
An Empty Chair for PTS
Taiwan’s public broadcaster is caught in a political double bind: its sitting board chair has been expelled from parliament, and the opposition is blocking a replacement.

ETtoday (東森新聞雲) is a Taiwan-based digital news platform founded on November 1, 2011, by the Eastern Group (東森集團), a Taipei-based conglomerate with origins in grain storage that entered the media industry in 1991 by establishing what became Eastern Broadcasting Co., Ltd. According to the Eastern Group’s published corporate history, ETtoday was established as a news website in 2011, renamed ETtoday.net in 2013, and formally incorporated as ETtoday Co., Ltd. in 2019. It is operated by Eastern New Media Holdings Co., Ltd. (東森新媒體控股股份有限公司) and is headquartered in Taipei. According to the company’s self-reported figures as of May 2026, the platform reaches a peak daily traffic of 19 million, with app downloads exceeding 6.73 million, 44 Facebook fan pages with a combined following of 29.04 million, and a total claimed audience of 42.89 million. ETtoday covers politics, society, entertainment, sport, and lifestyle. Its news editor-in-chief is Lin Wen-chun (林妏純) and the parent company is chaired by Wang Ling-lin (王令麟). ETtoday has received Taiwan’s Golden Bell Award (金鐘獎) and recognition from Oxford University’s Reuters Institute for digital audience reach.
