Mobile Media Services at Sub-Saharan African Newspapers

Posted by MelissaUlbricht on Sep 13, 2011
Author: 
Kristina Bürén
Publication Type: 
Report/White paper
Publication Date: 
Aug 2011
Publisher/Journal: 
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the African Media Initiative (AMI)
Publication language: 
English
Abstract: 

Published by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the African Media Initiative (AMI), this guidebook aims to help African newspapers implement mobile platforms.

Billed as a guidebook, and not a one-size-fits-all rulebook, the guide aims to help Sub-Saharan African news publishers develop and implement mobile services. The report is based on a series of on-site interviews with newspapers in Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa, including The Observer and the Daily Monitor in Uganda, The Standard and the Daily Nation in Kenya, and Grocott's MailMail & GuardianAvusa Group, and News24.comin South Africa.

See also this blog post with more information on the guidebook.

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Mobile Media Services at Sub-Saharan African Newspapers data sheet 1319 Views
Author: 
Kristina Bürén
Publication Type: 
Report/White paper
Publication Date: 
Aug 2011
Publisher/Journal: 
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the African Media Initiative (AMI)
Publication language: 
English
Abstract: 

Published by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the African Media Initiative (AMI), this guidebook aims to help African newspapers implement mobile platforms.

Billed as a guidebook, and not a one-size-fits-all rulebook, the guide aims to help Sub-Saharan African news publishers develop and implement mobile services. The report is based on a series of on-site interviews with newspapers in Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa, including The Observer and the Daily Monitor in Uganda, The Standard and the Daily Nation in Kenya, and Grocott's MailMail & GuardianAvusa Group, and News24.comin South Africa.

See also this blog post with more information on the guidebook.

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