Whoever wins in the bid for the New Africa Investments Limited (Nail) assets, consolidation of the media sector looks imminent, writes <i>Media Weekly</i>’s Kevin Bloom.
Despite numerous appeals for his resignation, Thami Mazwai remains a board member and news sub-committee chief at the SABC. Yet the status quo remains, observes Kevin Bloom, appearing to suit a particular end.
A likely consequence of the Darrel Bristow-Bovey debacle is that lawyers will become involved. While nothing has yet been heard from Random House’s legal team on Bristow-Bovey’s "adaptation" of passages from Bill Bryson’s <i>Notes From a Big Country</i> in <i>The Naked Bachelor</i>, Zebra Press appears to be warming up for the courts.