This refers to my research articles on the subject

African Media Markets, a presentation for a workshop in Germany, Money Matters: how independent media manage to survive 15-16 September 2006. Text version

INTERNET upstart myvideo.co.za has offered a R1000 prize for the best original online "news". The service succeeded in generating a fair amount of hype through a viral marketing campaign that had media and local blogs buzzing this past week. But that’s about it.

CEO Rowan Polovin, told Business Day that myvideo intends to increase traffic and online advertising and to become a news content site - providing fresh news daily.