GRASSROOTS MEDIA Association of Independent Publishers’ joint venture with Google invests R114m to save local journalism 5 min 0 By Lisakanya Venna
ON THE DOT(TED) LINE Competition Commission rubber-stamps Media24 sale to Novus 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
STOP PRESS Independent Media jobs on the line as company embarks on ‘further restructuring’ 2 min 4 By Neesa Moodley
NEWSPAPER CLOSURES Media24 shutdowns — digital to retain 66 journos, but 334 jobs still on the line 4 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
PAPER TRAIL Media24 open to offers for Beeld, shuts door on Capital Newspapers/Caxton buying distribution operation 3 min 0 By Neesa Moodley
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES OP-ED Solly Malatsi inherits a communications ministry stuck in the past century 5 min 1 By William Bird
PRINT NEWS GLOOM Media24 to phase out City Press, Beeld, Daily Sun and Rapport newspapers, say reports 3 min 3 By Neesa Moodley
South Africa Op-Ed: Riot Porn and other problems with political debate in South Africa today 5 min 0 By Jane Duncan
Business Maverick Take that, Bell Pottinger: Guptas’ PR firm given UK’s harshest industry smackdown 5 min 0 By Rebecca Davis
South Africa Tencent, WeChat and Chinese censorship: Does Naspers have a free speech problem? 5 min 0 By Simon Allison
