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A-Mei is one of the hardest working ladies in show business and she is our number 1 story - The absurdity of American Idol landed them in the number 2 spot of the charts - Business has made a strong showing in several areas on our NR Top 10 - CNN's Piers Morgan returns to the charts by gun worshipers petitioning him to be deported - Television reviews took five of the Top 10 spots - Business has made a strong showing in several areas on our NR Top 10

 

 

Thursday, February 28, 2013

BACK TO BUSINESS

From last months crossover NR Top 10 it's back to business time and our standard ratings. This month it was strictly business on our NR Top 10 as stories about or related to business emerged in our most read content. Interest in our China press releases leaped out for the first time in our Top 10 history with Henry M. Paulson, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and chief executive of Goldman Sachs doing business in China. China Airlines and Carl Zeiss also commanded attention. Former US presidential candidate Herman Cain was our fastest mover in the Press Release category as he leaped on the charts within days of our release of his being signed by Fox News as a contributor.

Taiwan entertainer A-Mei was the most popular and fastest moving NR generated story. This dynamic little lady is what life is all about as she has battled through ups and downs in life and trying to make it in the entertainment business. She has and in a big way as she hit a high in her career leading to her being mentally exhausted and exiling herself to the USA for some R&R.

After flushing her brain and being reenergized she returned to Taiwan to begin a new phase of her career acting. She overcame more barriers by appearing in TV stage and a Japanese musical. The dynamo is on top again embarking on the next phase of her career following the release of her most recent album.

We've seen two documentaries on A-Mei during the past few years. Our story reviews the documentary that aired on the BIO Channel. It goes where the previous doc produced by MTV feared to tread as it is more up close and personal.

Both docs show her tremendous talent and voice. Over the years during my musician and journalism careers I've seen those recognized as being the best entertainers of all time performing live including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Michael Jackson and The Rolling Stones. A-Mei ranks right up there with them. At this point though I've never seen her perform live but she's on the MUST DO LIST and this story will tell you why her biography is a MUST WATCH.

American Idol returned to the TV screens and returned to our ratings due to their new season currently being televised. After covering this show closely since season five we came to the conclusion that Idol was more about collusion than fusing the best talent they can offer. Last season's fiasco was that last straw as we came away from the results with anger, a sick feeling in our stomachs and could not bear to watch it again. It was absolute bull$#!t causing pain and suffering.

This season TV viewers were force fed with promos of the show on all Rupert Murdoch (the owner of Fox Television) related stations that were pimping Idols new judges this season along with their Fog Horn Leg Horn judge Randy Jackson bragging about how great they are. More bull$#!t but we took a look at the girls audition show.

It was so absurd that we refused to watch another show until the Top 20 girls audition which again showed the leopards spots of favoritism that has led this show on a downward path over recent years in losing audience share and ratings. As they say you can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time. Which category are you in?

CNN's Piers Morgan Morgan won't go away as he returns with his rants opposing guns and interrupting guests on his show. He's been ranting about gun control since the unfortunate killings of elementary school children in the state of Connecticut USA. He invites them more to rant at them regarding his point of views and won't permit them to answer without cutting them off. Our story is regarding a petition to have him deported endorsed by gun owner advocates. Pierce needs to be careful he's a foreigner among gun carrying red necks and needs to learn about the culture of American rednecks and guns. With the enemies he's creating he'd be wise to wear body amour or return to England where it's safe for his kind.

Politics reigned this month as former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and chief executive of Goldman Sachs Henry M. Paulson, Jr. drew some attention for doing business in China. Our review of the film Inside Job also was in the political limelight.

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SECTIONS MOST VISITED

Television regained the most attention and the top position after a long absence. The NBA section moved up two notches from 4th to 2nd. The China section returned to the charts holding down a strong 5th position. BIZ WHO IS leaped from 10 to 6th and the Entertainment section returned to the charts in holding down the 7th spot. It was more business as the Business section notched the 8th spot followed by the return of the NBA's LA Lakers section to 9th. The charts are rounded with a new entry the BIT (Business & Internet Technology) section. Five sections qualified for the charts that were not in last months ratings.

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ARCHIVES

This was a strange month as there were four Cambodian related stories that jumped into the most read pile. Both stories were published in 2003 when most of Phnom Penh's roads were dirt and the streets without lights.

Our top story was about Bill Herod whom we deem the godfather of the Internet in Cambodia. With the help of Canadian financing Herod brought Internet service to Cambodia. The growth of this country can be largely attributed to Herod. Can you imagine doing business without having Internet service?

Herod then moved on to teaching Cambodia youth how to use the Internet with his NGO KIDS. They also taught Khmer youth how to build web sites. Many of his students opened business and flourished with their knowledge.

The story that attracted attention was when after KIDS he ran an NGO titled RAP which helped repatriate Cambodians that ran afoul of the law in America who were deported after they served their prison sentences.

Currently Herod is helping the indigenous people in the northeast of Cambodia how to support their selves in a rapidly growing and becoming expensive Cambodian society.

The second story is about another NGO leader TELEMEDICINE'S DAVID ROBERTSON. Prior to Telemedicine Robertson worked for the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab as an assistant to the Director Nicholas Negroponte. He also ventured to the remote parts of Cambodia to assist in medical treatment.

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TOP PRESS RELEASES

This moth we return to revealing what press releases attracted the most interest. The most interesting aspect of our findings is that China related business took three of the Top five spots.

1. HERMAN CAIN - FOX News Channel (FNC) has hired former Republican presidential candidate, businessman, author and columnist Herman Cain as a contributor - FAST RISER WITHIN 2 DAYS

2. Henry M. Paulson, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and chief executive of Goldman Sachs doing business in China

3. Samsung and Verizon Release Current FiOS TV App - FAST RISER WITHIN 3 DAYS

4. Air China's Houston-Beijing Service Now Ready ... Business & China

5. Carl Zeiss Gains Ground in Mainland China

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SECTIONS MOST VISITED

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1.	NATIONAL RADIO TOP 10 - February 2013
	TV - VIDEO BEAT - Part 3 - A-MEI - TAIWAN'S SUPERSTAR TREASURE - February, 2013 Overcoming adversity was a part of the process of the growth of the indigenous Taiwan lady singer A-Mei. With each hurdle she faced in life she resolved it with genius ideas. With every leap she gained strength, broadened her talents and lengthened her career. If it's the hardest working lady in show business you're looking for... IT'S A-MEI - GLEE's NEW SEASON is WITHOUT CHARICE - Recommended TV Listings Previous - Sports Notes - FEATURE - Jim Murray (1919-1998) - Pulitzer Prize columnist and cofounder of Sports Illustrated Magazine - My recollection of my first encounter with Murray was in the Rose Bowl press box, early on in my sports journalism career when he graciously shared his thoughts on writing. Here was an legend in his own time taking time to share his thoughts with someone who was new in the business and trying to figure out what was going on.
2.	TV - VIDEO BEAT - Part 1 - IT'S ON!!! American Idol - February, 2013 SOS!!! - IDOL DRAMA CONTINUES to LOSE THE PLOT & VIEWING AUDIENCE - With a new season of programming upon the television viewers in East Asia it's a matter of choice which programs to watch or not. Amazing Race, Top Model College Edition, GLEE (Season 4) and American Idol are on the menu. It's SOS for Idol as they continue to focus on pimping off the reputations of their judges. Following cleaning house and ridding themselves of Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler the new judging team is dominated by the sassy mouth of Nicki Minaj - Recommended TV Listings Previous - FEATURE - DrBeat Richner - FREE HEALTH CARE FOR CAMBODIAN CHILDREN -- "He gave his life for this," an American from the city of Chicago said of the performer of a music concert. . He…is, Dr Beat Richner who was about to perform a solo cello concert. The this... the tourist was referring to, be Jayavarman VII Hospital in Siem Reap, Cambodia where Dr. Beat was about to perform.
3.	TV - VIDEO BEAT - CNN TV SHOW HOST PIERS MORGAN - PETITIONED TO BE DEPORTED - January, 2013 THE IRATE DEBATE - CNN talk show host Englishman Piers Morgan was verbally overwhelmed when interviewing an irate radio show host Alex Jones a pro gun ownership advocate from Austin, Texas. Morgan wants gun ownership to be banned in America feeling that it would make a difference in eliminating the mass murders in the nation by those easily purchasing weapons with the intent to kill. Jones gave Morgan a taste of his own interrupting medicine and in the process made a fool out of himself - Recommended TV Listings Previous - TRAVEL TIPS: CAMBODIA'S ROYAL PALACE - A pleasant way to spend a day in Phnom Penh in a concentrated area is a visit to the Royal Palace. The National Museum, Independence Monument, restaurants and the river walk are within a few blocks of the palace grounds.
4.	Phnom Penh (Ah) - MOBITEL'S (Cambodia) AMBUSH - February, 2013 MISINFORMATION REIGNS IN ROCKY ROAD MOBITEL TAKEOVER - The MobiTel takeover of Mfone customers is more like a rocky road than smooth sailing. The services going forward promised from Mfone customer service representatives failed to materialize. The bait and switch resulted in a situation of bitch, bitch, bitch of confusion and the loss of the Mfone customers' hard cash credit - QUALIFY for INTERNET SERVICE? - MISINFORMATION OR LIES? - Phnom Penh Cable's poorly trained and informed service staff Previous - NBA TRIVIA - Did You Know The Philly Connection ??? To Philadelphia is famous for several things, the Liberty Bell, Betsy Ross' house [she made the first American flag], The Philadelphia Art Museum steps that Rocky ran up, cheese steaks and basketball. In our notes we found that our information trail led us to Philadelphia and its renowned basketball history. So…Philadelphia basketball trivia is included in this column.
5.	TV - VIDEO BEAT EXTRA Part 1 - US SENATE HAGGLE over HAGEL & ISRAELI LOBBY - January, 2013 IN THE NEWS -The haggle over Hagel is that he once made a statement about too many Jewish lobbyists in Washington. He misspoke as they are actually Israeli lobbyists - The US government supports murder, invasion and occupation of Arab land to serve their own interests - RT News has lost the plot and gone the RUDE, IN YOUR FACE AMERICAN style of reporting - Recommended TV Listings Previous - Sports Notes ARCHIVES - Cambodian Football.... Rising From the Ashes - October 2000 In Cambodia the Killing Fields are over. The game of football is now helping heal a nation and its people. For many years during the Vietnam War, Khmer Rouge Civil War and the Coup d'Edat of July 5-6, 1997 there was no organized soccer being played in the country. The conflicts destroyed the records of the history of Cambodian football. All that can be pieced together at this time is from the memory of those who were there or made mental notes
6.	Sports Notes - WHO'S THE MAN…? ALEX FERGUSON, JOSE MOURINHO or PEP GUARDIOLA? - Apri 2012 AGREE OR NOT? - The topic of who's the best among, Ferguson, Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola at this point has to go the Ferguson. Guardiola has experienced immediate success in the early stages of his career but the stress has gotten to him at his young age of 41. Mourinho is still working on his CV but the question arises is stress taking its toll? - The Los Angeles Lakers RON ARTEST aka META WORLD PEACE HAS LOST THE PLOT Previous -FEATURE - "RACIST RADIO" Radio Talk Show Slanders Dodgers Owner Rupert Murdoch IN -- CREDIBLE: A Los Angeles sports talk radio host JOE MCDONNELL (KXTA, AM, 1150 - A Jaycor station) admitted to creating a hoax, a day after someone called in [Thursday August 6] to his sports talk show impersonating being a business associate of Fox/News Corp. founder RUPERT MURDOCH. FOX/News Corp. own the Los Angeles Dodgers.
7.	Phnom Penh (Ah) - CAMBODIA MOURNS the DEATH of KING SIHANOUK - October, 2012 WATER FESTIVAL CANCELED 2nd CONSECUTIVE YEAR - Sihanouk held so many positions since 1941 that the Guinness Book of World Records identifies him as the politician who has served the world's greatest variety of political offices - THE TRUTH or WHAT U WANT 2 HEAR? - It's SOS time again as the Cambodian government's council of ministers and ministry of Justice continues to dictate how democracy will work in their country. VOA'S Chris Decherd responds - PHNOM PENH TOP 5 STORIES Previous - FEATURE - THE ASIAN EQUATION - November 2001 As life goes on the learning process continues. We take a look back from the then to the now of past experiences in the music business to fast forward and traveling though Southeast Asia and being fascinated by the cultures. There are no International marquees names in the region but we did absorb experiences that are truly Asia's
8.	Phnom Penh (Ah) - FILMMAKER MARC EBERLE TELLS IT LIKE IT IS - January, 2013 EBERLE REVEALS BEHIND THE SCENES - Eberle's latest project "Aung San Suu Kyi: The Choice," is receiving rave reviews. His perspective offers a side of a story never seen of the Myanmar now politician aka the Lady and her relationship with her family that she left behind for politics. Previously Eberle also dug deep with his documentary of the CIA'S secret war in Laos titled The Most Secret Place on Earth Previous - Feature - Asian Soccer Fit To Be Thai'd - December 1998 Going up against a full strength Korean team it seemed the best the Thai's could do was to hold on in hopes for a shoot out. Thai coach Peter Withe had other ideas he wanted his team to be aggressive and keep on kicking for a winning goal.
9.	Sports Notes EXTRA - DOES YAO HAVE THE RIGHT STUFF? - July, 2011 HAS YAO MADE ALL THE RIGHT MOVES IN HIS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT? - Yao's business representatives neglect to do an honest straight forward piece of business. Ming's reputation could be at stake. If he continues to surround himself with this type of irresponsible individual his business career could be in jeopardy - FIFA PROBLEMS LOOM LARGE - A BAD MOVE? Previous -TRAVEL TIPS: CAMBODIA by LAND & SEA - July 2000 At the small boat dock at the river, the boat driver will give you a price. It has been my experience on one trip that the price was changed it in the middle of the river. This was while the ferry was sounding it's horn alerting for it's soon to be departure. Diplomacy is in order here. When you're in the middle of a river in Cambodia and you have a problem who are you going to call? "Ghost Busters" and "Superman" won't be there to help you.
10.	TV - VIDEO BEAT - AMERICA'S INSIDE JOB - GLEE PROJECT - Q'VIVA! - September, 2012 AMERICA'S INSIDE JOB RIP OFF POLITICAL CIRCUS - With the US engaged with their mud slinging presidential race we cut to the chase and delve into the underlying reasons why Obama was set up to fail from the beginning of his term. The reasons why are depicted in the film documentary INSIDE JOB - Glee Project Goes the Extra Mile - Q'UE VIVA! has some good news - Recommended TV Listings Previous - Sports Notes: ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES - June 1998 The Angels didn't spread their wings and fly away, NO… they tucked them in, whipped out their muscles and started to pound away at their attackers rolling around in the dirt and getting their squeaky clean red, white and blue uniforms all soiled up.
ARCHIVE STORIES	Phnom Penh (Ah) ARCHIVES - Bill Herod Assists Repatriated Cambodians - September, 2003 Herod is best known as the person that brought the Internet to Cambodia. Herod has now taken on a new challenge, he formed Return Assistance Project (RAP) that helps repatriated Cambodians adjust to their country. Finding out what they can do and where they can be placed is the task at hand. ""We have to keep trying ideas one at a time until it works," Herod said. "We brainstorm basically. It's not unusual for them to say they have no skills, they've been in gangs and jails." - AP's Chris Dechard Rehabs - Love FM Changes Phnom Penh (Ah) - TELEMEDICINE'S DAVID ROBERTSON - June 2003 In his past he worked for the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab as an assistant to the Director Nicholas Negroponte. - CHY SILA - UPS THE ANTE - Chy Sila the twenty-nine year old fast food entrepreneur of BB World is also in the coffee house business that being the Sila's Trung Ngueyn coffee shop located at No 369-371 Sihanouk Blvd. outside Olympic Stadium. He also has two satellite shops in the Sorya Shopping Center on the third floor

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