"My heart bleeds for the editors"

BREAKING NEWS: In summary, Hein Brand, Media24 group MD said: “The irregularities are as a result of collusion amongst a few dishonest individuals which went undetected by the internal and external audits. Media24 is horrified and appalled that irregularities regarding circulation figures took place in two of our 12 magazine divisions. “My heart bleeds for editors, particularly during the process. I'm very very happy to say that no editorial staff or editors have been involved in the illegal process… we are grateful to the ABC for picking up the irregularities… that's the really brutal story of these irregularities.”

By Louise Marsland

3 Oct 2007

• Louise Marsland reporting live from Media24 press conference – see blog.bizcommunity.com for further details.

For more:

Media24: now the PR really starts [article]
[No Comment] ‘Mayhem at Media Park' [blog]
Is Media24 the only culprit? [article]
Media24: profit and performance pressure cooker [article]
ABC routine audit checks on all publishers [article]
Zoopy interviews Hein Brand, Steven Powell and Di Paice [blog]
Thursday's Media24 press conf in CT [Zoopy videos] [blog]
Potential criminal charges in Media24 scandal [article]
How did it all go wrong at Media24? [article]
Touchline MD faces disciplinary action [article]
"My heart bleeds for the editors" [article]
Touchline Media lied about circulation figures [article]
Notes on a scandal [article]
Wednesday is D-Day for Media24 [blog]
Media24: media agencies take up the fight [article]
Are the Picas at risk? [blog]
Touchline under scrutiny [snippet]
Media24 staff responsible for circulation irregularities [article]
Media24 restates certain ABC figures [article]
Patricia Scholtemeyer honoured for job creation [article]
Scholtemeyer, Lowe Morna: Vodacom Women in The Media finalists [article]
Video coverage on the Thursday, 4 October 2007, Media24 press conference in Cape Town:
- Zoopy interviews Hein Brand, Steven Powell and Di Paice [blog]
- Thursday's Media24 press conf in CT [Zoopy videos] [blog]
Breaking news blog for coverage of the Wednesday, 3 October 2007, Media24 press conference in Johannesburg: http://blog.bizcommunity.com [blog]

Louise Burgers

About Louise Marsland

Louise Burgers (previously Marsland) is Founder/Content Director: SOURCE Content Marketing Agency. Louise is a Writer, Publisher, Editor, Content Strategist, Content/Media Trainer. She has written about consumer trends, brands, branding, media, marketing and the advertising communications industry in SA and across Africa, for over 20 years, notably, as previous Africa Editor: Bizcommunity.com; Editor: Bizcommunity Media/Marketing SA; Editor-in-Chief: AdVantage magazine; Editor: Marketing Mix magazine; Editor: Progressive Retailing magazine; Editor: BusinessBrief magazine; Editor: FMCG Files newsletter. Web: www.sourceagency.co.za.