Press coverage

Below is recent known coverage about Jack Yan & Associates, its team members and its properties. Some coverage on the Medinge Group is included.
   Generally, this page does not include articles authored by Jack Yan & Associates’ staff in various magazines.
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12/02 ‘Aquarium’, Fishhead, February 2012, p. 29
Jack Yan and Emma Beer photographed by Mark Tantrum at Veuve Clicquot event in Wellington, New Zealand

12/01/23 R. Rao: ‘KGC unites experts to find ways to improve business efficiency’, Daily News and Analysis
Jack Yan among the speakers at FLAME’s Knowledge Globalization Conference in Pune, India, talking about how his firm looked to India for its latest additions—a reversal of the trend of Indian firms looking offshore

12/01/18 One News, TV1, New Zealand, 10.40 p.m. NZDT
A brief glimpse of Lucire’s home page as the magazine blacks it out to protest SOPA in the US

11/12/30 S. Sly: Kiwi Summer, Radio New Zealand National, New Zealand, 11.20 a.m. NZDT
Jack Yan interviewed on his work at Lucire, the Medinge Group, his plans for India and his judging at Miss Universe New Zealand

11/12/20 ‘A model citizen’, Eco Age
Summer Rayne Oakes launches Source4Style, and credits Jack Yan and Lucire for helping with the foundation for her exploring fashion and sustainability

11/12/11 ‘Clicquot season pétanque’, Sunday Star–Times, December 11, 2011, ‘Escape’ supplement, p. 33
Jack Yan and Emma Beer photographed by Mark Tantrum at Veuve Clicquot event in Wellington, New Zealand

11/12 ‘MTA Conference & Expo’, Radiator, December 2011–January 2012, pp. 36–7
Jack Yan and his fellow debate participants photographed at MTA’s annual conference

11/11/21 Newstalk ZB, Wellington, New Zealand
Jack Yan interviewed for his reaction over the ‘Wellywood’ sign decision

11/11/16 ‘Petrol price fuels industry debate at MTA Conference’, Scoop
Jack Yan, Gareth Hughes, Raewyn Bleakley and Ken Shirley debate petrol prices at MTA annual conference in Rotorua, New Zealand

11/11/03 Channel News Asia, Singapore
Lucire fashion editor Sopheak Seng offers frank comments on Cambodia Fashion Week

11/10/16 A.-M. Elliott: ‘Typography inspiration: 10 terrific Tumblr blogs’, Mashable
JY&A Fonts’ sponsored typographic humour blog gets noticed by leading website

11/09/13 ‘In like Flynn’, The Dominion Post, September 6, 2011, p. B8
Jack Yan and Sopheak Seng attend Hermione Flynn’s spring–summer 2011–12 collection launch

11/09/06 ‘Unscripted exhibition launch’, The Dominion Post, September 6, 2011, p. B8
Lucire’s Jack Yan and Sabine Ernest attend exhibition launch at the St James Theatre in Wellington

11/09/06 ‘Starfish and star spotting’, The Dominion Post, September 6, 2011, p. B8
Lucire’s Sopheak Seng and Vicki Matias photographed at New Zealand Fashion Week

11/09 N. Tiwari (ed.): ‘Font feat’, Creative Gaga, vol. 1, no. 5, September–October 2011, p. 12
JY&A Fonts introduces fonts with the rupee symbol, as covered in Indian media

11/08/09 ‘Wellington firm adds rupee symbol to font range’, Techday, August 9, 2011
JY&A Fonts scores a first as it introduces the rupee symbol into its font range

11/08 A. McGuigan: ‘A fashion designer’s journey’, Magneto, August 2011, p. 33
Lucire fashion editor Sopheak Seng interviewed by his Alma Mater

11/08 A. Sansom: ‘Easy readers’, Viewpoint, issue 28, autumn 2011, pp. 96–9
Jack Yan, Stanley Moss, Philippe Mihailovich and Thomas Gad among the interviewees for Anna Sansom’s story on cognitive fluency

11/07/19 E. Grady: ‘Cartier Nominates Eco-Fashion Entrepreneurs for Annual Women’s Initiative Award’, Treehugger
Source4Style, founded by Summer Rayne Oakes and Benita Singh, up for a major award

11/07/10 E. Grady: ‘Summer Rayne Oakes hosts private screening of new environmental short film “Extinction”’, Treehugger
A new environmental art film, penned by Summer Rayne Oakes, shown

11/06/01 C96 FM, Christchurch, New Zealand
Follow-up interview with Jack Yan over Wellington Airport backing down (again) over ‘Wellywood’ sign

11/05/25 Back Benches, TVNZ7, New Zealand, 9 p.m.
Jack Yan speaks out against the ‘Wellywood’ sign on live current affairs show

11/05/23 ‘Unoriginelle Idee: Krach um “Wellywood”‘, N-TV
In German, a Deutsche Press-Agentur article syndicated by N-TV on the unoriginal ‘Wellywood’ proposal. ‘„Neuseelands Filmindustrie boome wegen ihrer Kreativität,“ sagte Unternehmer Jack Yan.’

11/05/23 Prime News, New Zealand, 5.30 p.m.
Jack Yan interviewed by Penny Clark-Hall on his opposition to the Wellywood sign

11/05/23 ‘”Wellywood” sign divides Lord of the Rings city’, Monsters and Critics
Monsters and Critics one of the press outlets covering the ‘Wellywood’ débâcle’s resurfacing, syndicating from Deutsche Press-Agentur

11/05/23 Midday News, C96 FM, Christchurch, New Zealand, 12 p.m.
Jack Yan interviewed by Shani Annand-Baron for Christchurch radio station on ‘Wellywood’ sign

11/05/23 One News, New Zealand, 12 p.m.
News bulletin features Jack Yan’s support for the anti-’Wellywood’ sign campaigners

11/05/23 Morning Report, Radio New Zealand, New Zealand, 8.20 a.m.
Jack Yan campaigns against the ‘Wellywood’ sign in an interview which also features Wellington Airport’s Steve Fitzgerald

11/05/21 ‘N. Zealand set for ‘Wellywood’ challenge Hollywood’, AFP
French press agency covers the ‘Wellywood’ sign débâcle, with Jack Yan notifying Hollywood again of the intellectual property infringement

11/05/21 ‘Wellywood sign hits sour note’, The New Zealand Herald
Negative reactions to ‘Wellywood’ sign proposed (again) by Wellington Airport, including Jack Yan’s involvement

11/05/21 ‘Wellywood sign is contrary to Wellington’s brand, says Jack Yan’, Scoop
Though based around a press release, there were edits made by Scoop to its version, which has quotations from Jack Yan and William Shepherd

11/05/01 S. Powell: ‘A font of wisdom’, Salient
An interview on Jack Yan’s typeface design work for his Alma Mater

11/04/14 Sky News New Zealand and Prime News, New Zealand, 5.30 p.m.
Interview with Jack Yan over the copyright legislation changes passed under urgency by the New Zealand Parliament

11/04/14 ‘Jack Yan says proposed copyright amendments harm business’, Scoop
Jack Yan says that business interests could be harmed by the New Zealand Government’s legislative changes on the Copyright Act. Also published at Infonews

11/03/01 ‘Payless ShoeSource supports eco-partner Summer Rayne Oakes in month-long uniform project to raise awareness for eco-fashion’, Digital Journal
Summer Rayne Oakes as she takes on Uniform Project’s Pilot Series challenge

11/02/21 D. Robert: ‘Author, designer, branding consultant and director of Medinge Group Jack Yan discusses humanistic branding’, Celsias
Jack Yan interviewed with his Medinge Group hat on, regarding CSR and corporate citizenship

11/02/15 Prime News, New Zealand, 5.30 p.m.
Jack Yan interviewed by Ryan Boswell on New Zealand trading with Australia

11/02/14 G. Mattioli: ‘La modella green: Summer Rayne Oakes’, Stile.it
A profile on Summer Rayne Oakes and how she became the eco-model

11/02/11 L. Nineham: ‘Renault’s hat-trick of stars to launch Va Va Voom campaign’, UK Marketing News
Lucire cited in story on Dita von Teese promoting Renault’s new Clio

11/02/03 A. Ghadiali: ‘TheKey.to promotes sustainable “conspiracy” at Berlin Fashion Week’, Ecouterre
Ecouterre’s favourite finds at alternative fashion show, at which Summer Rayne Oakes was a guest speaker

11/01/25 K. Heinze: ‘TheKey.to: Viel mediale Aufmerksamkeit, zu wenig Kunden’, Bio-Markt.info
Alternative fashion show TheKey.to hosts press conference with Summer Rayne Oakes

11/01/24 ‘Toyota Prius ist Teil der „Grünen Verschwörung“’, Auto Genau
Source4Style’s Summer Rayne Oakes is guest speaker for TheKey.to

11/01/17 D. Robert (ed.): ‘Brands with a conscience?’, Celsias, January 17, 2011
The Medinge Group announces its eighth annual Brands with a Conscience; quote from Jack Yan on the BBC win

11/01/15 L. Shelton (ed.): ‘Eighth annual Brands with a Conscience awards’, Scoop
Publication of Medinge’s press release on the eighth annual Brands with a Conscience, with quotation from Jack Yan

11/01/14 ‘Скарлет Йоханссон появилась в рекламе шампанского’, Lenta
Scarlett Johansson models for Moët & Chandon—Russian newsmedia quote Lucire; related articles at Korrespondent.biz, Bigmir, Сливки Интернета, Jewish.ru and Multiplex

10/12/14 E. Markowitz: ‘Part guru, part glamour, and fully sustainable’, Inc.
Summer Rayne Oakes’s rise charted in interview

10/12/10 ‘Wellington celebrates the Year of the Rabbit with starting ceremony’, Home Voice, no. 606, December 10, 2010, pp. 1, 19
Jack Yan one of the guests as Mayor Celia Wade-Brown declares the start of the Chinese New Year Festival and its 2011 programme

10/12/09 F. Kherani: ‘A local look for Brooklyn fashion designers’, The Brooklyn Ink
‘Source4Style textile provider CEO Summer Rayne Oakes has started a business to make finding ethically produced textiles easier’

10/12/02 R. Thomson: ‘A mission to recall memories’, The Wellingtonian, December 2, 2010, p. 19
Jack Yan among the presenters for a Christmas production benefiting the Wellington City Mission

10/11/25 ‘Yoox: shopping natalizio con Playland Xmas’, Modaonline.it
Summer Rayne Oakes creates a T-shirt produced by Edun Live for YOOXYGEN, promoting ecology

10/10/25 T. Pullar-Strecker: ‘Mayor plans round table on IT’, The Dominion Post
Internet pioneer Colin Jackson says Jack Yan probably has more ‘geek mindshare’ among Wellington IT industry

10/10/16 ‘Jack Yan: politics, fashion and the internet’, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill, Radio New Zealand, New Zealand, 10.30 a.m. NZST
Jack Yan in his first post-election interview with Finlay MacDonald, produced by Mark Cubey

10/10/13 张又: ’2010年地方政府選戰：惠靈頓市長懸而未決角逐最為激烈’, Skykiwi
In close Wellington mayoral election, Jack Yan has a respectable showing, with involvement in politics going back to 2001

10/10/11 ’40 votes: now what?’, The Wellingtonista
Wellington website looks at the tight mayoral race

10/10/09 G. Conway: ‘Landscape alters in local body elections’, The Press
Changes nationally to local body elections; Jack Yan secures third

10/10/09 Sky News, Sky TV, New Zealand
Penny Clark-Hall interviews Jack Yan, who correctly makes a call by saying that Councillor Celia Wade-Brown will be elected Mayor of Wellington by Wednesday

10/10/07 ‘Super-city race holds spotlight’, Stuff.co.nz
Yet another poll from the Fairfax Press shows Jack Yan with a much lower percentage than he ultimately secured in the mayoral race, and again wrongly predicts Mayor Prendergast as the winner

10/10/06 Sky News, Sky TV, New Zealand
Sky News segment with interviews by Ryan Boswell features Sir Michael Fowler endorsing Jack Yan for Mayor of Wellington

10/10/05 M. Fox: ‘Fowler backs “intelligent” newcomer Yan’, The Dominion Post, October 5, 2010, p. A3
Former three-term mayor Sir Michael Fowler endorses mayoral candidate Jack Yan; the incumbent dismisses the endorsement

10/10/04 ‘Voting slow in Wellington’, TVNZ
A low voter turn-out at the time of this article, as Sir Michael Fowler endorses Jack Yan for Mayor

10/10/04 ‘Sir Michael Fowler backs Jack Yan’, Scoop
Sir Michael Fowler says a vote for Jack Yan provides Wellingtonians with more certainty

10/10/04 D. Satherley: ‘Sir Michael backs Jack Yan for mayor’, TV3
3 News website reports on former mayor Sir Michael Fowler’s endorsement of Jack Yan, saying that under him, the council could be united

10/10/04 ‘Mayoral election: Fowler backs Yan as “the only one with a real vision”’, Scoop
Former three-term mayor Sir Michael Fowler endorses mayoral candidate Jack Yan

10/10/04 D. Satherley: ‘Paul Henry slammed over Gov-General slur’, TV3
Mayoral candidate Jack Yan comments on Breakfast host Paul Henry’s “racist” comments against Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand

10/10/01 ‘Poll shows capital’s mayor in slight lead’, Stuff.co.nz
Another small-sample Fairfax Press poll favours the incumbent

10/10/01 A. Tarrant: ‘Mayoral candidate O’Shaughnessy endorses Yan for Mayor’, Scoop
Mayoral candidate Bernard O’Shaughnessy tells his supporters to give Jack Yan a 1 in their voting

10/09/30 ‘Why do some commercial properties pay lower rates, ask two mayoral candidates’, Scoop
Jack Yan disagrees with the rates’ differential in Wellington, and would raise the issue with Wellington City Council CEO Garry Poole in his first week in office, if elected

10/09/29 J. Chipp: ‘Is it Kerry or Celia for mayor?’, The Wellingtonian
Fairfax Press continues its obsession with two candidates, but admits Jack Yan could be a ‘dark horse’

10/09/29 Back Benches, TV7, New Zealand, 9 p.m. NZST
The only televised mayoral debate for Wellington, with Jack Yan lined up against his opponents

10/09/29 A. Ginestet: ‘Mayoral candidates’, City Life, September 29, 2010, p. 4
Jack Yan and Mayor Kerry Prendergast profiled by community newspaper

10/09/29 ‘Six of the best’, Capital Times, vol. 35, no. 49, September 29, 2010, pp. 4–5
Newspaper puts a series of questions to the mayoral candidates

10/09/27 W. Chapman: ‘Mayoral debate Wednesday!’, TVNZ
Back Benches‘ Wallace Chapman previews the candidates in the Wellington mayoral debate

10/09/24 C. Enting: ‘Wonder Wahine leaves Barbie show in the shade’, The Dominion Post
Trelise Cooper, perhaps still sore about her 2005 lawsuit against Tamsin Cooper, asks Lucire fashion editor Sopheak Seng to leave her catwalk show

10/09/23 W. Chapman: ‘Book now for the Wellington mayoral debate’, TVNZ
Wallace Chapman, co-host of Back Benches, previews the only televised Wellington mayoral debate

10/09/22 ‘Snapr frenzy at Fashion Week’, The New Zealand Herald
Snapr shows off its abilities at New York Fashion Week, as demonstrated in Lucire

10/09/21 A. Roberts: ‘The mayoral election: technology as a way to attract voters’, Scoop
Jack Yan first to promote free wifi for Wellington—will it attract the voters?

10/09/19 ‘Mayoral challengers enter walking race’, Scoop
The “lion hunt” around Wellington, with Jack Yan and Councillor Celia Wade-Brown, reported

10/09/17 ‘A capital job in the balance’, The Dominion Post
Editorial, as newspaper lectures to its audience on its preference

10/09/16 ‘Local elections heat up as voting begins’, TV3
3 News website covers local body elections nationwide

10/09/16 D. Burgess: ‘Yan “bright spark” among mayoral hopefuls’, The Dominion Post, September 16, 2010, p. A9
Jack Yan gets the headline in a report on the newspaper’s own sponsored debate at the Duxton Hotel

10/09/14 ‘Public meeting puts spotlight on local issues’, Voxy
Alliance Party hosts a forum for local body election candidates, including Jack Yan and Councillor Bryan Pepperell

10/09/10 ‘Mayor and council candidates taking to the streets in Wellington’, Voxy
Jack Yan and Councillor Celia Wade-Brown confirmed for “lion hunt” around Wellington, with former mayor Sir Michael Fowler as “host”

10/09/07 D. Burgess: ‘Mayoral hopefuls outline their city’, The Dominion Post
Dave Burgess covers the first mayoral forum in Wellington

10/09/03 ‘Unique challenge issued to enliven Wellington mayoral race’, Voxy
Jack Yan and Councillor Celia Wade-Brown compete in a “lion hunt” around Wellington’s landmarks

10/08/27 L. Shelton: ‘Election issues: bigger and briefer’, Scoop
Election hoardings for the candidates revealed, with Jack Yan’s billboard having a simple nine words

10/08/26 ‘Mayoral bid based on “Your Wellington” platform’, Scoop
Jack Yan reveals the purpose behind his Your Wellington website and how it could work in a connected Wellington

10/08/20 ‘High-profile clashes in battle for mayoralties’, Stuff.co.nz
A round-up of the mayoral races nationally

10/08/20 ’18 candidates for super city mayor’, TV3
Auckland’s mayoral race dominates the headlines, though Wellington rates a mention in TV3 online report

10/08/20 ‘Six in Wellington mayoral race’, The Dominion Post
As the registration deadline loomed, ‘Mayor Kerry Prendergast, councillors Celia Wade-Brown and Bryan Pepperell, and businessman Jack Yan, had already entered the race by last night.’

10/08/17 ‘Sir Bob drops Wellington election plans’, Radio New Zealand
Perhaps the worst-kept secret in the Wellington local body elections: Sir Robert Jones has no plans to have a party contesting them

10/08/17 ‘Sir Bob turns back on election’, The Dominion Post
Despite a great deal of press by The Dominion Post, Sir Robert Jones’s plans for a party to contest the Wellington local body elections turn out to be nought

10/08/02 ‘Proposal for an innovative hotel leadership centre in Wellington’, Voxy
Jack Yan backs Tony Williams’ hotel leadership training centre on the Miramar Wharf

10/07/30 J. Ness and E. Kortum: ‘Jack Yan: youngest mayoral candidate has ambitious plans for Wellington’, Scoop
Jack Yan interviewed for Scoop on his mayoral plans; includes video

10/07/24 C. Ford: ‘Local body elections—coming to a local council near you!’, Voxy
A round-up of the local body elections around the country, with Jack Yan named as Mayor Prendergast’s ‘strongest challenger’

10/07/07 J. Hathaway: ‘Dunedin designer’s shot at the big time’, The Otago Daily Times
Amber Bridgman is set to show at New Zealand Fashion Week after securing a place at Miromoda, on whose judging panel Jack Yan sat

10/06/24 ‘Random access to New Zealand Fashion Week’, Voxy
Jack Yan joins Mapihi Opai and other experts judging Miromoda

10/06/16 ‘Jack Yan wants Wellington wired’, Capital Times, vol. 35, no. 34, June 16, 2010, p. 5
An interview with Jack Yan on the mayoral elections

10/06/14 ‘Right to water a defining issue for mayoralty’, Scoop
Jack Yan joins protesters in opposing the privatization of water

10/06/06 ‘Aucklander takes Miss Universe NZ crown’, TVNZ
Ria van Dyke is the new Miss Universe New Zealand; quotation from head judge, Jack Yan

10/06/06 B. Jamnadas: ‘Wellington would be’, Asia Down Under, TV1, New Zealand, 11.30 a.m.
Bharat Jamnadas talks to Jack Yan about his Wellington mayoral bid

10/06/04 ‘Zoe & Zac to deliver fresh green fashion this summer’, Fibre2fashion
Summer Rayne Oakes continues to provide environmental consultancy to Payless Shoes

10/05/21 ‘Large traffic “caused designer sales website to crash”‘, Periscope IT
Lucire reports that large traffic caused a crash at online retailer Once’It

10/05/15 ‘Miss Universe contestants to meet the mayor before their finals’, Scoop
Jack Yan returns to the judging panel for Miss Universe New Zealand, with Lucire fashion editor Samantha Hannah

10/05/14 L. Shelton: ‘Who will you vote for? And why?’, Scoop
An introduction to the mayoral candidates, through the web

10/05/12 L. Zhang: ‘惠靈頓今年市長華裔競選人Jack Yan 會說多種語言熱心文化’, Skykiwi
Hong Kong expat runs for the Wellington mayoralty

10/04/26 S. Yee: ‘The politics of fashion’, The Asian Report, Radio New Zealand National, New Zealand, 3.30 p.m. NZST
Jack Yan interviewed by Sonia Yee at his mayoral fund-raiser

10/04/19 Z. Bielski: ‘Awards for eco-fashion announced’, The Globe and Mail
Summer Rayne Oakes judges which fashion designer will win a Canadian eco-fashion award

10/04/19 ‘It’s in the bag’, Thread
Samantha Hannah’s bag launch at Konev in Wellington covered

10/04/19 M. Johnson (ed.): ‘Backing Jack’, Thread
A review of Jack Yan’s mayoral campaign fund-raiser at Soi, Greta Pt

10/04/18 E. Harward: ‘Candidates begin rattling mayoral chains’, Sunday Star–Times, April 18, 2010
A round-up of the mayoral races around New Zealand, with Jack Yan and Mayor Kerry Prendergast contesting Wellington

10/04/15 Newstalk ZB, Wellington, New Zealand
Justin du Fresne talks to Jack Yan about the fund-raiser he plans to have for his mayoral campaign

10/04/04 ‘Party politics edges into race for mayor’, The Dominion Post, April 4, 2010
More coverage on the status of the Wellington mayoral election

10/03/12 ‘Hollywood rejects Peter Jackson’s Wellywood sign’, BBC News
BBC News website on the ‘Wellywood’ sign and Jack Yan’s moves to stall its installation

10/03/11 ‘The panel’, Afternoons with Jim Mora, Radio New Zealand, New Zealand, 4.30 p.m. NZDT
Jack Yan interviewed over his bringing in the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to stop the unpopular ‘Wellywood’ sign near Wellington Airport

10/03/11 ‘Top stories’, Radio New Zealand, New Zealand, 6 a.m. NZDT
Jack Yan’s intervention to stop the Wellywood sign covered as a top news item on national radio network

10/03/10 3 News, TV3, New Zealand, 6 p.m. NZDT
Interviews with Jack Yan, Allan Probert and Mayor Kerry Prendergast over Wellington Airport’s plans for a ‘Wellywood’ sign

10/03/10 Radio Live, New Zealand, 3.30 p.m. NZDT
Jack Yan interviewed on Radio Live over his moves to stop the ‘Wellywood’ sign

10/03/10 ‘”Hollywood” owners alerted to Wellywood plan’, Voxy
Jack Yan, seeing a gross infringement of intellectual property rights, alerts the Hollywood Sign Trust on Wellington Airport’s ‘Wellywood’ plans, as covered by NZPA. Carried also by TVNZ.

10/03/10 ‘Mayoral candidate contacts Hollywood to stop “tacky, unoriginal” sign’, Scoop
Jack Yan dobs in Wellington Airport over its ‘Wellywood’ sign plans

10/03/02 ‘Prendergast running for Wellington mayor again’, TVNZ
Mayor Kerry Prendergast seeks fourth term for Wellington; her opponents named

10/03/02 ‘We need to grow jobs before we party, says mayoral candidate’, Scoop
An early press release for Jack Yan’s mayoral campaign on the need for job creation

10/03/02 D. Burgess: ‘Wellington mayor seeks fourth term’,The Dominion Post, March 2, 2010, p. A1
Jack Yan comments on Mayor Kerry Prendergast’s bid for a fourth term, saying that Wellingtonians do not want the continuity of her policies

10/03/02 A. Thompson (ed.) and L. Shelton: ‘We need to grow jobs before we party, says mayoral candidate’, Scoop
Jack Yan is appalled by council over-spending and says that creating jobs need to come first

10/02/27 S. Igaune: ‘Veicināszviedru uzņēmumu zīmolu atpazīstamību’, Dienas Bizness
Jack Yan talks about Sweden and jantelagen, in our first item of Latvian press coverage

10/02/25 J. Nylander: ‘New branding concept promotes Swedish firms’, The Swedish Wire, February 25, 2010
Johan Nylander with his second piece based on his interviews with Jack Yan, discussing how Sweden could use its national heritage to promote its own brands

10/02/19 ‘Yan says drinking ban will not solve Wellington’s problems’, Infonews
A stronger job market will help security in Wellington, not banning alcohol

10/02/17 T. McNamara: ‘How technology can make you money—part 2 of 3: increase revenue’, Business Blogs
Jack Yan’s mayoral campaign and past uses of the internet mentioned in Tim McNamara’s article

10/02/03 A. Markessinis: ‘Nation brands and national brands: making the most of them’, Nation Branding
Andreas Markessinis discusses the connection between the nationand nation brand, and includes a quotation from Jack Yan in his interview with Johan Nylander

10/02/01 T. Bloomberg: ‘Where does “transparency” fit in the new social media marketing model?’, Diva Marketing Blog
Toby Bloomberg polls a wide range of experts, including Jack Yan, on how they work with transparency and its conflicts with confidentiality; carried also on Web Business Woman

10/01/31 M. Lindeskog: ‘Experienced social media enthusiast’, Ego
Martin Lindeskog blogs from Jack Yan’s talk at the Regina Stockholms Operamathus, and includes a video; an earlier photograph of Stefan Engeseth and Jack Yan is here

10/01/25 J. Nylander: ‘“Jantelagen” holds Swedish brands back’, The Swedish Wire, January 25, 2010
Joham Nylander interviews Jack Yan: Swedish brand managers could boost sales by being more proud of the company’s Swedishness

10/01/21 ‘21-year-old standing for City Council’, Scoop
Jevan Goulter endorses Jack Yan’s mayoral candidacy

10/01/20 ‘Wellington mayoral candidate to talk tech in Europe’, TechDay
‘Mayoral candidate Jack Yan is hosting a speaking tour in Europe starting next week as part of his 2010 mayoral bid’

10/01/20 ‘Move over Hayley’, Capital Times, January 20, 2010
Jevan Goulter endorses Jack Yan’s mayoral candidacy in Capital Times interview

10/01/19 ‘First look: designers show one-offs at eco fashion show’, The Independent
EcoChic Geneva previewed; Summer Rayne Oakes to model on its catwalks

10/01/19 ‘Designers to showcase “ecochic” fashions for Biodiversity’, Fibre2fashion
Summer Rayne Oakes, model and sustainability strategist, will appear on the runway at UNCTAD-organized fashion event in Switzerland

10/01/18 ‘Mayoral candidate to give lectures in Stockholm and Paris’, Scoop
Jack Yan heads to Sweden and France to talk about Wellington, branding, his mayoral campaign and related topics

10/01/13 ‘Drag queens and candy floss: mixed reaction to new Air NZ uniforms’, Etravelblackboard.com
Air New Zealand’s new uniforms come under fire

10/01/12 E. Donnelly: ‘Air New Zealand dissed for “drag queen” uniforms’, StyleList, January 12, 2010
Erin Donnelly reviews the furore over the proposed Air New Zealand uniforms; includes Jack Yan’s quotation from the Fairfax Press

10/01/12 S. Wood and T. Fitzsimons: ‘The diary’,The Dominion Post, January 12, 2010, p. A7
Humorous mention of one of Jack Yan’s Tweets quoting Back to the Future

10/01/10 A. Markessinis: ‘New book on nation branding’, Nation Branding
Andreas Markessinis previews Nishit Kumar and Anil Varma’s Nation Branding: Concepts and Country Perspectives

10/01/09 G. McDonald and K. Chug: ‘Goodbye Thunderbirds, hello Barbie’, The Dominion Post, January 9, 2010, p.A1
Front-page story on the proposed Air New Zealand uniforms, with Lucire’s Jack Yan providing his opinion; syndicated to The Sydney Morning Herald

09/12/28 M. Masnick: ‘Google’s communication problems continue: blogger can’t get his blog turned back on after six months’, Techdirt, December 28, 2009
Jack Yan fights Google over the lost Social Media Consortiumblog

09/12/15 K. Walker: ‘Accessories after the fact’, TheDominion Post, December 15, 2009, p. B8
Jack Yan attends the launch of the Dyrberg/Kern concept store in Wellington