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/ 2 November 2005
Radio has reached the age where it knows that it doesn’t know. It’s lost the brash confidence of 1996 when everyone was still high on freedom narcosis and anything seemed possible. Then we still compartmentalised people, now South Africans defy glib categorisation. The radio industry is taking another look at precisely whom it is broadcasting to. Charlene Smith reports.
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/ 2 November 2005
Taking a glance at developments covered in this column over the last three years, Toni Erling and Reggie Manyakara ask where freedom of expression stands in South Africa today. How do the events weigh up?
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/ 2 November 2005
Three years down the line Harry Herber has three major observations on shifts in the industry. Noticeable are changes in client’s spend, what’s influencing how they spend it, and the demands being made on the media agency. Is the pace of change just going to get quicker?
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/ 2 November 2005
US consumers see political campaigns as no different to any other product-based advert, so the last three years has seen the emergence of new media forms that challenge the inclination to tune out. Sean Jacobs reflects on the successes.
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/ 2 November 2005
Who hasn’t David Bullard had a go at in the last three years? The column has not been what one would call balanced journalism, but it has upset some important people and raised a few smiles.
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/ 2 November 2005
It has to be the ultimate irony that Fairlady editor, Ann Donald, described in the November issue of <i>The Media </i>as the "quiet editor", has bucked at the last fence. She officially resigned in September but was due to leave only at the end of the year. Instead, she left the magazine earlier in protest at not being allowed to run a controversial feature on cellulite creams that named brands.
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/ 2 November 2005
In Cape Town yesterday, seven shortlisted nominees were interviewed by the portfolio committee on communication to fill two positions that become available on the Media Development and Diversity Agency board at the end of 2005. The shortlisted names, nominated through Parliament, are: Ms J Batjies, Ms S Goba, Dr T Jara, Mr GM Mkhize, Mr B Mukhuba, Ms AL Sitaram and Mr C Moerdyk.
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/ 2 November 2005
The January to June 2005 ABCs show that magazines are going through a period of major growth. There are 7-million more individual copies out there against five years ago, and it all seems to be because of the global swing towards personalisation. Kevin Bloom reports.
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/ 2 November 2005
Taking a look back at the cover stories on South African media’s most powerful chief executives, Kevin Bloom reflects on what they told <i>The Media</i>, what we said about them, and which of us got it wrong. The results out of e.tv, SABC, Naspers, the defunct Nail, Johncom, Independent News & Media and Primedia are used as a guiding barometer.
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/ 2 November 2005
The motivation for the third anniversary issue is not to pat ourselves on the back for having survived thus far. Rather, our decision to dedicate this month to a retrospective was driven by a strong suspicion that the South African media industry has undergone an immense shift since late 2002; a suspicion that was confirmed by an in-depth examination of our archives.