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The Magazine Publishers Association of South Africa [MPASA] has emailed out an urgent survey to its members, requesting completion by Monday, 11 February 2008 as it hopes to discuss feedback at a crucial MPASA meeting on Tuesday 12 February. Answers need to be emailed to SandyG@printmedia.org.za.

Do you support the continued existence of a Magazine Publishers [...]

On Wednesday evening at the MPASA PICA awards for magazine and publishing excellence, Zoopy was there recording the action…. Words by Zoopy.
PICA Awards Editor of the Year winner: Sumien Brink
Sumien Brink from New Media Publishing won two of the three Editor of the Year awards this year. The first for Woolworths Taste magazine and the [...]

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MPASA are expected to address the circulation scandal issue at the annual MPASA PICA Awards for magazine and journalist excellence this evening at the Sandton Convention Centre. This follows several negative comments made to Bizcommunity.com at the MPASA conference over the past two days about the dreadful non-event that the advertised debate between the ABC [...]

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“I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.” Oscar Wilde said that. Unfortunately I have nothing to report as nothing happened at the much punted ‘debate’ between the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) GM, Charles Beiles and the CEO of Media24 magazines, Patricia Scholtemeyer.
I don’t think I can recall [...]

Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) GM Charles Beiles is busy lecturing delegates (mostly publishers and editors, not lowly circulation people) via Powerpoint on the rules of engagement of an ABC certificate. It’s more death by Powerpoint than controversial at all.
But wait… there’s more… up next is the media person of the moment, Media24 CEO Patricia [...]