Transnet takes Sunday Times to press ombudsmanTransnet last night, Thursday, 4 September 2008, lodged a formal complaint with the press ombudsman against the
Sunday Times, following the failure by the paper to retract its “false, misleading, malicious and defamatory lead” under the headline “Transnet Sold our Sea to Foreigners”, the company announced in a press statement today, Friday 5 September. 5 Sep 2008 09:19
2008 Corporate Publication Competition winners
Two titles shared top spot as best corporate publication 2008 at the SA Publication Forum's Corporate Publication Competition's award ceremony held in Midrand last. The two - Contact, staff newspaper of the City of Cape and Sandaba, Sanlam's staff newspaper - also shared top honours for the best corporate newspaper. Mary Willemse of Toyota was named Editor-of-the-Year. 2 Sep 2008 08:59
2008 Sanlam SA Fashion Journalism winners
Tamara Rothbart has scooped the second Sanlam SA Fashion Journalism Awards once again in the writing category. The event was held to coincide with the annual Sanlam SA Fashion Week in Johannesburg on Friday, 29 August 2008. 1 Sep 2008 09:45
M&G Media resumes control of M&G Online
NEWSWATCH: M&G Media's “long-awaited” acquisition of the Mail & Guardian Online from MWeb, which has owned a stake since 1995, was finalised yesterday, Thursday, 28 August 2008, the online news site has announced triumphantly, saying that it's a “major strike” for its independence and that it “will ensure that we own our future”. 29 Aug 2008 10:58
Avusa exec new president of Print Media SA
Prakash Desai, group CEO of Avusa, has been elected president of Print Media South Africa, the organisation announced yesterday, Thursday, 28 August 2008. The body represents publishers of newspapers and magazines in South Africa and its constituent association, the Newspaper Association of South Africa (NASA). 29 Aug 2008 09:52
Countdown to Highway Africa 2008
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] This year, more than 700 journalists from over 40 African countries are expected to attend the 12th edition of Highway Africa - the world's biggest gathering for African journalists - which will take place on 8 - 10 September 2008 in Grahamstown, near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, Prof Guy Berger, head of Rhodes University's School of Journalism, told the media yesterday, Wednesday, 27 August 2008, during the event launch at the SABC headquarters in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 28 Aug 2008 09:51
Buckland to speak at World Digital Publishing Conference
Matthew Buckland, the new 24.com GM of online publishing and social media, will be speaking at the World Association of Newspapers (WAN)'s third World Digital Publishing Conference in Amsterdam, 16 - 17 October 2008. This event will run consecutively with the 11th Readership Conference at the same venue. 27 Aug 2008 09:00
Boss of troubled Muvhango owes taxman
NEWSWATCH: The creator of SABC2 daily soapie Muvhango, Duma ka Ndlovu, is apparently on the taxman's wanted list, reports the Sowetan Online. Meanwhile, Print Media SA is instructing its 700+ magazine and newspaper members to not accept any advertising from the City of Tshwane metro council, according to IOL. 27 Aug 2008 08:31
Transnet to sue Sunday Times?
Yesterday afternoon, Monday, 25 August 2008, Transnet responded to the Sunday Times headline article, “Transnet sold our sea to foreigners”, published on Sunday 24 August, with a presentation to the press. Here is the complete press statement and presentation, in which Transnet contends that the article is “irresponsible and defamatory” and that it is “demanding an unconditional retraction of the article from the Sunday Times whilst reserving our right to take further action”. It is also considering legal action. 26 Aug 2008 09:32
Healthy first ABC figure for Isolezwe ngeSonto - Independent Newspapers KZN
Launched on March 30, 2008, this Sunday Zulu newspaper from the Independent Newspapers KZN stable has produced good results in its first ABC quarter audit. 22 Aug 2008 13:40
Mixed fortunes for newspapers, mags - ABC Q2
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Despite unpredictable factors such as a depressed economy, rising transportation costs by almost 40%, increasing paper prices and labour costs that impact negatively on print media operations, some newspapers showed remarkable signs of recovery and holding steady in terms of circulation, while most magazines' circulations have scored systematic declining trends, according to the second quarter results released today, Thursday, 21 August 2008, in Rosebank, Johannesburg, by the Audit Bureau of Circulations of SA (ABC). 21 Aug 2008 14:58
Investigating Zululand's viability as a shopping destination
How economically viable are the outlying regions of Richard's Bay and Empangeni in Zululand? The Newspaper Advertising Bureau (NAB) commissioned Freshly Ground Insights (FGI) to take a look at grocery shoppers in Zululand's eSikhawini, Ngwelezane, Nseleni and Macekane and found that they all travel to the centres to shop - most often to Sanlam Centre in Empangeni. The study also found that Spar is the number one grocery store for these shoppers. 19 Aug 2008 13:00
MMP to appeal over ombudsman's Daily Sun ruling
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Disappointed and disgruntled by the press ombudsman's failure to ‘punish' the Daily Sun newspaper for its so-called ‘xenophobic' reporting, Media Monitoring Project (MMP) executive director William Bird told Bizcommunity.com on the weekend that his organisation will lodge a formal appeal early this week to the Press Appeal Panel, chaired by Judge Ralph Zulman. 18 Aug 2008 09:50
Independent Newspapers goes national with Verve
[Tshepiso Seopa] On Tuesday, 19 August 2008, The Star newspaper will be going national with an upgraded version of its lifestyle section Verve. Printed on a high quality Envapost paper, the new tabloid supplement Verve Magazine will be available every last Tuesday of the month on a monthly basis and will be inserted into The Star's sister publications Pretoria News, Cape Argus and The Daily News in Kwazulu-Natal. 14 Aug 2008 09:20
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