South Africa’s ratings downgrade might have been expected, but its impact is going to be felt for years to come, not least by media business. Within the first 24 hours of the announcement, g... Read more
There’s no single simple recipe for success to unlock the ‘famed’ commercial opportunity this amazing, vast African continent offers. And, for every success story, there are a ho... Read more
For centuries, the business model of general-interest newspapers and other mass media was based largely on aggregating audiences and then selling those audiences to advertisers. Then came th... Read more
South Africa came close to making it to the finals of the 2015 Rugby World Cup. While the Boks were knocked out by the All Blacks by a narrow margin, there are lessons to be learned f... Read more
Opinion: Having clearly charted its media course some years ago, Naspers has been pretty much alone as a former newspaper group moving well beyond newspapers. Now they have been joined by th... Read more
One of the things I like to ask people I’m interviewing for a position at 5FM is, “What is the aim of a radio business?” It’s not very nice of me because it’s a very unsettling and unexpecte... Read more
