Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Siemens to abandon Net TV plans for China

From CNN: Siemens to ‘drop Web TV in China’ German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG may withdraw from the Internet TV market in China, a local newspaper reported on Friday. Siemens has dismissed its team in charge of Internet Protocol Television … Continue reading →

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Follow the law, and subscribe to the army’s newspaper

Story from the PLA Daily urging subscribers to renew their subscriptions for 2007, in accordance with national regulations.

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SCMP scandal goes global

Last week the Asia Sentinel reported on the troubles in the South China Morning Post newsrooms that started after the editor in chief Mark Clifford fired two senior editorial staff. The International Herald Tribune has published a story on the … Continue reading →

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CCTV ad revenues hit new high as Olympics near

Xinhua reports: The bidding for advertising on China Central Television (CCTV) in 2007 concluded on Saturday with the network’s revenues hitting 6.79 billion yuan, up 16 percent over last year. Procter & Gamble, the world’s consumer goods giant topped the … Continue reading →

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Survey: China foreign correspondents and blogs

Former CNN Beijing bureau chief turned blogger and blog researcher Rebecca Mackinnon is conducting a survey about blogs and their influence on foreign correspondents in China. If you are a foreign correspondent, you are invited to complete the survey: see … Continue reading →

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Blogs in print so you don’t have to go online

A magazine called ‘Blog’ (博客) prints blog content for offline readers.

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The history of sexy advertising ladies in China

From Daily Telegraph correspondent Richard Spencer’s blog: A tough Old China Hand …Paul French … was in Beijing to promote his latest book, Carl Crow: A Tough Old China Hand. Who to talk about first? Paul is a Londoner, with … Continue reading →

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Overpackaged CDs and tinned fiction

Second Hand Roses (二手玫瑰) new CD has lots of packaging. Also, YA novels in metal boxes.

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Huang Jianxiang says goodbye to CCTV

Goodbye CCTV Today Jiang Heping director of CCTV’s sports department confirmed that football commentator Huang Jiangxiang has resigned from CCTV. Jiang said that this was Huang’s personal decision and nothing to do with Huang’s passionately pro-Italian commentating during the 2006 … Continue reading →

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Why did China unblock Wikipedia?

Why did the Chinese government change its mind about Wikipedia and stop blocking it? Wikipedia expert Andrew Lih has written an interesting post answering that question. Excerpt: I believe it was because of the argument Jimmy Wales and fellow Chinese … Continue reading →

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