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- SA media phone scandal unlikely: expert
Media Monitoring Africa’s William Bird has told Newswatch that while South African media has become more sensational, our journalists are in no danger of sinking to those depths.
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- News of the World’s end of the road: lessons for SA media?
Can South Africa’s newsrooms, its regulation watchdog the Press Council of South Africa and its brand new Press Freedom Commission (PFC) learn some valuable lessons from British Sunday tabloid News of the World’s ‘shameful’ end of the road amid allegations of phone hacking? “Yes, I think we need to look at how the UK government has criticised the UK Complaints Commission, questioning its legitimacy. What this says is that we are not unique in having a system that needs to be strengthened,” Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) head William Bird told Bizcommunity.com
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- MMA statement on latest SABC situation
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has released the following statement regarding the leadership crisis at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC): The latest events at the SABC see it making the news for all the wrong reasons. The ANC and the Minister of Communications have been accused of politically interfering in the process of appointing the new GCEO. This claim comes in the wake of the resignation of SABC board member Peter Harris and the dismissal of the CFO Nicholson, who had been acting in the position of GCEO since the sacking of Solly Mokoetle last year.
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- MMA comments on SABC crisis
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is deeply concerned by the ongoing governance crises at the SABC, where the latest events see it making the news for all the wrong reasons. The ANC and the Minister of Communications have been accused of politically interfering in the process of appointing the new GCEO, which the MMA believes should be made by the SABC board alone.
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- Leadership Crisis at the SABC
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) is deeply concerned by the ongoing governance crises at the SABC. The crises seemed to climax in 2007, however despite various attempts to bring stability we seem to be little further than where we were some three years ago, in terms of fundamentally addressing corporate governance issues. MMA believes that the appointment of the GCEO should be made by the SABC board alone.
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- Invite: The Digital Migration: Your Questions Answered
Invite: Tweet-Up – The Digital Migration: Your Questions Answered
Friday 11:00 to 12:00am be there or be analog!
Follow: #MMAdigimi
#MediaMattersZA
What is digital migration? A mass movement of wild animals to the electronic media? Or moving from what we have to something better?
Why does South Africa need to proceed with digital migration?
Who benefits from this process? Is it all about money for the media or will it mean big benefits for viewers?
What is the main difference between analogue signal and digital signal?
What will you need to do in order to receive the digital signal? What are these so called set top boxes? Like black boxes for the home? How much will they cost? When can we get them? Will you need a new TV?
South Africa is currently in the process of the digital migration but have South African citizens really been informed about the issues and challenges of this process?
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) in partnership with the Daily Maverick, the SOS Support Public Broadcasting Coalition together with expert panelists Robert Nkuna(Advisor to the Minister of Communications and a Councilor at ICASA) and Lara Kantor (Group Executive: Regulatory at ETV) will explore these issues during a live ‘Tweet-Up” this Friday, 24th June 2011 from 11am – 12 pm. Join us in person or on Twitter (#MMAdigimi) for the first of various discussions dealing with digital migration issues.
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