Shopper’s Friend is closing down. This was confirmed by Paarl Media CEO, Stephen van der Walt, who said a number of factors had called into question the viability of the free-to-home loose l... Read more
Caxton has won the long running war of attrition between itself and Paarl Media, a division of media giant, Naspers, it announced today. Paarl Media lost its appeal against the findings of t... Read more
The Competition Commission announced this week that it had prohibited the acquisition of Primedia@Home, a printed advertisement distribution business of Primedia, by Paarl Media, associated... Read more
MEDIA STATEMENT: Paarl Media and Primedia are astounded by the decision by the Competition Commission yesterday (6 December 2011) to reverse the unconditional approval it gave in January 201... Read more
Caxton, in its battle with Paarl Media and its Shopper’s Friend product, has published statements that have pulled FGI and my personal name into the fray. In order to discredit Shopper’s Fri... Read more
As South Africa’s printing titans square off to fight the insert war, Peter Langschmidt – who has undertaken research for the one side – gives his perspective, in a story first published in... Read more