Posts Tagged ‘SNS’

• Tencent Is Going After Sina Weibo
  Posted by bbishop on January 16th, 2012 at 11:42 pm, Comments: 0

  I have written about Tencent’s Weibo efforts in Will Tencent’s Weibo Spending Spree Destroy Sina’s Weibo Profit Potential? and Can Tencent Weibo Threaten Sina Weibo?. My point [...]

• The Rise And Fall Of Chinese Facebook Clone Kaixin001 (UPDATED)
  Posted by bbishop on November 27th, 2011 at 2:57 am, Comments: 0

  An ad agency recently sent out a note showing the dramatic rise and then crash of Kaixin001 (开心网), once one of China’s leading social networking [...]

• “Rumors are a Cancer that Threatens the Internet and Society”. Sina Shorts Rejoice?
  Posted by bbishop on October 3rd, 2011 at 5:10 am, Comments: 0

  That is a headline to warm the hearts of Sina ($SINA) shorts everywhere. China Digital Times has a summary of what appears to be a [...]

• Don’t Expect A China Announcement At Facebook f8
  Posted by bbishop on September 22nd, 2011 at 5:50 am, Comments: 0

  Facebook will reportedly make several big announcements at today’s f8 conference. Do not expect the company to have anything to say about China. The long-rumored [...]

• Sina Weibo Braced For Tighter Regulation–Financial Times
  Posted by bbishop on September 18th, 2011 at 9:13 pm, Comments: 0

  Kathrin Hille of the FT reports that China’s microblogs are braced for tighter regulation: China’s leading microblog is developing systems to simplify the control of content [...]

• How Will China Tame Microblogs Like Sina Weibo? Regulations and Licenses
  Posted by bbishop on September 15th, 2011 at 9:45 pm, Comments: 0

  Reuters has a good story about the government’s challenges in managing microblogs like Sina ($SINA) Weibo-Analysis: China seeks to tether the microblog tiger. More regulation [...]

• Inside Ushi, One Of China’s LinkedIn Clones
  Posted by bbishop on September 15th, 2011 at 6:58 am, Comments: 0

  Ushi (优士) is one of the more recent Chinese clones of LinkedIn ($LNKD). It is tiny, as are all the Linkedin clones, but growing reasonably [...]

• Could Regulatory Winter Be Coming For China Internet Investors?
  Posted by bbishop on September 6th, 2011 at 6:10 am, Comments: 0

  Should investors in Chinese Internet companies start worrying that “Winter is Coming“? On Friday Chris Buckley of Reuters wrote China state paper urges Internet rethink [...]

• Should Baidu Buy Sina Or Another Social Media Play Like Renren?
  Posted by bbishop on September 2nd, 2011 at 8:55 am, Comments: 0

  Zhao Chunming, a well-regarded analyst at Susquehanna International Group (SIG), circulated a note earlier this week in which he suggested that in an ideal world Baidu [...]

• Sina Buys 9.05% Of Tudou. Should Investors Cheer? (Updated)
  Posted by bbishop on August 29th, 2011 at 9:37 pm, Comments: 0

  Sina ($SINA) spent $66.4M to acquire 9.05% of Tudou ($TUDO), one of China’s leading online video sites, or as CEO Gary Wang describes it: “YouTube [...]