Introduction
A newspaper contains current events, informative articles, and different features, editorial and advertising. In this essay I will discuss and compare two big South African Sunday newspapers, City Press and Sunday Times.
History/Background of the newspaper
City Press was established in 1982 and named Golden City Press, the founder is James R.A Bailey and he worked with South African Association Newspaper (SAAN) group in order for the paper to operate. In 1983, the following year “Golden” was dropped from the newspapers name and it was renamed City Press. As the time goes by, SAAN decided to withdraw the partnership with Bailey and this led to the newspaper having financial problems. As a result of effect, Nasionale Pers took over the
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Sunday Times
Sunday Times newspaper is the biggest selling weekly newspaper in South Africa. Sunday Times was founded with The Times independently and have been under common ownership since 1966. Sunday Times was bought by News international in 1981.
Media Company/Publisher
Media company of Sunday Times is Times Media Group. This company is situated in South Africa. It is a media company that informs, educates, entertains and connects people. Its goal is to offer convincing content and solutions that are creative in a way that people’s lives can be enriched, helping them to know more, do more and live inspired. They publish newspapers articles and stories, novels and movies. (
Editor
The editor of Sunday Times newspaper is Phylicia Oppelt. Phylicia started working as an editor for sunday Times from the 1st of March 2013. She was the editor of Daily Dispatch at an early age in East London. She was then appointed to edit the Business Times section of the Sunday Times as she had little business reporting experience. She is the 1st female editor in 107-year history of the Sunday Times. (Harber., 2013)
Cover Price
The cover price of Sunday Times is
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