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MySpace China launches, Wendi officially on boardPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, April 27, 2007 9:51 AM
MySpace China launched today, and The Wall Street Journal has published a piece by Jason Dean that reveals some details about the company: • "In a departure from the way other big foreign Internet companies have entered China, MySpace China will be run by a Chinese company that is controlled by local management, MySpace China Chief Executive Luo Chuan (罗川) said." The Billsdue blog has translated some more juicy details of the deal, as reported in Caijing magazine, including the below:
UPDATE:The Mutant Palm blogger registered an account on MySpace.cn and searched for words that China's Net Nanny really doesn't like: That'll never... sweet Avalokitesvara! Identical results in both .com and .cn?? This ain't gonna last past beta, people.Read the whole thing for more stuff about MySpace China the Nanny might not like: "Splittists" to Rupert Murdoch: Thanks for the Addy!
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Comments on MySpace China launches, Wendi officially on board
Oh yeah... Better brush up on my online predator skills, Myspace China here I come!
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On second thought, I'ma gonna get way from that piece of crap as far as I can...
I clicked on 2 pages and was bombarded with multiple songs that blew my speakers... WTH, can't you people decide on which song to play? Don't play them all at once!!!
Arghh you just reminded me how much I HATE myspace.
[[Joined two posts. --JM]]
Edward Tian 应该是‘田朔宁’吧？以前网通老总，
nickwong应该是‘田溯宁’。已改了。