Paul Tan is a Malaysian automotive journalist. He is best known for his website, paultan.org or Automotive News Paul Tan, a popular news portal covering Malay & amp; ASEAN automotive scene. Paultan.org is managed by Driven Communications Sdn. Bhd., A company where Paul Tan took on the role of managing director. The website also offers reviews, previews, trials and covers a variety of other automotive related topics.
Established in 2004, paultan.org enjoys a rapid rise of fame and has since consistently placed itself among the 100 websites most visited by Malaysian internet users by Alexa, comScore, and Effective Measure. His website is the basis for a 2010 television program called Driven that runs over four seasons.
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Careers
Paul Tan's career in automotive journalism took root in his childhood. Paul was not born into a special family. When Paul studied at the Victoria Institute in Kuala Lumpur, his father developed cancer. Paul was forced into trouble at an early age and had to take some work to earn extra money for his family, including his mother, a housewife, and a brother, who was four years younger. Paul worked as an apprentice at G-LabWorks Sdn Bhd between November and December 2000, where he performed his HTML and JavaScript skills. During the first six months of 2001, he worked as a web developer at AMP Radio Networks (currently known as Astro Radio). He leads a team of 3 other web developers for the Xfresh Teen Community online portal at www.xfresh.com . Paul also designed a bus wrap that promotes the Xfresh website on the Intrakota bus. In 2001, Paul graduated with Malaysia Certificate of Study Sijil (SPM) in the Science stream.
After graduation, Paul Tan enrolled in an IT-related degree at HELP University, Damansara Heights. However, when Paul was 19, his father died, forcing Paul to leave college to find full-time employment in an effort to pay his siblings' bills and education. Paul's first attempt at entrepreneurship came in the form of his work in 2003 at Hulk Solutions Sdn. Bhd. As Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He is responsible for managing the Hulk Solution information system resources, which includes the maintenance of rack servers used for hosting applications at Telekom Malaysia Internet Data Center (TMIDC) in Cyberjaya. Paul is coded on the LAMP platform and his clients include well known names like The Star, The Malay Mail, Monsoon Cup, and Peugeot.
During Paul's tenure at Hulk Solutions, the notion of paultan.org was developed. Originally starting out as a personal WordPress-based blog about Malaysia's auto industry, Paul quickly recognized the potential of the platform when internet traffic to his blog began growing for several months. As of 2006, paultan.org has become a popular news portal in Malaysia, and by using Google AdSense it generates revenue between RM5,000 to 6,000 per month. The term 'paultan' is also among the most frequently searched in 'categories of people' by Malaysian Google users by Zeitgeist End of Year 2007 Malaysia.
With continued paultan.org , there was a growing demand for Malaysian automotive television shows. During Paul's years in high school, he had become a close friend of Harvinder Singh Sidhu. In 2008, Paul approached Harvinder, who recently completed a diploma at UCSI University, Cheras, with the proposition of a television show. After careful consideration, both Paul and Harvinder join and join Driven Media Sdn. Bhd. (Now known as Driven Communications Sdn Bhd.) In October 2008. Initially, Driven Media was exclusively run and managed by two friends, but later grew to five or six staff after the launch of an automotive television program called Driven . The show was made for two reasons, according to Paul; the first simply because there was no credible automotive television show in Malaysia, at that time period. The second is that the Driven show will lend significant legitimacy to the paultan.org website, which prior to the show, often ignored and belittled by mainstream media and car companies. They see paultan.org as a personal blog, and Paul Tan as a blogger. Perception perceptions are increasingly moving the development of Driven event, which finally materialized in early 2010, after the shooting process was completed in 2009. Driven Media Sdn. Bhd. Find sponsors, develop a dedicated website and order the airtime on 8TV (national television channel), during Sunday night, for broadcasting. On April 11, 2010, the first episode of the first season aired, and the final episode ended on July 4th of the same year. The drives are then updated for the second season, which spans between November 19, 2013 and December 17, 2013 respectively.
In 2010s, Paul Tan is a renowned businessman in Malaysia and a prominent figure in mainstream automotive media and automotive industry. Paul is currently managing director at Driven Communications Sdn. Bhd. He sometimes writes articles about paultan.org , but is no longer the exclusive website author, because the workload is currently being shared among his colleagues Danny Tan, Jonathan Lee, Matthew Hernandez Tong, Mick Chan , Anthony Lim, Gerard Lye, and Hafriz Shah respectively. Paul is also Director at Driven Technologies Sdn. Bhd. At one point between September 2011 and March 2012, he also became a Technical Leader on Planet Venus Sdn. Bhd., Company behind VenusBuzz.com .
In 2010, Paul has shifted the scope of paultan.org to cover the entire Southeast Asian region or ASEAN, where the website was previously focused primarily on the Malaysian automotive scene. Unlike most of Malaysia's main automotive media focusing on topics related to Malaysia, crews paultan.org are actively traveling to neighboring ASEAN countries to cover local developments, motor shows and car reviews in among others. Their efforts provide paultan.org of excellence in the sense that the website presents original content and news faster than other major automotive media in Malaysia. Paul also asserts that paultan.org will never compromise on content, independence, objectivity and credibility for additional revenue from advertisers, as crew appreciate their readers and their respective comments.
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Pushed Communication
Paul Tan is the managing director of Driven Communications Sdn. Bhd., A company founded in October 2008. Driven Communications is based in Jaya One, in the city of Petaling Jaya, Selangor. This company is responsible and best known for running paultan.org . It also manages oto.my , automatic classifieds and infokereta.com sites, complementary Malay for paultan.org , established in 2012 and 2013 respectively. At one point, Driven Communications runs a website called iCars Singapore, but has since closed. Driven Communications also runs other websites unrelated to automotive. These include TechAttack.my, tech news sites and OHBULAN !, Malaysian entertainment portals.
In 2008, Driven Communications was exclusively managed by Paul Tan and his close friend, Harvinder Singh Sidhu. Upon commencement of the Encouraged program, the staff grew to a count of 5 or 6. As of October 2012, there were a total of 24 staff, which later grew to 35 in February 2014 respectively. Driven Communications generates revenues of RM6 million for 2013, representing a 50% increase over 2012. The company has targeted RM8 million in revenue for 2014. In February 2014, the Malaysian Digital Association (MDA) and comScore named paultan.org 6th most popular website in Malaysia.
Driven (television program)
Season 1 (2010)
The concept of Malaysian automotive television program was sparked from Paul Tan and his team in 2008. The concept manifested itself in Driven , which debuted on April 11, 2010 at 8TV. The driven episodes are also hosted on a dedicated website owned by Driven Communications, www.driven.com.my . The event features new car reviews, challenges, segments of 'Insider Reviews', public service announcements and other content related to Malaysian and international automotive topics. Comes by three hosts, Sharizan Borhan, Nurul Alis and Harvinder Singh. The film was directed by Jon Yap and produced by Nazrudin Rahman. This program is sponsored by BHPetrol.
Season 1 of Driven aired for 12 consecutive weeks, between April 11, 2010 and July 4, 2010 respectively.
Season 2 (2013)
Driven reboot for Season 2. The show is not broadcast on national television and is exclusively published on YouTube as a web series instead. Unlike Season 1, Season 2 was presented by the crew of paultan.org , including Paul Tan himself. The structure and format of the program has also changed significantly. Instead of various features and showcase, Season 2 focuses only on reviews, where a set of cars is selected, and among them, the winner is crowned at the end of each episode. This program is sponsored by Petronas Primax.
Season 2 of Driven aired for 4 consecutive weeks, between November 19, 2013 and December 17, 2013 respectively.
Season 3 (2014)
Like Season 2, Season 3 is presented by crew paultan.org and focuses on reviews, where a set of cars is selected, and from them, the winner is crowned at the end of each episode. This program is sponsored by Petronas Primax.
Season 4 (2015)
On September 15, 2015, Paul Tan announced Driven's fourth season. Like the previous season, it will be presented by Petronas Primax 95 with Advanced Formula Energy.
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References
External links
- Paul Tan Automotive News
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