October 4, 2007

[Media24] Biz readers still calling for Scholtemeyer’s head

By Simone Puterman in Marketing, Media24 | 0 comments

A quick scan of the comments that are appearing under our various Bizcommunity.com articles covering the Media24 scandal shows that people are still calling for the head of Patricia Scholtemeyer, CEO of Media24 Magazines, even likening her to Manto and Selebi in that she hasn’t resigned.

Another major point that is gaining momentum concerns the “hypocrisy from the ad and PR sector”:

“Without excusing Media24 for what’s happened, would the likes of Mr Gerber not like to put their hands up and take responsibility for their role in a general climate of unabashed, utterly unsophisticated expectations that clients have when it comes to media coverage? The same expectations that those representing them bump up and inflate in order to drive their own profit margins?” asks reader “Flim”.

A third question is why all the focus on Touchline Media? What about the Women’s Magazines Division, where the circulation irregularities are far more severe?

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