After the cease of Party [see post "Three major reseaons why Han Han’s magazine “Party” was disbanded"], Han Han will act as a “lead author” of a new magazine for the first time. Furthermore, a second volume of his column “Just asking Han Han” in Mengya will also be published. However, Han Han takes a [...]
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China’s strongest journal brands
26/05/2011China’s strongest journal brands, as mentioned in the context of the “Chinese Government Award for Publishing” for journals in a qikan.org article: Reader: Mind reader As a mass magazine, Reader accounts for a 3.3% shares in the domestic magazine market. Its success can be attributed to their efforts to integrate diversified culture. Furthermore, the magazine does [...]
Restructuring of China’s publishing industry: More Sino-foreign magazine partnerships
17/05/2011China Daily states in its article “Magazines seek new revenues“: “Consolidation in China’s publishing industry, stemming from a gradual reduction in funding by the central government, will encourage more licensing partnerships between foreign-owned magazines and Chinese media houses.”
Rumor: China’s “Popular Cinema” magazine ceasing publication
17/05/2011The rumor that well-known magazine “Popular Cinema” will cease publication appeared on film star Liu Xiaoqing’s microblog, and an editor of the magazine, Zhou Yanming, disclosed that it suffers from poor circulation, has no own president and neither circulation nor advertising department. The bankruptcy rumor has been refuted by a company spokesperson. However, the well-known [...]
China’s “Business Watch Magazine” to stop publication
20/04/2011Business Watch Magazine, a weekly published by the Xiamen Economic Information Research Institute, will cease the current form of publication with its April issue after eleven years and is to be relaunched as an academic journal. Source: Business Watch Magazine announces publication stop (in Chinese) Comment: The weekly made headlines a year ago, being suspended [...]
30th anniversary of “Reader”: Creating a Digital Age legend in China
19/04/2011China’s story magazine Reader is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month and now accounts for 3.3% of China’s magazine market. In the Digital Age, Reader continues to create its own legend. Focusing on marketing strategies: Reader carries out the strategies of low price as well as high quality. 23 distribution sites have been set up [...]
Digital publishing in China: Dragonsource Qikan to launch 500 magazine apps this year
21/03/2011Recently, Dragonsource Qikan launched its first app “Popular Photography” for the iPad. Within only 4 days, this app was downloaded over 20,000 times without any promotion. This was Dragonsource’s first step in its apps strategy, this year the company plans to launch 500 iPad apps in cooperation with periodical publishers who want iPad access but [...]
Danwei.org reviews new literary magazine “O-pen”
15/03/2011In “A new literary magazine features new writing from Zhou Zuoren“, Joel Martinsen reviews O-pen (大方) by novelist Annie Baobei. More details in Chinese can be found at the Kuaishubao.com online bookstore.
First issue of “Finance Literature” published (China)
02/03/2011The inaugural publication ceremony for “Finance Literature” was held in the Ministry of Finance recently. The main goal of the new magazine is to promote financial culture within the financial establishment through the power of literature. The first issue has 182 pages of poetry, prose, short novels etc. Source: “Finance Literature” publishes first issue (in [...]
“Fiction Monthly” wins China’s highest journal prize again
27/01/2011The results of the tri-annual China Publishing Government Prize were announced to the public: For the fourth time, Fiction Monthly was awarded the prize for excellent journals. China Publishing Government Prize is the highest reward for the publishing industry, aiming to praise and encourage excellent publishing units or individuals as well as to show the [...]
“60 Years of Periodicals History” published in China
05/01/2011On the occasion of the China Periodical History Compilation Symposium – sponsored by China Periodicals Association and Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication – the launch ceremony for “60 Years of Periodicals History in the Republic” was held recently in Beijing. The book describes the history and development of periodicals in China 1949-2009. A project to [...]
Editing team of Han Han’s magazine disbanded, issue 2 cancelled
28/12/2010While the first issue of Han Han’s magazine “Party” (aka “Solo Choir”) sold out its 500,000 copies within two day after appearing on the market as a book, the second issue has run into a number of problems (see previous post “Han Han’s magazine “Party” denied ISSN, content controversial“). According to Han Han’s blog, the [...]
China Southern Airlines Media completed shareholding system reform
27/12/2010China Southern Airlines Group Culture Media Co., Ltd., becomes the first civil aviation-related enterprise that has completed the reform of its shareholding system. Turning into a listed company, establishing suitable management systems and implementing the “go out” strategy are its next plans and goals. With its Southern Air flagship magazine, China Southern Air Media has [...]
China Journalism Law Handbook published
09/12/2010The China Journalism Law Handbook, written by the China Journalists Association, was published. This handbook contains related laws & regulations, judicial interpretations, administrative rules and ethics, supported by major government departments. Sources: China Journalism Law Handbook published (in Chinese)
Publishing in China: To accelerate digital transition and promote industry’s development
24/11/2010According to a speech given by the Head of GAPP’s Publication Management Division, China’s publishing industry agrees on the urgency of digital transition. Growth was fast in 2008 – 2009, especially in digital publishing: Books: total list price 80.25 billion RMB (2008) and 84.8 billion RMB (2009), +5.6%. Periodicals: total list price 18.74 billion RMB [...]
GAPP enforces stricter management of health-care publications (China)
03/11/2010China’s General Administration of Press and Publication issued a “Notice on Strengthening Management on Health-Care Publications”. The Notice states that publishing houses of health-care publications must get an appropriate qualification certificate, have separate editorial offices and at least five in-house editors with a bachelor degree in medicine, of which at least two are senior editorial [...]
Gruner + Jahr launches children’s magazine GEOlino in China
03/11/2010Gruner + Jahr will begin monthly publication of its children’s general interest magazine GEOlino in China in January 2011. G+J partners with Children’s Fun Publishing, a JV of Egmont and China Posts & Telecom Press, in whose magazines – among them the Chinese version of Mickey Mouse – two trial issues will be published. Source: [...]
Han Han’s magazine “Party” denied ISSN, content controversial
02/11/2010As the Global Times writes in its article “Controversial magazine in spotlight again as distributor denies ban order“, Han Han’s “Party” has not been banned, but it was denied an ISSN and only received an ISBN since it is considered to be a book. “Having an ISSN means a magazine does not require approval from [...]
Sudden death of an unusual corporate magazine in China
22/10/2010The vice president of Soho China, a major real estate development company, announced in a microblog that the well-known corporate magazine “Soho Xiaobao” (Soho tabloid) – of which he is also is an editor – would cease publication. With each issue focusing on one topic and a rather intellectual approach, “Soho tabloid” was quite different [...]
The development of digital periodicals in China: How to merge both old and new media
22/10/2010[Note: The question of how to merge both old and new media was discussed during the 2nd Asia-Pacific Digital Magazine Conference, which was held October 14-15 in Hangzhou, sponsored by FIPP and China Periodical Association. This post focuses on the speech given by the President of Zhejiang Daily Newspaper Group, Wang Yiyi.] Wang Yiyi is [...]
China’s “go out” strategy: LINK TIMES-News China•South Asia Edition started publication
21/10/2010The LINK TIMES-News China / South Asia Edition, China’s first news magazine facing to South Asian countries, was launched. The full-color monthly English-language magazine, issued by the News Office of Yunnan Province Government and the Yunnan Branch of China News Agency, is part of the “go out” strategy for Yunnan’s culture industry, with political, business [...]
Li Dongdong’s speech on the digitalization of periodicals at FIPP Digital Magazine Conference
16/10/2010As mentioned in a post yesterday, the FIPP Digital Magazine Conference began in Hangzhou (China). The following rather long post is a rough translation of some parts of GAPP Vice Director Li Dongdong’s speech as reported in China Press and Publications Journal’s article “Li Dongdong states at Second Asia-Pacific Digital Magazine Conference: periodical industry needs [...]
FIPP Digital Magazine Conference began in Hangzhou (China)
15/10/2010The Second Asia-Pacific Digital Magazine Conference began yesterday in Hangzhou. This two-day event is hosted by the China Periodicals Association CPA in association with FIPP and more than 500 delegates attend. In his speech on “The Current Situation and Future of Chinese Magazines’ Digitalization”, CPA President Shi Feng stated that currently there are 580 magazine [...]
Han Han: Magazine of China’s most famous blogger lacks publisher
01/09/2010The second issue of Han Han’s bimonthly “Party” has been postponed indefinitely because the cooperation with the first issue’s publisher has ended. Han Han’s magazine lacks publisher Comment: The premier issue was sold as a book since new standard serial numbers have rarely been given out during the past few years due to the undergoing [...]
