Titan Sports Media Group
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| Industry | Multi-media Group |
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| Founded | 1988 |
| Headquarters | Changsha and Beijing, |
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| Website | www |
Titan Sports Media Group (Chinese: 体坛传媒集团) is one of the most influential sports media groups in China.[1] It owns the newspaper Titan Sports and ten other magazines.[2]
Name
When it was founded as a sports newspaper, the Chinese name of the media group was 体坛, which means sports field. "体坛" is pronounced as tǐtán in Chinese pinyin (The Chinese official romantization system of Chinese characters). The name was then translated as Titan in English, the word used to refer to the descendants of the gods in Greek Mythology.
History
Titan Sports Media Group was initially founded in 1988[3] in Changsha, Hunan province as Titan Sports. At the time of its foundation, Titan Sports was a regional newspaper owned by Hunan Sports General Association. Titan Sports is the most circulated sports newspaper in China.[4] The magazines published by Titan Sports Media Group include Football Weekly, All Sports, Slam, Outside, Golf Digest, Runner's, Auto Bild, Women's Health and MiLK.
In 2006, two years before the Beijing Summer Olympics, the Beijing headquarters of Titan Sports Media Group was established.
In April 2009, Qu Youyuan, the chief editor and part owner of the Titan Media Group, along with a deputy involved in accounting, were taken from their Beijing office and detained by Communist Party disciplinary authorities in Hunan. The action was reportedly related to bribery charges leveled against former sports-authority officials Fu Guoliang and Huang Ying, both arrested for corruption in 2008.[5]
In 2015, Titan Sports Media Group launched its subsidiary and mobile app Titan Sports Plus, as its online news platform. Titan Sports Plus is also the locomotive of the development of Titan Sports Media Group in multi-media and sports industries.
References
- ^ "体坛传媒亮相深圳文博会 将推出全球体育数据库" (in Chinese). Sina.com.cn. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ 张文雄纵论"体坛+" 强调实现跨越式、颠覆式发展 (in Chinese (China)). NetEase. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "体坛传媒发力伦敦奥运 酝酿集团上市" (in Chinese). Caijing. 12 December 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "媒体融合背景下体育报道的制胜之道". People's Daily Online (in Chinese). 6 December 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- ^ "Chief of top sports newspaper detained". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 1 May 2009. Retrieved 2017-04-10.