by Carey Finn. Founders Thokozani Nkosi and Thabile Ngwato reflect on the journey from being a new channel on the block to a go-to source for news analysis.
Category archives: Press Pass – Carey Finn
Press Pass: Spotong — talking to township traders
by Carey Finn. Contact Media & Communications’ Sean Press shares insights into the niche the trade title fills.
Press Pass: Could membership programmes save the news media?
by Carey Finn. They already are, says Daily Maverick’s Styli Charalambous. The online daily has seen its own membership initiative go from strength to strength over the past year.
Press Pass: Local is lekker for JOOX
by Carey Finn. Milton Smith, Tencent Africa COO, explains how the music-streaming service is focusing on hyperlocal content to gain more share in SA’s fast-growing market.
Press Pass: Streaming service Viu targets SA with freemium model
by Carey Finn. SA country manager, Ryan Solovei, shares insights into the company’s local operations.
Press Pass: Money is news media’s biggest challenge — Khadija Patel
by Carey Finn. The editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian believes that it is up to journalists to secure the future of democracy.
Press Pass: Adriaan Basson on truth, investigation & intimidation
by Carey Finn. The News24 editor-in-chief shares insights into staying strong — and safe — in SA news journalism, where media freedom and truth are increasingly under threat.
Press Pass: Julia Raphaely on finding the sweet spot in a disrupted world
by Carey Finn. The Associated Media Publishing CEO believes that relevance is the key to survival in a rapidly changing media landscape.
Press Pass: Return to roots part of Sowetan’s plans for 2019
by Carey Finn. In a bid to boost circulation, the daily is going back to Soweto, and into the Free State, says editor S’thembiso Msomi.