New look for Dispatch Online
By: Simone Puterman
NEWSWATCH: Avusa's
Dispatch Online went live today, Monday, 28 January 2008, with the first phase of its new look and functionality. The revamp includes integration of the newspaper's “blog community into every aspect of the site”, according to Andrew Trench, deputy editor and
Dispatch Online editor.
It seems that UK-based satellite television Free2view, which
launched last week, is operating illegally without a licence according to ICASA, reports
Business Report and
The Weekender. The regular says it has various ways of taking action.
According to
Business Report, “[t]he competition tribunal has described Caxton's intervention in last year's hearings into Naspers's acquisition of 38% of M-Net/SuperSport as pointless and ‘thoroughly devoid of substance'.
On the digital sideIOL Technology says that last year, US newspapers' audiences increased by roughly 6%.
Technology blog TechCrunch reports that on Friday, 25 January, Facebook announced that a new JavaScript client library will allow Facebook applications to be displayed on any website. “I'm not sure anyone saw this move coming, but Facebook may have just changed the game again by essentially becoming an application host,” says Duncan Riley of TechCrunch.
Meanwhile, “online community MySpace is partnering with the BBC to bring some of the British broadcaster's programmes to a worldwide audience in the site's first global content deal involving a major network,” writes IOL Technology. “The move… continues MySpace's push to become a hub for video, music and other content and more similar to Internet portals like Yahoo.”
On the TV sideContractual issues between Isidingo producer Endemol SA and the SABC have resulted in the soapie's cast being told today to stay at home until further notice, reports News24.com.
Steve Hofmeyer will no longer be suing
Rapport and
Huisgenoot and intends to blog less, according to IOL. The two publications allegedly did not contact him for comment before publishing an open letter from a fitness instructor purporting to have been his lover for a decade.
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Simone Puterman is assisant editor at Bizcommunity.com. After majoring in Psychology and Linguistics at Rhodes University, and then completing her Honours in Psychology, she has been in the world of B2B publishing for over 10 years. Contact her at
simone@bizcommunity.com. Follow her on Twitter as
@SimoneBiz.
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