The August issue of The Media magazine will feature the 2013 Women in Media awards and this year the categories have been extended to encourage more nominations of women who have changed the roles and status of women around them, influenced business plans, content and legislation.
24 May 2013 09:55
[Styli Charalambous] Earlier this month, one of South Africa's leading publishing houses announced its online content would be going behind a paywall. But not just any paywall: one priced so high that the walls of Jericho would struggle to compete. Time will tell whether BDFM has overestimated the South African market, and itself.
24 May 2013 07:02
[Janine Lazarus] I recently received a petition calling for the review of the Secrecy Bill. I didn't need to read any further before adding my name - and a strong comment - to the spiraling number of citizens of this country who are entirely against a Bill that threatens fundamental rights like the freedom of speech.
24 May 2013 06:12Independent Newspapers KZN
[Issued by Independent Newspapers KZN] The Isolezwe brand's success continues as all three editions increase in popularity. The audited sales figures show that, between January and March 2013, 9% more Isolezwe copies were sold per week than in the previous audited quarter - October to December 2012.
23 May 2013 10:48 
[Anton Harber] Dr Iqbal Survé is being secretive about his consortium's purchase of Independent News and Media, and this is starting to sour his arrival in the news industry.
23 May 2013 08:29
SANEF has issued a statement expressing its outrage at reports that a Home Affairs official, who was photographed outside a police station where immigrants had been detained, had manhandled and deleted pictures taken by Cape Argus photojournalist David Ritchie.
23 May 2013 06:18
The creative community needs to think on their feet and develop rapid-response press ads for their clients, based on The Times news stories of the day in a new competition, The Times Press Challenge, in association with the Loeries.
20 May 2013 09:16
[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: The press ombudsman has dismissed Durban tycoon Vivian Reddy's complaint against the Mail & Guardian newspaper in its entirety, the newspaper reports, and Icasa is in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons, reports BD Live. On a sad note, SABC television and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli has died, reports Times Live.
20 May 2013 05:59
[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Mail & Guardian's editor-in-chief, Nic Dawes, has resigned to take up a post at the Hindustan Times in New Delhi, the newspaper reports.
17 May 2013 11:17
The Sunday Times, in partnership with PRAESA (The Project for the Study of Alternative Education in South Africa), has launched the new Sunday Times Nal'ibali Storybook.
17 May 2013 10:31
Cutting costs is a hallmark of packaging and paper group Mondi and over the longer term it has paid off, as could be seen in its recent upbeat interim management statement.
17 May 2013 10:03
[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: SABC3 has landed in hot water for not placing the correct age restriction on the All My Children soapie, reports IOL, and Lisa Hiemer, writing in journalism.co.za, reports on a new study that shows surprisingly strong investigative journalism in independent local papers in three provinces.
17 May 2013 07:26[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: The Gupta family isn't going to talk to the media until the report on its guests landing at Waterkloof is finalised, reports Mail & Guardian, and BD Live reports the DA is urging Zuma not to sign the secrecy bill. The ConCourt has reserved judgment on media's access to the Krejcir hearing, reports Mail & Guardian, and IOL reports that a Sun reporter has been charged in the UK hacking probe.
15 May 2013 07:29 
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