Philippine TV network that angered Duterte ordered shut
MANILA (Reuters) -- The Philippines' telecoms body ordered the country's leading broadcaster ABS-CBN Corp to cease operations on Tuesday, as a parliament dominated...
Month: May 2020
Popeyes recruits out-of-work musicians to re-record jingle for pandemic era
Dive Brief: Popeyes is calling on musicians who are out of work during the coronavirus pandemic to help the company...
Q1 growth in digital ad spend masks negative effect of pandemic
Dive Brief: The effects of the coronavirus pandemic on digital media spending were minimal during the first quarter, which mostly...
Ads around COVID-19 work better within news media, study finds
Dive Brief: Ads related to COVID-19 often perform better when part of news programming, according to MediaScience's in-home audience survey...
Amazon’s ad business a ‘mixed bag’ as Q1 sales soar, profits tumble
Dive Brief: Reporting on a period that came to be dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon on Thursday reported that first quarter...
Taiwan rebuffs WHO, says China has no right to represent it
TAIPEI (Reuters) -- Only Taiwan's democratically-elected government can represent its people on the world stage, not China, its foreign ministry...
Hong Kong to relax social-distancing controls and reopen schools
HONG KONG -- Hong Kong will relax some social-distancing measures and reopen shuttered schools after the city reported no locally...
Japan’s national rugby team to be certified Tier 1
TOKYO -- World Rugby, the sport's governing body, has decided to certify Japan as a Tier 1 country, making it...
Yoma Bank sets the pace as Myanmar’s banking sector opens up
YANGON -- Myanmar's Yoma Bank, a mainstay lender in the Southeast Asian country, is setting the pace in attracting foreign...
Coronavirus shackles Japan’s space startups with another crisis
TOKYO/SINGAPORE -- Interstellar Technologies, a Japanese startup, was primed to test-launch its demonstration rocket on May 2. But less than...
