Category Archives: Media business

I’m dreaming of a big kitchen

Better Homes and Gardens in the mainland media market.

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Conspiracy of the Red Mansions

Liu Xinwu and Zhou Ruchang push a 108-chapter Story of a Stone, undefiled by the Qing agent Gao E.

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GAPP official: no public listings for newspapers

Mure Dickie of the Financial Times interviewed Long Xinmin, a “minister at the press and publishing administration” who confirms that GAPP is against newspaper groups raising capital from the market. Nothing to do with the news you understand, it’s all … Continue reading →

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Don’t call it self-publishing: print on demand hits the net in China

POD books are illegal in China, say regulators.

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Mobile Business in China – podcast

If you are like me, you have sat in restaurants and bars nursing your drink in awkward silence wishing you knew enough to join in the conversation about things called 3G and TD-SCDMA. If so, then you be pleased about … Continue reading →

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Al Jazeera: Global change in the media environment

This is from an AFP report about the launch of Al Jazeera’s English language news channel: Dave Marash, the news channel’s Washington-based anchor … told AFP … “E[]verybody in American journalism is at worst curious and at best really interested, … Continue reading →

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Updated China video website list

A list of free online video portals in China – Chinese Youtube clones, many of them shameless ripoffs.

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Siemens to abandon Net TV plans for China

From CNN: Siemens to ‘drop Web TV in China’ German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG may withdraw from the Internet TV market in China, a local newspaper reported on Friday. Siemens has dismissed its team in charge of Internet Protocol Television … Continue reading →

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Overpackaged CDs and tinned fiction

Second Hand Roses (二手玫瑰) new CD has lots of packaging. Also, YA novels in metal boxes.

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Murdoch and blogs

Danwei’s mentor Rupert Murdoch is getting jiggy with blogs. Reuters reports: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., which is looking for a local partner as it aims to launch its popular MySpace Internet social network in China, is in early talks with … Continue reading →

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