SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
Radio Free Asia is reporting that over a dozen Chinese newspapers have gone under due to a combination of heavy censorship and falling revenue. Many more look to succumb to the same fate soon. All media there is expected to demonstrate loyalty to the ruling party and to President Xi Jinping.
At least 13 newspapers that rely on advertising revenue but are still subject to the government's strict censorship regime have folded, including the Beijing Morning Post, the Beijing Suburban Daily and the Heilongjiang Morning News, official party newspaper The People's Daily reported.
The Anyang Evening News and Zhangzhou Evening News titles have also been suspended.
Analysts told RFA that as commercial newspapers are increasingly squeezed by growing controls on what they can print on the one hand, and falling revenues and competition from social media on the other, government-run media are experiencing a huge boost resulting from their whitelisted status.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday February 20 2019, @03:09PM
Radio Free Asia could help Chinese people to understand that less news media is a good thing. Some world leaders agree that a free and open press is the enemy of the people!
Have the Chinese turned their attention to books yet? How do Chinese books rate on the Trump book flammability index?
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.