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China National Radio’s web portal launches soccer site
MUMBAI: International media content provider Global Broadcast Networks (GBN), and China National Radio‘s (CNR) web have launched a UK football website in Mandarin. |
The website covers UK Football, and will support the programmeUK Soccer Review for which GBN provides content, sponsorship and advertising. The programme is broadcast on CNR Voice of China which claims to be the most listened to radio station in the world. |
The website will be hosted by CNRNET, China National Radio‘s portal. There is a link from CNR‘s homepage to the website, which attracts around one million unique users per day. China National Radio Website Centre head Yang Guiming says, “CNRNET‘s dedicated website for UK Soccer Review is a veritable feast of UK soccer for web users, meticulously produced in collaboration with CNR-1 Voice of China and GBN . CNRNET is delighted to be working with GBN, to provide first-hand information from the UK, bringing abundant content to the “UK Soccer Review / Yingchao Fengyunlu” website.” “CNRNET is hosted by CNR, the national-level radio station in China, which possesses a distinct broadcasting style. It is China‘s largest audio broadcasting website, and via the Internet, strives for China‘s voice to be heard worldwide” The website‘s total audio data is two terabytes. At present, with an average of 14 million hits a day, and unique visitors reaching one million a day, CNRNET‘s influence is always expanding.” GBN CEO Sean Curtis-Ward says, “The launch of the website opens up a unique and hitherto unavailable opportunity for our programme sponsors to reach a vast audience. The site and the radio programme will cross-promote and complement each other. The link on CNRNET‘s front page is a ringing endorsement of the programme. We are grateful for the skill and technical expertise that China National Radio‘s web team have bought to the design and implementation of this Sky Media have also been appointed to provide advertising and sponsorship services for the website along with advertising and sponsorship of the UK Soccer Review programme on a global basis. The weekly half-hour radio is on-air 52 weeks a year, for a planned three years |
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
