| Type | Free daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Next Media |
| Founded | October 24, 2006 |
| Headquarters | 141 Sing-Ai Road Neihu Industrial Park, Taipei City 114 Taiwan |
| Official website | http://sharp.1-apple.com.tw/ |
Sharp Daily (Chinese:爽報 Pinyin: Shuǎng Bào) is a free Chinese-language tabloid newspaper, published in Taipei, Taiwan by Next Media.
Launched on October 24, 2006 as a rival to Cola (可樂報 Pinyin:Kělèbào), another free tabloid published by United Daily Newspaper (聯合報 Pinyin: Liánhébào ), Sharp Daily shares news content with the Taiwanese Apple Daily. According to Forbes each copy costs 2.8 New Taiwan dollars to produce and its target readership is "the train-riding working class" [1]
Sharp Daily was launched in Hong Kong on 19 September 2011 with a stated aim of 1 million copies per day. It will become the largest free paper in Hong Kong in terms of circulation.[2]