Changes in print media ownership in South Africa

Abstract

The South African media industry has reached a new crossroads in terms of its ownership. After many years of having a solely white owned media, including newspapers aimed at black readers, things are beginning to change with influential black business concerns buying into the traditionally white industry. It has become imperative to investigate the recent changes and their implications for those people working in the print industry and for the whole media industry and the state of monopoly. It is also critical to look at the physical and possibly policy changes that will be brought about by these changes that have caught South Africa by storm.