Category Archives: Media business

TV producers talk about losses

Posted on 2005-06-13 by Joel Martinsen

A conference of television producers convened in Shanghai yesterday. The panelists at the “TV Dramas in 2005: Content and Market” conference were generally pessimistic about the state of Chinese TV serials, which are mired in an oversaturated market with limited … Continue reading →

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China to increase regulation of health food advertisements

Posted on 2005-06-12 by Dror Poleg

The Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has issued new “Interim Rules for Health Food Advertisement Reviewing”. As of July 1, 2005 all health food ads will require an approval from provincial food and drug administrations prior to publication. … Continue reading →

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Chinese Government declares war on “False News”

Posted on 2005-06-10 by Dror Poleg

The Chinese Government is working on a new mechanism that will “guarantee the authenticity” of information published by local content providers: Newspapers, magazines, TV, Radio, and news websites will come under scrutiny as China’s top media regulatory bodies launch a … Continue reading →

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Death comes to Beijing

Posted on 2005-05-30 by Joel Martinsen

When The Beijing News overhauled its layout earlier this spring, it added a new weekly feature – a single-page section entitled “Deceased” that runs every Tuesday. The page is modeled on western obituary sections, and partership logos were added recently … Continue reading →

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Decentralizing Chinese TV

Posted on 2005-05-30 by Jeremy Goldkorn

From an article about China’s TV business in Newsweek: China may be late to the television age, but that hasn’t dampened the drama of its arrival one iota. Almost overnight, the government has turned provincial TV stations—once essentially conduits for … Continue reading →

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Bertelsmann moves on China book distribution market

Posted on 2005-05-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Financial Times reports: Bertelsmann’s DirectGroup said it had set up a joint venture with Liaoning Publishing Group worth Rmb30m ($3.6m), with the Chinese group controlling 51 per cent… …Bertelsmann’s new joint venture, Liaoning Bertelsmann Book Distribution, will be based … Continue reading →

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Who is Time Warner shmoozing?

Posted on 2005-05-18 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The two smiling gentlemen on the left are Richard D. Parsons, CEO of Time Warner and Zhao Qizheng, the head of China’s State Council Information Office. The State Council is the administrative body of the government, something like parliament. The … Continue reading →

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60 newspapers banned, but by whom?

Posted on 2005-05-16 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua’s English website reports: An official in charge of the country’s press and publication said recently that China banned 60 illegal newspapers and periodicals in order to protect intellectual property rights and bring about an orderly market for publications. This … Continue reading →

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Brains behind Britney Spears headed for Beijing: British tax payers to foot the bill

Posted on 2005-05-15 by Jeremy Goldkorn

From The Independent: Stuart Watson, the music industry veteran who helped to launch Britney Spears, has been hired by the [British] Government to promote British pop music in China. The former managing director of the Zomba record label will head … Continue reading →

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Beijing Media Corp. to acquire The Beijing News?

Posted on 2005-05-12 by Jeremy Goldkorn

ChinaPR.com.cn is reporting rumors that Beijing Media Corporation is going to buy the newspaper The Beijing News

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