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Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA

Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) is a freelance journalist, media commentator and the publisher of Grubstreet (www.grubstreet.co.za). She worked in the print industry in South Africa for titles such as the Sunday Times and Business Day, and in the UK for Guinness Publishing, before striking out on her own. Email Gill at and follow her on Twitter at @grubstreetSA.
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City Press vs ANC: Who is the adult and who is the child?

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] Who exactly, I have wondered as temperatures have risen over the past 10 days over Brett Murray's Zuma Spear painting, is the adult and who is the child in this situation?

Posted 2 days ago | Like (1)
Aiming for relevance to changing readership - FHM's Brendan Cooper

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] In the very competitive magazine world, you must take action or die - which is why FHM's successful former editor, Brendan Cooper, has been brought back from management to the editor's seat. Cooper tells Bizcommunity how he's going to put the magazine back on track, how the readership has changed and why the lad-mag era is over.

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isiZulu papers, City Press are the ABC circ winners

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] We're getting used to seeing newspaper circulation figures taking a beating these days but the fact that a few can buck the trend also tells us that all is not lost. Among the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) figures for the first quarter of 2012 that were released on Thursday, 17 May 2012, the isiZulu newspapers are still on their incredible upwards trajectory.

Posted 13 days ago | Like (1) | You like this
Breaking news: new Daily Sun editor

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] The scoop on Grubstreet: ... staff at the Daily Sun were told on Wednesday, 9 May 2012, their new editor will be Mazwi Xaba, the editor-in-chief of Isolezwe.

Posted 21 days ago | Like (1)
Set for more growth after 10 years, says Isolezwe editor Mazwi Xaba

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] Independent Newspapers' Isolezwe - the SA newspaper industry phenomenon - turned 10 last month, and its daily edition is still putting on sales while its more recent Saturday and Sunday editions are also growing. Editor Mazwi Xaba tells Bizcommunity how Isolezwe's readers have moved up socially and economically with the paper, why its rootsy content is unassailable from English-language competitors and about the challenges of working with isiZulu as a newspaper language.

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Less of Abramjee's petitions, more 'Metrorail Diaries'-style campaigns, please

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] There was an interesting debate buzzing on Twitter last week, sparked by Mail & Guardian editor Nic Dawes disagreeing with a campaign by Yusuf Abramjee, the redoubtable head of the National Press Club and head of news and current affairs at Primedia Broadcasting, to get journalists to sign a petition on the controversial Joburg e-tolls.

Posted 28 days ago | Like
Caxton full of bluster on Media24-Witness merger

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] Caxton, I think it's fair to say, cares more about the competition it's getting from Media24 in KZN than protecting the independent newspapers of that fair province. The truth is that many of our newspapers with their existing business models are in their twilight years and the big media houses don't have the luxury of caring about media diversity.

Posted 1 month ago | Like
The Star Africa is unapologetically black - editor Makhudu Sefara

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] In the last of a series of interviews with the top editorial managers of Independent Newspapers, The Star's new editor Makhudu Sefara tells Bizcommunity.com why the Africa edition is a bold move to turn around circulation decline - and we should pay attention because he pulled this off at Sunday Independent.

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No easy lessons from The Citizen's bold publishing move

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] Two years ago Caxton's The Citizen took one of the boldest steps in recent South African publishing history when it dropped its cover price 33%, from R4.50 to R3, and took its advertising rates down by about 20%. It was a high-risk move aimed at growing circulation and gaining market share in Gauteng. The Citizen's publisher, Greg Stewart, tells Bizcommunity.com what the brave move has meant for the paper, what he's learned from it and where he thinks the industry is going.

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Watching Argus move for Daily News future - Indy KZN's Alan Dunn

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] It's going to be an interesting year for KZN newspapers with Media24's The Witness making an aggressive play to break out of the Midlands under former Mercury editor Angela Quintal. Alan Dunn, Daily News editor and Independent Newspapers KZN senior editor, tells Bizcommunity.com how The Mercury will meet a challenge from The Witness, how the Daily News is watching the Cape Argus's move into the morning market with great interest, and why the intense competition in the KZN media market is good for consumers.

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