Jimmy Lai’s Next Digital to Shut Down Amid Chinese Pressure
- Internal memo says Apple Daily publisher will shut Thursday
- Move comes after Hong Kong police raided pro-democracy paper
Workers protest from the Next Digital Ltd. offices on June 23, in Hong Kong.
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Next Digital Ltd, which is owned by now-jailed media tycoon and activist Jimmy Lai, will cease operations on July 1, according to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg.
The listed Hong Kong company is the publisher of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, which closed last week after Hong Kong authorities used a China-imposed national security law to arrest top editors and executives.