by Franz Kruger | Jul 24, 2009 | Media business
More than 170 employees of Paarl Print, whose factory burnt down in a fire that killed 13 workers, have been retrenched, according to a report on iol.co.za. Paarl Web spokeswoman Nelia Burger said the retrenchments were part of a restructuring process that saw 194...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 23, 2009 | Media business
Lotus FM employees demonstrated in Durban yesterday against the SABC’s refusal to heed their call to fire their station manager, writes Teneshia Naidoo in The Times. The radio station, which broadcasts nationally to the Indian community, has been...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 20, 2009 | Media business
Several Kenyan media players are broadening their reach beyond the Nairobi market, with print and broadcast products going national, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za. Radio Africa's Nairobi Star is going national under a new banner, The Star. The first...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 19, 2009 | Media business
The former US TV news anchor Walter Cronkite, known to millions as "the most trusted man in America", has died at the age of 92, according to a report on the BBC's website. An executive for CBS News said Mr Cronkite died at his New York home with his...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 19, 2009 | Media business
Buyers are circling around pillars of South African media such as The Star, the Cape Argus, The Mercury and The Sunday Independent, writes Lynley Donnelly in the Mail & Guardian. The financial plight of the overseas parent of these newspapers, the Independent News...
by Franz Kruger | Jul 17, 2009 | Media business
The staff of Lotus FM are meeting station management at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on Thursday in a bid to remove their station manager, according to a report on iol.co.za. President of the Broadcasting, Electronic, Media and...
