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/ 20 February 2007
A new award for investigative journalism, initiated by businessman Taco Kuiper shortly before his death in 2004, has been met with dismay from broadcasting and internet journalists who have been excluded from entering.
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/ 20 February 2007
The weekly <i>Son</i> has pointed out that the latest circulation data is misleading. The October – December 2006 figures make it seem as if its total ABCs have dropped by more than 100 000 while, in fact, the totals for the weekly newspaper are lower because <i>Son</i> in the Western Cape made no submission.
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/ 19 February 2007
Financial publications are investing heavily on the internet as their audiences turn to the web for up-to-date information. But are business sites really giving print a run for its money? Fienie Grobler reports.
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/ 19 February 2007
The Black Diamonds survey was the first media research to define the upper end of the black middleclass. But it also attracted criticism from researchers questioning the soundness of its methodology. Fienie Grobler asks whether the Black Diamonds phenomenon is more than just a catchy phrase.
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/ 31 January 2007
The Sunday newspaper market is set for a shake-up as Media 24 plans to launch a new Afrikaans tabloid called Sondag in May. ”We saw a gap in the market and we thought we’d fill it up rather than leave it for somebody else to fill,” says Sondag editor Mike Vink.
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/ 23 January 2007
Although the South African Press Association is an indispensable news provider to newsrooms countrywide, budget constraints are stifling it slowly but surely. The news agency has recovered from major financial losses in 2000 and its board is next month set to make some important decisions about its future. Fienie Grobler reports.
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/ 19 December 2006
Media adventurers are spreading their wings into Africa and undoubtedly reaping the benefits. But why are the explorers among us so few and far between? There is after all a whole continent out there hungry for entertainment and information, writes Fienie Grobler.
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/ 19 December 2006
Radio remains king while newspapers are raking in more readers. Fienie Grobler outlines the key findings of the latest readership data released by the South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF).
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/ 19 December 2006
Marketers and media houses have woken up to the new market savvy generation of students, realising that the early birds do indeed catch the worms. But it is not the easiest market to capture. Fienie Grobler reports.
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/ 22 November 2006
Radio is one of the most popular advertising mediums in South Africa with the unique ability to reach both illiterate, lower income groups as well as tertiary educated, high income earners. Maybe that is why advertising costs have soared since the public broadcaster sold off six radio stations in the mid-1990s, writes Fienie Grobler.