Moscow shutting down expat rag
Jun 20th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff..., weird stuffHmm, taking a leaf out of our other friends book, the Exile, Moscow’s expat type newspaper or whatever, is being shut down, after 11 years.
“When they even start closing down the crappy expat mags, its not a good sign,” Trueman S. Sniddings, blogger, futurist and apocalypse watcher
There are more details here.
“The eXile is shutting down. It all started two weeks ago, with an innocuous-looking fax from the Federal Service for Mass Media, Telecommunications and the Protection of Cultural Heritage. The barely legible fax informed us that our paper was slated for an unscheduled inspection to see if it had violated any media laws. It didn’t specify which ones. A week later, a four person team of polite chinovniks showed up to ask some questions and, on their way out back to their lair, grabbed a few eXile issues for an “expert analysis.” News of their visit had our investors fleeing instantly, and, in no time at all, was kicking up a media shit storm that’s only now beginning to gather full strength. ”
