These recent moves have come despite hard times for newspapers worldwide. Here in Taiwan the Independence Post group has changed ownership, and the Central Daily News and China Daily News have merged and cut staff. Overseas, major papers such as the New York Times and Los Angeles Times have laid off hundreds of workers.
然而，近來報業不景氣已是全世界共同現象，國內的自立報系經營權轉移，中央、中華兩家日報也將合併，以精簡人事；國外的《紐約時報》、《洛杉磯時報》去年也分別裁撤數百人。