ChinesesPod in the Economist

kencarroll
June 09, 2007, 04:51 AM posted in General Discussion
The Economist ran a story on ChinesePod this week, and here it is. In fact, ChinesePod has received a huge amount of media coverage in the last year. To see it all, go here.
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man2toe
June 09, 2007, 05:58 AM

Very supporting. And the NBC Nightly News?

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Lantian
August 15, 2007, 04:53 PM

"Ken Carroll, an Irishman who in 2005 co-founded Praxis, ...his slightly geekier co-founders, Hank Horkoff, a Canadian, and Steve Williams, a Briton." I'm not quite sure I agree with the reporter's analysis. Ken LIKES to use words like "reduplication." ;p

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excuter
June 09, 2007, 10:56 AM

please inform us when you know otherwise we might miss it and that wouldn´t be cool would it?

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man2toe
June 09, 2007, 05:55 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14500635/site/newsweek/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14500635/site/newsweek/page/3/ I few 'Chinesepod" search hits on the NBC Nightly News site.

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man2toe
June 09, 2007, 05:55 PM

argh, A few.....

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daimingwei
June 10, 2007, 06:52 AM

Hey KC, You should add another recent piece of media coverage. It was in "that's PRD" (June) which is distributed mainly in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. This is how I first came to learn about CP and already signed up to be a premium subscriber. Recommend you do some advertising in this mag along with it's sister editions in SH and BJ. Another good mag to advertise in is City Talk which also has local editions in China's big 3 cities. I suppose that most of your subscribers are based in China so it would be good to get the word out more locally. All you need to do is direct readers to your site and they will quickly see the benefits of learning with CP. Cheers to continued success! P.S. Let me know when you go IPO 'cause I am a believer!

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aggiexiang
June 11, 2007, 03:18 AM

I've just heard this story from Chrissy, one of our Practice Plan learners, very exciting! We actually conduct 80% of our lessons via Skype which is really handy.

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kencarroll
June 09, 2007, 07:27 AM

I'm not sure, but it should be soon.

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kencarroll
June 11, 2007, 09:35 AM

Bazza, I dn't know if he's a listener. It's well known that he's a very keen lingusit and that the has an iPod... I'd better be careful what I say!

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mingjai
June 12, 2007, 10:31 PM

Yep, I'm here because I saw the Economist article and wanted to check it out.

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kencarroll
June 12, 2007, 11:23 PM

hello mingjai they say that economist readers are very smart.

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azerdocmom
June 12, 2007, 11:41 PM

They say Chinese Pod subscribers are very smart!

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mnrobertson
June 13, 2007, 12:43 AM

I also first heard about Chinese Pod in the Economist. I have subscribed to the Economist for 15 years, so if they recommend something, I tend to believe them. The article was very positive, so I thought I'd check it out. I have been studying Chinese on my own for over a year, mostly using Pimsleur and was ready to move on. I like being able to learn the characters as I listen, something lacking in Pimsleur.

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dchang95f
August 15, 2007, 03:05 PM

just read the piece also

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bazza
June 11, 2007, 09:32 AM

Is the Pope a ChinesePod listener then? ;)