Newspapers
Browse the media news articles below to get the inside scoop on the newspaper industry.
Rooted in reality: readership trends from ROOTS survey
Given the large sample sizes at a local level and the validated readership methodology used, the recently launched ROOTS data...
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Why Warren Buffett is investing in newspapers
They say newspapers are dying. Really? Then why is Warren Buffett buying them by the dozen? The influential 20th century economist...
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UmAfrika publishes last newspaper… for now
One of South Africa’s oldest newspapers, UmAfrika, will publish its last edition on Friday. The trademark of the venerable weekly...
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Short, sharp, witty and on a street pole
Long before there was Twitter, there were newspaper posters, or bills as they are sometimes called, condensing the news into...
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Newspapers, paywalls and the fallacy of numbers
About a month ago Business Day's Peter Bruce announced that at long last the newspaper would put up a paywall...
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Media workers’ union questions Sekunjalo’s funding and intentions
The submission by Sekunjalo Independent Media Consortium to the Competition Commission detailing why it should be allowed to buy the...
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