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This popped into my inbox this afternoon. I know Jovan Regasek well and have big respect for the man, ITWeb and the other publications his company puts out. For those of you wondering, ITWeb survived full on through the dot.bomb crash and was one of the few online publications that ...

Ray Hartley -- the editor of the highly-anticipated new Sunday Times daily The Times -- has started a new blog that is tracking the newspaper's progress. On the blog he reveals pictures of the new title including the masthead, basic layout and discussion around some of the newspaper's plans. ...

From: "European papers optimistic on future -- with web's help" (Sent to me by M&G Online editor, Riaan Wolmarans.)...but European editors interviewed by the Associated Press appear strikingly optimistic about the future. They see the online media explosion more as an opportunity than as a threat, and express confidence they ...

Duncan Mcleod from the Financial Mail wrote this doom 'n gloom piece on the end of newspapers. It's actually one of the better pieces I've read on this rather emotive and fashionable subject.He says: "Newspapers are facing the greatest threat in their 400-year history. The rise of the Internet as ...

Magazines have not enjoyed the same high profile, runaway success of their newspaper counterparts in the online world....Magazines aren’t big online. Websites of print magazines have had a rather low profile in more than 10 years of internet in this country. Compare this to the high-profile online news brands that ...

Just noticed that the Telkom ICT Journalist of the year award now has a "Citizen Journalist" category, accepting entries from blogs or personal websites. There are nice prizes (overseas trip) and good dosh (40k) up for grabs. If the gyrating, glitter-laced dancers at the gala event are anything to go ...

Online advertising is not only about clicks, leads and acquisitions… branding is important too....There are a number of competing online advertising models on the net. By far the most dominant one used by online publishers is the Cost-per-Thousand (CPM) model. CPM is the closest online advertising gets to advertising in ...

The media world is undergoing profound change. We know the great catalyst for these changes has been the onward march of the digital age and the arrival of the internet.This changing mediascape is often incorrectly portrayed as a battlefield, with two main skirmishes on the go. In the first “battle”, ...

From NetsavvyWebsites that report on financial news and information were always going to crack it online. The web is the perfect medium for delivering up-to-the-minute financial news and data. Moreover, the LSM of the average business news reader matches that of the online reader: Both are high.The five biggest consumer-focused ...

It’s time to leave the dark ages. The traditional advertising and media industry needs to see the potential of online or get left behind. This sentiment comes from a survey conducted independently by respected technology analyst Arthur Goldstuck for the Online Publishers Association.   It finds that there is a general lack ...