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New Media
Sake will carry a common body of international and national business news with a local flavour added to suit each version. With a staff complement of 19 journalists, the group business editor, Flip Meyer, intends to create a team of specialists across the spectrum. Sakelyn, a phone-in line which fields about 14 000 calls a day, will be beefed up.
'Jou Geldsake' het nou 320 000 lesers
Flip Meyer, redakteur van Jou Geldsake en nuwe sakeprojekte, sê hoewel bejaardes nog duidelik die grootste leserstal uitmaak, soek 'n toenemende persentasie jonger mense hul beleggingsadvies in die publikasie...Read more
The Editors Who Applied Their Minds
South Africa’s first business television game show with seasoned news journalist Chris Gibbons as quizmaster, saw twenty of the country’s top business and finance journalists being put through their general knowledge paces in a bid for their spot in the Editors sector at the final event.
The battle between the dailies, the weeklies, the print media and electronic media has resulted in a team comprising ten top business brains...Read more
Flip Meyer's Career at Naspers
Flip Meyer started his career at Naspers in 1975 at Die Burger. He completed a BCom at the University of Pretoria as well as a diploma in advanced financial management at the same university...Read more
Money Matters
Beeld's popular supplement, Jou Geldsake (Your money matters), has gone national and weekly. The supplement, which used to be published every other week and distributed with Beeld, is now being published weekly, and distributed with Beeld, Volksblad and Die Burger...Read more
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'Jou Geldsake' het nou 320 000 lesers
(Original article was on www.finace24.com)
Jou Geldsake, wat in Beeld versprei word, het in die ses maande tot einde Junie 320 000 lesers gehad. Meer as 'n derde van sy lesers is in die boonste inkomsteklas, wat R12 000 of meer per maand verdien, volgens die jongste Alle Media Produktestudie, wat beskou word as die barometer van die media.
Byna 'n kwart van Jou Geldsake se lesers is mense wat in hul goue volwasse jare is, terwyl meer as 'n tiende jong mense is wat pas ouerskap betree het. 'n Verdere tiende is enkellopende mense wat nog by hul ouers woon. Sowat 20% is mense wat getroud is of saamwoon, terwyl sowat 'n tiende mense is wat al 'n hele paar jaar ouers is, wys die AMPS-syfers.
Flip Meyer, redakteur van Jou Geldsake en nuwe sakeprojekte, sê hoewel bejaardes nog duidelik die grootste leserstal uitmaak is, soek 'n toenemende persentasie jonger mense hul beleggingsadvies in die publikasie.
Jou Geldsake ding mee in 'n strawwe mark waar daar groot druk is op redaksionele ruimte.
Die hoofdoelwit is om mense in te lig oor markte, die ekonomie en finansiële terme.
Die feit dat Jou Geldsake in Beeld meer lesers het as The Citizen se Racing Express (274 000), wys hoe belangrik geldsake vir Jan en alleman geword het, sê Meyer.
Daar is strawwe mededinging op advertensievlak en die nuwe tendens van sommige publikasies om subtiel direk advertensies te verkoop om redaksionele ruimte aan klante te bied, maak dit moeiliker vir gevestigde publikasies soos Jou Geldsake. Jou Geldsake verkies egter om duidelik onderskeid te tref tussen die sogenaamde fokus op sekere onderwerpe en sy onafhanklike redaksionele ruimte. Op lang termyn is dit die beste beleid, sê Meyer. Fokusse bied waarde aan lesers as die regte onderwerpe gekies word.
Jou Geldsake het ook sy webtuiste uitgeberei. Gaan na http:/www.jougeldsake.co.za. Daar is onder meer 'n beleggingsrekenaar wat u binne sekondes kan wys hoe lank u pensioen of ander beleggings gaan hou as u sekere aannames maak.
Die webwerf wys u ook hoe om huishoudelike begrotings op te stel en watter koste-items u in ag moet neem.
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The Editors Who Applied Their Minds
(Original Article in MAGAZINES NEWS)
South Africa’s first business television game show, with seasoned news journalist Chris Gibbons as quizmaster, saw twenty of the country’s top business and finance journalists being put through their general knowledge paces in a bid for their spot in the Editors sector at the final event.
The battle between the dailies, the weeklies, the print media and electronic media has resulted in a team comprising ten top business brains. Congratulations to:
* Michael Coulson (Deputy Editor) and Stuart Theobald (Banking Writer) , Financial Mail
* Peter Bruce (Editor) and Jonathan Katzenellenbogen (International Affairs Editor), Business Day
* Flip Meyer (Group Finance Editor) and David van Rooyen (Business Editor: Beeld), Media24
* Sven Lunsche (Editor) and Michel Pireu (Web Developer), Johnnic Online
* Tim Cohen (Associate Editor) and Ilja Graulich (Companies and Markets Editor), Business Day
These winning journalists will compete as the Editors sector at the final event at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) on Thursday, 9th May 2002. At this grand event, they’ll get to challenge another 15 teams from sectors listed on the JSE Securities Exchange. And who better to put their minds to the test than the CEO of the JSE Securities Exchange, Russell Loubser.
Says Astrid Ascar, Head of Programming for Summit TV: We’re thrilled with the response we’ve had to the GIBS Business Masterminds TV Series. Clearly our business viewers enjoyed the challenge of putting their own mental muscle to the test! And we hope to have more of the same on Summit in future.
Summit TV will broadcast an edited highlights wrap of the final competition between the Editors’ sector and the other 15 JSE sector teams in the week of 13th May.
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Flip Meyer's career at Naspers
(Original Article was on Naspers)
Flip Meyer started his career at Naspers in 1975 at Die Burger. He completed a B.Com at the University of Pretoria as well as a diploma in advanced financial management at the same university. He received the Bill Venter award for excellent journalism in 1989. He was runner-up for the Sanlam award for financial journalism in the section: News reporting in 1992.
He joined Die Burger's business desk in 1977 and was transferred to Sake-Rapport in 1980.
He was appointed Rapport's business editor in 1985. In 1989 he became business editor for Beeld. He was appointed group business editor for Media 24's daily newspapers in 1998. In 2003 he became group business editor: new projects and Jou Geldsake editor.
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More money matters
(Original Article by Kim Penstone on Marketing Web)
Beeld's popular supplement, Jou Geldsake (Your money matters), has gone national and weekly. The supplement, which used to be published every other week and distributed with Beeld, is now being published weekly, and distributed with Beeld, Volksblad and Die Burger.
This, says editor Flip Meyer, gives the supplement a potential combined readership of well over 900 000, stretching from Limpopo and Gauteng through Bloemfontein and KwaZulu-Natal, and into the Cape.
Meyer explains that the change in frequency has been driven primarily by the supplement’s success over the past seven years, both in terms of its ability to raise revenue and attract readers.
“People now want to know more about their personal money matters rather than leave all decisions to experts and financial advisors,” he says. “They want to take part in the decision making process and Jou Geldsake helps them to do so in an informed manner.”
He adds, however, that the move also makes editorial sense: “It’s not easy to provide sound financial advice when you have a break of two weeks between issues; a lot can change in that time”
The existing team of Wilma de Bruin, Stephan Welz and Maarten Mittner will be complemented by a number of specialist writers, including the likes of Deon Basson (six-time winner of the Sanlam Financial Journalist of the Year), Fadia Salie and Daan Joubert.
According to Meyer, the supplement is essentially the same across the three papers. "I believe that people read news, especially business news, on a national basis," he says. "it's my job to keep the news standardized across the three supplements". He adds, however, that each supplement is published by the individual papers and will include some localized pieces.
Jou Geldsake will be distributed with Beeld and Volksblad every Thursday, and with Die Burger on Saturdays.
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