The flood of new titles into the magazine space may well be filling what appear to our biggest publishers to be obvious gaps. These guys don’t skimp on research and they’re past masters at the art of the compelling media argument.
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/ 30 September 2005
The first edition of government magazine Vuk’uzenzele was unveiled today at an event at the Constitutional Court, Johannesburg. Published by the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS), one million copies of the title will be freely distributed to readers in the LSM 1 to 6 categories.
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/ 23 September 2005
The Electronic Communications Bill, the new name for the contentious and extensively deliberated Convergence Bill, has been redrafted to mixed reaction from media industry stakeholders.
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/ 16 September 2005
A working coalition of six Non-Governmental Organisations connected to the LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) community is calling for the SABC to publicly explain their position on the recent discontinuation of Radio 2000’s <i>Tuesday Nite Live</i>.
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/ 5 September 2005
It was announced today that Media24’s financial weeklies, <i>Finance Week</i> and <i>Finansies & Tegniek</i>, will be consolidated under one brand from September 28. The new brand, <i>Finweek</i>, will be published in both English and Afrikaans and will be merged with online financial portal Finance24, which will be rebranded Fin24.co.za.
Julie Kelly and Nicky Troll were finalists at this year’s CNN/Multichoice African Journalist awards for a hard-hitting television exposé on stolen police dockets. Their other stories have been equally formidable, one bringing on a serious physical assault by a gang of displeased thugs. Kevin Bloom speaks to two unbending journalists.
In a briefing to government and the media at its headquarters in Auckland Park today, the SABC announced a R240,3-million net profit for the 2004/2005 financial year.
It was announced today that The Tuesday Night Show, the only gay and lesbian radio show that broadcasts to a national audience, will be discontinued with immediate effect.
A new entrant in the business print sector is due to be launched in October. Called <i>Maverick</i>, the title is aiming at a circulation of 25,000 to 30,000, and will sell at a cover price of R23,00. The publication will be distributed every four weeks and is to be funded by an institution whose identity, according to publisher Branko Brkic, “will be announced in due course.”
The story of South Africa’s tabloids is not about headlines on witches and snakes. It’s not about page three girls. It’s not even about comparisons with the international tabloid market. What it is about is ”the man in the blue overall” and the no-bullshit talk of people like Deon du Plessis. Kevin Bloom reports.