Comments on: Asahi explains the Dentsu>Government>Local newspaper triangle of shadiness http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/02/11/asahi-explains-the-dentsugovernmentlocal-newspaper-triangle-of-shadiness/ Photos, Stories and articles on East Asia Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:36:52 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Trans-Pacific Radio http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/02/11/asahi-explains-the-dentsugovernmentlocal-newspaper-triangle-of-shadiness/comment-page-1/#comment-131267 Trans-Pacific Radio Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:06:05 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/02/11/asahi-explains-the-dentsugovernmentlocal-newspaper-triangle-of-shadiness/#comment-131267 <strong>TPR News: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 - Yanagisawa, Ishihara, Nakasone, whaling, and Japan blogs...</strong> Once again, Adamu at the Mutant Frog Travelogue has caught our attention with his piece on the “triangle of shadiness” created by the relationship that exists amongst the central government, local newspapers and advertising giant Dentsu. Adamu source... TPR News: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 – Yanagisawa, Ishihara, Nakasone, whaling, and Japan blogs…

Once again, Adamu at the Mutant Frog Travelogue has caught our attention with his piece on the “triangle of shadiness” created by the relationship that exists amongst the central government, local newspapers and advertising giant Dentsu. Adamu source…

]]> By: Gen Kanai http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/02/11/asahi-explains-the-dentsugovernmentlocal-newspaper-triangle-of-shadiness/comment-page-1/#comment-131124 Gen Kanai Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:57:43 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2007/02/11/asahi-explains-the-dentsugovernmentlocal-newspaper-triangle-of-shadiness/#comment-131124 If anyone does not already doubt the clout of this one particular company in the Japanese media landscape, it cannot be any more obvious. It is not healthy. Related to this is the health of Japanese newspapers. I've had discussions with people in the Japanese mainstream media who claim that because Japanese newspapers have no revenue from "classifieds" to "lose" (as US newspapers have lost with Craigslist and eBay, etc.) that they are more insulated from the forces that are affecting change in the US newspaper/advertising market. I think that's naïve. The forces that are changing the landscape of media is the shift from offline to online (vis. Sulzberger's recent quote that says something to the effect of that he is guiding the NYtimes' transition from paper to Internet) and those same forces are in effect here in Japan. The number to watch is the growth of online advertising- follow the money. If anyone does not already doubt the clout of this one particular company in the Japanese media landscape, it cannot be any more obvious. It is not healthy.

Related to this is the health of Japanese newspapers. I’ve had discussions with people in the Japanese mainstream media who claim that because Japanese newspapers have no revenue from “classifieds” to “lose” (as US newspapers have lost with Craigslist and eBay, etc.) that they are more insulated from the forces that are affecting change in the US newspaper/advertising market.

I think that’s naïve. The forces that are changing the landscape of media is the shift from offline to online (vis. Sulzberger’s recent quote that says something to the effect of that he is guiding the NYtimes’ transition from paper to Internet) and those same forces are in effect here in Japan. The number to watch is the growth of online advertising- follow the money.

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