The Tudou going public drama is all coming over again. After countless rumors of being rejected by investment banks or being flattered with Baidu acquisition offer or resuming IPO process, Wang Wei, founder and CEO of the battered online video service, comes up with an new package concept of marketing Tudou in an aim to touting […]
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CEO of Wealink Resigned, Professional Social Network in China Still Uncertain?
We wrote a lot about Chinese professional social networks recently. It seems that the local market is really boosted by the IPO of Linkedin. Especially for those new comers such as Dajie, UShi, Hengzhi which are either raising more money or claiming millions of users. Every player feels very positive about the market, except one […]
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Mobcent, Making SNS Available to Mobile Apps
If you are a mobile app developer, maybe you should check out Mobcent, who presented at Technode’s TNT event last Sunday. Founded last October in Beijing, Mobcent provides tools for mobile apps developers. With a few lines of code, they can add the complete social network functions to their apps. “Adding social network will naturally increase page-view of […]
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NetEase invests $ 31M in Online Video Business
NetEase, one of the largest portal site slash game vendor in China is reported to invest more than RMB 200 million (US$ 31 million) into its online video business with special focus on copyrighted contents. According to people familiar with the matter, NetEase has planned something fiercely regarding online video strategy, however its late move […]
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2nd China Social Media Forum 2011 – August 11 & 12, 2011 – Shanghai
Following our sold out successful event in 2010 Shanghai with speakers from Intel, Mercedes Benz, AB Inbev, CIC and much more, Toplink has decided to bring the 2nd Annual Social Media Marketing Strategies Summit again. We have gathered more of the best and brightest speakers in the marketing arena to present emerging strategies, tactics and […]
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Suning Yigou Posts Strong Half Year Results with Wider Expansion
According to a report by Analysys International, a Beijing-based market research firm, Taobao, 360buy and Joyo (Amazon China) sit in the top of a Q2 2011 B2C transaction volume chart. While Suning Yigou, the online shopping initiative by the Chinese appliance franchise, unexpectedly replaced Dangdang coming in fourth on the same chart. Excellent Financial Results […]
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Youku, Tudou and Sohu Lead China’s Online Video Advertising Market
Analysis International just released data that shows Youku, Tudou and Sohu share the top 3 positions for the online video advertising market for the second quarter of 2011. Youku has the strongest lead with 23.4% advertising revenue market share, Tudou has 14% and Sohu has 13%. Over the previous quarter, Youku gained 1%, Tudou dropped […]
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Chinese Online Luxury Market, Expected to Hit 16 Billion Yuan in 2011
I’ve always felt Asia has been a region of stark contrasts. One of the biggest, is the wealth gap between rich and poor. Sanlitun, Beijing is one of the best places to witness this. On the way from the subway station, there are beggars and crippled people lying on the street. Then you hit, Sanlitun […]
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Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba Compete in Investing
In May, Tencent invested RMB 84.4 million (US$ 13.1m) in online travel service eLong and RMB 445 million (US$ 69.1m) in film production Huayi Brothers. As for June, Baidu invested RMB 306 million (US$ 47.6m) in another travel services aggregator Qunar. And in July, Alibaba Group led the US$ 50 million funding for group buying […]
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Rumor: Now It’s Baidu’s Turn to Acquire Tudou
Rumors has been spreading about Baidu‘s potential acquisition of Tudou, the online video service which has gone a long and tough trip towards its IPO. Tudou was said to halt its IPO in the wake of Baidu’s proposal. Actually, Tudou filed for IPO last November even before Youku did so. Now with Youku get listed […]