Last year's weak economy and many natural disasters put Taiwan's publishers to a severe test. In rapid succession the website-turned-newspaper Tomorrow Times, The Great Sports Daily, and the Independence Evening Post went out of business.
經濟不景氣加上天災人禍頻仍，去年台灣出版業遭逢了嚴酷的考驗：網路原生報「明日報」宣布關站；「大成體育報」、「自立晚報」相繼停刊。