Category Archives: Media and Advertising

Were Time and Fortune wrong about Hong Kong?

Posted on 2007-06-28 by Joel Martinsen

Time and Fortune admit their mistakes about the ‘Death of Hong Kong’. Or do they?

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Press freedom in Hong Kong, ten years on

Posted on 2007-06-27 by Joel Martinsen

The Beijing News (新京报) interviews Zhang Guoliang (张国良) about Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po (文汇报).

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Blogsome sort of blocked

Posted on 2007-06-26 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Net Nanny, not satisfied with the recent blocking of Typepad, is on the rampage again. This time her target is the relatively unknown blog host, Blogsome.com. Strangely enough, not all blogs on the site are blocked, but many are, … Continue reading →

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Media Tyrannosaurs

Posted on 2007-06-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A video about media in 2050.

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“Grab the sofa” to win free furniture

Posted on 2007-06-25 by Joel Martinsen

Boloni (博洛尼) has a blog-related sofa promotion.

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The blogification of print media

Posted on 2007-06-25 by Joel Martinsen

Fang Jun (方军) at Mind Meters (思维的乐趣) writes about Chinese print media lifestyle columns being influenced by blogs.

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SARFT pulls all commercials at two TV stations

Posted on 2007-06-23 by Joel Martinsen

SARFT (广电总局) orders stations in Ningxia and Gansu to stop commercial advertising. Commentators express skepticism.

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Most respected brands amongst Chinese executives

Posted on 2007-06-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Chief Executive China magazine (世界经理人) has published the results of a survey of Chinese corporate managers about their preferred brands.

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Ebay’s China joint venture to waste money

Posted on 2007-06-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Don’t mean to burst your bubble Madison Boom is a blog about the Chinese advertising industry, subtitled ‘The world, filled with egos”. It seems to be written an industry insider and covers ad agency scuttlebutt, news about hirings, firings and … Continue reading →

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More Chinese mockery of Net Nanny

Posted on 2007-06-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Danwei recently reported on a virtual voodoo doll that Chinese netizens have been using to ‘torture’ the Net Nanny or GFW (Great Firewall). Yesterday the excellent online news roundup website Memedia posted this week’s summary. It included the following graphic … Continue reading →

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