[Gill Moodie] I confess: I turn to Twitter and Facebook in the wee hours when I can't sleep - and last night a rather interesting thing happened.
27 Nov 2012 11:53
[Gordon Patterson] What a breath of fresh air, a bold and confident statement, that the
Times Media Group's (TMG) rate setting for 2013 would be based on the Advertising Media Forum (AMF) definition of core circulation. This will send a clear message to advertisers that TMG not only means business but will commit to a partnership of shared responsibility and reward.
23 Nov 2012 10:11
The Afrikaans tabloid newspaper,
Son has launched its mobisite, allowing readers to access their favourite read, even though they may not be able to purchase the daily print edition.
22 Nov 2012 06:35[Gill Moodie] "It's going to be a tough Christmas," concluded Gordon Patterson in his presentation of the third-quarter (Q3) Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) figures released in Johannesburg last week.
21 Nov 2012 13:35 Die Burger
[Issued by Die Burger] Die Burger's Christmas fund (Die Kersfonds) invites all their readers, schools and businesses to open their hearts and wallets and contribute. The fund has already raised more than R300 000 but still needs to achieve its goal of R1.3 million. The fund supports and accommodates young children in the newspaper's distribution area.
20 Nov 2012 11:31 
As soon as ABC's are published at the end of Q1 2013, Times Media will be linking advertising rates to core circulation and will review it quarterly thereafter.
20 Nov 2012 10:56
Times Media, the listed entity that owns Avusa, says it will focus on reducing the group's debt and improving revenue and operating margins following a trading update on Friday, 16 November 2012, that revealed a very subdued performance.
19 Nov 2012 10:30
Judge Nomsa Khumalo of the Pretoria High Court ruled that the NPA had failed to argue that there were grounds for an urgent interdict against the
Sunday Times for wanting to publish "How Zuma got off the hook". Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa has also conceded that the arrest of
Sunday Times journalist,
Mzilikazi wa Afrika, was wrongful and agreed to pay him R100,000 in damages and to pay the newspaper's legal costs.
19 Nov 2012 10:02
The winners of the
Sunday Times Top 100 Companies awards were announced at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg late last week, with the top award going to Capitec Bank Holdings, as the Top Company of the Year. Capitec won in 2010 and was ranked second last year.
19 Nov 2012 07:39
Times Media's profit from operations before exceptional items grew by 18% to R86m for the six months ended September 2012‚ it said in a voluntary trading update on Friday.
17 Nov 2012 12:04
KykNet's new actuality breakfast show,
Dagbreek, broadcast Mondays to Fridays from 6-8am, will offer a discussion of the latest news in the Afrikaans dailies, as presented by editors from the Media24 newspaper stable: Tim du Plessis, Waldimar Pelser and Mandy Rossouw. Their analysis of the day's events can be found in detail in the newspapers.
15 Nov 2012 06:04
Now in its third decade, the 2012 South African Breweries (SAB) Sports Media Awards once again highlighted the dedicated professionalism of the South African sports media and the performers and fans that make up its world. The SAB Sports Media Sports Personality of the Year was Oscar Pistorius.
12 Nov 2012 09:26The North Gauteng High Court ordered three companies linked to expelled African National Congress Youth League president Julius Malema to allow
City Press assistant editor Adriaan Basson and Media 24 to inspect or make copies of the securities registers of the firms within five days of the order.
9 Nov 2012 12:53
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