Category Archives: Media and business gossip

Wall Street Journal China bureau to Murdoch: stay away!

Rupert Murdoch’s recent $5 billion bid to buy Dow Jones is causing some discomfort at the China bureau of that company’s subsidiary The Wall Street Journal

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Reuters – still legal after 50 years

Xinhua backs down on foreign wire service rules? Or just an empty gesture of friendliness?

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Michael Scofield to come to China

Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) may come to China for the premiere of the Chinese version of Prison Break (越狱).

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MySpace China launches, Wendi officially on board

MySpace China launched today, and The Wall Street Journal has published a piece by Jason Dean that reveals some details about the company: • “In a departure from the way other big foreign Internet companies have entered China, MySpace China … Continue reading

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Aussie newspaper kills story about Rupert Murdoch’s wife

Wendi Deng: ”She, a woman who has already worked miracles, might she be the future Queen of Media?’ We won’t find out anytime soon, thanks to a decision by Good Weekend to quash a profile of Rupert Murdoch’s wife. This article, originally published on Crikey, is republished here with permission of the author.

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Video sharing sites going down the Youtube?

A recent article by Reuters journalist Sophie Taylor looks at China’s video-sharing websites and concludes that their prospects are not good: Investors leaving China’s video-sharing sites …Investors, spurred on by the Google-YouTube deal, have made big bets on China, the … Continue reading

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Sunday is Wait In An Orderly Line Day

Today many China Mobile users in Beijing received the following text message: 首都文明委提示您,每月11日是排队推动日,排队文明,礼让光荣。 The Civilized Capital Committee reminds you: the 11th of every month is Wait In An Orderly Line Day. It’s shame that it’s only one a day a … Continue reading

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China Businesscast: interview with James McGregor

McGregor on Xinhua: “We should have driven a stake through their heart ten years ago.” In 2005 James McGregor released his book One Billion Customers, Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China. The book became a best … Continue reading

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Wang Shuo spars with a reporter

Zhang Yiyi (张一一) accuses Wang Shuo (王朔) of long-term drug use, leading a Mirror reporter to spar with Wang over SMS.

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Gossip: Gallup execs fired for political reasons?

A Danwei source has sent in some gossip: I hear that Gallup’s entire senior management was been laid-off by the US parent on Wednesday last week, following heavy pressure from the local authorities. Apparently Gallup has been somewhat too supportive … Continue reading

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