Daily Voice (South African newspaper)
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Owner(s) | Sekunjalo Investments |
Editor | Taariq Halim |
Founded | 16 March 2005 |
Headquarters | Cape Town, South Africa |
Website | www.dailyvoice.co.za |
Daily Voice is a South African
History and focus
Daily Voice was launched on 16 March 2005 in the Western Cape, selling at the price of
Initially, the paper focused stories on their tag-line "sex, scandal, skinner, sport". Daily Voice has a team of local journalists to report on stories which are original, relevant and produced for their specific audience.[3]
The motto of the paper in Afrikaans is "Ons skrik vir niks" (English: "We are not scared of anything"). The former executive editor, Karl Brophy, explained that the paper accommodates the socioeconomic classes who have perhaps been left out by the rest of the country's newspapers.[4]
The Daily Voice attracts a dominant
The Daily Voice has a section where readers can share their views on stories and social issues by sending an SMS to the Rek Jou Bek (Have your own opinion) feature.
The Daily Voice has since been sold for R4.00 in Cape Town and surrounds, while its Afrikaans edition was distributed on the West Coast, in the Winelands, the Overberg and even as far as Oudtshoorn. The Afrikaans edition of the Daily Voice was discontinued in June 2013.
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Team of journalists
The former executive editor of the Daily Voice was Karl Brophy. Brophy had been a spin doctor for the
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Distribution areas
2008 | 2013 | |
Eastern Cape | Y | Y |
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Free State | ||
Gauteng | ||
Kwa-Zulu Natal | ||
Limpopo | ||
Mpumalanga | ||
North West | ||
Northern Cape | ||
Western Cape | Y | Y |
Readership figures
AIR | |
Jan 2012 โ Dec 2012 | 463 000 |
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Jul 2011 โ Jun 2012 | 493 000 |
Dec 2014 | 516 000 (AMPS) |
See also
- List of newspapers in South Africa
- Die Son, a similar newspaper, also based in Cape Town
References
- ^ a b c d "The press in South Africa". MediaClubSouthAfrica.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ Wasserman, Herman (2010). Tabloid Journalism in South Africa. Lansdowne: UCT Press.
- ^ Human Sciences Research Council. Archived from the originalon 11 May 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
- Independent Online. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Inc Website (Daily Voice)". Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ SAARF AMPS (Previous Presentations)
- ^ SAARF AMPS (Industry Presentations)