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A report from the 80s. Really funny.

Did this interview Gareth Richards from Mags Magazine on online media...1 Can you give me your views on how important your online presence is to the newspaper? Has it grown more quickly/slowly than the paper version?At the Mail & Guardian we are in the fortunate position where both our newspaper ...

Francois Nel from the For the Media blog pointed me towards his blog recently (pretty good, I must say). This post in particular caught my eye. He broadly examines why online newspapers in South Africa are not cracking it, compared to their world counterparts.For Francois -- it's down to leadership:It ...

Ok play is over. Need to do some business here. Conference is tomorrow where I'll be chatting about online journalism vs traditional journalism.This is often how today's changing media world is portrayed:1. online journ VS print journ; online newspapers VS newspapers ; ...

When Gutenberg invented the printing press, he freed the publishers. But when the World Wide Web was pioneered by Tim Berners-Lee, it was said that the readers were now freed. The age of the internet has given unprecedented power to the reader by creating one of the most democratic and ...

On Google’s news page recently, Matthew Buckland saw the name of East London’s Dispatch Online above some world famous brands. But could they cash in on it?The other day I saw a story from East London’s Daily Dispatch website, Dispatch Online, highlighted on Google’s news site. It was up ...

Let's start with the good news. We have a Convergence Bill. It has good intentions. It aims to promote the growth, diversity and the liberalisation of the communications industry. It aims to promote much-needed black empowerment in the sector. And it is generally an admirable attempt by government to ensure ...