From the Wall Street Journal, via the Washington Post (link): China has placed a moratorium on new foreign magazines on topics other than science and technology, dealing a blow to international media companies looking to tap the nation’s booming advertising market. One casualty of the policy, adopted by China’s top publishing regulator, is the Chinese […]
From The LA Times, via southcoasttoday.com (link): Rolling Stone has hit a wall. The rock-and-roll publication entered the Chinese market early this month with a huge splash, including billboard advertisements, a 125,000-copy roll-out and free “Rolling Stone” hats with each copy. On yesterday, regulators said they were shutting it down after one issue. Authorities have […]
From the Independent (link): The Chinese edition of Rolling Stone magazine ground to a halt after China’s media watchdogs stopped publication of the recently launched Mandarin version, blaming a legal technicality. The ban came three weeks after the first copies hit the newsstands to widespread acclaim. An initial print run of 125,000 quickly sold out. […]
From Globe and Mail (link): Rolling Stone magazine has launched its first China edition with a celebration of U.S. rebels ” and a cautiously sanitized portrait of their Chinese equivalents. The former icon of U.S. counterculture journalism, now entering the global mainstream with 11 international editions, has softened its punches and muted its voices in […]
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