Newsroom Summit: change is an opportunity for quality journalism
From using Twitter to gather information and report it, to raising funds from foundations for serious reporting projects, hiring researchers and academics to analyse big data, engaging with audiences through social media and re-organising and integrating newsrooms, the annual global Newsroom Summit examined major trends facing editors-in-chief today. Click to continue
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Caxton boosts presence in burgeoning KwaZulu-Natal community market
Caxton has launched the Eyethu Zululand newspaper as a replacement for the discontinued Eshowe Watch. This forms part of a strategic realignment of the Caxton group’s newspapers in the region, underpinned by solid research and bolstered by the phenomenal growth in commercial activity in the area, with four shopping centres and two bus ranks having opened during the last two years. Click to continue
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World’s press condemns latest journalist murder in Honduras
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors' Forum have condemned the murder of Alfredo Villatoro, one of the most influential and widely respected journalists in Honduras, and have called on President Porfirio Lobo to ensure that the murderers are quickly brought to justice. Click to continue
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NAB ROOTS 2013 research swells in size
The latest round of ROOTS 2013 research went into the field in March. The study, which is the only one of its kind in the country, is commissioned by Caxton Printers & Publishers every three years and is conducted by TNS Research Surveys. Click to continue
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Power to the Pixel announces four major prizes to champion cross-media talent
Four major prizes to celebrate the best in international cross-media production will be awarded at The Pixel Market 2012 in London in October. The ARTE Pixel Pitch Prize, an award of £6 000 sponsored by the French broadcaster, will be awarded for the third year running, while three new prizes will be awarded for the first time. Click to continue
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 | CNBC Africa celebrates five years of excellence in continental business broadcasting
Pan-African financial and business channel CNBC Africa will celebrate its fifth anniversary on 1 June. Click to continue
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EMS names CNN as top news provider
CNN has achieved a record score in the latest EMS 2012 research, adding more weekly and monthly viewers across Europe than any other news broadcaster and achieving the best ever score for any news network in monthly reach, with 36.9% (18-million viewers). Overall, CNN is also the top multi-platform news provider, with 47% monthly combined reach across TV, mobile and online. Click to continue
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Emirates to sponsor Collaboration Culture on BBC World News
BBC World News has announced that a new seven-part series titled Collaboration Culture will be produced by Zodiak Active and will broadcast across its TV, online and mobile platforms from 30 June. The series will be sponsored by Emirates. Click to continue
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BBC World News achieves major distribution milestone
New figures show that BBC World News has burst through the 300-million distribution mark, increasing the number of households it broadcasts to by more than 40-million over the past year. Click to continue
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Sunday Times editor issues statement on controversial 2011 article
Ray Hartley, editor of the Sunday Times, has issued the following statement: "A document submitted as part of the ... application to have controversial police official Richard Mdluli removed from office has included the unsubstantiated allegation that a story was published in the Sunday Times of 23 October 2011 by 'journalists paid by CI', with the apparent purpose of diverting attention away from police officers who were under suspicion" ... Click to continue
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The Times keeps the good times rolling
The Times, one of South Africa’s youngest daily newspapers, has seen double digit growth in the first quarter of this year. The latest audited results released by the Audit Bureau for Circulation (ABC) for the period January to March 2012 reveal that single copy sales of The Times have grown by 30.2%, from 35 974 to 46 832 (10 858 copies) compared to the same period last year. Click to continue
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Move! magazine is top of the charts for black South African women
Move! magazine, the weekly title published by Media24, now boasts the largest circulation among magazines targeted at the country’s black female audience. It has a shown a steady growth in circulation of 5% in the last quarter, achieving an audited copy sales figure of 144 077 per issue, putting it in third place among the country’s weekly publications. Click to continue
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Real magazine sees 25% growth in circulation
Real magazine, the women’s glossy magazine published by Media24, has seen 25% growth in circulation from the fourth quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2012. The magazine’s circulation for the quarter sits at 63 907 copies sold, as confirmed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations in its quarterly circulation announcement released today. Click to continue
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 | New Media announces Eat Out and Eat In brand merger
New Media has announced that it will be merging its two brands, Eat Out and Eat In, in June. This inclusive, all-encompassing brand will be called Eat Out and will incorporate specific elements of Eat In. Click to continue
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AutoWeek asks, 'So who is Pastor Maldonaldo?'
The latest edition of AutoWeek is a bumper issue with news, road tests and first drives to satisfy all tastes and pockets, and the lastest action and results from both international and local motor sport. Click to continue
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 | SABC1’s Live Talent Search 2012 discovers youth talent
SABC1’s Live Talent Search 2012 came to a finish with 23-year-old PE-born Luthando Shosha being declared the overall winner and the newest face to grace the Mzansi Fo Sho screens. Click to continue
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 | Winning with Winnie and Skeem Saam
Winnie Serite is creator and producer of Skeem Saam, SABC Education’s youth drama that was received with great reviews by critics and viewers in 2011. SABC Education has announced that the series has exceeded all targets set by SABC1, coming second best in terms of audience share and revenue targets, and so it will be re-commissioning the show for another season. Click to continue
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 | Fourth season of 'Til Death coming to SABC3
In the new season of ‘Til Death, which will begin airing on SABC3 on 28 May at 21:00, Eddie and Joy are about to find that even though they have survived everything life has thrown at them over 23 years of marriage, some of their biggest challenges are still looming on the horizon. Click to continue
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|  | Bar-One Manhunt returns to SABC3
After a nationwide search and exciting auditions held at Gateway in Durban, The Mall of Rosebank in Johannesburg and the Waterfront in Cape Town, the Bar-One Manhunt reality TV series, the richest in Africa, burst onto SABC3 again on Thursday, 17 May at 20:00. Click to continue
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 | Second season of Dr Oz launches in South Africa on 28 May
Dr Oz finds himself in the unfamiliar role of patient when The Dr Oz Show returns for its second season on Monday, 28 May. As part of the second season premiere, the Emmy Award-winning host undergoes a colonoscopy to emphasise the critical role they can play in detecting and preventing colon cancer. Click to continue
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Big Brother Africa contestants getting fit with new exercise tools
Big Brother Africa contestants are getting into shape using new sporting tools, the Flexi-Bar and XCO-Trainer. Both tools, available exclusively from Flexi-Sports South Africa, contribute to rapid weight-loss and fitness in half the time of a regular gym work-out. Click to continue
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Idols will sing for votes in Soweto
South Africa’s biggest television talent show is making history again. The first three stage shows of Idols SA, which is a co-production between M-Net and Mzansi Magic this season, will take place at the newly built Soweto Theatre in Jabulani, Soweto in July. Click to continue
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Channel O celebrates Africa Day for the week
Friday, 25 May is Africa Day and there’s no better place to celebrate the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union) than on the Original.African channel. This year, Channel O is going gold for the day and is sharing a double dose of Original African stories throughout the week at 9:00 and 17:00. Click to continue
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 | Channel O broadcasts the 2012 Billboard Music Awards
Channel O secured the rights to broadcast the 2012 Billboard Music Awards live. The first-ever live African screening of this annual industry event took place on Monday, 21 May at 2:00 with a repeat broadcast on Vuzu at 20:30. Click to continue
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 | The Reps reunion is a South African TV first for Vuzu
Vuzu is about breaking boundaries. In a South African television first, Running with the Reps fans got to view a reunion show on Wednesday, 23 May at 19:30. Click to continue
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Move! editor co-hosts popular afternoon drive show
Thandi Gweba, editor of weekly magazine Move!, co-hosted Umhlobo Wenene’s afternoon drive show with DJ Amaze on Friday, 18 May. The show, which also forms part of Umhlobo Wenene’s 52nd birthday celebrations, is dedicated to profiling celebrities from different professions. Click to continue
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Accelerate your digital world with Acceleration’s Digital Ignition Symposium
South African digital marketers and publishing executives are invited to participate in Acceleration’s inaugural Digital Ignition Symposium in June. The event, to be held in the Cape Winelands, features presentations by some of the world’s leading digital thinkers, with participation confirmed from local and international speakers, including Google and Adobe. Click to continue
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 | MindMap-SA's ninth issue looks at voices of change
In the ninth issue of MindMap-SA, the magazine showcases art and artists that have moved beyond default living towards creating more socially conscious pieces of work and being voices for change. Click to continue
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 | Top performance news on Cars in Action Online
In the latest Cars in Action Online newsletter, the Renault Megane RS touches down in South Africa, BMW reveals hot M135i and Aston Martin reveals new information on the ultimate version of its DBS. Click to continue
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Adobe study reveals tablet traffic has grown 10 times faster than smartphone traffic
Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced findings from its most recent Adobe® Digital Index report examining how global website traffic and engagement differ when the visitor is on a tablet, smartphone or personal computer (PC). Click to continue
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Start a heart with your iPad
Are you prepared to provide life-saving Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in the event of sudden cardiac arrest? The Philips Heartstart iPad app will guide you through the steps required to help save a life. Click to continue
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 | OLX launches iPad app for classifieds
OLX, one of the world’s fastest growing online classified platforms, has extended its online presence in South Africa with the launch of South Africa’s first classifieds app for the iPad, enabling consumers to advertise and buy or sell almost anything in one place, from the convenience of their iPad or mobile phone. Click to continue
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 | O and Dentyne 'Good Choices' launch with app and event
O, The Oprah Magazine and Dentyne’s 'Good Choices' campaign has officially kicked off this month with a new online application, reader competition and upcoming event hosted by O magazine contributor and life coach, Martha Beck. Click to continue
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A social revolution for Yellow Pages
As part the Yellow Pages product range, 10118, The Talking Yellow Pages, is revolutionising the way its users interact with the brand. Having access to Yellow Pages information on any platform is becoming a reality with the launch of the Yellow Pages Live Facebook Chat Application based on the JamiiX platform and MXit ClickFind chat solution. Click to continue
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 | Daily Maverick launches new website
The Daily Maverick has launched its new website. Following international trends in web design, the improved site’s clear layout and fonts offer an enhanced visual and news reading experience for Daily Maverick aficionados as well as those newly won over. Click to continue
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Sanlam launches consumer-friendly unit trust website
Sanlam has launched a new unit trust website that educates investors via an infographic and easy-to-follow content. The new site can be accessed at www.sanlamunittrusts.co.za, where visitors can view the infographic online. Click to continue
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| Stalwarts compete for Women in Media Decade Award
Ferial Haffajee, Terry Volkwyn and Esmare Weideman have been chosen as finalists in the 1st for Women Insurance Brokers’ Women in The Media Awards 2012. Shortlisted out of 41 women in media, they will vie for the Media Woman of the Decade Award, established to mark the tenth anniversary of the awards. Click to continue
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Die Burger's Pendoring sponsorship proves its passion about Afrikaans
Die Burger, Media24’s oldest publication, and Pendoring, the cool 18-year-old of the advertising industry, are walking the Afrikaans road together. “The two are like peas in a pod,” says Willem Pretorius, senior assistant editor of Die Burger, about the paper’s decision to once again support the Pendoring campaign with a gold sponsorship this year. Click to continue
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