Monthly Archives: December 2015

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December 13, 2015
Jack Ma Got a Better Deal Than Bezos With $266 Million SCMP Deal

THE WASHINGTON POST –  Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. looks to be getting a better deal in its $266 million acquisition of the South China Morning Post and related assets, compared with recent newspaper deals including the purchase by Amazon.com Inc.’s Jeff Bezos of the Washington Post.

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December 11, 2015
Jack Ma Teams With Arch-Foe Tencent on China, Hollywood Films

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS – Tencent Holdings Ltd., e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma and movie studio Huayi Brothers Media Corp. will pool their assets and create a Hong Konglisted company to develop films and entertainment for China and abroad.

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December 11, 2015
Alibaba agrees to purchase Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post

CHICAGO TRIBUNE – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the e-commerce giant headed by billionaire Jack Ma, agreed to buy Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post and other affiliated media assets as the Internet tycoon follows in the footsteps of Jeff Bezos in pursuing the revival of a century-old newspaper.

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December 11, 2015
Alibaba Agrees to Purchase Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the e-commerce giant headed by billionaire Jack Ma, agreed to buy Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post and other affiliated media assets as the Internet tycoon follows in the footsteps of Jeff Bezos in pursuing the revival of a century-old newspaper.

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December 7, 2015
China elite fuel country’s football obsession

FINANCIAL TIMES – Angie Quan still recalls the epiphany that occurred the first time she watched Liverpool football club play on television.

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December 6, 2015
How Manchester City and ‘China’s Rupert Murdoch’ Li Ruigang can cash in on sporting revolution

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST – Last week I talked about Manchester City’s big plans for China; stage one was unveiled two days later, when they announced that China Media Capital and CITIC were buying 13 per cent of City’s parent company for US$400 million.

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December 6, 2015
How Manchester City and ‘China’s Rupert Murdoch’ Li Ruigang can cash in on sporting revolution

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST – Last week I talked about Manchester City’s big plans for China; stage one was unveiled two days later, when they announced that China Media Capital and CITIC were buying 13 per cent of City’s parent company for US$400 million.

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December 1, 2015
Manchester City: Chinese investors pay $400m for 13% stake

FINANCIAL TIMES – Chinese investors have made their first foray into English football, snapping up a 13 percent stake in the parent of Premier League leaders Manchester City just weeks after President Xi Jinping visited the club’s academy.

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