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...Matthew Brennan, founder of consultancy China Channel, said the differing nature of Douyin and Kuaishou meant the two could coexist....
...They are using YouTube (placing ads on it) to build up a rival,” said Matthew Brennan, founder of consultancy China Channel....
...Nonetheless, that very paucity of ads provides some leeway to quietly ratchet up when necessary, said Matthew Brennan at China Channel....
...“Internal competition can be as fierce as the external,” said Matthew Brennan, founder of the Weixin-focused tech consultancy China Channel....
...Matthew Brennan, of China Channel consultancy, pinned the company’s early success on three factors: the personality of its founder, resentment among some users over WeChat’s market dominance and a number...
...“User numbers exploded in the last three months,” said Matthew Brennan of China Channel, a consultancy. In response, “Tencent is throwing billions of renminbi at Weishi, subsidising content....
...“It’s a red-hot topic for [Tencent],” said Matthew Brennan, co-founder of China Channel consultancy, adding that Pony Ma, the founder and chief executive, was “talking about it a lot”....
..."It's a good start," says Mr Brennan. "The road map has a long way to go. There are many things they are going to roll out this year."...
...Alipay is run by Ant Financial, the affiliate in which Alibaba now plans to take a 33 per cent stake; WeChat Pay is increasingly “the jewel in the crown” of Tencent’s messaging app, according to Matthew Brennan...
...“Some people describe him as a scorpion: he will wait and then strike,” says analyst Matthew Brennan, a long-time follower of the company....
...“The mobile ecosystem in China is quite mature, so the products are all kind of similar,” says Mr Brennan....
...“The government is populist,” says Mr Brennan, “and needs to be seen to be doing something about things that affect people.”...
...I think it will hit 1bn but not much beyond that,” said Matthew Brennan, founder of China Channel, who has been following WeChat since its launch in 2011....
...Matthew Brennan, co-founder of tech consultancy China Channel, said Tencent’s move into credit scoring demonstrated its desire to build on its payments business, which is largely restricted to small transactions...
...Letter in response to this article: EU must devise policies to create more continental champions / From Prof Louis Brennan, Dublin, Ireland...
...Managing directors Luca Ferrari, Carl Bauer-Schlichtegroll and Jacob Spens left after Greenhill reported disappointing quarterly results on Friday, according to four people familiar with the matter....
...Lynwen Brennan, the president of ILM, said at the time that the UK tax breaks were a factor in its decision to come to London....
...Of course, as Prof Brennan and Mr Conroy admit, such analysis is “subjective”, since they have to decide which words equate to hubris....
...Some scalps were claimed, including Sly Bailey at Trinity Mirror, David Brennan at AstraZeneca and Andrew Moss at Aviva....
...That followed the resignation of Sly Bailey, chief executive of Trinity Mirror, also under attack over pay while David Brennan stood down as chief executive of AstraZeneca after pressure from shareholders...
...Mr Brennan said the group also had opportunities that did not require a big marketing push....
...They are, in alphabetical order: Diane Abbott Douglas Alexander Ed Balls Hilary Benn Roberta Blackman-Woods Ben Bradshaw Kevin Brennan Chris Bryant Andy Burnham Liam Byrne Vernon Coaker Yvette...
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