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'''''Independent Online''''', popularly known as '''''IOL''''', is a news website based in [[South Africa]] |
'''''Independent Online''''', popularly known as '''''IOL''''', is a news website based in [[South Africa]] and it is black owned |
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IOL serves the online versions of a number of South African newspapers, including ''[[The Star, South Africa|The Star]]'', ''[[Pretoria News]]'', ''[[Daily Voice (South African newspaper)|The Daily Voice]]'', ''[[Cape Times]]'', ''[[Cape Argus]]'', ''Weekend Argus'', ''[[The Mercury (South Africa)|The Mercury]]'', ''[[Post (South Africa)|Post]]'', ''[[Diamond Fields Advertiser]]'', ''[[Isolezwe]]'', ''Daily Tribune'', ''Sunday Tribune'', ''[[The Independent on Saturday]]'', and ''[[The Sunday Independent (South Africa)|The Sunday Independent]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=South of the Sahara |url=http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsanews.html |access-date=23 February 2009 |publisher=[[Stanford University]] |archive-date=12 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212085831/http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsanews.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Update needed|date=July 2022}} |
IOL serves the online versions of a number of South African newspapers, including ''[[The Star, South Africa|The Star]]'', ''[[Pretoria News]]'', ''[[Daily Voice (South African newspaper)|The Daily Voice]]'', ''[[Cape Times]]'', ''[[Cape Argus]]'', ''Weekend Argus'', ''[[The Mercury (South Africa)|The Mercury]]'', ''[[Post (South Africa)|Post]]'', ''[[Diamond Fields Advertiser]]'', ''[[Isolezwe]]'', ''Daily Tribune'', ''Sunday Tribune'', ''[[The Independent on Saturday]]'', and ''[[The Sunday Independent (South Africa)|The Sunday Independent]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=South of the Sahara |url=http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsanews.html |access-date=23 February 2009 |publisher=[[Stanford University]] |archive-date=12 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212085831/http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/southafrica/rsanews.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Update needed|date=July 2022}} |
Revision as of 13:31, 9 August 2022
Type | News |
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Format | Online newspaper |
Owner(s) | Sekunjalo Investments Public Investment Corporation China International Television Corporation China Africa Development Fund |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Cape Town, South Africa |
Website | iol |
Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is a news website based in South Africa and it is black owned
IOL serves the online versions of a number of South African newspapers, including The Star, Pretoria News, The Daily Voice, Cape Times, Cape Argus, Weekend Argus, The Mercury, Post, Diamond Fields Advertiser, Isolezwe, Daily Tribune, Sunday Tribune, The Independent on Saturday, and The Sunday Independent.[1][needs update]
Corporate affairs
Ownership
Sekunjalo Investments owns 55% of the company via its subsidiary Sekunjalo Independent Media, the Public Investment Corporation of South Africa owns 25%, and two Chinese state-owned enterprises (China International Television Corporation and the China Africa Development Fund) own the remaining 20% of the newspaper.[2] China International Television Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV).[3] Before 2013, IOL was owned by the Independent News & Media.
IOL regularly distributes Chinese state media content.[4][5]
Management
Vasantha Angamuthu is the CEO of Independent Online, and Lance Witten is Editor.[6]
Incidents
In 2018, Reporters Without Borders reported that an IOL columnist was forced out after publishing a column condemning the persecution of Uyghurs.[7][5][8]
See also
References
- ^ "South of the Sahara". Stanford University. Archived from the original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ^ Sam Sole and Craig McKune (28 August 2014). "What's black and white and in the red all over?". Mail & Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
- ^ "CITVC Signs Partnership Deal With NATPE". National Association of Television Program Executives. Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ Pike, Lili (18 May 2022). "How China uses global media to spread its views — and misinformation". Grid. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ a b "China Uses Training, Media Ownership to Shape Africa's News Landscape". Africa Defense Forum. 25 January 2022. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "About IOL". IOL. Independent Online. IOL. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "South Africa: Journalist loses column after publishing an article critical of China". Reporters Without Borders. 18 September 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Joseph, Natasha (April 2021). "A new world order". Index on Censorship. 50 (1): 70–71. doi:10.1177/03064220211012307. ISSN 0306-4220.