Publishers launching new titles are smiling but their advertisers are not amused. Fienie Grobler finds out why circulation figures are causing a rift between the two.
The lucrative Afrikaans magazine market is launching new titles every year while old favourites continue to dominate. Fienie Grobler reports.
Print Media South Africa (PMSA) has thrown a lifeline to the cash-strapped South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF), agreeing to fund a R2.5 million shortfall.
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/ 9 December 2005
South Africa is hoping that rich countries will move away from vague commitments to "precise figures" and deadlines for opening up markets to poorer nations, said its lead negotiator at next week’s WTO talks. Speaking ahead of the key World Trade Organisation meeting opening in Hong Kong on Tuesday, Xavier Carim also singled out the European Union for criticism, saying its stance on agriculture was holding back progress on a new trade deal.