Posts Tagged ‘Tom Online’

Microsoft Gingerly Moves Skype’s China Operations To New Partner

November 26th, 2013

Microsoft has formed a partnership with Guangming Founder, which will operate Skype for Microsoft in mainland China. Founded in 2011, Guangming Founder is a joint venture between Gmw.cn and Founder, a Chinese computing company. The company mainly focuses on developing mobile new media businesses. Financial terms of the deal were not revealed. According to Microsoft, […]


Will Online Privacy Be Better When Microsoft Takes Over Skype’s China Business?

November 11th, 2013

Starting November 24, 2013, Microsoft will take over Skype’s business in the China region. Tom-Skype, the business unit within China-based TOM Online Inc. that has run Skype’s business for many years, published a report on its official website to announce the handover. The report also revealed that so far Tom-Skype has gained over 100 million […]


Wang Leilei To Be CEO Of Struggling Chinese Mobile Firm

September 29th, 2008

Wang Leilei, former CEO of Tom Online, will become chairman and CEO of struggling Chinese wireless value-added services firm KongZhong (KONG) from October 13, 2008 and the company’s current CEO and chairman Zhou Yunfan will step down from the positions on the same day.


TOM’s Internet Profit Grows In China

August 18th, 2008

Hong Kong’s TOM Group Limited, an amalgamation of various online and offline media entities, announced its interim results for the six months ended June 30, 2008.


Rumor: Tom Online’s CEO Will Resign

June 4th, 2008

Disappointed with eBay Eachnet’s performance, Wang Leilei, CEO of Tom Online, may resign from his job.


Tom Plans To Re-start Internet Strategy

April 10th, 2008

Tom Group has secretly changed the layout of Tom.com in a design that has flavors of Facebook in both design style and functionality, a signal that the company may help bring Facebook to China — or compete with it.