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THE more things seem to change, the more they remain stubbornly the same.
Industry enthusiasts thought that he had gone for good after he threw in the towel at Dove Media where he held sway as the Managing Director for a period of time. Today, Ope is back and poised to take the entertainment business to the next level.
The ten able bodied and intelligent young adults expected to feature in this year's edition of the popular Gulder Ultimate Search would be known this Saturday.
As the SABC interim board prepares to take office, it has emerged that board members who were booted out want to be paid monthly retainers after attending the hearing in parliament that resulted in the board being dissolved.
MOST of the SABC's income comes from taxpayers, users through an obligatory user fee, and advertising. Hence, it's surely logical that the institution should represent the full spectrum of taxpayers, users and business.
Following the World Health Organisation's advice for countries to be extra-vigilant and strengthen their disease surveillance to ensure prompt detection, Minister of Health, Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, has tasked the media to sustain the level of awareness about the A(H1N1) Influenza among the citizenry of the country.
Makerere University's Department of Mass Communication will hold celebrations to mark their twentieth anniversary on Saturday, July 12. Theirs has been a remarkable journey in the pursuit of professional journalism. Makerere was the first unversity in East and Central Africa to offer a degree in Mass Communication when the department was opened in the Faculty of Arts in August 1988.
FROM being the rather dowdy owner of mainly Afrikaans newspapers and some glossy magazines, Naspers is now primarily a pay-TV and internet company.
A BLACK business consortium is to serve papers on the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) opposing the publication of digital terrestrial television (DTT) regulations governing the allocation of additional digital channels.
SA MOVED a step closer to digital broadcasting on Friday with the finalisation of draft regulations for digital terrestrial television.
Local media should put national interest ahead of any other interest and practice appropriate and ethical journalism that underscores the country's goal of national unity and reconciliation, Media, Information and Publicity Minister Webster has said.
Journalist Mohamed Yusuf "Ninile" worked for Noble Qur'an Radio, known locally by its Somali acronym IQK [Idaacada Quraanka Kariimka].
THE anti-reform proponents in the inclusive government are now coming out of the woodwork and seem not to be embarrassed at all to flaunt their reactionary credentials.
The arrest of two journalists on Wednesday for alleged extortion is a shameful act that members of the media fraternity must condemn out rightly.
LAWYERS representing freelance journalists barred from covering a Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa) Summit in Victoria Falls despite a High Court ruling the Media and Information Commission (MIC) null and void are seeking confirmation of the provisional order as permanent after Media, Information and Publicity minister Webster Shamu opposed the ruling out of time.
The Good Governance through Strengthened Media in Liberia operated by the Liberia Media Center and Journalists for Human Rights has hosted a human rights training for community radio stations in Gbarnga, completing a circuit involving all counties in the country. The workshop also brings to a conclusion the first phase of the LMC/jhr program in Liberia.
"Instead of relying only on 30-60 second ads, programme sponsorships and inserts to generate revenues, broadcasters should promote and develop the concept of advertising-funded programming (AFP), which could be a good recipe in these difficult economic times," Kgaugelo Maphai, MD of Omnicom Consulting and former SABC radio national sales manager, told Bizcommunity.com this week.
ZIMBABWE Newspapers has re-assigned most of the company's editors to head the different newspaper and magazine titles with William Chikoto, current editor of the weekly Sunday Mail, taking over as editor of the company's flagship, The Herald.
POLICE yesterday recorded a warn and caution statement from The Post news editor Chansa Kabwela for possession of obscene material contrary to the laws of Zambia.
POPULAR soap Studio 263 was pulled off air while Legacies remains the only local soap to be aired on television, ZTV's new viewing season unveiled recently has revealed.
The Chairman/CEO of Media Trust Limited, Malam Kabiru Yusuf yesterday assured that the newspapers would hit the street in good time for the reader when the Kano regional office commences full operation shortly.
Former auditor-general Shauket Fakie and Absa CEO Maria Ramos have turned down approaches from the ANC to serve on the SABC's interim board.
These figures are estimates based partly on the success of the Confederations Cup but largely on consumer behaviour patterns in various countries.
For its balanced reporting on conservation-related matters and conducting its reporting in a socially responsible manner, Getaway magazine has won SANParks' Kudu Award, the magazine announced yesterday, Wednesday, 1 July 2009.
Opposition political parties claimed yesterday that interference by the African National Congress (ANC) was one of the reasons for the deep crisis at the SABC.
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