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My name is Will Moss. I spent 17 years in Singapore and China doing computer games, e-commerce and public relations before returning to the Bay Area in 2013. I am director of international and corporate communications for Motorola Mobility. This is a personal blog, and the opinions here are my own. For more information see About Imagethief or contact me at will [at] imagethief [dot] com.
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Monthly Archives: March 2010
A handy cheat sheet for interpreting the Google China story
Should Google have been in China? Did they make the right move in pulling out? Will this influence the Chinese government? What does it mean for foreign businesses in China? Are they evil or not? Who knows? Not me. And … Continue reading
Video from the NewsMorphosis conference
Note: While this post explains the background of the conference and includes the original video, a better video of the panel was later posted here. The week before last Imagethief was in Hawaii to participate in the NewsMorphosis panel organized by … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, China, Economy, Journalism, Media, Public Relations, Technology, USA
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Gargling, air crashes, and NewsMorphosis mini update
Just pulled into Narita on my way back from Beijing. We’d been parked in a holding pattern due to high winds (and experienced one of the most roller-coaster landings I’ve ever endured), which gave my bladder extra time to fill … Continue reading
Tagged Media, Notices, Travel, Weird
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Positive posts, negative posts, and bad PR
A couple of days ago the China Daily ran an interesting story on the issue of companies paying for positive posts and paying to delete negative posts: An underground business, that charges companies high fees to delete negative news or … Continue reading
I was perhaps a bit hard on Rinku
In the warm light of morning I was able to reassess Rinku a bit. Technically, it’s “Rinkuu”, with one of those bi-syllabic vowels beloved of the Japanese. You know, as in “Tookyoo”. Really. Also technically, it wasn’t actually morning. I … Continue reading
Down the rabbit hole in Kansai
So here’s how it goes. Someone inconveniently dies on your airplane just as it is about to take off. You experience an odd mix of feelings. On the one hand, you sympathize with the family and feel bad for their … Continue reading
Tagged Best of Imagethief, Rants, Travel, Weird, Whatever
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Further adventures in the glamorous life of an international PR consultant
Imagethief is headed to Hawaii this week to speak on a panel called “NewsMorphosis 2.0“, about how technology is affecting the news business. There are three panels, each one of which has two local media luminaries and a “thought leader”. … Continue reading
Turns out smashing the recorder wasn’t a great idea
You remember Li Hongzhong from yesterday’s post? This was his case-study on how to deal with a tough question from a reporter: Li Hongzhong, governor of Hubei province, was asked by a People’s Daily reporter about last year’s case of … Continue reading
Tagged China, Media Skills, Politics, Public Relations
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The zombie-slugging toy police car
Imagethief’s son, Zachary, turned two this week. I’m amazed we made it. By this I mean I’m amazed that Mrs. Imagethief and I made it. If the boy’s engine room telegraph is stuck on “full-speed-ahead”, Mrs. Imagethief and I are … Continue reading
Tagged Beijing, China, Parenthood, Pop Culture, Resident Alien, Weird
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Bad quote-a-thon at the NPC
A couple of days old, but you should read this post from the Wall Street Journal’s China Real-Time Report, on silly things politicians said at the NPC. Sample: Li Hongzhong, governor of Hubei province, was asked by a People’s Daily … Continue reading
Tagged China, Media, Politics, Public Relations
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