CANNES, FRANCE: What is claimed to be the world's most innovative start-ups in connected entertainment will gather for the inaugural CC Ventures competition, taking place in Cannes on April 5-7. As part of the new Connected Creativity Forum event at MIPTV, CC Ventures is claimed to be a unique opportunity to pitch and to engage with leading venture capital investors, media funds and entertainment executives looking for opportunities in the digital and mobile space.
19 Jan 2011 09:31
PARIS, FRANCE/DARMSTADT, GERMANY: Erik Bjerager, editor-in-chief and managing director of the Danish national daily
Kristeligt Dagblad, has been elected president of the World Editors Forum, the global association for senior newsrooms executives within the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
18 Feb 2011 11:04
[Paul Vecchiatto] No attempt was made to really explain the Protection of State Information Bill (POIB) to members of the public at the first two township public hearings, says Hennie van Vuuren of the Right2Know Campaign.
1 Feb 2012 10:04
It was too early to determine the sales of the
City Press on Sunday after a boycott called by the SACP and the ANC, said the newspaper's deputy editor Fikile Moya.
30 May 2012 07:20
[Shamin Chibba] The life of Nelson Mandela has been recorded in numerous books - one of the most comprehensive is his autobiography
Long Walk to Freedom.
18 Jan 2012 08:31
LONDON,UK: CNN chat show host Piers Morgan told the British press ethics inquiry Tuesday that he had no reason to believe phone hacking went on at the
Daily Mirror during his editorship.
23 Dec 2011 07:33Free Radical Media has launched
Live Life magazine, which is targeted at the high-end consumer and will cover health, medical and lifestyle matters in an easy-to-read format. The magazine is the brainchild of pharmacist Fanie Hendriksz.
14 Nov 2011 10:13
CLEVELAND, US: The 2011 Tabbie Awards featured nearly 400 entries, with nominations coming from the US, Canada, the UK, India, New Zealand and South Africa. Judges were once again impressed by the quality of the submissions. One of the two 2011 Scholarship winners hails from SA, too.
22 Jul 2011 11:18
LONDON, UK: Although the worst effects of the financial crisis seem to be behind us, the recovery for the magazine industry is expected to be slow, according to new data recently released from FIPP from the annual world magazine trends report.
8 Dec 2010 08:33
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The European Publishers Council (EPC*) has succeeded in getting its idea for 21st century copyright management accepted as one of just seven "Big Ideas" sought by the European Commission to forward its Digital Agenda strategy.
5 Nov 2010 11:43
Standard Bank is the new sponsor of Print Media South Africa's (PMSA's) newspaper awards, previously known as the Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards. "We are thrilled that Standard Bank has come on board so that we can continue to celebrate newspaper journalism as a dynamic and important craft," said Ingrid Louw, PMSA CEO.
31 May 2012 07:17
[Paul Vecchiatto] African National Congress Chief Whip Moloto Mothapo has labelled the Democratic Alliance's (DA) complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over adverts in support of the Protection of State Information Bill "absurd and ridiculous".
10 Apr 2012 10:58Global brand
Grazia, the world's number one fashion and news weekly magazine, is set to hit South African stores for the first time on 18 May 2012. The exciting new glossy was officially launched by Media24 on 15 March 2012.
20 Mar 2012 14:45
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