Zuma to confide in black scribes

The latest Media24 magazine casualty could be Reader's Digest, according to Business Report. The newspaper also reports that while Caxton says it has no intention of shutting down any of its 12 magazines, it is concerned over profitability “because of competition in an environment where advertising revenues were not growing”.

Prof Guy Berger, head of the School of Journalism & Media Studies at Rhodes University, has tackled the issue of the relationship between journalists and police in his column for the Mail & Guardian Online. Anton Harber, Caxton professor of Journalism at Wits University, has begun analysing trends in South Africa's media companies on Business Day

A special coral-coloured rose has been named after popular Isidingo actress Ashley Callie, who died last week after a car crash, reports The Times Online. The popular Isidingo actress was highly praised by colleagues and family members at her memorial service held yesterday, Thursday 21 February, at the Johannesburg Country Club.

For more:

• Mail & Guardian Online: Zuma to chew the fat with black journalists
  
• Business Report: Economic pressure to put blot on magazines
  
• Mail & Guardian Online: Saving our journos from jail
  
• Business Day: No simple picture behind the headlines
  
• The Times Online: Tributes for the Isidingo rose (VIDEO)
  
• Sowetan Online: Speakers heap praises on the late Isidingo actress