial position''.'' A [[Apple Daily (Taiwan)|sister publication of the same name]] was published in [[Taiwan]] under a joint venture between Next Digital and other Taiwanese companies.
 
In a [[Reuters Institute]] poll conducted in early 2021, ''Apple Daily'' was the fourth most-used offline source of news in Hong Kong, while its website was the second most-used among online news media in the city.<ref name="Reuters2021">{{cite report |last1=Newman |first1=Nic |last2=Fletcher |first2=Richard |last3=Schulz |first3=Anne |last4=Andı |first4=Simge |last5=Robertson |first5=Craig T.|last6=Nielsen |first6=Rasmus Kleis |year=2021 |title=Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2021 |publisher=[[Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism]] |url=https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2021-06/Digital_News_Report_2021_FINAL.pdf |access-date=27 June 2021 |archive-date=26 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626232722/https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2021-06/Digital_News_Report_2021_FINAL.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> According to a survey conducted by the [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]], ''Apple Daily'' was the third most trusted paid newspaper in 2019.<ref name="CUHK2019">{{cite report|year= 2019|title= Tracking Research: Public Evaluation on Media Credibility Survey Results|publisher= Centre for Communication and Public Opinion Survey, The Chinese University of Hong Kong|url= https://www.com.cuhk.edu.hk/ccpos/en/research/Credibility_Survey%20Results_2019_ENG.pdf|access-date= 2 May 2020|archive-date= 1 May 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200501112037/http://www.com.cuhk.edu.hk/ccpos/en/research/Credibility_Survey%20Results_2019_ENG.pdf|url-status= live}}</ref>