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A sabbatical is a disciplined phase of self-discovery, renewal and enrichment, says an expert on news that Richemont’s Johann Rupert is taking a year off.
MultiChoice has confirmed rumours that it will fork out R500m for a loan to buy out its troubled pay-television rival TopTV, according to a report.
Media24 has appointed Rachel Jafta as its new chairperson, succeeding Professor Jakes Gerwel, who died late last year.
Shares in Naspers has increased more than 2%, riding on a more than one-third growth in quarterly profit from its Chinese money spinner Tencent.
China's largest social media company Tencent will heavily invest in its popular WeChat mobile chatting application to attract more overseas users.
Media and e-commerce firm Naspers will merge two of its Russian internet sites with rival Avito.ru in a deal worth at least $570m, the Financial Times reports.
South Africans are hungry for news and stories in African languages, a public hearing held by the print and digital media transformation task team has heard.
Naspers' Russian associate, Mail.ru, plans to pay $899m in special dividends after reducing its Facebook stake and exiting investments in Groupon and Zynga.
Times Media has joined Caxton in pulling out of public hearings into media transformation, citing a probe into anti-competitive behaviour.
The battle in emerging markets is hotting up as Western conglomerates face a new generation of global challengers from the developing world, a report says.
Paarl Media's new multi-million rand advanced Cerutti Aurora will be the country's fastest printing press.
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has found no substance to ANC claims that Naspers and the DA colluded to inflate the price of land sold to the city of Cape Town.
Public Protector Thuli Madonsela has found no substance to ANC claims that Naspers and the DA colluded to inflate the price of land sold to the City of Cape Town.
China's massive but increasingly competitive internet market was the main driver of 15% first-half earnings growth for Naspers.
Naspers says it plans to purchase more e-commerce companies after making R4.7bn in acquisitions in the six months leading up to September this year.
