清光緒二十八年五月十二日 (1902年6月17日),天津《大公報(bào)》創(chuàng)刊。該報(bào)是中國創(chuàng)刊較早、報(bào)齡最長(zhǎng)的報(bào)紙，距今已經(jīng)107年了，仍在香港繼續(xù)出刊。這在中國報(bào)界是極為鮮有的。
《大公報(bào)》是在法國公使鮑渥贊助下，經(jīng)北京總主教批準(zhǔn)，由天主教會(huì)出資創(chuàng)辦的。辦報(bào)方針最初是聽命于法國領(lǐng)事館和天主教會(huì)。并由天主教會(huì)推薦英華為負(fù)責(zé)人。
英華(1866～1926),字?jǐn)恐?。滿洲正紅旗人，天主教徒。幼年家貧，出身寒微，自學(xué)博文，稍通法文。曾任法國駐云南蒙自領(lǐng)事館的雇員。辭職后，正值求職不得，適逢《大公報(bào)》創(chuàng)辦。英斂之任總理、撰述、編輯諸職，總攬言論和經(jīng)營(yíng)大權(quán)。
《大公報(bào)》館址，初設(shè)在法租界狄總領(lǐng)事路法國工部局對(duì)過(今哈爾濱道); 光緒三十二年(1906),遷至日租界旭街(今和平路169號(hào)四面鐘對(duì)過永真眼鏡店); 后又遷至哈爾濱道西頭靠近南京路的地方(后來為京劇二團(tuán))?！洞蠊珗?bào)》創(chuàng)刊當(dāng)天，就發(fā)行了3800份，3個(gè)月后發(fā)行量高達(dá)5000份，一時(shí)間成為華北地區(qū)人們爭(zhēng)相購閱的報(bào)紙。
《大公報(bào)》有自己的印刷廠，除了印報(bào)紙以外，還承印中西書籍，自己也出版和經(jīng)銷圖書。報(bào)紙創(chuàng)刊不久，就連續(xù)在報(bào)上刊登上海、北京等地剛出版的新書廣告，并由報(bào)館代售。這就招引了社會(huì)上大批書刊委托大公報(bào)館銷售。這樣既收到了經(jīng)濟(jì)效益，也宣傳了報(bào)館，贏得了讀者。從創(chuàng)刊到解放前夕，《大公報(bào)》共出版圖書100余種。如《華英音韻》、《字典集成》、《英華字典》,等等。
光緒三十二年(1906)6月27日，英斂之借鑒在日本訪問學(xué)習(xí)的辦報(bào)經(jīng)驗(yàn)，聯(lián)絡(luò)了幾個(gè)天津新聞界人士，在《大公報(bào)》上發(fā)表了《告天津各大報(bào)主筆書》,倡議召開天津各報(bào)發(fā)行人和主筆協(xié)作會(huì)議及成立“報(bào)界俱樂部” ,為天津新聞工作者提供交流、研究和歡娛的活動(dòng)場(chǎng)所。7月1日，第一次協(xié)作會(huì)議在日租界旭街芙蓉館正式召開，并在會(huì)議上成立了天津報(bào)界俱樂部。7月29日，又在天津李公祠舉行了第二次集會(huì)。兩次會(huì)議都由英斂之主持，在津出版的《大公報(bào)》、《中外實(shí)報(bào)》、《北洋日?qǐng)?bào)》等10家報(bào)紙的20多位代表，出席了會(huì)議。會(huì)上決定，此后每月召開一次會(huì)議，由參加協(xié)作的報(bào)館輪流召開。但是，由于各報(bào)館隸屬不同的政治力量，難以同謀，協(xié)作會(huì)議只能是不了了之。
1916年9月，《大公報(bào)》售給王郅??；1926年9月，吳鼎昌、胡政之、張季鸞3人合作，以 “新記公司” 名義接辦《大公報(bào)》。

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The Ta Kung Pao Newspaper was founded inTianjin on June 17,1902. It is the longest newspaper inChina with 105 years of history. Today it continues topublish in Hong Kong,which is rare in China.
The newspaper was sponsored by the FrenchAmbassador,and invested and approved by the BeijingBishop. It followed the orders from the French Embassyand the Catholic Church. Ying Hua was the chief-editorrecommended by the Catholic Church.
Ying Hua (1866～1926),Manchu ethnic,and aCatholic,had another name as Lianzhi. His family waspoor during his childhood. He learned by himself andknew a little French. When he resigned his job as anemployee of the French Consulate at Mengzi of Yunnan,Ta Kung Pao was founded. He was appointed as themanager,reporter and editor of the newspaper in chargeof the operation.
The newspaper was located opposite to the FrenchIndustrial Bureau at Consulate-General Road (nowHarbin Road) in the French concession. In 1906,itmoved to Xujie in the Japanese concession,and thenmoved to Nanjing Road near the west of Harbin Road.On the first day of its operation,Ta Kung Pao published3800 copies and three months later,5000 copies. Itbecame the most popular newspaper in North China.
The newspaper had its own publishing house.Besides newspapers,it printed,published and soldbooks. After its operation,it published advertisements ofnew books for Shanghai and Beijing. It also sold booksfor them,which attracted many books to be sold by TaKung Pao. This method gained commission,promotedthe newspaper,and won readers. From its launch to thetime of the liberation,the newspaper published about100 books such as Huaying Rhythm,General Dictionaryand Yinghua Dictionary.
On June 27,1906,Ying Lianzhi learned from Japanto set up Newsman Association with the support fromseveral elites of newspaper in Tianjin after publishing"A Letter to Tianjin Chief Editors" in Ta Kung Pao. Theassociation was set for Tianjin journalists to exchangeideas and have fun. On July 1,the first collaborationmeeting was held at Furong restaurant in the Japaneseconcession. At the meeting,the association wasestablished. On July 29,the second meeting was held atLigongci in Tianjin. Both meetings were chaired by YingLianzhi. About 20 representatives from 10 newspapersincluding Ta Kung Pao,China and Overseas Newspaper,Northern Daily attended the meeting. It also decidedto hold monthly meetings hosted by each newspaper.However,the newspapers served different politicalpowers,so the monthly meeting was aborted.
In September,1916,the Ta Kung Pao was soldto Wang Zhilong. In September,Wu Dingchang,HuZhengzhi and Zhang Jiluan cooperated to take over theTa Kung Pao in the name of Xinji Company.

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