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Focus Media apologizes for mobile phone spamPosted by Eric Mu, March 20, 2008 5:03 PM
Beijing water delivery tricycles must be sealed Focus Media apologizes for spreading spam In the last week, Focus Media has been accused of being responsible for most of the SMS spam that plagues China's mobile phone users. On March 15, (International Consumer Day), a CCTV program criticized Focus Media's subsidiary Focus Wireless for making and spreading messages without customers' consent. In response to these accusations Focus Media CEO Jason Jiang (江南春) issued a formal apology. Construction accident kills two (photo) Slave workers rescued Beijing Opera goes to class Other headline stories include: • A university female student who gave birth in a university toilet; the baby died soon afterwards. |
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Comments on Focus Media apologizes for mobile phone spam
Why is it companies like Focus can be allowed on Nasdaq when they would never get a sniff if they conducted themselves in the US as they do in China? They have been installing screens next to elevators in apartment buildings without the consent of the owners for a long time, so I'm not surprised to hear about the mobile phone spam.
Focus media are a great source of flat screen TVs, apparently, for those on a low income
FocusMedia无处不在的屏幕就是一种很严重凡人文的视觉垃圾。
谁允许了他们铺天盖地地占领了一切的公众场所?
连三联书店(书店!)都有他们的屏幕!
广告商甚么时候能够知足?
我听说一种叫做“公益广告” -- 越来越觉得,FocusMedia这种强奸公众场所的空间的视觉垃圾就是一种“公害广告”。