Newspaper business in Zimbabwe
Posted by Spencer Jenkins on November 30, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Trevor Ncube, the chairman of The Board of Mail and Guardian in South Africa, highlighted the importance of making a business profitable for riches to be sustainable. He was speaking at the Press Freedom Round Table at the World Newspaper Congress in Hyderabad.
"It's important to have a private media that has a mission in its heart and business in its mind," Ncube said.
"It's important to have a private media that has a mission in its heart and business in its mind," Ncube said.
In addition, Ncube is worried about the danger of being corrupted. During the discussion he stated, "we find in many developing companies with media are susceptible to being corrupted."
The past ten years have been characterized by dictatorship causing Zimbabwe to be very polarized.
Africa has over 120 publishers, executives, and entrepreneurs across 48 countries.
Photo by Brian Powers
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