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03 September 2010
How fake breasts, frivolity and generosity of pocket and spirit from Virginia Hollis, Michelle Meyjes, Bazil Lauryssen, Greg Stewart and Gary Rogers led to a double win for graduate students
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02 September 2010
RamsayMedia, M-Net, Thought24, Wedding Inspirations, 'The New Age' and Digitalmark
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02 September 2010
Top performing Media Owner Sales & Marketing teams and Media Agencies announced at the MOST Awards 2010
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27 August 2010
The SOS: Support Public Broadcasting Coalition welcomes the Board’s decision to suspend the SABC’s GCEO, Solly Mokoetle
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27 August 2010
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) today launched its latest report focused on children’s portrayal in the news media. The report showed that coverage of children has increased from 6.5% in 2003 to 11.4 % in 2010
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26 August 2010
Jacquie Myburgh Chemaly, The Sunflower Fund, DMMA, TVPlus, Salesgurucareers
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26 August 2010
South African Director/DOP Lee Doig (L) from Let It Rain Films, a commercials production company and Mike Yelseth (R) from the Johannesburg production facility, Time Frame, have worked extensively together on the Mark Burnett television production “Survivor”. Between the two cinematographers they have done 40 seasons of filming on “Survivor”.
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25 August 2010
The latest adspend figures for June 2010 have been released by AC Nielsen. The MediaShop takes a look at comparisons of media spend year on year across media types as well as the top spenders
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25 August 2010
In the midst of criticism of dodgy media doings, the SABC chair 'noted with regret false' reports about the suspension of Solly Mokoetle
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24 August 2010
The South African National Editors' Forum (Sanef) and the Press Gallery Association (PGA) welcome the decision by the Western Cape High Court to grant an interim interdict against the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications holding a hearing of a briefing by the SA Broadcasting Corporation behind closed doors. The hearing would have discussed the SABC’s “functionality”, its turnaround strategy for the broadcaster and the appointment of SABC Group chief executive Solly Mokoetle
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23 August 2010
The Faculty of Humanities at Wits University and the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) invite the media and the public to a debate on the ANC’s proposed Media Appeals Tribunal (MAT)
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23 August 2010
Organised by Nadine Gordimer and André P Brink, signitaries include: Zakes Mda, Abraham H de Vries, Chris Barnard, Breyten Breytenbach, Marlene van Niekerk, Zoë Wicomb, Damon Galgut, Mandla Langa, Etienne van Heerden, Hermann Giliomee, Fred Khumalo and Justice Malala
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23 August 2010
The SOS: Support Public Broadcasting Coalition Civil society welcomes Parliament’s intervention to rectify corporate governance breaches at the SABC
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23 August 2010
International media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders ranks South Africa's press as among the freest on the continent. Two proposed new measures are drawing unfavourable comparisons to repressive laws in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia.
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21 August 2010
As pressure mounts on Goverment to rethink their draconian media stance, Gavin O’Reilly, President, World Assoc of Newspapers and News Publishers adds his weight to calls for adherence to constitutional safeguards.
19 August 2010
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