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Having set benchmarks in online publishing and web development and innovation in South Africa in the last few years, making the local blogosphere and social networking in South Africa a very exciting place to be, sources confirm that GM Matthew Buckland and strategist Vincent Maher are both leaving the Mail & Guardian Online, the former [...]

The new public Mail & Guardian Online test site has just gone live! And only 26 minutes after deadline, according to strategist Vincent Maher on twitter. Bizcommunity.com got the scoop this morning on some of the new features: Exclusive sneak preview of M&G Online
Well done, team M&G! We know what a mammoth job it is!
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Kaya FM has confirmed that Phat Joe (Majota Nkumbule) will be joining the urban radio station as its breakfast show host this month, reports the Sowetan. So let’s see how reader predictions on the Bizcommunity forum Does the return of Phat Joe pose a threat to the current black radio DJs? pan out…

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Wing Wing Qingqile Mdlulwa has joined Net#work BBDO as creative director, effective 1 March 2008. Read more on Bizcommunity.com later.

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Just in from Media24 and UpperCase Media is the news that Zoo Weekly/Weekliks is being shut down “[d]ue to a variety of difficult economic conditions”.

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Just heard on Highveld 94.7’s 1pm news that Zuma has dropped various defamation charges against the media for “articles, cartoons and opinion pieces published prior to the ANC’s elective conference in Polokwane”. He will, however, still go ahead with the one against Rapport for a headline published after the conference.
Update: here’s more:

News24.com: Zuma gives media [...]

One of the best read articles on Bizcommunity.com every year is the Ad Talent Salary Survey into salaries in the media, marketing and advertising industry. Bizcommunity.com carries the results today, Monday 7 January 2008.
 
Do you remember the days when Chappies cost half a cent? When a cent could be split in two? And a Wilson’s [...]