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Traditional Press
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Red-Blooded Murdoch Eyeing The LA Times And Chicago Tribune
22 Oct 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 1 Comment
It looks like Rupert Murdoch might be keen to expand his media empire yet again. Reports have indicated that the old man is now after the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.
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The Citizen Fires Journalist Who Called Them Out On Doctored Photo
28 Sep 2012 by Steyn du Toit / 1 Comment
Last week, we reported on a picture that appeared on The Citizen’s front page. It was an image of the recent suicide attack in Kabul. Shortly after the paper came out, Johann “Slang” Hattingh alerted the rest of us to the fact that the image was actually Photoshopped – leading to questions regarding the ethics of the journalism.
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Did The Citizen Newspaper Lose Credibility Over Image Manipulation? [WARNING: Graphic Image]
20 Sep 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 10 Comments
WARNING: Graphic content. Yesterday morning, the Citizen newspaper decided to run a front page image of the bomb blast that killed eight South Africans in Afghanistan, but they manipulated the image. The image depicted above is the image that the Citizen ran on their front page. However, the image had been digitally manipulated, despite concerns [...]
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Surprise Surprise, Daily Newspaper Circulation Is Down Again
24 Aug 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 1 Comment
But it’s not that bad. South African daily newspaper circulation has been declining by roughly five per cent year on year since 2008, and the second quarter of 2012 has proven this is still happening, but not as badly as some may have thought. There have been a few publications that have bucked the trend.
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Independent Newspapers Bosses Sue Noseweek
08 Aug 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 2 Comments
It emerged overnight that three Independent Newspapers executives will sue Noseweek in the Western Cape High Court, claiming a collective R1 million for defamation.
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Multi-Billion Rand Bid To Buy Independent Newspapers Is R1 Million Too Much
07 Aug 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
The Sekunjalo Consortium has made a multi-billion rand bid to buy Independent Newspapers, but they might want to knock off R1 million from that bid for the “kickback” Independent took from Auction Alliance last year.
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Business Day Goes Mobile
03 Aug 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
On the back of yet more rumoured newspaper circulation figure declines in 2012, South Africa’s leading business and financial publication, Business Day, has today launched an aggressive online strategy.
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Charged: Rebekah Brooks And Andy Coulson
24 Jul 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 1 Comment
Rebekah Brooks and former Downing Street spin doctor, Andy Coulson, are among eight people who have finally been officially charged in relation to phone hacking, the British Crown Prosecution Service has today confirmed.
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Independent Newspapers Wish “Neslon” Happy Birthday
18 Jul 2012 by silverstreak / No Comments
If there is one typo you never, ever want to make, it’s typing Nelson Mandela’s name incorrectly. On his birthday. What makes this more than astounding, is that the production of a banner like that typically goes from copywriter, to designer, to management sign-off, to campaign management, and then it would go live. And not a single [...]
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The Great Auction Alliance And Independent Newspapers Kickback Debate
13 Jul 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 1 Comment
The debate over whether Independent Newspapers took a money-received “discount” from Auction Alliance as part of a property auction last year left the media as quickly as it entered it.
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Independent Newspapers Up For Sale?
12 Jul 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
Independent News and Media, the country’s largest newspaper group, may be up for sale. Of course, the first question that gets raised when these kind of things happen, which they don’t really, is are there politically connected buyers lining up to bid for the group?
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EXCLUSIVE: Yesterday’s Nando’s Advert
11 Jun 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
Yesterday, Nando’s made a decision to hit back at our nation’s broadcasters. They published a summary of their pro-diversity advert in the Sunday papers in response to the SABC, DSTV, M-Net and e.tv banning the advert.
They say: “They’ve made the decision for you. Unlike our broadcasters, we’re giving you the right to choose.”
That’s how we feel too, because nobody should treat you like a child.
Click through to enjoy the ad in all its glory.
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Julius Malema Buys City Press, Writes Excellent Column
28 May 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 7 Comments
It’s not often Juju gets good press. In fact, we couldn’t really remember the last time it happened. But, we’re going to give him the benefit of the doubt that he wrote this all himself now that he is well into his BA degree in communications through Unisa. Yesterday, Malema touched on some very important notions in a column for the City Press; notions that Nelson Mandela raised as critical 18 years ago.
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Updated: Rebekah Brooks And Five Others Charged Over Hacking Scandal
15 May 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
Earlier we reported that Rebekah Brooks, the ex-News of the World editor, and her husband, Charlie Brooks, had been charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Another four people have also been charged. Rebekah and her husband have come out fighting however, and have called the charges “weak and unjust”.
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BREAKING: Rebekah Brooks Charged Over Hacking Scandal
15 May 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 1 Comment
News has just emerged that Former News Of The World editor, Rebekah Brooks, and her racehorse trainer husband Charlie Brooks, have been charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to the phone-hacking scandal.
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Shifting Mdluli Simply Not Good Enough
10 May 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
Politicians reacted angrily at the decision to move Lieutenant-General Richard Mdluli out of his crime intelligence position yesterday. A collective feeling amongst opposition parties was that this was simply not good enough, and that Mdluli should be suspended again.
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EXCLUSIVE: 2oceansVibe Speaks To Racist ‘Model’ Tshidi Thamana’s Ex-Agent
08 May 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 1 Comment
By now, many people within South Africa’s news-following public are familiar with the recent burst of racism that took place on South Africa’s twittersphere involving a model and a “model”. Mistakes were made, but the backlash and long-term effects from a social and mainstream media clamouring may have devastating consequences on the individuals involved. Things begin to go pearshaped when the media is inaccurate with information that disperses frantically when a news story of this nature breaks.
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Nobel Prize Winner Nadine Gordimer Says Scrap Info Bill “In Its Entirety”
03 May 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
On World Press Freedom Day, the highly acclaimed writer, and Nobel Prize winner for literature, Nadine Gordimer, called for the Protection of Information Bill to be “rejected in its entirety.” She launched the scathing rebuttal in an article entitled, “South Africa: The New Threat to Freedom”, on the New York Review of Books website.
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James And Rupert Murdoch Back In The Dock
24 Apr 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
Both James and Rupert Murdoch are due to give new evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, starting today. James will appear first, followed by his father, tomorrow. The inquiry will now focus on the relationship between the press and politicians.
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UK Paperback Sales Drop 25% Year-On-Year
12 Apr 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
It was only going to be a matter of time before we started seeing the real impact of e-readers on paperback sales. On top of the figure quoted in the headline above, industry analysts, Nielsen BookScan, say that overall, total book sales are down by 11 per cent, according to their latest figures.
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Ex-Goldman Exec, Greg Smith, Secures $1,5 Million Deal To Write Book
30 Mar 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
Greg has done it. He is now earning more than he would have been earning if he hadn’t exposed the rotten core of ethical detachment at Goldman Sachs. There was a bidding war for the rights to publish Greg’s memoir, and a division of the Hachette Book Group, Grand Central, outbid Penguin to get them.
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Have You Seen The New Cape Argus?
20 Mar 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / 1 Comment
On March 9 2012, the Cape Argus officially changed its format and added a morning edition. The broadsheet is now only available in a size at about half of what it used to be, and the layout has been given a visually stimulating modernisation. We caught up with executive editor, Gasant Abarder, to find out more.
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Zimbabwe Bans Foreign Papers
03 Feb 2012 by Matt McDonald / No Comments
Think our South African Protection of Information Bill is scary? It’s nothing on Zimbabwe’s media commission, which has announced that it will actively ban foreign newspapers and magazines henceforth.
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News International: We Were Hacking Email Too
20 Jan 2012 by Bearded Wiseman / No Comments
Obviously. The credibility of Rupert Murdoch’s News International has been thrown into further disarray as the media giant finally admitted in the High Court that it had also illegally been accessing emails. This follows the emergence of some 36 hacking settlements yesterday.
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