"Around the world, the press is struggling to find its place in today's changing information market. Skeptics foresee an imminent death if it fails to reform its means of production and dissemination, while optimists praise its capacity to resist the onslaught of other mass media. This article aims
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to contribute to an understanding of the economic issues that challenge the private press in Cameroon. Based on data covering the newspapers’ budgets, debts, print-runs, sales, applied salary scales and development strategies in a sometimes hostile political environment, this study aims to explore whether these newspapers are sufficiently organised to be viable economic entities." (Abstract)
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"The findings of the research reflect two overarching concerns: training content and training delivery. It is a central finding of the research that financial skills are required by the sector. Related to this is the need to encourage professional attitudes, processes, and systems within the sector.
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It is necessary to manage the business in a professional manner in order to gain the support of the community as well as advertisers. Such support contributes to the sustainability of the business. In terms of delivery, on-site training, mentorships and information exchange are emphasised because of the managers’ time and resource constraints. While accredited, theoretical training is perceived as important and worthwhile, participants emphasised the importance of experiential training. The research concludes with a detailed outline of a new qualification the SPI will be seeking to register which will enable it to make a contribution to the small independent community newspaper sector. The research has encountered one central obstacle. The sector is characterised by competition and lack of resources, thus managers are not able to leave their businesses for extended periods of time, and do not always answer telephone calls or emails that are not an immediate priority." (Executive summary, page 2-3)
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"One in a series of guidebooks and training manuals for journal editors in developing countries that are active in the field of agriculture and rural development. They aim to assist editors to improve their publishing operations, and provide more effective communication of the scholarship and the re
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search results published in their journals. The book is organized under nine chapters “that cover what we consider to be the essential basic elements in successful journal publishing.” Interspersed with the text there are a variety of model forms, reproductions of title pages, covers of journals, and other documentation that provide illustrative examples of good practice, together with checklists and listings of address sources." (Hans M. Zell, Publishing, Books & Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3d ed. 2008, nr. 2487)
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"This handbook covers most aspects of journals publishing and journals management, but special emphasis is put on systems management, subscription fulfilment, financial control, and effective marketing and distribution, including a chapter on journals marketing on the internet. It also includes a se
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ries of model guidelines, model forms, and other documentation that provide illustrative examples of good practice. Additionally, a resources section gives names and addresses of major subscription agents worldwide, resources for developing mailing lists, and details of major review and publicity outlets for African journals. There is also a annotated bibliography and a appendix about "Professional editorial standards" which sets out the requisite skills needed by all those editing in the English-language print media." (Catalogue African Books Collective 1998)
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"The present work considers the many possible uses of information technologies from the viewpoint of newspapers, with particular reference to small- and medium-sized papers in Asia and the Pacific. Despite, and perhaps even because of, the special challenges faced by this region, due for example to
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its vast cultural and economic diversity and its multitude of languages based on non-Roman scripts, it is hoped that the work will also be of interest to newspaper and allied media professionals in other developing regions." (Preface, page 6)
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"L’auteur s'émerveille de la prolifération de la presse en Afrique, mais s'inquiète de sa viabilité — Il plaide pour qu'un calcul de gestion économique accompagne tous les desseins idéalistes — Il faut, à son avis, accorder autant d'intérêt à la gestion qu'aux éditoriaux." (Jean-Mar
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ie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 327, topic code 142)
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"Les difficultés de presse dues au manque de moyens financiers, de personnel technique qualifié, d'un circuit de distribution, d'alphabètes et d'un public doté d'un pouvoir d'achat insuffisant — Expérience aux Samoa." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the dev
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eloping countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1894, topic code 143)
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"Le lien qui existe entre le fait que la plupart des journaux sont propriété de l'Etat et les problèmes ethniques que cela crée — Il est d'autres problèmes, nés de l'apport étranger et de la carence des équipes de direction — L'auteur examine ensuite les différents secteurs de la gestio
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n d'un quotidien, chiffres à l'appui." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1567, topic code 142)
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"Ensemble d'avis et de conseils sur la nécessité de concevoir et de contrôler correctement la gestion de la presse africaine." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 594, topic code 142)
"Malgré l'insuffisance des ressources financières locales, la presse coréenne possède le dynamisme voulu pour s'imposer." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2091, topic code 141)