Busy year for the Big Four
They used to be called the big four newspaper groups but that would be incorrect today. In the last year, ...
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Tag: Dr Iqbal Surve
Twitter abuzz about Independent
I recently participated in an interesting Twitter conversation about Independent News and Media South Africa. Journalists Mandy de Waal and Kristen ...
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The evolution of South African media over 20 years
In the halcyon days on the eve of South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, the International Press Institute (IPI) ...
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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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Shortsighted newspapers need oversight
When the Sekunjalo Media consortium bought Independent News and Media South Africa there were two extremely positive signs. The first ...
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Who is the new Dr Independent?
The news that Dr Iqbal Survé, the man behind JSE-listed Sekunjalo Investments, had bought Independent News and Media South Africa (INMSA) ...
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