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Titan Sports Media Group () is one of the most influential sports media groups in
Titan Sports Media Group was initially founded in 1988 in Changsha, Hunan province as '' Titan Sports''. At the time of its foundation, ''Titan Sports'' was a regional newspaper owned by ''Hunan Sports General Association''. ''Titan Sports'' is the most circulated sports newspaper in China. The magazines published by Titan Sports Media Group include '' Football Weekly'', '' All Sports'', '' Slam'', ''
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It owns the newspaper '' Titan Sports'' and ten other magazines.
Name
When it was founded as a sports newspaper, the Chinese name of the media group was 体坛, which means ''sports field''. "体坛" is pronounced as tǐtán in Chinese pinyin (The Chinese official romantization system of Chinese characters). The name was then transliterated as ''Titan'' in English, the word used to refer to the descendants of the gods in Greek Mythology.History
Titan Sports Media Group was initially founded in 1988 in Changsha, Hunan province as '' Titan Sports''. At the time of its foundation, ''Titan Sports'' was a regional newspaper owned by ''Hunan Sports General Association''. ''Titan Sports'' is the most circulated sports newspaper in China. The magazines published by Titan Sports Media Group include '' Football Weekly'', '' All Sports'', '' Slam'', ''Outside
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'', ''Golf Digest
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'', '' Runner's'', '' Auto Bild'', '' Women's Health'' and '' MiLK''.
In 2006, two years before the Beijing Summer Olympics
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, the Beijing headquarters of Titan Sports Media Group was established.
In April 2009, Qu Youyuan, the chief editor and part owner of the Titan Media Group, along with a deputy involved in accounting, were taken from their Beijing office and detained by Communist Party disciplinary authorities in Hunan. The action was reportedly related to bribery charges leveled against former sports-authority officials Fu Guoliang and Huang Ying, both arrested for corruption in 2008.
In 2015, Titan Sports Media Group launched its subsidiary and mobile app Titan Sports Plus, as its online news platform. Titan Sports Plus is also the locomotive of the development of Titan Sports Media Group in multi-media and sports industries.
References
{{reflist Mass media companies of China Mass media companies established in 1988 Chinese companies established in 1988 Newspaper companies of China Companies based in Changsha