DIARY: My media - Charles Edwards regional business development director, Leo Burnett, Asia-Pacific

<p>Television </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Being a self-confessed media junkie (the therapy isn't working) I </p><p>consume just about anything ... Nat Geo and Discovery can always be </p><p>relied on. Particularly Lonely Planet (Iain Wright is the 21 century's </p><p>pop-icon for thirtysomethings suffering from suppressed wanderlust). HBO </p><p>and Cinemax are mostly pretty lame though they do have the odd shining </p><p>light, like Sex & The City. CNBC and CNN also get a lot of time from me, </p><p>though sadly depressing at present in light of recent world events. But </p><p>can someone please start airing Star Trek in Asia? </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Press </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Vanity Fair, Fast Company, Keyboard, Action Asia. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Websites </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>I am everywhere on the web, so it's difficult to cite examples. </p><p>Dictionary.com and Altavista's translation site are useful. Quamnet.com </p><p>for stock quotes gets a fair bit of my patronage, as well as my bank and </p><p>Hotmail. I need to get broadband at home. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Advertising </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>I loved the Fox FX Network work from the US that got banned (sex, pizza, </p><p>muscle-cars, Bob?), and Leo Burnett Vietnam's work for Mercedes-Benz and </p><p>Tiger Beer. The current Siemen's mobile phone campaign is really </p><p>appalling. What were they thinking? </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Radio </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>BBC World Service - every morning from about 7.30am - especially </p><p>Alistair Cooke's Letter from America. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>

by | 12/07/2001