South China Morning Post
Source Passport
HK-M-00002-7
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- Legal name
- South China Morning Post Publishers Limited
- Country
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Type
- Newspaper
- Founded
- 1903
- Editor-in-chief
- Chow Chung-yan (Editor-in-chief / head of the newsroom, announced 27 October 2025; Tammy Tam is Publisher)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- Not yet
0 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Limited
3 of 7 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership stated not disclosed
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address on record, not yet checked
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
- People behind the owning companies not disclosed
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Who is it?
Origin
Not yet verified
- Brand names Pending check
- South China Morning Post
- SCMP
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address Pending check
- 19/F, Tower 1, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
- Public contact email Pending check
- support@scmp.com
3 sources
- SCMP Help Centre, 'Contact information', read 2026-10-20 (South China Morning Post Publishers Limited (Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability), 19/F, Tower 1, Times Square, 1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong; all inquiries support@scmp.com)
- South China Morning Post, 'South China Morning Post appoints Tammy Tam as publisher in major structural overhaul', 27 October 2025, read 2026-10-20 (board chairman Joe Tsai, also chairman of Alibaba Group, 'which has owned the Post since 2016', appointed editor-in-chief Tammy Tam to the new post of publisher over editorial and business; executive editor Chow Chung-yan promoted to take over from Tam as head of the newsroom (page summary: editor-in-chief); CEO Catherine So leaving)
- Young Post (SCMP), 'South China Morning Post history', undated, read 2026-10-20 (established in 1903 by Tse Tsan Tai and Alfred Cunningham; first issue 6 November 1903)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Owner type Alibaba Group Company - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership
- Not disclosed
- Parent group Pending check
- Alibaba Group (owner of the Post since 2016, as the Post itself states)
2 sources
- South China Morning Post, 'South China Morning Post appoints Tammy Tam as publisher in major structural overhaul', 27 October 2025, read 2026-10-20 (board chairman Joe Tsai, also chairman of Alibaba Group, 'which has owned the Post since 2016', appointed editor-in-chief Tammy Tam to the new post of publisher over editorial and business; executive editor Chow Chung-yan promoted to take over from Tam as head of the newsroom (page summary: editor-in-chief); CEO Catherine So leaving)
- South China Morning Post, 'Alibaba buys South China Morning Post Group's media business', December 2015 (date not shown on the page read), read 2026-10-20 (Alibaba Group bought the SCMP and all other media assets of SCMP Group; price undisclosed)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Not yet verified
- Official websites Pending check
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Sister outlets in the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 November 2026 | First published |
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