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Category Archives: Media and Advertising
Sina’s celebrity strategy to harness the eyeball economy
Wang Xiaofeng (王小峰), formerly of Massage Milk fame, writes about how Sina manipulates celebrities to generate news.
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New media old media deals, but not yet in China
From The Spectator: Rupert Murdoch’s Cool New Thing, in which the writer argues that Murdoch is using his recent acquisition of Myspace.com in exactly the right way to make money and benefit his old media businesses. From Xinhua: NBC teams … Continue reading
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Crazy CCTV football commentator;
Fictional foreign news?
During last night’s live broadcast of the Italy – Australia football World Cup game, CCTV’s announcer Huang Jianxiang (黄健翔) got rather excited, and took sides with the Italians, saying things like “Don’t give the Australians any chances!” and after Italy … Continue reading
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Fictional foreign news?
Fictional foreign news?
North Korean Bulletin
Mimeographed propaganda from the North Korean Embassy When Chinese tourists visit North Korea, they often say that it’s like going back in time to before the reform and opening up policy. North Korean media is also stuck in some kind … Continue reading
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Science vs. the paparazzi: string theory in Beijing
Reactions to the hysteria over Stephen Hawking’s appearance at the String Theory conference in Beijing, June 2006.
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The Party approves of Jeremy Goldkorn
Xuer Khawa Dan: hotter than me, but didn’t make the People’s Daily cut A few weeks ago, Newsweek published a long story by Ralph Jennings called The Drifters: Why Young Expatriates Are Heading to Beijing. It told the stories of … Continue reading
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Google dumps Baidu shares
Goodbye to Baigoo From the Financial Times: Google sells stake in China’s Baidu Google Inc. has sold its roughly 2 percent stake in rival Baidu.com Inc. on May 25, the market leader in China’s Internet Web search market, according to … Continue reading
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Danwei: Socialistic anarchists eating our own babies
Sir Martin ponders the threat of socialist anarchists The previous post about the South China Morning Post’s clueless Internet stategy referred, for balance, to some comments by Martin Sorrell, advertising Borg WPP’s chief, warning media executives against free content. It … Continue reading
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South China Morning Post seeks obscurity on Internet
An email from the South China Morning Post arrived a few days ago: A personal message from Publisher Christopher Axberg: I would personally like to welcome you back to scmp.com, by inviting you to register for a complimentary 21-day trial. … Continue reading
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China’s first AIDS novel
Yan Lianke’s Dream of Ding Village.
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Tagged AIDS, books, Naked Gaze, Yan Lianke
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