Aug 22, 2008
Mekong Times was a short-lived newspaper in Cambodia, launched in February 2008 and closed in August of the same year backed by Media Consulting and Development, The newspaper employed more than 40 staff and ran on a budget of about US$30,000 a month, opened on February 8 and had published 135 editions, according to a
Aug 22, 2008
Cambodia’s brewing newspaper war claimed its first victim this week, with closure of the English-language Mekong Times. Mekong Times’ editor-in-chief, Neth Pheaktra, told the DPA news agency that a lack of funds had forced the closure of the hard copy edition but that the paper, which also published in Khmer, was still considering options for
Aug 11, 2008
Congratulations to the Phnom Penh Post for launching its first daily edition on Friday. In this era of newspaper downsizing, it is great to see The Phnom Penh Post expanding from two times per month into a daily operation. Disclosure: I joined in the round of investment that has helped the newspaper go daily. Cambodia
Jul 3, 2008
A brash and veteran newspaperman of greater Indo-China, Dunkley has headed the launch of publications including the Vietnam Investment Review, Myanmar Times (English and Burmese-language editions) as well as the conversion of The Phnom Penh Post into a daily newspaper. (Planned for August 2008) Dunkley often has strong views and has never been known to
Jun 23, 2008
Are you young (or young at heart), ambitious and ready for a newspapering adventure? Here’s your chance to follow in the footsteps of Southeast Asia’s great foreign correspondents at Cambodia’s most prestigious English-language newspaper: The Phnom Penh Post, a bi-monthly newspaper that is shifting into a daily, is looking for 2 or 3 aggressive sub-editors
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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...
