In 2001, after 50 years in print, the Independence Evening Post, which played a pioneering role in Taiwan's transition to democracy, was the first to stop publication. Power News retreated from the battlefield the following year.
2001 年，經營 50 載，曾被譽為台灣民主化先驅的自立晚報率先停刊，隔年勁報也不堪虧損，退出戰場。