Missed: the Hong Kong sex scandal

HK print media win

I'm missing out on a lot of major stories - or are there just more stories these days? - including the Edison Chen sex scandal in Hong Kong. Of course ESWN gives the most comprehensive overview of what has happened. Thomas Crampton gives an overview of the lessons for print media to learn.
While Thomas is still able to distill three valuable lessons for print media, it still has some very distinct Hong Kong character. There are very few place in the world where print publications are still as important as they are in Hong Kong, and can make money through a scandal like this. They are so much part of the life in Hong Kong and that partly explains also their success.
In the mainland print publications would never have allowed themselves to take the same advantages, explaining their relatively declining position in the media scene. On the mainland, the internet has taken over the function that is in Hong Kong still done by the sensationalist print magazines.