台灣人民對一百七十五億元［1］的壹傳媒銷售案提出抗議
二○一二年十一月二十七日 最後更新於格林威治標準時間05:26
Reporter: These students and professors behind me are braving the rain in the
cold weather to protest outside Taiwan’s cabinet building against the purchase
of Next Media. This is one of the several demonstrations that have been held
since a group of Taiwanese companies announced their plans to buy the company.
Now, like the protesters here, many people in Taiwan are worried that Taiwan’s
media will be dominated by a small number of players. One of the buyers in the
group, Mr. Tsai Eng-meng, already owns the Want Want Media Group, if the deal
goes through, he will own nearly 50% of Taiwan’s media. Mr. Tsai also has
significant business interest in China. He is known for his pro-Beijing views. He
was only recently announced that he is the one main stakeholders in the deal.
In recent days, many protesters like these have demanded that the government stop
the deal from going through. For their part, the prospect buyers have tried to
ease concerns and have said that they will try to maintain editorial
independence. Now across town, another protest is being held by the employees
of Apply Daily, the flagship newspaper for Next Media. They are demanding that
agreements be signed to ensure editorial freedom. Cindy sui, BBC News, Taipei.
記者：我身後的這些學生與教授們，在寒冷的天氣裡冒著雨，站在台灣的行政院外抗議壹傳媒的併購。這是在若干台灣公司宣布它們買下這個公司的計畫之後，所引起的眾多示威運動之一；如今，與這裡的抗議者一樣，許多台灣人民擔心台灣的媒體將會由少數人所壟斷。一旦這個交易案通過，其中一位買家──已經擁有旺旺中時集團的蔡衍明，將會持有將近50%的台灣媒體；他同時在中國具有龐大的商業利益，更以親中的論點而著稱；而最近，他才被宣布成為這樁交易裡的主要利益共享者之一。這幾日以來，許多像這樣的抗議者極力要求政府阻止這個合約通過。針對這些抗議者，未來的買主們嘗試平撫他們的不安，並說他們會盡力維持言論自由。現在，在城市的另外一頭，也正舉行由壹傳媒當家報紙蘋果日報所屬員工們所發起的另一個抗議行動：他們要求簽訂合約以確保言論自由。Cindy Sui，BBC新聞，台北報導。
台灣商業龍頭翹楚中的其中三個預計將在星期二時簽下一紙價值將近一百七十五億元［1］的合約，來收購這個國家最受歡迎的媒體公司之一──壹傳媒。
但如同Cindy Sui在台北所報導的，這紙合約對於媒體自由的潛在影響，引起了廣泛的疑慮。
［1］此為台幣幣值，原文為美金單位「$600m」。
