The Storm Media


The Storm Media is an online news media headquartered in Neihu District, Taipei, Taiwan, offering media services in Chinese and Japanese.

Overview

Founder David Chang was the general manager of Goldman Sachs Taipei Branch and served as a consultant to Fubon Financial Holdings after retirement. Publisher is a professor at Shih Hsin University. The start-up capital of The Storm Media, NT$60 million, was all Chang's personal investment. The editorial team comes from the China Times newspaper group and Next [Magazine (Hong Kong and Taiwan)|Next Magazine].
The Storm Media has cooperated with many media outlets in Taiwan and has signed contracts with overseas news media such as BBC Chinese, Asahi Shimbun Chinese, Deutsche Welle, Xinhua News Agency, and The [Wall Street Journal] to become long-term content partners.
In April 2017, The Storm Media announced the acquisition of and Taiwan Indicator Survey Research.

Blockage

According to GreatFire testing, its website has been blocked in mainland China by the authorities' Internet Wall, meaning that local netizens are unable to access the website normally. The blockage has been in place since May 2015.