Newspaper owner to testify against Media24
Owner who claims Media24 engaged in predatory pricing that forced him to close his doors will take the stand before Competition TribunalMedia24 ‘tried to keep Gold-Net News from growing market share’
Tribunal hears how Media24 tried to grow market shares and profits of its community newspapers in Free State
Opinion
Ads prohibition drives one to drink
David Gleason
Once the government thinks it can interfere in people’s lives by banning things, the next easy step is to prohibit alcohol altogether
Money was motivation to help Media 24, says manager
Former Media24 senior manager Wian Bonthuyzen says while he had been willing to assist his former employer prepare for the case before the Competition Tribunal in return for money
Thinking like Africans in ‘Little Soweto’ on the streets of Beijing
There’s not exactly a riot in the streets of Beijing to get one’s hands on the latest edition of the People’s DailySA insurers missing a trick, says Google
Hail warnings in Joburg prompted a flurry of online searches last week, but no corresponding rise in related ads
MetropolitanRepublic ‘running out of time’ to respond to creative body
Creative Circle chairman says agency has little time left to respond to letter, following suspension from advertising association in wake of Loeries debacle
RamsayMedia sells its remaining stake to Caxton
Grubstreet estimates the deal’s value at R70m, but RamsayMedia chairman Alan Ramsay and Caxton MD Gordon Utian have not disclosed the amount
On Digital Media’s new StarSat brand to replace TopTV
Satellite pay-TV operator, which has been in business rescue since end of 2012, says new brand aims to bring affordable viewing experience to broader audience
Sport department uneasy on impending alcohol advertising ban
Department of Sport and Recreation says ban is likely to have severe consequences for development of sport in SA
Rescue plan for On Digital Media disputed
Holding company for SA’s second pay-TV operator, could find its plans for business rescue scuppered if high court grants interdict against the plan
Court orders Zuma lion advert to be displayed again at OR Tambo airport
Controversial advert calling on President Jacob Zuma to ban lion bone trade to go back up on the walls of OR Tambo International Airport
Jasa launches court bid to block broadcast of TopTV porn channels
Justice Alliance of South Africa launches urgent bid in Western Cape High Court to prevent broadcast of three pornographic TV channels
Media24 accused of predatory pricing
Former Media24 manager testifies on the company’s aggressive strategies to force competitors in the community newspaper market out of business
Minister censures SABC over set-top box control
An estimated 11-million households will have to buy a set-top box, to enable their TV sets to receive the new digital signal
Mango airline told to stop advertising its in-flight internet service
Advertising Standards Authority orders low-cost airline to withdraw adverts after passenger complains service did not work on four of his recent flights
Opinion
Don’t throw stones in corporate glass house
Anton Harber
You will hear much said about the corruption of our public life in the Sandton advertising world, unless that corruption is in the advertising world itself
Opinion
Media wreaking economic havoc!
David Gleason
If Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan really believes that the portrayal of SA’s problems is the fault of the media, then he is indulging in fantasy
Opinion
Media to blame for driving both sellers and buyers
Michel Pireu
The truth is that the market doesn’t really reflect some magical perfect valuation of a stock under the efficient market hypothesis
- Analysts’ top pick Tencent surges
- Survey finds print media readership on the increase
- SABC, DStv broadcasting deal spells bad news for e.tv
- ANTON HARBER: Snowden journalist may soon miss his newspaper
- Broadcaster e.tv fumes over SABC, DStv deal
- Papers’ emphasis on political news ‘alienates readers’
- Storm clouds gather over newsrooms
- The unseen face of Carte Blanche
- Print media’s share of advertising cash shows sharp drop
- Times Media Group trims debt but holds its war chest
- DAVID GLEASON: Futile and costly to ban alcohol ads
- VIDEO: Behind the scenes: Business Day's 'Understand your country, or lose it' campaign
- DAVID GLEASON: Times Media Group shows print media’s difficulty
- ANTON HARBER: Data on state of South Africa’s media sometimes hard to find
- Hearing on Media24 pricing is postponed
- Liqui Moly’s advert with alluring model is ‘not offensive’
- Key investors up stakes in Times Media Group
- Battle to take to air continues for TopTV
- SUNDAY PRESS REVIEW: Curtain call for Mashatile
- Media industry ‘failing to transform itself’
- Undiluted liquor ad bill goes to Cabinet
- Gupta news channel goes live
- ‘Visionary’ transformed Naspers
- Bezos needs to reinvent business model
- Sanral spends R23m on e-toll advertising
- ANTON HARBER: Bezos buy shows news business is still valued
- Independent Media loan deal ‘still outstanding’
- Small broadcasters are waiting in the wings
- I-Net Bridge sold ‘because it needs more investment’
- SUNDAY PRESS REVIEW: Corruption crops up all over
- ANTON HARBER: Media fight promises new rules for a digital age
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