Charles Zhang 张朝阳 in 2004
The big headline on Danwei today links to a Bloomberg story about Sohu.com. Excerpt:
Sohu.com Inc., China’s second- biggest Internet portal, will build up its online and search advertising businesses after spinning off its games unit in the first U.S. initial share sale by a Chinese company since August.
“We will focus on monetizing our business such as online advertising, search advertising, video and may even charge for content,” Chief Executive Officer Charles Zhang said in an interview in New York. “Growth will also come from Pinyin messaging based on search-engine technology.”
Advertising, charging for content, video: OK, OK.
But what could that last sentence possibly mean?
Links and Sources
- Bloomberg: Sohu to focus on online, search ads; Changyou surges on debut
- Earlier on Danwei: Gangsta CEO Charles Zhang (image source)