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Malawi: NPL launches SMS facility

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:03:00 +0200

Nation Publications Limited (NPL) has launched a short message service (SMS) in order to reach out to its readers and advertisers.
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WAN, IFRA merge into global organisation

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:37:00 +0200

Effective 1 July 2009, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and INCA-FIEJ Research Association (IFRA), both international associations for print and digital news publishing, will merge into a new organisation; the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
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Call to enter Bastiat prizes for journalism, online journalism

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:19:00 +0200

The International Policy Network (IPN) announced Wednesday, 17 June 2009, that entries are open for its annual Bastiat Prize for Journalism, but that the deadline for entries is 30 June 2009.
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State-owned daily says sales on the mend

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:05:00 +0200

The state-controlled Zimbabwe Newspapers Group (Zimpapers) said circulation for its daily newspaper The Herald had recovered, going up from 8 000 copies sold daily last year to 30 000 copies since the economy was dollarized this year. However, group CEO, Justin Mutasa, said further increase in circulation depended on newsprint supplies from Mondi in South Africa.
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Global newspaper sales inch up

Fri, 29 May 2009 10:06:00 +0200

BARCELONA: Predictions that newspapers will vanish to make way for the Internet are wrong as global sales inched up in 2008, the head of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) said on Wednesday, 27 May 2009.
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State of media freedom in Zim discussed in CT

Wed, 20 May 2009 09:57:00 +0200

Wilf Mbanga, editor and publisher of The Zimbabwean, will be speaking on the UCT campus in Cape Town on Thursday, 21 May 2009, on the state of media freedom in Zimbabwe.
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2010 media training programme underway in Senegal

Fri, 15 May 2009 12:20:00 +0200

On Monday, 12 May 2009 sports journalists began a programme sponsored by FIFA to provide mid-career training to more than 300 reporters and photographers across Africa. The programme is part of FIFA's "Win in Africa with Africa" development programme.
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Positive forecast for African newspapers

Thu, 14 May 2009 11:24:00 +0200

On 11 May 1870, South Africa's oldest independent newspaper was first distributed with an editorial saying: “We merely ask you to accept it, read the advertisements, and then make large purchases.” Their soft demand has worked - 140 years later the paper is still printing and the future direction of the paper remains positive despite widespread calamity in the industry.
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NPL rebrands its three newspapers

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:39:00 +0200

The Nation Publications Limited (NPL) has rebranded The Nation on Sunday, Weekend Nation as well as their daily publication The Nation.
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2009 CNN Multichoice African Journalist finalists

Tue, 12 May 2009 16:10:00 +0200

The finalists in the 14th CNN MultiChoice African Journalist competition were announced on Tuesday, 12 May 2009, by Azubuike Ishiekwene, chair of the independent judging panel. The competition received 836 entries from 38 countries, including French- and Portuguese- speaking Africa.
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