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Media24 is the leading print media concern in Africa. The Media24 group is the largest publisher of magazines, a major publisher of newspapers and a printer and distributor of magazines, newspapers and related products in Africa.
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	South Africa
Newspapers and magazines	Printing and distribution	Publishers and agents	Digital
Newspapers	Paarl Media	Books	24.com
Magazines

Newspapers

Media24 conducts its newspaper publishing and printing business through its newspaper division. The current newspaper portfolio consists of more than 50 titles. A number of new titles were added to the portfolio in recent years.

The five Media24 daily newspapers, Die Burger, Beeld, Volksblad, The Natal Witness (50% shareholding) and the Daily Sun, provide regional news coverage. The Daily Sun, based in Gauteng and now the largest selling daily in South Africa, was rolled out into the Free State, KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape in the latter half of 2003. The Afrikaans tabloid Son is now published every weekday in the Western Cape. The Sunday papers, Rapport, City Press and Sunday Sun, are printed in three cities and distributed nationally. Media24 also has a strong group of regional and community newspapers.

The newspaper division is equipped with a modern network of newsprint facilities. All five of the major print facilities have been upgraded or completely replaced since 1997.

Media24 Newspaper websites

Beeld, City Press, Daily Sun, Die Burger, Rapport, Volksblad, Soccer-Laduma*, Sunday Sun, The Natal Witness #,
* 76% interest        # 50% interest

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Magazine Publishing

Media24 is a leading publisher of consumer magazines in South Africa, publishing approximately 57 magazine titles. This division publishes a portfolio of consumer magazines in South Africa which include the family magazines Huisgenoot, You, Drum, tvplus and Move!, the women’s magazines Sarie, Fairlady and True Love, the creative living magazines, Ideas (formerly known as Woman’s Value and Dit), Tuis and Home, as well as the leading financial magazine, Finweek. The Touchline-subsidiary with its magazines, such as Men’s Health, Shape, Sports Illustrated, Golf Digest, Kick Off, Bicycling SA and Runner’s World also forms part of this segment. This division has entered into partnerships with international partners such as Emap plc to publish international titles, such as FHM and heat. In 2005 they entered into a license agreement to publish Readers Digest. In 2006 new title launches included Go!, Shop and Lééf met hart en siel, Your Child, Men’s Health Living, Real Simple (under license from Time Inc) and MaxPower (under license from Emap plc). In July 2006, Media24 acquired the motoring portfolio of magazines including TopCar, TopDeal and TopBike titles as well as a television magazine program TopCar.

Media24 magazine websites

• Family Drum, Huisgenoot, TVPlus, YOU
• Women Baba & Kleuter*, Cosmopolitan*, Fairlady, Sarie, True Love, Woman's Value/dit, Your Baby*, Your Pregnancy*
• Financial Finweek
• Sport/Health Bicycling, Golf Digest, Kick Off, Men's Health*,Runner's World*, SA Sports Illustrated, Shape*
• Specialist Drive Out*, Eat Out*, Eat In*,FHM*, Insig, Landbouweekblad, Shop!, Visi, Weg, ZigZag,* 50% interest

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Printing and Distribution

Paarl Media

Paarl Media specialises in publication of gravure and litho-web magazines, brochures and advertising material printing at its advanced facilities in Montague Gardens, Cape Town (called Paarl Gravure), Paarl (called Paarl Web and Paarl Print) and the newly commissioned Paarl Web Gauteng facility in Johannesburg. Gravure is a printing process mainly used for high-speed production of large print runs at constant speed and of high-quality. It closely resembles the photographic process. Litho-web presses use a photo chemical process based on the principle that water and oil do not mix. All four plants (Paarl Gravure, Paarl Web, Paarl Web Gauteng and Paarl Print) are able to process digital material. Paarl Print offers, in addition to the printing of books, diaries and magazines, heatset web print for commercial work, labels (UV flexo, self-adhesive and litho), and specialised bindery services. This includes luxury binding for bibles, hard and soft cover/sewing/PUR binding/perfect binding/saddle stitching.

Media24’s business also incorporates distribution networks, which complement the editorial and printing functions. NND24, a division of Media24, distributes Media24 and third party magazines and newspapers.

Media24 Printing brands

Paarl Media, Paarl Gravure, Paarl Web, Paarl Print . . .view website

Books

Via Afrika

Via Afrika is a leading African book publisher, seller and distributor of innovative and quality reading, learning, listening and viewing products in various formats. Via Afrika controls a number of different businesses operating as independent business units in two segments as follows:

• Publishers and agents: including general, religious, educational and academic publishers as well as digital content providers.
• Retail and distribution: traditional niche academic bookstores, book and music clubs and warehousing and distribution services.

The following provides a brief summary of Via Afrika’s various book related business units:

International – Print Media

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Digital

24.com

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