They used to be called the big four newspaper groups but that would be incorrect today. In the last year, the Big Four – Independent Newspapers, Media24, Times Media Group and Caxton – have... Read more
I recently participated in an interesting Twitter conversation about Independent News and Media South Africa. Journalists Mandy de Waal and Kristen van Schie and ANC chairperson of the Portf... Read more
In the halcyon days on the eve of South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, the International Press Institute (IPI) held its World Conference in Cape Town. The keynote address was d... Read more
Do foreign media owners exploit local media? Back in 2009, local media reported that Irish businessman Tony O’Reilly’s Independent News and Media Group South Africa (INMSA) was going to have... Read more
When the Sekunjalo Media consortium bought Independent News and Media South Africa there were two extremely positive signs. The first was that the group has been wrested back from its money-... Read more
The news that Dr Iqbal Survé, the man behind JSE-listed Sekunjalo Investments, had bought Independent News and Media South Africa (INMSA) from its Irish owners for R2 billion was greeted wit... Read more
