Friday Wake-Up Call: Facebook Deals a Blow to Publishers, and Marriott Gets Punished For a Gaffe

GaffeChinese authorities are punishing a foreign brand -- Marriott International -- by shutting down its China website and app for a week. What happened?Marriott's wording on a customer survey upset the powers that be. In a user survey, the hotel chain "listed Tibet, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as options under the question 'Which country are you from?'" as the Xinhua news agency reports. China claims sovereignty over all four places. Marriott apologized and posted a message on Chinese social media. Here's an English version. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'

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