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MOGADISHU: The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has expressed its concern for the continued violence and targeting of journalists after a radio journalist was shot and wounded in the Afgoi district of the lower Shabelle region in Somalia. 
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has released its 
A number of MTN executives will form part of the lineup of speakers at AfricaCom 2010, hosted in Cape Town, South Africa from 10-11 November 2010. This is the third year that MTN has sponsored the annual telecoms conference. 
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook set some users to squinting on Wednesday (3 November 2010) by shrinking text size on pages of the world's most popular online social networking service. 
Visa recently expanded the launch of its latest product in sub-Saharan Africa, the Visa Infinite Card. Th Infinite Product launches included Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in East Africa; Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe in Southern Africa and Ghana and Nigeria in West Africa. | International news |
BELGIUMEPC gets copyright management idea accepted
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: The European Publishers Council (EPC*) has succeeded in getting its idea for 21st century copyright management accepted as one of just seven "Big Ideas" sought by the European Commission to forward its Digital Agenda strategy. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMUK's online display advertising market grows 34%
LONDON, UK: comScore, Inc. this week released an overview of the UK online display advertising market for Q3 2010, which showed strong gains compared to Q3 2009. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMRare sighting: First new UK paper in 25 years
LONDON, UK: With the launch of the i, the UK sees its first new quality daily in 25 years. Does this signal a resurgence in print - and how are media buyers reacting to this new arrival? Rebecca Ironside* comments. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMWatch out!
UNITED STATESEco-lovers attracted by perceived superior quality
UNITED STATESSeptember 2010 US mobile subscriber market share
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICAMTN to launch Traveller
The cell phone has become the ubiquitous communication device of choice in South Africa and now, in what is claimed to be a first for South Africa and the world, MTN in introducing MTN Traveller - designed to allow consumers to plan their holidays - flights, accommodation, car hire and arrange other aspects of any trip. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICABest places to go in SA
The annual Best of South Africa Awards, celebrating the country's top lodge, spa, hotel and restaurant, as voted for by House and Leisure magazine readers, were announced late last week. Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICALove, tragedy, maths
[Patricia Pieterse] Complicite's A Disappearing Number introduces us to the art and beauty of mathematics. The second season of the National Theatre Live in the UK has started, which means some more interesting plays coming to cinemas in SA. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAJax Panik - so overly pop, it's anti-pop?
[Ruth Cooper] Jax Panik is trying to do something revolutionary with his latest album "I am Jax Panik". Supposedly a tongue-in-cheek pastiche of today's contemporary popular music employing deliberately cheesy poppy lyrics and beats, but ultimately, tongue or no tongue, the music still sounds like any of those Katy Perry, Adam Lambert dumbed down, banal-lyric hits that plague the radio. I just don't get it. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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- The website usability course: user experience Britefire - Johannesburg, 17 November
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- Photojournalism masterclass gary knight photography - Cape Town, 3 January
- English language skills NDJ Consultants - Durban, 14 March
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