Stuart Lowe new RS&P MD Ramsay, Son & Parker announced the appointment of Stuart Lowe as MD this afternoon, Friday, 9 May 2008. He is to succeed Harold Eedes, who retires at the end of June 2008 after almost 40 years with the company. 9 May 2008 16:30
It's official. South Africa's fastest growing websites are powered by Preditor! - Prefix Technologies We received the most amazing news today. According to Nielsen Online, the official agency of the Online Publishers Association tasked to measure online traffic and usage, the fastest growing websites in South Africa belong to our client, Creamer Media. Further, all three are powered by Preditor, the enterprise CMS framework for the publishing industry from Prefix Technologies. 9 May 2008 10:24
New study on digital magazine and newspaper editions: growth, trends, and best practices CAMBRIDGE MA, US: The Gilbane Group announced the general release of Digital Magazine and Newspaper Editions: Growth, Trends, and Best Practices, a pioneering and comprehensive study of the growing market for digital editions of periodical publications, earlier this week. 9 May 2008 08:38
SA's No.1 award-winning magazine - Entrepreneur Magazine Entrepreneur, the number one selling business magazine in South Africa by issue at the newsstand, is also the country's top award-winning publication. 6 May 2008 16:21
World press pays tribute to colleagues [Issa Sikiti da Silva] A huge cloud of uncertainty, anxiety and fear hung on Saturday, 3 May 2008, the 18th World Press Freedom Day, as media practitioners and lobby groups across the globe paid a silent tribute to their imprisoned, missing and dead colleagues and decried the critical downturn of press freedom even in countries claiming to be liberally democratic. 5 May 2008 11:09
Worldwide polls supports press freedom, Internet access COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND, US: A new worldwide poll finds widespread support for freedom of the press and strong opposition to government restrictions on Internet access. Although most publics surveyed believe the media in their countries should have more freedom, those polled in Russia and many Muslim countries think their leaders should be able to regulate news coverage they consider politically destabilising. 5 May 2008 09:39
Afrikaans cooking mag goes quarterly Sarie Kos, Sarie's stand-alone food magazine, has become a permanent addition to the Sarie menu and will now be published quarterly. According to Barbara Joubert, those that enjoyed the first issue can look forward to more “honest soul food to complete any dinner table”. 30 Apr 2008 09:10
More awards for Sarie Sarie journalists have this year been awarded no less than three out of four ATKV-Mediaveertjies in the Magazine category for print media. Awarded by the Afrikaans Language & Cultural Society, the ATKV-Mediaveertjies honour great achievements in different areas of the Afrikaans media. 29 Apr 2008 08:50
The Big Issue increases frequency The Big Issue South Africa is increasing its frequency by changing its publishing cycle from monthly to every three weeks. The Big Issue, an independent magazine written and edited by journalists, but sold by street vendors as part of a larger job creation project, has a steadily growing circulation of 16 400 magazines per month, according to the last ABC audit in 2007. 23 Apr 2008 08:51
SALESGURU hits target... and then some - SALESGURU Publishing Here at SALESGURU Publishing we're having a blast. We recently celebrated our first ever on-shelf edition with a dashing Superman cover; followed it up with a jam-packed SALESGURU event featuring the great Gavin Sharples and Paul Naidoo (as well as our own sales guru, Mark Meyer); and now we've strung another victory onto our belts: we're going to Kansas City! 22 Apr 2008 11:06
Prefix relaunches Miningweekly.com to entrench leading mining news resource status - Prefix Technologies Prefix Technologies has relaunched MiningWeekly.com for Creamer Media with the latest version of Preditor - the CMS for publishers. It is a portal that is truly world-class in the experience it delivers to a hungry news audience. A complete redesign, enhanced multimedia offering and truly informed and up-to-the-minute content has been combined to put a strong stake in the ground as the world's top mining news resource. 22 Apr 2008 10:56
VISI honours SA artists VISI, the décor, design and architecture magazine published by New Media Publishing, celebrates art in its new Autumn issue. Explains editor Sumien Brink: “South African art has never received more of a cash injection. It's refreshing to see that our artists are getting the recognition they deserve.” 22 Apr 2008 07:18
Exciting new online men's magazine on the way - SA Men Why is it only women that have a decent variety of websites to browse through when they need information about health, sex issues, the latest make-up and fashion trends or where to find the perfect answer on how to land that stud-muffin they've always dreamed about? I think part of the answer is women care about other women, so they create these websites to inform and educate each other. 17 Apr 2008 09:38
Bullard builds an Empire [Louise Marsland] Popular culture and media magazine Empire, from the Maverick business magazine stable, will continue running columns by David Bullard, Empire joint editor Phillip de Wet confirmed yesterday, 15 April. 16 Apr 2008 08:45