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I just found a mentioning of the game of Go in an investment article. Here is the relevant quotation from the article (it’s form the second page):

At a recent conference in south Florida economist Ed Yardeni opined: “America is trying to figure out how to provide free everything for its citizens, while China is trying to figure out how to get its next million barrels of oil!” Adding to that was Jeff Saut, another 40-year market veteran: “Indeed, while America is playing Texas Hold’em (aka, play one hand at a time), the Chinese are playing the game GO. In the strategic game of GO, a player sacrifices numerous “pieces” in the short-run to “win” in the long-run.” GO is a 2,500-year-old game where one of the most important skills required for strong play is the ability to read ahead. Some claimed that GO is the most complex game in the world due to its vast number of variations. Plays made early in the game can shape the nature of conflict a hundred moves later. GO sounds similar to investing to me.

The link to original article is here.

I regularly follow mentionings of the game of Go in the regular media (that is, outside of the regular Go websites or blogs). I think that is important in order to see the amount of publicity that Go gets. Here are some of them. From Forbes (about the Japanese politician Ichiro Ozawa):

A skilled player of the Japanese chess-like game of Go, he has spent the past decade and a half strategising to create a viable rival to the LDP. His small Liberal Party merged with the Democrats in 2003 and three years later, he took the helm.  

From chessbase.com (a parallel between drawing by repeating the position in Chess, and Ko in Go):

I have no desire to get involved in the debates about the rights and wrongs of draws, but one point seems to have escaped attention, as far as repetitions are concerned. The oriental game of Go has a similar problem, with what are called Ko positions. This is a repetition situation, where White plays a stone on a certain point, and captures a black stone, and Black could then play on the adjacent point, capturing the white stone, and repeating the initial position.

  From Korea Times: 

LG Dacom’s myLGtv offers other specialized programs, including exclusive fishing, baduk and other hobby shows. Viewers can actually play baduk with fellow subscribers, just like Internet game services.

  From Taiwan News: (about Asian Games in 2010):

“Taiwan looks promising to win medals at the Guangzhou Asian Games slated for 2010 as it has ace go players such as Meijin title holder Cho U, world go champion Chou Chun-hsun, and many other talented players, ” said Chin Shih-min, secretary general of the Chinese Taipei Weiqi Association.”

  From femalefirst.com (about the movie Pi):  

With the aid of Euclid, his home grown supercomputer, Max stumbles upon a bug that crashes his system and spits out a seemingly meaningless number. A knowledgeable friend gives him insight using the ancient game of Go and warns of the spiritual ramifications of powerful numbers.

  From examiner.com (about “Tara, the Royal Game of Ireland”):

Played on a surface featuring 45, diamond-shaped holes, for placement of the game’s pieces, known as “ringforts,” Tara is faintly reminiscent of the ancient Chinese game of Go, in which the object is to control, by game’s end, more territory on the playing surface than your opponent.  

Also from examiner.com (about an online games website):

It offers only two games that might be considered classics – backgammon and the ancient Chinese game of Go. The rest of the menu contains ‘Euro’ games, including very recent releases like Dominion, Kingsburg and Wikinger.

  From bangkokpost.com (about “Teaching parents to teach math to pre-school children”):

”It is necessary that the kids are familiar with losing. This can be done by teaching them games that they can win and lose, such as chess and the ancient game of Go. Sports, too, can help establish the sportsmanship. Overall, the parents should not pressure the kids too much.”