Days after it announced across the board 5% pay cuts for its staff, and 100 redundancies on the business side, the New York Times unveiled a Global Edition – a re-branded, or rather, de-branded International Herald Tribune, in an attempt to further integrate the two papers. But “unveiled” is a strong word – if you’re [...]
Entries from March 2009
The Herald is Dead, Long Live the Times!
@ChuckGrassley: Do We Have Your Support?
As has been discussed on “The Cloakroom,” (click here and here) the federal government and members of Congress, notably Senators Claire McCaskill, John McCain and Charles Grassley, have flocked to Twitter. Seems lobbyists are now using this medium to lobby for their support.
The National Journal’s Eliza Krigman has an interesting story on this new development:
The Sunlight Foundation [...]
Clear Takeover Rules Are in China’s Interest, Too
Li Hong and Yougeng Sun of FH Beijing offer this analysis on Coca-Cola’s attempt to take over a leading Chinese company and the Chinese government’s response.
China’s rejection, on competition grounds, of Coca-Cola’s proposed $2.4bn takeover of China’s leading juice maker, China Huiyuan Juice Group, has generated considerable and yet understandable concerns abroad. Huiyuan Juice was [...]
Washington: On the Path Toward Reconciliation?
Rules are rules. They are there for a reason.
This phrase will remind many of their youth; in Washington, it might be more reminiscent of a current debate between President Obama and Congress.
As reported this past week: “Some Democrats and administration officials would like the (the President’s) healthcare plan, as well as Obama’s climate change proposal, [...]
Narrow Focus on Chinese Economy Neglects Other Issues
Li Hong and Yougeng Sun of FH Beijing offer this analysis of how the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference are responding to economic crisis in their country.
In the face of the severe economic downturns and devastating credit crisis around the world, the Chinese government introduced last November massive economic stimulus [...]
Changes in Media – And in The Practice of Communications
Li Hong, Senior Partner and President of Fleishman-Hillard, China, offers his views on the changing media environment in Asia and around the world, and how communications professionals are adjusting to those changes.
If there were one single defining word to describe what the communication consulting industry experienced the most over the past 10 years, it would [...]
“The Clash of the Basic Cable Titans”
The biggest business news of last week was not the guilty plea by Bernard Madoff for his mammoth Ponzi scheme, or the financial markets’ (hopefully not temporary) surge based on a favorable Citigroup earnings report. No, it was the faceoff between CNBC financial market analyst Jim Cramer and Jon Stewart on Stewart’s comedy program, “The [...]
Can Social Media Help Reform Healthcare?
Social media is a powerful force. No one can deny that its utilization has dramatically changed the way we function and interact as a society.
I wonder: can this transformational, innovative force help reform our outdated and inefficient healthcare system?
Carleen Hawn, a business writer based in San Francisco sought to examine this very question.
Clean Coal Technology: Myth or Reality?
Recent developments have reignited one of the most fiercly-fought debates in American domestic policy: is “Clean Coal” the answer to America’s energy and environmental problems?
Clean coal was advocated by both candidates during the 2008 Presidential election as a way to increase domestic energy security, keep power costs low, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As a [...]
Coming to Terms With YouTube
In a memorandum issued January 21, 2009, President Obama called on government agencies to use technology to inform citizens about their activities. “The presumption of disclosure also means that agencies should take affirmative steps to make information public,” the memorandum stated. “They should not wait for specific requests from the public. All agencies should [...]
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