Submit newsAdvertise & rates  18°C Johannesburg Contact us
Bizcommunity.com - Daily Security & Military news
Military  
All
3 MyBiz followers

Rod Baker | MyBiz Profile | Bizcommunity

Rod Baker is Content Director at Bizcommunity.com. A journalist since before computers, he worked on a wide range of magazines and, in his youth, rose through the ranks from being a lowly and abused sub-editor, to a high and still abused editor and publisher. He has been editor and publisher of a number of magazines, as well as a newspaper. He has edited many books, and written a number too. Email him at .
All | Articles | Comments
Porn industry eyes Google Glass

[Rod Baker] IOL reports that Google Glass is enjoying - if that is the right word - keen interest from the porn quarter in the US, and Google itself might find the situation somewhat embarrassing.

Posted 4 days ago | Like (1)
Hackers hit IOL

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Hackers yesterday attacked the IOL website, reports TechCentral, while Right2Know has accused SA mobile network operators of stifling communication, reports BD Live. And as for international media covering Madiba's hospital stay, they have been warned, reports news24.com.

Posted 5 days ago | Like (1)
Virgin gets active on MTN, Vodacom

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Virgin Mobile launched around seven years ago, but it hasn't grown as hoped, and the company's CEO puts the blame for that on MTN and Vodacom, reports BD Live.

Posted 8 days ago | Like
Dali loses his cool over Kieno's comments

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Dali Tambo, responding to CapeTalk567 radio presenter Kieno Kammies' dismissal of Tambo's Mugabe interview as little more than a PR exercise, abandoned his usually measured responses and upped the volume somewhat, reports Mail & Guardian.

Posted 14 days ago | Like
Oscar aghast at crime scene images

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: The release of crime scene images into the public domain has stunned the Pistorius family, reports IOL. Meanwhile, Zapiro et al can rest easy after Jacob Zuma dropped defamation cases against the cartoonist and others, reports Mail & Guardian, and Sunday Times claims to have evidence that Communications Minister Dina Pule and Phosane Mngqibisa are "an item", reports ITWeb.

Posted 16 days ago | Like (1)
City Press and that 'anti-Indian' column

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: City Press says it stands by its decision to publish a column that some people reckon is "dripping with anti-Indian hatred", reports Mail & Guardian.

Posted 18 days ago | Like
Sekunjalo's INMSA deal concerns Sanef

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) is concerned at the manner in which Iqbal Survé's Sekunjalo group is going about its acquisition of Independent News & Media South Africa (INMSA), reports IOL. Mail & Guardian reports on Facebook bowing to an outcry over sexist content, and also reports on pirates - the film, that is - in Cape Town.

Posted 19 days ago | Like (1)
'Dem bones, dem bones, dem lion bones...'

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Lion bones have come back to haunt 'Number One', reports Mail & Guardian, and Times Media Group (TMG) has come out fighting following the Twitter skirmish conducted by Sekunjalo Group's Iqbal Survé, reports BD Live, which also reports that the Kirsh family, owner of media group Primedia, has sold its shares in AltX-listed telecommunications company FoneWorx to Caxton.

Posted 22 days ago | Like
Survé serves up a storm

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Iqbal Survé, who describes himself as "fearless" and "intelligent" and chairs the Sekunjalo group, has come out fighting after critics speculated about the implications of his group's purchase of Independent News and Media, reports IOL, and SA film, Zulu, has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

Posted 22 days ago | Like
Gov wants a mouthpiece? Never!

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: The "government outfit vying for the Independent Group has laughed off concerns it wants a state mouthpiece," reports Mail & Guardian. So that's all right then... Not.

Posted 25 days ago | Like

Community activity

  • Floyd Chauke detective constable at SAPS created a profile
    1 days, 12 hours, 49 minutes ago
  • Stephan Swart Owner at Envision Surveillance created a profile
    6 days, 15 hours, 50 minutes ago
More activity|Industry wall|My newsfeed
Advertise with us
Advertise & RatesMy Account
Company press officeList company
Recruitment packagesSubmit job ad
Download ratecard

Subscribe

Receive free email newsletter

Make us your homepageAdd us to your favoritesRSS feedGet biz on your phoneFollow us

Invite

Tell a friend about us

Advertise
Join us

ADSL & Web hosting proudly provided by Afrihost. All rights reserved. © 2013. Bizcommunity.com, its sponsors, contributors and advertisers disclaim all liability for any loss, damage, injury or expense that might arise from the use of, or reliance upon, the services contained herein. Privacy policy, Terms of Use, PAIA.