lynewspaperbasedinBeijing.Itisco-foundedbyGuangmingDailyandNanfangDailyGroup,anditissupervisedbytheformer.Withitsfirstissuebeingpublishedonthe11thofNovember2003,TheBeijingNewsisthefirstChinesenewspaperco-foundedbymediagroupsfromdifferentregionsinChina.ItisalsoChina’sfirstmainstreamnewspaperthatadaptsshareholdingsystem.TheBeijingNews’saverageprinteditionhas88pages,and112pagesonFriday.ThismakesitthesinglenewspaperthatprovidesreadersthemostinformationinBeijing.Itisdistributedboththroughsubscriptionandretailoutlets.Sinceitwasestablishedmorethantwoyearsago,itscirculationhasbeenonasteadyrise.Nowwithadailycirculationof576,000,TheBeijingNewsenjoyswidepopularityamongBeijing’smainstreamreaders.TheBeijingNewshasatabloidprintformat.Itcanbedividedintofoursectionsintermsofcontent.SectionAcoverseditorialandcomments,newsinBeijing,domesticnews,internationalnewsandsportsnews;SectionBcoversbusinessandfinancialnews;SectionCisaboutentertainment,artsandculture;SectionDcoversconsumerguidesandlifestyle.TheBeijingNewsstickstotheprincipleofindependentandobjectivereporting.Itaimstoprovidereaderswithaccurateandreadablereports,strivingforthemoderateandconstructivevoiceinoureditorial.Therearemorethan330journalistsandeditorsworkingforthenewspaper.Theyhaveproducedlotsofreportsandcomments,whichspreadwellandenjoyhighreputationinthemediaindustry.TheBeijingNewshascultivatedmanyloyalreaders,especiallyinthefollowingsections:Comments,In-depthReport,Witness,SportsWeekly,EntertainmentWeekly,BookReviewWeekly,Autoweekly,RealEstateWeekly,GlobalWeekly,BeijingGeography,LoveStoryinBeijing,etc.TheBeijingNewspursuesaneasy-readingstylewithsimple,modernandelegantformatinathick-newspaperera.Thenewspaper’semphasisontheusageofpicturesandillustrationsispioneeringinChina.ThephotographersofTheBeijingNewshavewonmanynationalnewsphotoprizes.In2006,thephotographerwasawardedBronzemedalprizeintheWorldPressPhoto(WPP)competition.Abidingbyrelevantpolicies,TheBeijingNewshassetupthecompany-orientedmanagingframework.Inordertokeeptheindependenceandcredibility,itseparatesreportingandeditingdepartmentsfromadvertisingandpublishing.Duetoitsinfluence,credibility,deepunderstandingofthepressmarketandunremittingpractice,thebrandvalueandmanagingachievementsof“TheBeijingNews”aresoaring.Inthreeyears,TheBeijingNewshasbeenawardedbytheauthoritiesas"themediawiththemostinvestmentpotential”,”themediawiththemostdevelopmentpotential","themostpioneeringmedia”,"themostinfluentialpoliticalnewspaper”etc.Theadvertisingrevenueonpublicationamountsto612millionRMBin2006.