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Back to the beginning of our dream
22 February 2012 - Magazines

The Big Issue South Africa has come a long way since a group of determined pioneers first plotted its launch over a kitchen table and ...

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The Big Issue, all grown up

22 February 2012 - Magazines

Fifteen years. That may not be a lot in human years, but in magazine years it’s one heck of a long time. Not quite the ...

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Newspapers and youth to participate in My Dream Interview festival

21 February 2012 - Newspapers

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has invited newspapers from around the world to participate in a new global journalism experience for ...

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Living the dream of a fun, fearless female

10 February 2012 - Magazines

Fun, fearless, female. That’s Cosmopolitan’s pay off line. It should follow, then, that the editor of the glossy, glamorous title should embrace those qualities (and ...

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Women in media come up against a glass ceiling

9 February 2012 - Press

Women are under-represented in the media industry’s boards and at senior management level, but does this detract from the success of the industry? Beth Shirley ...

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Custom magazines going from strength to strength

7 February 2012 - Magazines

Consumer magazines in South Africa seem to have secret lives that often defy any logic based on ABC figures, so titles can open and close ...

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Has the internet encouraged plagiarism?

6 February 2012 - Press

Has the age of the internet made plagiarism easier? Media analyst and academic, Julie Reid, asks whether incidents of plagiarism are going largely unnoticed, due ...

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New life cycle for 150-year-old Cape Argus

1 February 2012 - Newspapers

The Cape Argus is NOT going to close down. Many a media pundit has expressed the opinion that the venerable old title was on its ...

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YOU and Huisgenoot star in makeover video

1 February 2012 - Magazines

It has been four years since two of South Africa’s top selling magazines, YOU and Huisgenoot, have had a makeover. The weekly mass circulation titles ...

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Threats and strategies around press freedom

31 January 2012 - Press

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) starts its series of public engagements around the Protection of State Information Bill this week. The Press Freedom Commission ...

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