Press
21 May 2012 - Newspapers
The idea of selling five million newspapers a day to a market of mostly 28-year olds is a distant dream for any local newspaper owner. Beth ...
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Return to journalistic ethics, hard work and common sense
18 May 2012 - PressMedia covering politics in South Africa routinely get the story wrong. And, while there are several reasons, a strong theme is a tendency to assume ...
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New Media announces Eat Out and Eat In merge
16 May 2012 - MagazinesNew Media announced they are merging their two brands, Eat Out and Eat In, in June 2012. This inclusive, all-encompassing brand will be called Eat ...
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Sunday Times launches Express country edition
15 May 2012 - NewspapersThe Sunday Times has launched a country edition to service rural readers long at a disadvantage due to printing schedules and distribution logistics. The Sunday ...
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Are local lad mags as demeaning to women?
14 May 2012 - MagazinesMany women find ‘lad mags’ demeaning but their sentiments are often poo-pooed; that is, until the release of shocking new research from the United Kingdom. ...
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Nieman Fellows and eNews tussle over Tromp
10 May 2012 - PresseNews Africa journalist Beauregard Tromp has been awarded the prestigious Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University. But he has had to resign his position with the ...
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At last! New editor for Daily Sun and Sunday Sun
10 May 2012 - NewspapersMazwi Xaba is the Daily Sun and Sunday Sun’s new editor-in-chief, general manager of both newspapers, Minette Ferreira, has announced. The enormously successful editor of Independent ...
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Data for dummies: new book for journos
8 May 2012 - PressAn international journalism festival this past weekend saw the launch of a free, open-source internet-based book aimed at teaching journalists how to collect and use data, and ...
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‘We love the nookie, sister!’
7 May 2012 - MagazinesSo what do men think about men’s magazines? The Media asked one time Playboy SA editor, Jeremy Gordin, his opinion. “Hello Jeremy, the editor of magazine, ...
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The business of business magazines
4 May 2012 - MagazinesInternational greats are launching in South Africa and local business magazines are revamping and looking for new selling points. Glenda Nevill finds out what is ...
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