Agency moves on 'manga cafe' Amid continuing objections from the Democratic Party of Japan and others, preparations for the proposed National Center for Media Arts, or "state-run 'manga' cafe" as it is known by its detractors, have begun in earnest. The first meeting of a new preparatory committee to hammer out a basic plan detailing the nature of the Tokyo facility, its administrative structure and program content was held ...
Guest Editorial: Michael Jackson, Media Greed and the Demise of Democracy The zombies may have stalked Michael Jackson on camera in his music video Thriller, but it was the media vampires who hounded him off camera and eventually sucked him dry. For years, the media pundits crucified the man they dubbed Wacko Jacko in order to titillate readers and amuse viewers.
JOHNNY NEIHU'S NEWS WATCH: Reclaim the maimland and the MRT Allow me to quote Andrew Yu (æ¸¸é€²å¿ ) of the Hakka Affairs Commission, who this week admitted he pulled the plug on an acceptance video by a journalist to whom the commission had just given a major award.
Marketing ploy backfires on Post A marketing scheme backfired on The Washington Post on Thursday, forcing the newspaper into uncharacteristic mea culpa mode. A headline in The Post itself tells all: "The Post's 'Salon' Plan: A Public Relations Disaster." In an age of excruciating transparency, revelations that the newspaper planned to pair up political insiders, business leaders, Obama administration officials and Post ...
