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2010 World Newspaper Congress speakers announced

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:15:00 +0200

<>Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri will open the World Newspaper Congress, World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2010, to be held in Beirut, Lebanon, 7 - 10 June 2010. The congress is themed "In search of the new business model," while the theme of the forum is, "The new information ecosystem: Link, share, cooperate or die."
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News site for grant makers, NGOs

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:02:00 +0200

Tshikululu Social Investments, the non-profit company that manages social investment grant making for Anglo American, De Beers, the FirstRand Group and Discovery, among others, has launched a new website to serve as an information and opinion resource for the local corporate social investment (CSI) industry.
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New editor for Gadget

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:40:00 +0200

<>Veteran technology journalist Sean Bacher has been appointed editor of what is reputed to be South Africa's longest-running online technology magazine, Gadget.
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Feed your ego, again - Loeries annual out

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:29:00 +0200

<>Hot off the press, the 31st Loerie printed annual of 313 pages is now available with a complementary DVD set at R605 (excl. vat).
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Wits offers dual degree in journalism

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:51:00 +0200

A new dual-degree programme, beginning in August 2010, will allow students to study journalism in both New York and Johannesburg, announced the Wits Department of Journalism and the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University on Wednesday 3 February 2010.
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SADC Media Awards 2010 launched

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:18:00 +0200

<>Collins Chabane, minister in the presidency in charge of performance monitoring and evaluation, and government spokesperson Themba Maseko last night, Thursday, 4 February 2010, made an impassioned plea to South African journalists to participate in the SADC Media Awards competition, saying it promotes regional integration and togetherness through excellent journalism.
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New moves at RamsayMedia

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:24:00 +0200

<>Neal Farrell has been appointed as publisher of RamsayMedia's custom publishing division, adding to his role as general manager of digital publishing.
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SABC: staff cuts on the horizon?

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:13:00 +0200

<>NEWSWATCH: A number of observers have commented in the past that SABC is overstaffed, and now the Minister of Communications has announced the report findings by the ministerial team he tasked last year with finding ways in which the SABC could cut its expenditure - and it may not be good news for some SABC and Sentech staff, as well, reports Times Live.
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COPE: Minister ‘eroded' SABC, ICASA independence

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:22:00 +0200

<>The Congress of the People has launched a scathing attack on communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda for ‘eroding' the independence of the public broadcaster and communications regulator ICASA.
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100 things for 2010

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:54:00 +0200

<>A special January 2010 edition of AdVantage, which focuses on what we can expect from 2010 across the media, marketing and advertising industry, includes the predicted 100 ‘things' that you should watch out for in 2010. JWT Johannesburg has collated this in collaboration with Ann Mack, its global trend expert.
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