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Sunday Times returns records, goes to court

NEWSWATCH:The Times this morning, Friday, 17 August 2007, writes that, according to a report in The Star, although the Sunday Times yesterday returned its copy of Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang's medical records, it's showdown in court this morning as the minister prepares to sue the newspaper in her personal capacity.

By Simone Puterman

17 Aug 2007

For more:

The Times: Manto in court over medical records
IOL: Newspaper hands over copy of Manto's records

ABC reports

Meanwhile, Business Day reports that ABC deputy president Gordon Patterson yesterday said that the honeymoon is over for print media as “[n]ewspaper and magazine circulation continues to show steady signs of decline, according to second-quarter Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) figures released yesterday.” For more, click here.

There is also a newly released study from Harvard University's Shorenstein Centre on the Press, Politics and Public Policy which reports that "[n]ews audiences are ditching television and newspapers and using the Internet as their main source of information, in a trend that could eventually see the demise of local papers," according to IOL Technology. For more, click here.

Simone Puterman

About Simone Puterman

Simone Puterman (@SimoneAtLarge) is currently editor-at-large at Marklives.com and deputy chair of the Sanef online editors subcommittee. After majoring in psychology and linguistics at Rhodes University, and then completing her honours in psychology, she has been in the world of B2B publishing since 1997, with 7.5 year stints at both WriteStuff Publishing and Bizcommunity.com (March 2006-August 2013). Email her at moc.sevilkram@enomis.