Reconstructing the newsrooms
In the face of shrinking budgets, newspapers have had to find cost-cutting measures that don’t kill them. Melina Meletakos speaks ...
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Minister’s quest for absolute power at SABC
A proposed plan by new communications minister Faith Muthanbi to change the Broadcasting Act to give her personal power to ...
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The big deal about native advertising
Native advertising is currently in the global media spotlight. New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen triggered a fierce debate about ...
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The future of Sapa in the balance
The Times Media Group (TMG) gave notice that it was resigning its membership of the South Africa Press Association (Sapa) in ...
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The perils of foreign owners
Do foreign media owners exploit local media? Back in 2009, local media reported that Irish businessman Tony O’Reilly’s Independent News ...
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The war being waged in the op-ed pages
A battle for the reputations of the journalists involved and for what some call the ‘soul of the Cape Times’ ...
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