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The So-Called Thumb Economy Is Expanding Rapidly In Shanghai

A good piece here on how Shanghai's major newspapers have moved aggressively into the mobile-handset space, launching a series of mobile papers for its commuting, time-starved readers. One such service has been branded News365 and offers readers constantly updated headlines. (Longer stories are available on other services, but they are thought to be less desirable for mobile users.) Next week the mobile-newspaper business gets busier in Shanghai, when an English-language version is launched. According to this story on CRIENGLISH.com, two shortcomings of the current system in Shanghai are that it does not support the delivery of exclusive-for-mobile news and the editors are not permitted to conduct interviews.

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