Headquarters Hong Kong Website TheHouseNews.com Current status Closed 26 July 2014 | Slogan(s) "Read This, Skip That" Launched July 2012 | |
Created by Leung Man Tao, Tony Tsoi, Simon Lau, Greg Sung | ||
House News (Chinese: 主場新聞) was a Hong Kong news website, content aggregator, and blog founded by Simon Lau, Tony Tsoi, Man-Tao Leung, Simon Lau and Greg Sung, featuring columnists and various news sources. The site offers news, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, lifestyle, culture, nature, technology, media, and local news.
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Launch
The site was launched on 6 July 2012, through Facebook, with the website going live on 28 July, in time for the successful protest against Hong Kong Moral and National Education the following day, which promoted Chinese political values and pro-Communist regime. On 28 August, the site launched an 'Election Dashboard' for the 2012 legislative elections.
Closure
On 26 July 2014, 17:06 (GMT +8), an announcement written by the founder Tony Tsoi was posted on Facebook, indicating an instant cessation of services of the website and the site now simply displays a closure announcement. The reasons given for closure were: