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Seeking Clarity

Taiwan’s Mirror Media announced a relaunch to “deliver clarity” in times of “chaos, anxiety, confrontation, and collapse.”
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Taiwan’s Mirror Media (鏡週刊) recently announced a relaunch in order, the company said, to “deliver clarity” (讓事情講清楚) in what it called a time of “chaos, anxiety, confrontation, and collapse” (混沌、不安、對抗、崩壞). This is the latest metamorphosis for an outlet that has ridden a wave of commercial development in Taiwan’s media over the past decade, often capitalizing on sensationalist content and approaches. Mirror Media was first founded in 2016 as a tabloid magazine after Pei Wei (裴偉), the former managing editor of the local edition of Jimmy Lai’s Next Magazine (壹週刊), left with several colleagues to create a competing publication. Mirror Media said in its announcement that it aims to provide clarity through professional journalism combined with engaging short videos and AI-enhanced content. The new outlet could be found at www.mirrordaily.news starting yesterday.

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