Newspaper ownership: political influence trumps the promise of profits
The Financial Times, one of the great global journalism institutions, has been sold by the Pearson Group to the Japanese ...
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Tag: independent media
Labour in spotlight as new newspaper enters world of work
Independent Media has launched a new publication which will focus on labour, jobs and the political economy. Planned as a ...
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Briefly… Eastern Cape premier launches I’solezwe lesiXhosa
Eastern Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle gave the arrival of South Africa’s first Xhosa daily newspaper, I’solezwe lesiXhosa, a huge thumbs ...
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AMPS vs ABCs, circulation vs readership: The BIG debate
Journalist Pragasen-Edwin Naidu threw down the gauntlet late on Thursday evening, the day before Good Friday and the long weekend. ...
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Media job blood-letting
Retrenchments, retirements, purges, dismissals… there’s no doubt that jobs in the media industry have been slashed over the past couple ...
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Truth, ethics and plagiarism
OPINION: At the heart of the current furore about the request (not instruction) by Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille, that ...
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