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This is a '''list of newspapers published in [[Taiwan]]'''. 

After ''[[Apple Daily (Taiwan)|Apple Daily]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|蘋果日報}}) ceased print publication in 2021, there are currently three major daily newspapers: the ''[[Liberty Times]]'' (自由時報), ''[[United Daily News]]'' (聯合報), and ''[[China Times]]'' (中國時報). In addition, there are two major business-focused, financial newspapers: the ''[[Commercial Times]]'' (工商時報) and ''Economic Daily News'' (經濟日報).

After competitors ''[[Taiwan News]]'' ceased print publication in 2010 and ''[[The China Post]]'' in 2015, ''[[Taipei Times]]'' (英文台北時報) remains the only major English-language newspaper in Taiwan.

== Corporate media ==
=== Major Chinese-language newspapers ===
:{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Name
! Chinese names
! Owner
! Established
! Circulation
! Editorial stance
! Party support in <br>[[2020 Taiwanese presidential election|2020 presidential election]]

|-
|''[[Liberty Times]]''||{{lang|zh-tw|自由時報}}
|Liberty Times Group || 1980 || 529,178 <ref>[https://www.abc.org.tw/upload/report/a24ee-2016.12.02-2016-7-9-.pdf 《自由時報》有費報紙發行量稽核報告]</ref>|| [[Liberalism|Liberal]], pro-DPP, supports [[Taiwan independence]], anti-[[China]], friendly to Japan|| [[Democratic Progressive Party]] 
|-
|''[[United Daily News]]''||{{lang|zh-tw|聯合報}}
|United Daily News Group ||1951 ||210,000 <ref>[https://mrpr.ezwebin.com/2017/12/2017-newspaper-circulation.html 2017 台灣報紙發行量/曝光量估算]</ref>||Conservative, pro-KMT, supports friendly [[cross-strait relations]]|| [[Kuomintang]] 
|-
|''[[China Times]]''||{{lang|zh-tw|中國時報}}
|[[Want Want]] China Times Group || 1950||135,000<ref>[https://mrpr.ezwebin.com/2017/12/2017-newspaper-circulation.html 2017 台灣報紙發行量/曝光量估算]</ref>|| [[Conservatism|Conservative]], pro-KMT, [[Chinese unification|pro-China]], supports friendly cross-strait relations ||Kuomintang
|}

*''[[Commercial Times]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|工商時報}}): established in 1978, part of Want Want China Times media group
*''Economic Daily News'' ({{lang|zh-tw|經濟日報}}): established in 1967, part of ''United Daily News'' group

=== English-language newspaper ===
*''[[Taipei Times]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|英文台北時報}}): established in 1999, part of [[Liberty Times]] Group

Competitors ''[[Taiwan News]]'' ceased print publication in 2010 and ''[[The China Post]]'' in 2015.

== Government-owned media ==

=== Chinese news media ===
* [[Central News Agency (Taiwan)|Central News Agency]] ({{lang|zh-tw|中央通訊社}}) – [[State media|National]] [[news agency]] of [[Taiwan| Taiwan (Republic of China)]]
* ''[[Kinmen Daily News]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|金門日報}}) – in [[Kinmen]], operated by [[Kinmen County Government]].
* ''[[Matsu Daily]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|馬祖日報}}) – in [[Matsu Islands]], operated by [[Lienchiang County Government]].
* ''[[Youth Daily News]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|青年日報}}) – operated by the [[Ministry of National Defense (Taiwan)|Ministry of National Defense]]

=== English news media ===
* [[Focus Taiwan]] – operated by the [[Central News Agency (Taiwan)]]

== Other newspapers ==
* ''[[China Daily News (Taiwan)|China Daily News]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|中華日報}}) – in [[Tainan]] ([[Southern Taiwan]])
* ''[[Mandarin Daily News]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|國語日報}}) – a children-facing news paper, all [[Traditional Chinese characters]] are annotated with [[Bopomofo|Mandarin Phonetic Symbols]].
* ''[[The Epoch Times]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|大紀元時報}})
* ''[[Taiwan Times]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|臺灣時報}}) – in [[Kaohsiung]] ([[Southern Taiwan]])
* ''[[The Epoch Times]] – [[New York City]]''
* ''[[Chinese Christian Tribune]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|基督教論壇報}}) - a leading Christian newspaper

== Online newspapers ==
* ''[[Apple Daily (Taiwan)|Apple Daily]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|蘋果日報}}) – Major daily newspaper which ended print publication in 2021 and switched to all-digital format
* ''[[Central Daily News]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|中央日報}}) – operated by [[Kuomintang]], a [[List of political parties in Taiwan|political party]], began operations from 1945 in Taiwan, ceased print publication in 2006
* ''[[Independence Evening Post]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|自立晚報}}) – printed newspaper until 2001
* ''[[The China Post]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|英文中國郵報}}) – former English-language newspaper, ended its print publication in 2017 and switched to all-digital format
* ''[[Taiwan Daily]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|台灣日報}}) – print publication ended in June 2006
* ''[[Taiwan News]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|台灣英文新聞}}) – former English-language newspaper, ended print publication in 2015 and switched to all-digital format
* ''[[The News Lens]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|關鍵評論網}})
* ''[[Funscreen Weekly]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|放映週報}})

== Defunct newspapers ==
* ''China Times Express'' ({{lang|zh-tw|中時晚報}}) – in the same group as ''[[China Times]]'',  published between 1988 and 2005
* ''[[Min Sheng Bao]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|民生報}})
* ''[[:zh:聯合晚報|United Evening News]]'' ({{lang|zh-tw|聯合晚報}}) – in the same group as ''[[United Daily News]]'', ceased publication in 2020

== See also ==
* [[Media of Taiwan]]
* [[Television in Taiwan]]
* [[National Communications Commission]]
* [[Central News Agency (Taiwan)]]

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