EDI Media

EDI Media Inc.
Native name
鷹龍傳媒有限公司
Founded1993; 33 years ago (1993)
Headquarters
West Covina, California
,
United States
Key peopleJames Su (founder and CEO)
IndustryMass media
Websiteedimediainc.org Edit this at Wikidata

EDI Media (Chinese: 鷹龍傳媒有限公司) is a Chinese-language media company based in West Covina, California, United States.

History and management

EDI Media was founded in 1993 by James Su (Chinese: 苏彦韬), a naturalized American business mogul who was born in China. He is currently the company's CEO.

Su has a long history of working with Chinese state media and has received awards from the Chinese government for his media activities.: 96  Another of Su's companies, G&E Studio (which shared an office building with EDI Media) was investigated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2015 for being 60% owned by Chinese state-run broadcaster China Radio International.

In May 2022, EDI Media was obligated to register as a foreign agent under the Foreign Agents Registration Act due to publishing the American version of Xinmin Evening News, a state-owned newspaper designated by the United States as a foreign mission of the Chinese government.

2026 FBI probe

In July 2026, EDI Media offices were searched by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of a probe into foreign influence.

Stations and projects

According to its website, EDI Media operates the following:

EDI Media also produces the Chinese American Film Festival, which it launched in 2005 with the support of China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

Content

According to the Los Angeles Times, "EDI describes itself as the largest Chinese American multimedia company in the U.S. and says it is designed to further U.S.-China relations." It produces content in both Chinese and English. According to company figures as of 2026, it broadcasts more than 2,000 hours of content annually and reaches over 35 million people.

In 2015, EDI Media's website stated it was "China's outward media and advertising proxy". The Hoover Institution in 2018 described its content about China as "[mirroring] that of China's state-owned media".: 82 

See also

References

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  3. ↑ "苏彦韬：搭建美中文化交流之桥 让中国电影被"看见"" [Su Yantao: Building a Bridge for U.S.-China Cultural Exchange and Bringing Chinese Cinema into View]. China News Service (in Chinese). 2024-07-03. Archived from the original on 2026-08-26. Retrieved 2026-08-26.
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  6. 1 2 Diamond, Larry; Schell, Orville (2018). China's Influence and American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance (PDF). Hoover Institution Press.
  7. ↑ "Covert radio broadcasts tied to China prompt US government investigation". The Guardian. 2015-11-02. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-08-29.
  8. ↑ "FCC, Justice Department investigate covert Chinese radio network". Reuters. 2015-11-02. Archived from the original on 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2026-08-26.
  9. ↑ Taglieri, Joe (2026-08-11). "Arcadia councilman used company in FBI raids for campaign media". Hey SoCal. Archived from the original on 2026-08-24. Retrieved 2026-08-26.
  10. ↑ "Media Platforms". 鷹龍傳媒 EDI Media Inc. 31 May 2024. Archived from the original on 2026-08-23. Retrieved 2026-08-26.
  11. ↑ Su, James Yantao (2015). "Chinese American Film Festival establishing a Maritime Silk Road between the east and west". International Communication of Chinese Culture. 2 (1): 93–98. doi:10.1007/s40636-015-0015-0. ISSN 2197-4233.