But with the legalization of cable TV in 1993, news channels proliferated. After broadband access became widely available in 2000, the news cycle accelerated and the online editions of two major newspapers offered as much news content as their paper editions. With the extension of stock trading hours, evening editions had to be printed later and later. As readers bought fewer evening papers, the boom was transformed into a slump.
然而 1993 年有線電視合法化，新聞頻道暴增；2000 年之後寬頻普及，網路訊息更新迅速，兩大報另闢電子網路版，內容豐富不輸紙版；加上股市延長交易，晚報出刊時間被迫延後，壓縮民眾購買慾，種種因素影響下，使得晚報市場好景不再。