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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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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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Design Indaba extends Superstars deadline, opens media registration

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:34:00 +0200

<>The search for 11 South Africans to represent our country creatively has been extended to 10 February 2010, and media registration is now open.
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Spa association now a media source

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:53:00 +0200

The South African Spa Association aims to assist the media wherever possible with its inquiries on statistics, comments on articles, editorial and lists of accredited spas.
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Cape papers in censorship row

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:04:00 +0200

<>NEWSWATCH: The Christian Action Network has accused Cape Town's two daily newspapers of censorship after the latter again allegedly refused to publish anti-abortion advertisements, reports IOL. And now for something completely different, and rather tweet… Yuppiechef.com spotted a tiny error in the Woolworths' digital Lovebird promotion - so it did a spot of kidnapping and will only release its captive if the retail chain meets its rand for rand in raising money for a charity called Soil for Life.
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FIFA accused of ‘bullying', dictatorial' tactics

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:15:00 +0200

<>Local journalists have accused world football governing body FIFA of acting as a bunch of ‘bullies' and ‘dictators' with a neo-colonialist mentality, following what analysts see as ‘unreasonable' media restrictions on the 2010 FIFA World Cup coverage. Meanwhile, the South African media accreditation deadline is being extended.
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Newspapers will survive the Internet, says Google exec

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:33:00 +0200

<>The print medium is not going to die and newspapers will continue to be a feature of the media landscape well into the future.
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