DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

Nov 16 (Reuters) - Tencent Music Entertainment Corp beat analyst estimates for third-quarter revenue and profit, boosted by a recovery in advertising sales and an increase in the number of paying users on the Chinese music streaming company's platform. Tencent has been ramping up its original content slate to help put more users behind a paywall. Paying users at its online music streaming service rose to 85.3 million in the quarter from 82.7 million in the second quarter, the earnings statement showed. Net profit attributable to equity holders was 1.06 billion yuan, up from 740 million yuan in the same period last year. Yip said Tencent Music expects its long-form audio content to break even on a gross margin basis by the end of next year.

☆ Hong Kong Editors Go on Trial for Sedition Over Interviews With Activists
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Selina Cheng | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Stand News editor Patrick Lam Shiu-tung, with glasses, was escorted by police officers into a van in December after they searched his Hong Kong office. HONG KONG—Two former editors of a Hong Kong news outlet went on trial for sedition over articles that prosecutors say promoted pro-democracy activists and attacked the government, a key case in authorities’ national security crackdown on the city’s once relatively free press. Two top editors for the now-defunct online news website Stand News, Chung Pui-kuen and Patrick Lam Shiu-tung, were arrested in December after hundreds of national security police raided their newsroom. The duo, who have been detained for almost a year, have pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiring to publish or reproduce seditious publications.

☆ Supporters of Hong Kong Activist Given Jail Time for Clapping in Court
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Selina Cheng | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

HONG KONG—Two supporters of a prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist were given jail sentences on Thursday for clapping and uttering comments in the public gallery during one of her courtroom appearances, reflecting the widening ambit of authorities’ efforts to eliminate dissent in the city. A pastor and a retiree were convicted of sedition for their behavior at the January sentencing of one of the city’s leading China critics, lawyer Chow Hang-tung. Ms. Chow, an organizer of vigils commemorating 1989’s Tiananmen Square massacre who has been in jail since last year, has faced multiple charges and court appearances that have drawn supporters to cheer her on.

☆ A man charged in the assault of a flight attendant on an American Airlines plane had to be restrained by fellow passengers and cuffed to a seat
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Passengers helped crew to restrain a 33-year-old man on an American Airlines flight on Wednesday. Alexander Tung Cuu Le, 33, has been charged with one count of interference with flight crew members. Le was charged with one count of interference with flight crew members and attendants, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison, the DOJ said. After assaulting the flight attendant, Le fled toward the back of the plane where he was apprehended by several passengers near an exit row, the DoJ stated. One flight attendant was "shaking so much that she had difficulty performing her duties" and stated that the flight was "the longest hour and 58 minutes of my life," according to the affidavit.

☆ An American Airlines passenger is in custody after allegedly punching a flight attendant in the back of the head during incident caught on camera
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A passenger was caught on video punching a flight attendant on a trip from San José del Cabo to Los Angeles. The video of Alexander Tung Cuu Le allegedly assaulting a crew member was circulated online after the incident. The unruly behavior escalated when he punched a flight attendant attempting to report him, according to video footage and an affidavit of the complaint against Le. In a statement released Thursday, American Airlines said Le is prohibited from flying with the carrier in the future. "Our thoughts are with our injured flight attendant, and we are ensuring that they and their fellow crew members have the support they need at this time."

Search resuls for: "Tung"

5 mentions found