Archive for the 'Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony' Category

2008 Summer festival closing ceremony: Entertainment City holds closing ceremony

Entertainment City is to hold a closing ceremony for its summer festival which ends on August 30. The ceremony will include several addresses on the subject of returning back to school on August 29 and 30. Entertainment City will also be staging a special exhibition to mark the occasions, with entry tickets at reduced rates [...]

Michael Phelps golden with the media too, gets seven times as much media coverage

Olympics focused on Michael Phelps, who got seven times as much media coverage as the next-most-spotlighted athlete.
News item:
Editor & Publisher released a Pew Research Center study Friday showing that one-quarter of stories about the Olympics focused on Michael Phelps, who got seven times as much media coverage as the next-most-spotlighted athlete.
My take:
Seven times as much? [...]

Olympics Closing Ceremony Approaching, Beijing set for Olympic finale

Beijing Olympic Closing Ceremony Revealed: The Beijing Games draw to a close on today after what many have described as one of the best Olympics ever held.
China will hand the Olympic flag to the 2012 hosts London at a closing ceremony. China had beaten the United States to top the medals table.
The organizers have promised [...]

Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony: 175,000 Strong global handshake to leave for Beijing

Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony Revealed: The closing ceremony of the Beijing Games on Sunday will be another elaborate show from the filmmaker Zhang Yimou, who also produced the opening ceremony on Aug. 8.
A virtual global handshake will land in Beijing tomorrow ahead of the Olympic Closing Ceremony. Since the beginning of the Olympics, Avaaz has [...]