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For a generation of Afrikaans-speaking South Africans the relaunch of the alternative weekly Vrye Weekblad (1988-1994), brought a whiff of nostalgia. Its readers remember the publication (fi... Read more
Local newspapers remain the only mass-media print option available nationally, as well as offering the benefit of tactical and/or geo-segmented opportunities to reach large audiences. Read more
Editorial director of the Tiso Blackstar Group, Andrew Trench, gives more detail on the comeback of Vrye Weekblad, 25 years after the publication shut down. Read more
The good news for newspapers throughout South Africa is that the upcoming elections should boost circulations a bit. The bad news... well, there's a quite a bit of that going around. Read more
Sensationalism comes in many forms. The New York Times and the Daily Mail’s use of photographs showing faces and bodies of victims of the Kenya attack was one of them. They failed journalism... Read more
[COMMENT] A quick glance at audited numbers over the past decade shows quite clearly that sales continue to drop alarmingly. Yet blinkered editors and management persist in sticking to the s... Read more
