Category Archives: Media business

Caijing-affiliated magazines banned and other ball-breaking news

Posted on 2004-11-22 by Jeremy Goldkorn

60 publications bannedChina’s Press and Publications Administration has released a document banning 60 newspapers and magazines. Some have been banned because they were using international publishing licences rather than Chinese ones, others have been accused of using fake publishing licences. … Continue reading →

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Tom Group to buy 20% of Huayi Brothers

Posted on 2004-11-17 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The Tom Group continues its aggressive pursuit of China media properties. Xinhua reports: The Hong Kong-based Tom Group is negotiating to acquire a 20 per cent interest in Huayi Brothers Media Group [huayi xiongdi], the biggest private filmmaker on the … Continue reading →

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Old media sickness in East Asia

Posted on 2004-11-01 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Shanghai journalist and blogger Fons Tuinstra has more reports of media layoffs in East Asia: Cutting media jobs in Hong Kong has become more contagious than SARS this week. After the Far Economic Review (80), TVB (28) now also CNN … Continue reading →

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Xinhua: Experts call for rescue of sperm, private airlines, Warner Brothers

Posted on 2004-10-18 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua roundup: China’s private airlines ready to fly The Okay Airways Co., Ltd. is expected to be China’s first private airline to start flying by the end of this year, while two others are also ready to fly, according to … Continue reading →

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Reuters in China: the plot thickens

Posted on 2004-10-13 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Yesterday Danwei commented on a Xinhua report that Reuters wanted to “target Chinese consumers”. Today Xinhua publishes a story headlined: Reuters CEO Tom Glocer visits Xinhuanet.com Hmm. The article (which includes Glocer’s resume and pictures of him shmoozing with various … Continue reading →

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Reuters targets China

Posted on 2004-10-12 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua reports on a really original idea from Reuters Reuters targets China in consumer push Reuters is to start offering its products directly to consumers in China as part of a strategy that will see the company push into consumer … Continue reading →

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Google’s self-censorship: Is compromise evil?

Posted on 2004-09-30 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Google’s founders famously declared that their guiding principle was: “Don’t be evil”. Google is now squirming after accusations that they are conniving in censorship in China by excluding blocked news sources from their Mainland China Google News service. The explanation … Continue reading →

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Virgin Radio deflowered in China

Posted on 2004-09-30 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Hong Kong newspaper The Standard reports: Virgin Radio has gone off the air in Beijing after falling out with its local partner over the financial terms of their relationship. Escalating financial demands by Virgin’s mainland partner scotched the deal when … Continue reading →

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Sumner Redstone: red on both sides of the Pacific

Posted on 2004-09-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

In an article entitled Panning for fool’s gold in China?, CNN looks at Viacom’s new deal with Beijing Television: Between the ongoing turmoil at CBS News and stiff fines for Janet Jackson’s breast-baring incident, there was ample reason for Sumner … Continue reading →

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Senior Party official meets Viacom chairman

Posted on 2004-09-23 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Xinhua reports on a meeting between Viacom’s chairman Sumner M. Redstone and Liu Yanshan, the “publicity chief of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.” “Publicity” is the new word for “propaganda”. From the report: Liu said he appreciated Viacom’s … Continue reading →

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