Category Archives: Media business

China’s talent shortage

Posted on 2006-04-27 by Dror Poleg

The International Herlad Tribune published an interesting piece about the recruitment struggles of foreign companies in China. Selected quotes: …A recent McKinsey report, titled “Addressing China’s Looming Talent Shortage,” said surveys had shown that fewer than 10 percent of Chinese … Continue reading →

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Beijing Media profits down: real estate and tennis to blame

Posted on 2006-04-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Hong Kong-listed Beijing Media Corporation Ltd. issued a profit warning for its 2005 results Tuesday, citing a slowdown in advertising income…

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The Chinese media market is “absolutely open”

Posted on 2006-04-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

GAPP sets the record straight From a Reuters story on the Washington Post, China defends latest controls on media freedom: The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television reissued notices restricting local broadcasters’ use of foreign news footage and the … Continue reading →

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Rolling Stone: raped but still alive

Posted on 2006-04-14 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Rolling Stonewalled Hao Fang (郝舫), the editor of China Rolling Stone, has put a scan of the cover of the second issue of the magazine on his blog. He titled the post Smells Like Rolling Stone Spirit, and subtitled it: … Continue reading →

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China loosens TV regulations; Reuters calls it censorship

Posted on 2006-04-12 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Checked with two sources? Earlier today, Danwei reported on a new set of regulations issued by SARFT that give more flexibility to producers of TV dramas. So it was rather surprising to see Reuters publish an article titled China censors … Continue reading →

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CCTV and Fox launch boring website

Posted on 2006-04-11 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Go Rupert go! From CCTV’s English website, found via Shanghai blog China Snippets: CCTV International and CCTV.com formally launched an updated and revamped English website on Tuesday, at English.cctv.com. The newly designed website is expected to better serve Internet surfers, … Continue reading →

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