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Media regulation
Death of the rude Russian ExilePosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, June 20, 2008 4:12 PM
![]() No one has tried this in China The Exile is, or rather was a sarcastic, funny and sometimes obscene English newspaper and website, published in Moscow. Frequent references to hookers and extremely crass mockery of Russian politicians were a constant feature. Until yesterday, when government agents walked into the publication's Moscow offices. Mark Ames, founder of he paper is writing for Radar magazine's website about the "audit" and closure of the Exile by government agents. Excerpt:
As far as your correspondent knows, no foreigner has ever tried to publish anything like The Exile in China. The closest thing I have seen is the rather inward-looking and music obsessed Eight Inches of Arsehole, a photocopied zine that was distributed in bars in Beijing and amongst the expatriate hipster musician types and people with strong thoughts about Beijing expatriate magazines. But it was photocopied, anonymous, and had no advertising or pretense of being commercial media. And they never touched politics. Notes: Links and Sources
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Comments on Death of the rude Russian Exile
From the 8 Inches picture: "Ross Goulding: Cover star"
That's the same name as the nightlife editor of Beijing's Time Out. He's also a bit of a music obsessive but doesn't look much like those guys on the cover. Mind you, I've never seen him in Gestapo uniform.
If he was involved with the magazine it might be making a return - Time Out's been banned for the Olympics, after all.
Did the exile get banned or did it just get audited?
we been there done that.
dawanr.
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