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The Star, Johannesburg,

9 February 2010

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Museveni lays libel charge

AN OPINION column in Uganda’s leading independent newspaper suggesting parallels between President Yoweri Museveni and former Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos led to criminal libel charges against two journalists today, according to local media reports, says a media release from the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Advertisers urged to use 'core' circulation figures

IT WAS up to advertisers and marketers to ensure they used core circulation figures from print media to determine market penetration rather than total figures, which included discounted publications, the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has said, writes Chantelle Benjamin in Business Day.
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Editors reject state council

THE Nigeria Guild of Editors ended its one-day Standing Committee Meeting in Lagos with an outright rejection of any effort to have a government-regulated Press Council, although it admitted the need for a regulation, writes Tony Adibe in the Daily Champion.
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Chilly winds are blowing around SA media

Two rulings in courts in Europe and Canada set important benchmarks for media freedom as the SA media enter into what promises to be a difficult year, writes Dario Milo in the Mail & Guardian.

A recent judgment handed down by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg affirms journalists' right to protect their sources, writes Raymond Louw in Business Day. The SA constitution will require the magistrate dealing with the subpoena against e.tv journalists to take that ruling into account when dealing with their matter.

Subpoena threatens media freedom

The subpoena issued to e.tv journalists after their interview with self-confessed criminals threatens media freedom, writes Bewyn Petersen, the vice-chairperson of the SA Media Council in a letter to Business Day.

A bold move or more cautious than it appears at first glance? The Poynter Institute's Biz Blog discusses the New York Times' plan to charge for content as of next year.

The Harbinger
Anton Harber's blog

Converse
Guy Berger's column

Matthewbuckland.com
Matthew Buckland's website

David Bullard
David Bullard's blog on Moneyweb.

Prize for published work on HIV/Aids

Entries to Oxfam GB's Susie Smith Memorial Prize are now open for 2010. This prize of £3000 will be awarded to a single piece of published writing on HIV and Aids from Sub-Saharan Africa.

A groundbreaking Wits Journalism Development Communication programme, targeting communicators from all sectors, will be launched in May. Made up of two 3-week certificates and pitched at NQF level 8, the programme questions the chasm between development communicators and the mass media.

The Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards 2010 have now opened, and boast new categories. Diageo is a drinks business that launched the awards in 2004 to encourage business journalism in Africa.

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