Tributes pour in for renowned sports journalist Jermaine Craig

[Karabo Ledwaba] Tributes have poured in for renowned sports journalist and editor Jermaine Craig who died on Monday after collapsing at a gym in Johannesburg...

5 considerations for ethical storytelling

[Sue Blaine] Sue Blaine, senior writer and editor at Flow Communications, says ethical storytelling is everyone's responsibility...

Caché McClay is the official Beyoncé reporter for Gannet

[Karabo Ledwaba] Caché McClay has been appointed as the official Beyoncé reporter for Gannet...

Zoleka Mandela dies after complications with cancer

[Karabo Ledwaba] South African author Zoleka Mandela has passed away at the age of 43, following a courageous battle with cancer...

Tributes pour in for late journalist and editor Donwald Pressly

[Karabo Ledwaba] The chairperson of the Cape Town Press Club Donwald Pressly has died at age 59...

Amanda Maliba bags entertainment journalist of the year award

[Karabo Ledwaba] Reporter Amanda Maliba has been named as the entertainment journalist of the year at the first annual Basadi in Music awards...

Influence: Driving the necessary conversations

[Danette Breitenbach] Lebo Madiba recently launched Influence, a podcast on issues shaping our world...

The "Give Away Your Clever" approach to content marketing

[Tiffany Markman] Tiffany Markman weighs in on how the approach to content marketing has changed...

Partners Against Piracy launches to fight content piracy

[Chola Makgamathe] Partners Against Piracy (PAP), a pan-African initiative to combat content piracy has launched...

How does Cindy Norcott do it?

[Emily Stander] How Does She Do It? is Cindy Norcott's second instalment in her writing career...

#Newsmaker: Sheer Publishing appoints Thando Makhunga as MD

[Evan-Lee Courie] Sheer Publishing, a subsidiary of Downtown Music Services (DMH), has appointed Thando Makhunga as its new managing director...

Data, not journalism, the key to a successful paywall

[Danette Breitenbach] Despite the adoption of the paywall model by many publications across the globe, the success has been varied...

RIP to acclaimed author Wilbur Smith

[Emily Stander] On 14 November, Wilbur Smith, acclaimed Zambian-born author, died at the age of 88...

#BehindtheBrandManager: Lookbook Studio's cofounder, Pieter Bruwer

[Evan-Lee Courie] South African décor and design title House and Leisure was acquired by Lookbook Studio after being circulated by Associated Media Publishing for 28 years...

David Alexander on the state of music publishing in South Africa

[Evan-Lee Courie] David Alexander, newly appointed chair of Music Publishing Association of South Africa, shares insights on how to revolutionise the business of publishing....

Njabulo Mabanga defies the odds by self-publishing Stop Being A Nice Guy

[Ntandokazi Ntozakhe] Growing up in the dusty streets of Etwawa township, in the East Rand, Njabulo Mabanga was faced with many challenges. His resilience and motivation to succeed led him to self-publish Stop Being A Nice Guy...

#PulpNonFiction: 12 reads for Christmas

[Bronwyn Williams] Bronwyn Williams puts together a list of books that would make the ideal gift for everyone on your festive shopping list. Some old, some new, they are all sure to inspire interesting conversations...

BREAKING: Daily Maverick launches weekly print newspaper, exclusive interview with Styli Charalambous

[Jessica Tennant] WATCH: Daily Maverick has just announced that it's launching a weekly newspaper, yes, in 2020, in the middle of a pandemic and the greatest calamity to ever hit the global print media. In our exclusive video interview, publisher and CEO Styli Charalambous tells us the rationale behind their decision to foray back to the future, as they've dubbed the project...

A day in the lockdown life of Publisher Research Council CEO Josephine Buys

[Juanita Pienaar] Publisher Research Council CEO, Josephine Buys' account of work-life in the time of Covid-19, part of a series of articles looking into how agencies and agency folk are responding to the crisis and viewing it through a creative lens.

SA publishing industry reels from news of AMP's closure

[Josephine Buys] Associated Media Publishing was one of the country's best magazine media publishers. Covid-19, and its side-effects, has taken one of our very best and most revered magazine media owners.