Sep 1 2010 7:19PM NEW AGE GOES ONLINE
South Africa’s upcoming publication, The New Age newspaper is now online. The newspaper website first became operational on Wednesday as part of trials as the publishers TNA Media prepares for the launch of a new national daily newspaper expected soon. The new media company’s online version is seen largely as a “soft launch” or trial publication meant mainly to test systems and it is expected to change in line with the new papers’ plans as the launch approaches. What is available online now is therefore not indicative of what the final print newspaper will look like. “It’s just to test our systems and we believe this is going to help us a great deal as we prepare for the launch which is coming soon. It is important that we start putting ourselves on trial now in order to give ourselves that competitive edge,” says the editor Vuyo Mvoko. “It is not a complete product. It will improve drastically as times go. Right now, we would actually be happy to hear if our readers can also send us comments and suggestions on the kind of product that they think would suit their needs,” adds Mvoko. Write to us by using our feedback form or send a mail directly to: [email protected] <[email protected]> The New Age promises to be a relevant, easy to read and affordable publication priced at R3.50. It will cover international, national as well as regional and local stories with special emphasis on the country’s nine provinces.“Soon, we will be a fully-fledged site on which readers can rely for up-to-date news, breaking stories, features, sports, and anything that relates to the South Africa and the entire world,” said Mvoko. http://www.thenewage.co.za/Detail.aspx?news_id=365&cat_id=1007&mid=53 On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Dominic.Tweedie <[email protected]>wrote: > > I think you are 100% correct Cde Godfrey. > > What we need more than a new paper is new writing. > > If comrades were writing more, we would be able to place more in the > existing newspapers. > > Whereas a new newspaper will largely consist of material that is similar or > identical to the material in the existing newspapers. > > VC > > > > > On 2010/07/06 08:21 AM, Godfrey Simelane wrote: > > Morning C'des > > As much as I support the idea, > I wish to see how independent this newspaper will be. Is it gonna give > birth to new journalism ? > I think we are going to the likes of Swaziland and Zimbabwe where the > state/ ruling party owns the media. > Some amongst us will manipulate the very same journalists for their > personal gain. > > What is wrong with the current media that we assume is not gonna happen > to the proposed paper ? > > Lets debate . > > Simelane Godfrey > > '' Wise men put their trust in Ideas and not in circumstances '' > > > > "Dominic.Tweedie" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > 7/6/2010 7:03 AM >>> > > > Business Day > > > *Gupta Group to fund ‘ANC-sympathetic’ newspaper* > > > *Chantelle Benjamin, Business Day, Johannesburg, 6 July 2010 * > > THE Gupta Group — which is closely linked to President Jacob Zuma and > > the African National Congress (ANC) — is funding a national daily > newspaper due to go public in September. > > It will be called The New Age and one of the people behind it is Essop > > Pahad , whose magazine The Thinker is also bankrolled by the Guptas. > > Yesterday, Mr Pahad said the newspaper “is not, and will not be, > affiliated to the ANC”. > > The newspaper is likely to add to competition for the government’s > lucrative recruitment advertising, which is currently dominated by the > > Sunday Times. > > When he was minister in the Presidency, Mr Pahad threatened to withdraw > > recruitment advertising from the Sunday Times in protest at its > coverage > of the government. > > The daily newspaper market in SA is a tough one to crack. In 2004, > ThisDay folded after just a year and another, Nova, went under after > five months in 2006. More recently, newspapers were hard hit by > declining advertising revenue during the recession. > > Mr Pahad confirmed that former Business Day journalist Vuyo Mvoko, who > > was most recently spokesman for the Ithala Development Finance > Corporation, will be editor. > > The Gupta group, consisting of Atul Gupta, MD of Sahara Computers, > along > with his brothers, Anil and Rajesh, is described as entrepreneurial and > > IT-focused, with a significant interest in mining. > > The ANC has made no secret of its dissatisfaction with the media and > its > belief that media companies are unfairly critical of it. At its > Polokwane conference in 2007 it was agreed that an ANC-aligned > newspaper > was needed, but the biggest stumbling block has been to find a > financier. > > The New Age will target the middle to top end of the market and will be > > based in Gauteng — it is believed at Sahara’s Midrand offices. > > Although Mr Pahad and a spokesman from Sahara Computers yesterday > denied > the new newspaper would be ANC-affiliated, it is understood in media > circles that it will be “sympathetic” to the party. > > Media analyst and the head of Journalism and Media Studies at Wits > University, Anton Harber, said yesterday the newspaper would be a > “healthy addition to the mix of voices” but that it was important > that > “they are clear and open about where they are coming from”. > > He said there was a need to ensure that government departments did not > > favour the new publication when it came to recruitment advertising, > which he said “would be illegal”. > > Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) spokesman Patrick > Craven > yesterday also welcomed the competition, saying the labour federation > had always felt that “print media were owned by too few > companies”. > > Yesterday, a report indicated that Cosatu and mining-related unions > were > at loggerheads with Shiva Uranium over allegations that it plans to > force workers to work under a labour broker. Shiva’s directors > include > Mr Zuma’s son, Duduzane, and Atul Gupta. > > The Gupta Group has also been in the news over a mining dispute. Kumba > > Iron Ore launched legal proceedings in May against the Department of > Mineral Resources and questioned a decision to award prospecting rights > > on a 21,4% stake in a Sishen iron > ore mine to little-known Imperial > Crown Trading. Jagdish Parekh is an executive of Gupta firm JIC Mining, > > which holds half of Imperial, which was awarded the stake. > > Business Day has since published a report indicating that the > application by Imperial Crown Trading for prospecting rights over the > Sishen mine was stamped by the Department of Mineral Resources before > it > was signed by the applicant. > > Queries sent to Atul Gupta about The New Age were referred to Mr Pahad. > > A journal called New Age existed in the 1960s, and included Walter > Sisulu and Albie Sachs on its staff. > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> > > *From: http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=113830* > * * > > > > > -- > You are subscribed. 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