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Malawi's newspaper companies trying to out-do each other

Gregory Gondwe[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's two major newspaper companies are set to revolutionise the newspaper industry as both have announced acquisition of new printing machines.

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BNL launches The Business Times

BNL launches The Business Times
[Gregory Gondwe] Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) has launched a fifth title after the first issue of an exclusively business newspaper called The Business Times hit the streets last week.

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Blantyre Newspapers dismisses 44 employees

Gregory Gondwe[Gregory Gondwe] The month of August seemed to have casted a bad spell on Malawi media as on the day that state broadcaster, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) retained over 400 employees out of over 700, Malawi's oldest newspaper company, the Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) fired 44 employees.

Posted 13 years ago | Like
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Malawi: Newspaper apologises for quoting dead source

Malawi: Newspaper apologises for quoting dead source
[Gregory Gondwe] The Daily Times has apologised to the Malawi readership for carrying out a story in its Monday, 18 April 2011 edition that quoted a cabinet minister who died last year but was portrayed as having attended a function that took place last week. To make matters worse, the story also carried a picture of the dead former cabinet minister of health Professor Moses Chirambo.

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Malawian newspaper companies hike prices

Malawian newspaper companies hike prices
[Gregory Gondwe] Newspaper companies in Malawi, the Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) and Nation Publications Limited (NPL) have hiked prices of copy as well as advertisements. Both companies have announced that the adjusted prices will be effective by 1 April 2011.

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Malawi parliament passes bill to ban newspapers

Malawi parliament passes bill to ban newspapers
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi parliament, on Friday, 19 November 2010, passed a bill that has given power to a cabinet minister to ban the importing or publication of a newspaper.

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Malawi government bans tabloid

Gregory Gondwe[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawian government, through the National Archives of Malawi, on Friday, 29 October 2010 banned The Weekend Times from publication and circulation. According to Joel Thaulo, National Archives acting director, the paper had to be banned because it is not registered with his institution as required by the law.

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