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Southern Eye to be turned into a weekly in April?
09 Mar 2015 at 08:58hrs | Views
Alpha Media Holdings is turning its struggling Bulawayo daily newspaper, Southern Eye, into a weekly starting April 2015 for now. This comes a few days after the Trevor Ncube fronted Capital FM missed out on a radio license.
Transport minister Obert Mpofu's struggling Zimbabwe Mail was turned into a weekly in February.
Information reaching Bulawayo24 News is that Trevor Ncube has been under immense pressure from other board members to justify the existence of the struggling publication.
"Total closure was top on agenda," said one source privy to the going at Southern Eye.
If it is turned into a weekly, Southern Eye will now be competing for the Bulawayo audience with uMthunywa and the dramatic B-Metro.
Last month we reported that AMH's top officials told workers that its newest publication was being phased out in coming months and converted into an online edition.
Southern Eye was launched on 3 June 2013.
AMH is partly-owned and funded by the New York-based Media Development Investment Fund, which also supports Trevor Ncube's Mail & Guardian in South Africa.
There were rumors that the publication will be shut down with sources in Harare saying they were de-briefing about the development.
"We were told that the company is intensifying its digital first strategy and as a result Southern Eye in Bulawayo would be digitalised.
"This means that the print version would be off the streets and taken over by an online platform," said the source.
AMH are the publishers of NewsDay, the Zimbabwe Independent, the Standard and the Southern Eye newspapers.
Already AMH is struggling in the market and the move to get rid of Southern Eye was in the pipeline.
Last, year Ncube denied reports that Southern Eye was closing.
Transport minister Obert Mpofu's struggling Zimbabwe Mail was turned into a weekly in February.
Information reaching Bulawayo24 News is that Trevor Ncube has been under immense pressure from other board members to justify the existence of the struggling publication.
"Total closure was top on agenda," said one source privy to the going at Southern Eye.
If it is turned into a weekly, Southern Eye will now be competing for the Bulawayo audience with uMthunywa and the dramatic B-Metro.
Last month we reported that AMH's top officials told workers that its newest publication was being phased out in coming months and converted into an online edition.
Southern Eye was launched on 3 June 2013.
AMH is partly-owned and funded by the New York-based Media Development Investment Fund, which also supports Trevor Ncube's Mail & Guardian in South Africa.
There were rumors that the publication will be shut down with sources in Harare saying they were de-briefing about the development.
"We were told that the company is intensifying its digital first strategy and as a result Southern Eye in Bulawayo would be digitalised.
"This means that the print version would be off the streets and taken over by an online platform," said the source.
AMH are the publishers of NewsDay, the Zimbabwe Independent, the Standard and the Southern Eye newspapers.
Already AMH is struggling in the market and the move to get rid of Southern Eye was in the pipeline.
Last, year Ncube denied reports that Southern Eye was closing.
Source - Byo24News
