Global Sources Denies Rumors of “Morning Star” Termination

Dec 23, 2008
Sectors: Digital Media
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Business-to-business media company Global Sources (Nasdaq:GSOL) has stopped selling its advertising product "Morning Star" and dismissed the product's 1,000-person sales team, reports Boyan.cn quoting a recently dismissed manager.

Morning Star remains a Global Sources product and is still for sale, company administration general manager Su Huiwen wrote in an email. The Morning Star package costs RMB 40,880 per year. Half of its users are in China, said the report.

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Global Sources Denies Rumors of “Morning Star” Termination
December 23, 2008: Business-to-business media company Global Sources (Nasdaq:GSOL) has stopped selling its advertising product "Morning Star" and dismissed the product's 1,000-person sales team, reports Boyan.cn quoting a recently dismissed manager. Morning Star remains a Global Sources product and is still for sale, company administration general manager Su Huiwen wrote in an email. The Morning Star package costs RMB 40,880 per year. Half of its users are in China, said the report.

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