Donwald Pressly says South Africans need to fight both the private and public media houses who threaten the country’s media freedom.
The Internet really has changed everything. More for my profession than most others. Apart from the havoc it has wrought on the old media models, the web has also made research a hundred times easier. Young journalists wouldn’t believe the lengths previously required to access stuff downloaded in seconds today. Having come from the old … Read more
Newspapers might be dying, but they still carry enough legacy to attract good money. Warren Buffett has changed his mind and started scooping up US papers. And this week in South Africa bidding began for Independent Newspapers, the willing cash cow that’s kept on giving to its embattled Irish parent.