2012 Tabbie Awards open for nominations

CLEVELAND, US: The 2012 Tabbies call for entries is now available at the TABPI website, allowing all B2B magazine editors, publishers and art directors the opportunity to have their best work judged by their peers. Tabbies' partners include South Africa's SAFREA, and MPASA. [video] 26 Jan 2012 11:40

Niger's president endorses Table Mountain Declaration

NIAMEY, NIGER: The president of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, has become the first African head of state to endorse the Declaration of Table Mountain, which calls for repeal of criminal defamation and 'insult' laws and for putting press freedom higher on the agenda in Africa. 1 Dec 2011 11:42

Cheaper pay-TV packages for Africa

Naspers is to offer a bouquet of television stations to people in Uganda for just US$7-a-month and is planning to roll-out similar packages in other parts of Africa according to an article published by Business Report. 5 Sep 2011 11:29

Trapped journalists in Tripoli must be treated as civilians, says CPJ

NEW YORK, US: The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on all forces fighting in Tripoli to ensure the safety of journalists and respect their status as civilians. 24 Aug 2011 11:27

MIPDoc 2011: The world's largest digital library

PARIS, FRANCE: More than 800 participants are expected for the 13th edition of MIPDoc, the international documentary programming market, which will take place in the Carlton Hotel in Cannes on the weekend of 2-3 April, ahead of MIPTV 2011, and features a rich line-up of events. 25 Mar 2011 11:07

Social Brands 100 launches today

LONDON, UK: Launched today, 11 March 2011, the Social Brands 100 has found that 99% of the brands in its ranking are active on Twitter, making it the most popular online outpost for social brands. However, geo-location outposts are not yet integrated into the social mix. Only 22% of the ranked brands use geo-location services such as Foursquare and Gowalla and of these, 45% are inactive. 11 Mar 2011 11:39

Viacom International Media Networks takes The Mo'nique Show to SA

LONDON, UK / JOHANNESBURG, SA:: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc, has announced the sale of BET Networks' top-rated late-night talk show, The Mo'Nique Show, to South African national broadcaster, SABC. 11 Mar 2011 11:23