Category Archives: Media business

My Hero wins ratings war

Danwei Noon Report is a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China from Chinese and English sources. How many roads must a man walk down? Reality talent shows still work in China Sina reported yesterday that the … Continue reading →

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Nearly three million cars in Beijing

News roundup. Xu Jinglei’s blog, new license plates in Beijing, blogs on bullog, and the intercalary month.

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Walmart communism and North Korean nanotech

Bokee shares profits with bloggers, license plates to be regulated in Beijing.

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Chinese journalism played by the Super Girls

Latest scandals to hit the Super Girls competition (August 2006), and a translation of a piece by Yang Yu decrying journalists’ lack of objectivity when they participated in the judging.

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Karaoke fees and interest rates

Danwei Noon Report is a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China from Chinese and English sources. Would you like some parasites with your escargot? Interest rate hikeXinhua’s top story on their Chinese website is an opinion … Continue reading →

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Illegal power

SARFT looks at online video, Xinhua reports on power company regulation.

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The General Administration of Anxiety about Radio, Film and TV

‘Sanlian Life Week’ contributing editor Wang Xiaofeng’s short blog essay about the new rules issued by the State Administration of Radio, TV and Film (SARFT) that seek to control online video.

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Shanghai: Stanford Entrepreneurial Conference

From the conference website: Stanford ATI’s annual entrepreneurial conference provides unique networking opportunities for high-profile attendees, especially in giving U.S. based companies the chance to meet many up-and-coming Chinese entrepreneurs. This year’s conference will focus on the rapidly changing nature … Continue reading →

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Net activism against hunting endangered animals and Dell

SOD Milk, not what you think August 14, 2006 – Danwei Noon Report, a daily roundup of new and old media coverage about China, from Chinese and English sources. • From the Non-violent Resistance blog: Internet Opinion Shapes Alternative “Political … Continue reading →

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Foreign newspapers to be printed in China?

This is from a press release from Canadian company called Newspaper Direct, apparently sent out on August 4: NewspaperDirect, Inc. the world leader in digital print-on-demand newspaper distribution, announced this week that it has signed an agreement with Beijing Founder … Continue reading →

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