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posted by chromas on Wednesday February 20 2019, @12:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the what's-a-newspaper? dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:16PM (4 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:16PM (#804136) Journal

    It seems to me the words of the President of the United States, that he repeated again today, are more important than the words of some opinion contributor who's name you don't remember from three years ago.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:29PM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:29PM (#804147) Journal

    Yuck yuck yuck! It's the "resistance" speaking, remember? Hey, are you and 'Zumi trying to tag team me? ROFLMAO

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:02PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:02PM (#804175)

      Give it Runaway. When you fall into "Rs vs Ds", "Rs" = good, "Ds" = evil you get ugly. Here is something for you to yuck about:
      https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/jim-morin/article226293620.html [miamiherald.com]

      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:42PM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:42PM (#804204) Journal

        Try to get it right? "R's" = bad, "D's" = worse. In every conflict around the world, from Washinton to the mideast to wherever, I'm constantly trying to convince people, "There ain't no good guys!"

        Enjoy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2ff8qXa248 [youtube.com]

      • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:58PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:58PM (#804213)

        I'm pretty sure he's saying D's = evil and R's = evil. The two party system is a choice between plague and cholera. The MSM being a corporate controlled mouthpiece (just like the politicians) is an open secret. Noam Chomsky wrote about it years ago, check out his book Manufacturing Consent.