Print and Digital Media SA report on transformation in the media industry

Ownership Management and control 33%

Findings Level of black ownership is currently below threshold proposed by BBBEE guidelines Negligible ownership in medium-sized companies, especially magazines Slow increasing number of those owned by black community and small commercial publishers Findings: Representation of black people, especially black women, at senior levels is disappointing

50%

Under

0 out of 20: Because of foreign ownership, but this is changing with the purchase by Sekunjalo

60%

Just more than

80%

80%

18.95 out of 20: Score is high, but it has been regressing due to transactions that have diluted black ownership

Employment Equity

20 out of 20: Because of Welkom Yizani shareholders. But they are mere financial beneficiaries with little influence in directing the company

Editors and Employment Equity

Independent News & Media
Editors Editorial staff

0 out of 20: It is not transformed at all

0 out of 20: Because of foreign ownership Recommendations Must meet the 25% plus 1 for the full 20 points within three years Black shareholders should play a role in determining the direction of companies Print and Digital Media SA to partner with JSE to encourage sale of shares of listed print companies to facilitate transformation Communities and small publishers must be encouraged to form printing and distribution co-ops

60%
Black

Skills development (out of 15 points)

Times Media Group

Editors Editorial staff

Preferential procurement (out of 20 points) and enterprise development (out of 15 points)

Media 24
Newspaper editors

58%
Black

Magazine editors

Recommendations Major print groups should not score less than 12 points Print and Digital Media SA to probe if there is value in Setas Identify training needs

25% Black

19% Black

Digital Media
Findings Digital media is a game-changer and this demands commitment from government and industry to provide 100% broadband penetration, reduced costs and skills development Recommendations 100% penetration by Clever packaging will see government in 2020 must be met cellphones leading community, A training centre to teach digital local and national news and technical skills, and offer Media Development & Diversity scholarships for community and Agency to include digital media small commercial publishers as a priority area Industry must actively do digital Work with Setas to produce a set business job shadowing of qualifications for digital media

White women represent largest proportion Concerted effort to bring white women on board when there are vacancies

Caxton
Less than half of editorial staff is black. No information on editors Recommendations Half of board must be black, half of these being women, to be achieved within three years Set clear annual targets on employment equity Invest in training workplace skills aligned to employment equity plan

Recommendations Partnership between major and small players Discounts to groups of community and small publishers Train community and small publishers in all areas of the business Alternative printing flat-bed printers Help community and small publishers move to digital

Preferential procurement Enterprise development

THEUNS KRUGER, Graphics24