by Franz Kruger | Oct 26, 2009 | Media business
SLAIN TV journalist Shadi Rapitso had arranged for a psychologist to visit the man so obsessed with her that he allegedly killed her on Friday after she had continued to turn down his advances, writes Fred Kockott in the Sunday Tribune. Gauteng police Superintendent...
by Franz Kruger | Oct 26, 2009 | Media business
A CONTROVERSIAL SABC regional editor could face fraud charges for allegedly falsifying his qualifications, writes Siyabonga Mkhwanazi in the Saturday Star. The Broadcast, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers Union (Bemawu) said yesterday it would file criminal charges...
by Franz Kruger | Sep 29, 2009 | Media business
WELL-KNOWN minister, writer, poet and former editor of Sarie and Rapport, Izak de Villiers, 73, died early on Sunday morning at his home in Johannesburg, writes Alicestine october on news24.com. His wife, Rina, said he had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease...
by Franz Kruger | Sep 28, 2009 | Media business
RWANDA has received US$ 2m to develop the capacity of the local media, under the Rwanda Media Strengthening Programme (RMSP) from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Journalists requested that a larger percent of the funds be injected into strengthening the...
by Franz Kruger | Sep 22, 2009 | Media business
US President Barack Obama is worried about the state of US journalism and will consider tax breaks for newspapers that restructure as non-profit businesses, according to a report on Times Live. He said he believes that good journalism is "critical to the health...
by Franz Kruger | Sep 14, 2009 | Media business
A SOUTH African consortium of three empowerment groups will know in three weeks' time whether it can buy the local operations of the struggling media giant Independent News & Media (INM), writes Simpiwe Piliso in Business Times. Businessman Barend Hendricks,...
