Media and Communications

Media 24

Media24 is Africa's biggest publishing group, with a turnover in excess of R5.5 milliard a year.

Wholly-owned by media giant Naspers, its operations include newspapers, magazines, internet ventures, distribution companies, printing works, books and private education. To date, the group boasts six dailies, two weeklies and three Sunday newspapers in its stable, as well as 43 community newspapers countrywide. The magazine division includes over 51 magazines in virtually every sector of the market. The internet business offers the leading brands in the news, motoring, property, health and food categories, with nearly one million unique visitors each month.

Caxton

Today Caxton / CTP is recognised as the largest publishers and printers of books, magazines, newspapers and commercial print in South Africa.

CTP was recognised as one of the top companies in the Financial Mails’ 2002 survey. CTP is involved in various fields of the publishing and printing business i.e. newspapers, magazines, commercial print, book printing, stationery, packaging and labels, as well as manufacturing ink for web presses. The Group employs approximately 5 500 people based throughout South Africa.

The Newspaper Division stables 88 free and sold Caxton owned or co-owned titles.

• Focused in the metropoles and key jewels in the mini metropoles with a combined circulation/print order of over 2 million copies
• Operates in 8 of the 9 provinces
• Has 50 offices around the country
• Employs approximately 1200 staff
• Newspapers are printed at 9 press sites

Televisa Group

The world’s largest Spanish-language communications media group and an international leader in the entertainment business.

• It has a 74% share of the Mexican television audience via its four television channels.
• It covers the Hispanic market in the United States via Univision, the leading Spanish language media firm.
• It distributes its programs in Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
• It produces and markets pay-TV signals in Latin America and Europe.
• It is the largest publisher of Spanish language magazines, covering 18 countries with over 50 titles.
• It is the leader in the pay-TV business in Mexico via Cablevision and Sky, the country’s largest cable and satellite television companies.
• It has interests in radio and live entertainment, promoting sports and special events, and it produces and distributes films, as well as operating its own Internet portal.