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Alibaba

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850 articles decelerating

Alibaba has appeared in 850 articles since 2014-12. Coverage peaked in 2025Q3 with 42 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside China, Chinese, Tencent, Hong Kong.

Articles
850
mentions
Velocity
-63.2%
growth rate
Acceleration
-0.084
velocity change
Sources
81
publications

Coverage Timeline

2025-08-21
South China Morning Post 4 related

Filing: Alibaba plans to spin off its Shanghai-based self-driving unit Banma through a Hong Kong IPO, reducing its stake from 44.72% to 30% post-IPO

Aileen Chuang / South China Morning Post :

2025-08-05
Bloomberg 2 related

Source: Alibaba's supermarket chain Hema plans to gradually wind down the last of its Costco-like members-only stores in China in a bid to improve profitability

Bloomberg :

2025-07-31
South China Morning Post

Report: Douyin is merging its online shopping and instant delivery platforms, as ByteDance takes on Alibaba, JD.com, and Meituan in China's quick delivery race

Hannah Wang / South China Morning Post :

2025-06-25
South China Morning Post 5 related

In a letter to staff, CEO Eddie Wu says Alibaba is merging its food delivery platform Ele.me and online travel agency Fliggy into its core e-commerce business

Wency Chen / South China Morning Post :

2025-01-01
Bloomberg 1 related

Alibaba sells Sun Art Retail stake to PE firm DCP for ~$1.6B, after paying ~$3.6B in 2020 to double the stake to 70%+, as it focuses on its core online business

- Sun Art had attracted interest from other private equity firms … China's e-commerce pioneer said it could receive gross proceeds …

2024-12-26
Bloomberg 6 related

Alibaba agrees to merge its South Korean operations with E-Mart's Gmarket, creating a 50-50 joint venture; sources say the new company could be valued at ~$4B

- Companies announce JV deal in Korea, confirming earlier report  — Alibaba seeks inroads abroad as growth slows in China

2024-12-17
Bloomberg 9 related

Alibaba agrees to sell its Intime department store business, part of a plan to unify online and offline retailing in 2017, for ~$1B, taking a record $1.3B loss

Bloomberg :

2024-08-21
Bloomberg 11 related

Sources: Walmart, JD.com's largest shareholder, is raising about $3.6B by selling its stake in the Chinese e-commerce firm; JD falls 9%+

Names Alibaba As Only Name That Has Real Liquidity Philip Whiterow / Proactive : Walmart shares tick higher following JD.Com sale Juro Osawa / The Information : Walmart Sells Stake in China's JD.com f...

2024-03-26
Bloomberg 5 related

Filing: Alibaba calls off a Hong Kong IPO for its Cainiao logistics arm, and now plans to buy out all remaining stock held by investors and employees for $3.75B

Pei Li / Bloomberg :

2024-01-24
South China Morning Post 8 related

Sources: Jack Ma and Joe Tsai become Alibaba's largest shareholders after buying shares worth ~$50M and ~$150M, respectively, in Q4, together eclipsing SoftBank

Zhou Xin / South China Morning Post :

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Alibaba has appeared in 829 Techmeme articles since December 2014, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. The biggest stories include Verizon confirms plans to acquire Yahoo's Internet business for $4.83B in cash; deal... and Sources: China told ByteDance, Alibaba, and others to stop testing and ordering Nvidia's.... Frequently covered alongside Tencent, Bloomberg, Jack Ma, Baidu, and Qwen. Coverage has shifted toward developer, research themes and away from regulation, funding.

Key Moments

2024Q2developer -10pts; consumer +7pts; research +23pts
2024Q3enterprise -10pts; safety +14pts; developer +7pts
2024Q4enterprise +23pts; safety -14pts; research +21pts

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