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/ 1 March 2005

Subverting the Format

"Usually I am consumed by what is wrong with US media, but this time around, I thought it might be appropriate to celebrate what is occasionally right with the media here, especially television," writes <i>The Media</i> columnist Sean Jacobs. An HBO show called <i>The Wire</i> is breaking all the rules of TV police drama.

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/ 1 March 2005

Mixing the Message

Can alternative media go where mainstream media supposedly can’t? Can it give advertisers real "reach" in the elusive youth market? Kim Novick writes that the smart brands choose a mix of platforms.

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/ 1 March 2005

Moosa’s mountain

If conservation is to be mainstreamed, its practitioners cannot afford to ignore big businesses such as mining and oil companies, says Valli Moosa on taking over the reins at the largest conservation NGO in the world. <i>Earthyear</i> spoke to Valli Moosa the day after his election as president the IUCN-The World Conservation Union.

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/ 1 March 2005

Nothing but the knot

Last Monday, the Constitutional Court handed down judgement in the case of Ethel Robinson and dealt a blow to the 2,3-million South Africans who described themselves as life partners in the most recent census. Robinson was in a monogamous life partnership for 15 years and sought to claim maintenance from her deceased partner’s estate.

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/ 1 March 2005

Frightening news, fat toilets and fun

It’s always a tough question to answer: What exactly do you do, the day after a wild party, when you have drunken and unconscious friends lying around your place? Do you leave them alone and let them sleep it off? Or do you take advantage of the fact that they are unconscious, to play with them, decorate them and make them look stupid — and then take pictures to show everyone on the internet?

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/ 1 March 2005

Timid Revolution

With new technology on the horizon and the presence of big-name multinationals in the local media research space, can we expect vast changes in the structures and methods of media measurement? Kevin Bloom investigates.