Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards winnersLONDON: The winners of the 2008 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards were announced last night, Thursday, 3 July 2008, at a gala ceremony in London. Now in its fifth year, the awards honour business journalism focusing on Africa, thus attracting contestants from around the globe. 4 Jul 2008 10:53
Time for SABC to wrap it up and get real
[Chris Moerdyk] The rather pathetic political posturing over the SABC is slowly strangling the credibility and performance of the national broadcaster and the way things are going right now everyone, especially viewers and listeners, will be the losers. 2 Jul 2008 09:45
Twenty tips for happy client-freelancer relationships
[Jo Duxbury] Freelancers and their clients need each other to survive. But mismatched expectations, poor communication and delayed payment may cause this relationship to break down. Here are twenty tips that clients and freelancers feel the other can do to ensure good working relationships. 2 Jul 2008 09:12
End in sight for SABC board?
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] NEWSWATCH: The SABC's controversial board could be heading to a shameful early exit by September as the ANC in parliament pushes for a proposal to amend the Broadcasting Act that will make it ‘legal' to fire the embattled group, according to Sapa and The Sunday Independent. But chairperson Khanyisiwe Mkhonza remains defiant and undeterred by the move, saying for now it is business as usual. 30 Jun 2008 09:00
2008 Ruth First Fellows announced
The 2008 Ruth First Journalism Fellows announced this week, are financial journalist and senior associate editor of Business Day, Hilary Joffe and award-winning Times photographer Alon Skuy. 27 Jun 2008 10:36
Kagiso acquires Urban Brew
JSE-listed Kagiso Media has reached an agreement to acquire a controlling interest (50.1%) in Urban Brew Studios, it was announced yesterday, Wednesday, 25 June 2008. During the past year, Kagiso Media has diversified its media suite to take full advantage of the new revenue streams which have resulted as convergence has taken place in South Africa's media environment and this acquisition is expected to enrich its offering, both to marketers and consumers. 26 Jun 2008 09:17
Cape Talk team held hostage
NEWSWATCH: Foreigners at the Bluewaters camp in Strandfontein took Cape Talk's breakfast team hostage this morning, Wednesday, 25 June 2008, reports 702 Talk Radio. Morning show host Aden Thomas and his team were forced to resume broadcasting so that the foreigners, who have since apologised, could air their views. 25 Jun 2008 11:14
Do tabloids dislike foreigners?
[Tshepiso Seopa] Should the recent xenophobic attacks be blamed on bold headlines that read: “THE TRUTH” about “Aliens”? Has tabloid journalism fuelled the fires of hatred and intolerance? This month's journalism dialogues, organised by frayintermedia in partnership with the Mail & Guardian, looked at the contentious issue of whether tabloids helped fuel xenophobic riots and killings. 25 Jun 2008 09:29
Buckland, Maher to leave M&G Online
[Simone Puterman] It has been confirmed: both Matthew Buckland and Vincent Maher, Mail & Guardian Online GM and strategist respectively, will shortly be leaving the online newspaper. Buckland is off to 24.com in Cape Town, and Maher to manage social media at Vodacom. 24 Jun 2008 14:01
Mpofu's case against SABC postponed
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Thrice-suspended SABC CEO Dali Mpofu's case in the Johannesburg High Court against the board has been postponed to Tuesday, 1 July 2008, to give chairperson Khanyisiwe Mkhonza and her band time to file an answering affidavit. Before postponing the matter today, Tuesday 24 June 2008, Judge Mohamed Jajbhay made an impassionate plea to both parties to try by all means to resolve the matter in an amicable way. 24 Jun 2008 13:36
TCB Publishing acquires community mag publisher
TCB Publishing announced yesterday, Monday, 23 June 2008, that it has acquired a majority share in WWW Advertising, a Pretoria-based publishing house specialising in community-based magazines. The objective is to extend the footprint of the magazine nationally in the near future, as a result of the potential for growth in this particular market. 24 Jun 2008 09:13
Top print and web newspaper designs
PARIS, FRANCE: The World Editors Forum (WEF) recently asked five prominent newspaper designers to pick their Top 10 newspaper designs and Top 5 newspaper website designs to illustrate the evolution of newspaper design and how it is beginning to relate more to the web. 24 Jun 2008 08:56
ACAP to simplify image rights communication, management
ACAP, the new, global, non-proprietary, machine-readable protocol that enables publishers to control how their online content is reused, is to adopt semantics of the Picture Licensing Universal System (PLUS). ACAP has previously concentrated on text-based web resources, and its adoption of PLUS semantics is part of a planned extension to meet publisher requirements to communicate more precise terms for use of photographic and other media resources by web crawlers. 23 Jun 2008 08:37
IFRA heads to North Africa
DARMSTADT, GERMANY: With a focus on new developments and latest challenges for the news publishing industry, such as business models, cross-media marketing and digital publishing, IFRA is offering a diverse programme of conferences and study tours international and regional events in North Africa, India and Europe in the second half of 2008. 20 Jun 2008 13:28
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