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Lee Brenner
From his base in Washington D.C Lee Brenner is executive producer of IMPACT, the Myspace political initiative.
As his first project with MySpace, Brenner spearheaded a partnership with MTV, leading to the online interactive political engagement forums of the 2008 Presidential election. He was formerly a senior editorial producer at CNN.
Brenner has a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University and a Masters in International and Public Affairs (MIPA) from the University of Hong Kong.
Check out his Myspace profile, which has a great music playlist, including Milli Vanilli’s Blame it on the Rain.
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Steve Marcopoto
As the Hong Kong-based president and managing director of TBS Asia-Pacific, Steve Marcopoto oversees all programming, network development, advertising and distribution sales, marketing and promotion for Turner Broadcasting and its networks and internet services, including the CNN news group, Cartoon Network, Pogo, Boomerang, TCM, and CETV in the Asia Pacific region
His CV includes serving as President, Time Inc Asia (1995); Publisher, Time Asia (1993); Managing director, Fortune Asia (1992); Managing director, Seavex (1986).
Mr. Marcopoto earned a BA from Seton Hall University and arrived in Asia in 1981. He has served as chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, where he is now an Ex-Officio Governor. He has also served as Chairman of the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) and as a board member of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA). He is on the Board of Governors of the American Club in Hong Kong.
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CNN seeks freelance reporters on Digital China
Kevin Drew, supervising editor Asia Pacific for CNN International’s website, is looking for good freelancers out of China to report for the CNN Olympics microsite.
He is particularly keen for stories about how new technologies are being used to cover the Olympics, but is also interested in great stories on other Olympic-related topics.
Contact Kevin directly:
Kevin Drew
CNN
Supervising Editor, Asia Pacific
Tel: (852) 3128-3214
e-mail: kevin dot drew at cnn dot com
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CNN, now a four-letter word in China
In continuing fallout from the travails of the Olympic torch, CNN now appears to be entering the Chinese vocabulary in a less than complimentary manner.
A university teacher here in Hong Kong reports that his Chinese students now use the expression “so CNN” to mean something that is subjective, lying and deceitful. One student admonished another “don’t be so CNN”.
(Image from the Anti-CNN website.)
UPDATE: Further evidence of the trend from a new fad in anti-CNN t-shirts reported by Danwei.
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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...
