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Modise's LOC days numbered?

NEWSWATCH: Industry sources have told the Mail & Guardian that Tim Modise's stint on the 2010 LOC is coming to an end soon, whether it be by his resigning or being fired.

By Simone Puterman

14 Mar 2008

Meanwhile, SANEF earlier this week said that while South Africa has press freedom, this under threat from “actions by government officials, the private sector, political parties and some institutions”, reports IOL.

The Times Online became the first major media company to partner with Google on site search when it went live on Wednesday night, 12 March 2008, with its customised Google Search installation instead of the Search24 engine, blogs Colin Daniels, publisher of The Times Online.

For more:

Mail & Guardian Online: Modise 'out of his depth at the LOC'
IOL: Media should never be muzzled, say editors
ColinDaniels.com: Times/Google Search goes live

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.