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The Daily Sun was a tabloid daily newspaper in South Africa. [1] It had a circulation of more than 28,006 copies making it the second largest daily newspaper in the country to the Sunday Times in terms of largest circulation among all papers. [2] "Daily Sun" is based in Randburg, Johannesburg. It targets readers in and around the major urban ...
In 1955, the two companies, Rand Daily Mail Ltd and the Sunday Times Syndicate Ltd were formed into a single company called South African Associated Newspapers (SAAN). [ 3 ] : 42 Prior to the formation, the Abe Bailey estate had 59.23% share in RDM and 26.17% in Sunday Times Syndicate which gave the estate 49.71% in the new company SAAN.
In 2017, there were 22 daily and 25 weekly major urban newspapers in South Africa, mostly published in English or Afrikaans. [1] According to a survey of the South African Audience Research Foundation , about 50% of the South African adult population are newspaper readers and 48% are magazine readers. [ 2 ]
The Rand Daily Mail was founded in 1902 by businessman Harry Cohen and managed by editor Edgar Wallace. [2] [3] [4]: 41 Cohen purchased the linotype machines and printing presses for the newspaper from Emmanuel Mendelssohn, equipment from the defunct The Standard and Diggers' News.
The Daily Mail has been awarded the National Newspaper of the Year in 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2016 and 2019 [128] by the British Press Awards. Daily Mail journalists have won a range of British Press Awards, including: "Campaign of the Year" (Murder of Stephen Lawrence, 2012) "Website of the Year" (Mail Online, 2012)
The Weekly Mail criticised the government and its apartheid policies, which led to the banning of the paper in 1988 by then State President P. W. Botha. The paper was renamed the Weekly Mail & Guardian from 30 July 1993. The paper almost folded in the early 1990s after a failed attempt to reinvent itself as a daily newspaper. [2]
It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December. 2000 : America Online merges with Time Warner. While the "marriage" didn't last, it was biggest corporate merger in history at the time.
1886 – Johannesburg township established by Boer government after discovery of gold in vicinity. [1] [2] 1887 The Star newspaper in publication. [3] St. Mary's Church built. [4] Johannesburg Stock Exchange founded. [5] Theatre Royal opens. [6] 1888 – St Mary's School was founded. 1890 Library opens. [7] Jeppe High School for Boys was ...