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Tough financial times: Jasmine Johnson-Mazwi (left) teaches interns Aneeqa du Plessis and Mandlelkosi Mde, but Bush Radio station, may no longer be able to provide this service. (David Harrison/M&G)

Desperate days for local papers, radio

National newspapers are shedding jobs but the situation is even worse for community media, many of which face closure

Former New York Daily News editorial staff members Carla Roman (L) and Reggie Lewis depart the newspaper’s Manhattan office after reports that the paper was reducing its editorial staff by some 50% (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

Ailing US newspapers feel new pain from newsprint tariffs

As newspapers reel from the current economic landscape, many have already been making hefty newsroom cuts

Alan Ngwira.

Slice of life: ‘If I can put a bit of colour’

Alan Ngwira’s piece jobs aren’t only about money, they’re also about spreading beauty

We’re hiring: Mid-level political reporter
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Latest results see jump in Mail & Guardian circulation – again

We have thrown ourselves into constantly improving the quality of this publication – and you keep voting with your rands.

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SA newspapers need more than one magic bullet to survive

Newspapers have to creep out of their comfort zones to service an ever-growing platform-agnostic readership.

Shake-up for newspaper groups

Newspapers still in the money in South Africa

It is a widely held view that newspapers are dying, but a R2.4-billion bid for Independent News & Media South Africa may change investors’ minds.

Wall Street Journal disputes circulation scam claim

The publisher of <i>Wall Street Journal Europe</i> was forced to resign over a scam by the paper to boost its circulation, British media reported.

The Times overtakes the Star in circulation

The <em>Times</em> has overtaken the <em>Star</em> in terms of newspaper circulation, according to Audit Bureau of Circulations figures.

Sales growth endorses M&G’s quest for quality

The <i>M&G</i> has registered a 5% growth in single-copy sales, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) figures.

Good news for the newspapers — except Fleet Street

While it’s all doom-and-gloom in the United Kingdom and the United States, other countries are finding newspaper readership at healthy levels.

Boston Globe could file shutdown notice

Talks between the Boston Globe and its unions to prevent the newspaper from shutting stopped early on Monday morning after a midnight deadline.

San Francisco’s Chronicle may shut

San Francisco may lose its main newspaper, the San Francisco Chronicle, as owner Hearst cuts a ”significant” number of jobs.

No easy fix for US newspaper industry

Circulation is dropping and readers are going online to get news for free, leaving the US newspaper industry awash in red ink.

M&G circulation up

This is the fourth consecutive period in which the M&G has shown a year-on-year percentage increase in excess of 10%.

M&G circulation soars

The<em>M&G</em> has seen its circulation figures steadily climb over the past 18 months to reach record highs in the publication’s 16-year history.