Category Archives: Media business

China’s unfavorable copyright imbalance

Posted on 2007-06-27 by maya

GAPP just released a report on the state of China’s publishing industries in 2006. The report concluded that, while China’s copyright-related trade has made strides, the “unfavorable copyright trade imbalance” hasn’t fundamentally reversed. In support of this conclusion, the report … Continue reading →

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Hunan animation powerhouse and Sequoia

Posted on 2007-06-27 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Billsdue blog has translated some interesting news about the animation industry in a post titled ‘Caijing On Foreign Investment In China’s Entertainment Industry’. Excerpt: Among the interesting tidbits mentioned is that Sequoia China has apparently closed up to a $10M … Continue reading →

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Media Tyrannosaurs

Posted on 2007-06-25 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A video about media in 2050.

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SARFT pulls all commercials at two TV stations

Posted on 2007-06-23 by Joel Martinsen

SARFT (广电总局) orders stations in Ningxia and Gansu to stop commercial advertising. Commentators express skepticism.

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Lu Jinbo: Marketing the Wang Shuo brand

Posted on 2007-06-21 by Joel Martinsen

Larry Lu Jinbo (路金波) talks about how he markets books by Wang Shuo (王朔), Han Han (韩寒), and Annie Baobei (安妮宝贝).

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Ebay’s China joint venture to waste money

Posted on 2007-06-21 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Don’t mean to burst your bubble Madison Boom is a blog about the Chinese advertising industry, subtitled ‘The world, filled with egos”. It seems to be written an industry insider and covers ad agency scuttlebutt, news about hirings, firings and … Continue reading →

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Nokia embroiled in “Typo-gate”

Posted on 2007-06-19 by Joel Martinsen

Nokia phones are targeted by a consumer who says they distort Chinese characters. Malice? Or just a trade-off for a poor-resolution, 399-yuan phone?

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Murdoch’s wife: censored profile to be published in China on Thursday

Posted on 2007-06-19 by Jeremy Goldkorn

The profile of Rupert Murdoch’s wife Deng Wendi that was spiked by the editors ‘Good Weekend’ is to be published in Chinese news magazine ‘New Century Weekly’ (新世纪周刊) on Thursday, 21 June.

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Local news programming makes inroads against CCTV

Posted on 2007-06-15 by Joel Martinsen

The Magnolia Forum report on TV news (白玉兰论坛中国电视新闻节目市场报告2007—2008) says local news is gaining on CCTV.

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A look at the status of magazine publishing in China

Posted on 2007-06-12 by Mauro Marescialli

Last May China hosted the 36th FIPP World Magazine Conference in Beijing. FIPP stands for International Federation of the Periodical Press, an organization that inlcudes 255 members in 57 countries worldwide, and that represents 110,000 magazine titles with an estimated … Continue reading →

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