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 Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:44PM (2 children)
Ah, the corpse stirs. Trump got attacked by the press because even that pack of whores could see what a complete dumpster fire he was. At this point even Faux Noise, which was created specifically to be a propaganda outlet for the GOP, is turning on him. What does THAT say?
He's a complete egomaniac. OF COURSE he was going to go after anyone who says anything not 100% complimentary about him, especially if it happens to be true. My points still stand, and yours as always still fail. The MSM gets no love from me, but even the fucking Nazis had anti-smoking and environmentalist campaigns; some things are so bloody obvious that even someone with a dyed in the wool Lawful Evil alignment can see and support them. Trump is Neutral Evil at best, and only cares about himself.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 20 2019, @07:52PM (1 child)
Oh - you had a point? Hmmmm - maybe I should look harder for it. Meanwhile, you can go visit my journal, and see how I've been spending my spare pocket change recently.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:10PM
Solid burn Runaway. Solid.
were you able to see the invisible /s which stands for "sarcasm"?