Category Archives: Media and business gossip

Hu Shuli to leave Caijing for Zhongshan University

Hu Shuli leaves journalism for academia. Hecaitou comments.

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Reader’s Digest and Dow Jones on the move in China

Reader’s Digest to come to the mainland, and Dow Jones may buy in to Hexun.

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Winners on the new Chinese Internet

China Web 2.0 Review is a blog that tracks Web 2.0 companies in China. It is written by Tangos and Luyi, two Chinese guys who follow the Chinese Internet closely.

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Asia Times: guilty of plagiarism?

She’s not the only one working in the “grey” economy Recently, your correspondent wrote a Danwei post about a study measuring the size of China’s “grey” economy, and its failure to take into account certain types of “grey” income earned … Continue reading

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Nanny’s little list

Ho hum, the Typepad blog hosting and software service was blocked in China sometime last week. This means that China Law Blog, Useless Tree, Kaiser Kuo and Tim Johnson’s China Rises are not accessible in Mainland China. Decentralization is key … Continue reading

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Wang Shuo’s public complaint against TV censors

Wang Shuo (王朔) accuses the film censors at national TV stations of requiring bribes for approval of shows.

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Wendi Deng profile author on Antiwave

The lads at Chinese podcast website Antiwave have interviewed Eric Ellis, author of the profile of Rupert Murdoch’s wife, Deng Wendi. As reported on Danwei, the publication of the profile — originally commissioned by Good Weekend — was later canceled … Continue reading

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The Family will talk to Rupert

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Dow Jones & Co.’s 125-year history as an independent media company could be nearing an end.

The Bancroft family, which controls 64% of the company’s voting power, said in a statement late yesterday that it would meet with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. to discuss its $5 billion bid for Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal. The family also said it would consider other bidders and options for the company.

The statement also noted that the Bancroft family has decided that ‘the mission of Dow Jones may be better accomplished in combination or collaboration with another organization, which may include News Corp’.

Danwei recently published a letter from most of the Journal‘s China journalists asking the Bancroft family to turn down Murdoch’s bid.

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Reactions to blogger self-discipline pledge

Danwei recently reported that the Internet Society of China is soliciting public opinions about its draft “Blog Service Self-discipline Public Pledge,” which it wants blog service providers (BSP) within China’s borders to sign on to, voluntarily. Here are a few … Continue reading

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The Times to Murdoch-bashers: We’re doing fine

Below is the text of a letter from Robert Thomson, editor of The Times of London, to Jim Ottaway, whose family founded Ottaway Newspapers, now owned by Dow Jones. This letter is in connection with various complaints about Rupert Murdoch’s … Continue reading

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