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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @08:16PM (1 child)
'most people"....I thought this was a Democracy. At least here in the US.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Thursday February 21 2019, @12:01AM
Here's an opinion piece with examples that disagree with that contention [theatlantic.com]
This piece details how one party seeks to win, at all cost. [reuters.com]
In some places they do this when they lose. [washingtonpost.com]
As an outsider the US system looks largely like the old Soviet bloc. Elections, or course, but no real choice.