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Four new Algoa Suns, created for the people by the people

22 March 2012 - Newspapers

Four new Algoa Suns have launched in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro that each serve specific areas of the region. The titles bring hyper-local news ...

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Red top tabloid Scoop! ‘not viable’

2 March 2012 - Newspapers

In the same week that the latest ABC figures showed a continued overall decline in newspaper sales, Media24 announced that it was closing down one ...

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New Cape Argus: smaller, bigger, better

28 February 2012 - Newspapers

The 155-year-old Cape Argus is undergoing a major facelift. The historic publication, first published in 1857, is changing its format to become a compact paper, ...

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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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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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The giant is growing…some more

19 January 2012 - Newspapers

You may have heard about the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) issue around the Media24, Paarl Coldset and Natal Witness merger but what are the implications? Taryn Arnott ...

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Not a second class Citizen

14 December 2011 - Newspapers

The Citizen is one of the few daily newspapers that showed positive growth in the last released ABC figures of 2011. It’s holding its own ...

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Mail & Guardian bumps up its business offering

12 December 2011 - Newspapers

Business journalism has been ‘reshaped’ to reflect two major trends in the sector: the privatization of market analysis and investment, and the online commodification of ...

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The weeklies are still winning

6 December 2011 - Newspapers

So, while many daily newspapers are struggling to keep their circulation, weeklies are generally not. Tanya Farber finds out what is happening in this market. Weekly ...

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The New Age celebrates its first birthday

2 December 2011 - Newspapers

The New Age newspaper would have survived one year in the South African print jungle next week. Fienie Grobler interviews its chief executive officer, Nazeem Howa, about ...

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