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• Sina Admits It Has Not Complied With Weibo Real Name Registration Rules
  Posted by bbishop on April 28th, 2012 at 4:11 am, Comments: 0

  Sina’s ($SINA) recently released 20-F filing has an interesting section on regulatory risk surrounding Weibo. The company admits it has not fully implemented real name [...]

• Groupon’s China Firesale
  Posted by bbishop on April 19th, 2012 at 3:30 am, Comments: 0

  Pando Daily has a summary of what looks to be the final deal for Gaopeng, Groupon’s ($GRPN) disastrous China venture. In Groupon’s China Effort Takes Another [...]

• Apologies For The Hiatus
  Posted by bbishop on April 19th, 2012 at 3:18 am, Comments: 0

  I apologize for disappearing over the last few weeks. Blogging for free can be frustrating, and lately there has been a lot of demand through [...]

• Tweeting The Sina Q4 2011 Earnings Call
  Posted by bbishop on February 27th, 2012 at 10:08 pm, Comments: 0

  Sina reported disappointing Q4 2011 results and Q1 2012 guidance. I tweeted the earnings call and have embedded some of my comments below. CEO Charles [...]

• Quick Thoughts Ahead Of Sina Earnings
  Posted by bbishop on February 27th, 2012 at 12:23 pm, Comments: 0

  Sina ($SINA) announces earnings after the close today. I expect Q4 results and Q1 guidance will likely be as disappointing as Sohu’s ($SOHU). At least [...]

• China Digital Media Readings for February 24th
  Posted by bbishop on February 24th, 2012 at 10:47 am, Comments: 0

  William Farris – Google+ – Sina Weibo Joins Baidu, Sogou, and Youdao in Censoring “Li… – As I noted in my last post, on February [...]

• China Digital Media Readings for February 21st
  Posted by bbishop on February 21st, 2012 at 8:42 pm, Comments: 0

  If you like this free daily roundup you can subscribe to it either through RSS or email. See the links to either option at the [...]

• China Digital Media Readings for February 20th
  Posted by bbishop on February 20th, 2012 at 12:52 am, Comments: 0

  Pressures Drive Change at China’s Electronics Giant Foxconn – NYTimes.com – The announcement Saturday that Foxconn Technology — one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers [...]

• Sina Weibo Trends Manipulated By Fraudulent Accounts?
  Posted by bbishop on February 18th, 2012 at 10:06 pm, Comments: 0

  So claims a new research paper written by a trio of researchers from HP Lab’s Social Computing Lab. In “Artificial Inflation: The True Story of [...]

• China Digital Media Readings for February 16th
  Posted by bbishop on February 16th, 2012 at 5:30 am, Comments: 0

  In A WSJ Op-Ed Mitt Romney Confronts The China Fantasy, Ignores His Own Hypocrisy? | Sinocism – Bain and Youku $yoku// I use Youku, have [...]