Honestly, the way this team can put you through 88 minutes of torture, then leave you feeling like this after an extraordinary contribution from Max Dowman is essentially absurd.
It looked like it was gonna be a nightmare, instead it became the stuff of dreams.
My heartbeat is doing techno BPM
Here’s my piece on whether SA’s Competition Commission let Meta off the hook. Designing a financial remedy for Meta is more complex than the one for Google. But this is a reason for the CompCom to choose its methodologies carefully. Its not a reason to walk away from a financial remedy altogether.
Fact that Trump & his enablers are spinning Minneapolis shooting as self-defence, despite definitive video to the contrary of someone being murdered by ICE in cold blood, means its time to re-up this quote from Hannah Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism (1951), which describes Trump's base perfectly
Fact that Trump & his enablers are spinning Minneapolis shooting as self-defence, despite definitive video to the contrary of someone being murdered by ICE in cold blood, means its time to re-up this quote from Hannah Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism (1951), which describes Trump's base perfectly
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
My last article of 2025 - Recent U.S. sanctions against European regulators & activists recast platform accountability as geopolitical aggression & “extraterritorial censorship”. What this moment demands is not performative solidarity but practical coordination to protect democratic infrastructure
My last article of 2025 - Recent U.S. sanctions against European regulators & activists recast platform accountability as geopolitical aggression & “extraterritorial censorship”. What this moment demands is not performative solidarity but practical coordination to protect democratic infrastructure
Very pleased to share my article in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, where I unpack the South African Competition Commission’s final Media & Digital Platforms Market Inquiry report – the key compromises, the progress made & deep structural challenges that persist. www.techpolicy.press/a-pragmatic-...
Very pleased to share my article in @techpolicypress.bsky.social, where I unpack the South African Competition Commission’s final Media & Digital Platforms Market Inquiry report – the key compromises, the progress made & deep structural challenges that persist. www.techpolicy.press/a-pragmatic-...
Reflections on our #ctrljafrica event, where African regulators, global digital platforms, civil society, media publishers, journalists, govt, content creators & ‘newsfluencers’ met. We had 121 participants from 23 countries, with 41 out 47 speakers from Africa & strong rep rom Brazil & Indonesia.
Co-hosted by our Media Leadership Think Tank & International Fund for Public Interest Media, CTRL+J Africa convenes publishers, govts, regulators, funders & civil society to discuss who controls future of journalism. Live streaming from 9:00 AM (SAST) on 4 Sept: www.youtube.com/live/eVxDRtp...
We have just completed Block 1 of the inaugural Executive Programme in Media Leadership at GIBS & what an energising start it’s been! As lead faculty for the programme, huge thanks to this fantastic pan-African group for your insight, curiosity & commitment. Look forward to seeing you again!
It’s a line with deep roots and various origin stories, often regarded as a Turkish proverb. Whatever the source, the proverb speaks to a reality journalism must confront: the forces that weaken it are not always external. Sometimes, consequential decisions come from within.
Excellent faculty confirmed for our EP in Media Leadership; from leading GIBS faculty in strategy, leadership, innovation & entrepreneurship to globally recognised experts in media sustainability, public interest journalism, digital transformation & emerging tech. www.gibs.co.za/programmes/e...
Excellent faculty confirmed for our EP in Media Leadership; from leading GIBS faculty in strategy, leadership, innovation & entrepreneurship to globally recognised experts in media sustainability, public interest journalism, digital transformation & emerging tech. www.gibs.co.za/programmes/e...
Just in case you’re wondering, today @techcentral.co.za published my take on Africa’s biggest media deal - @canalplusat.bsky.social’s takeover of MultiChoice - now that the deal has been recommended for approval by South Africa’s Competition Commission. techcentral.co.za/really-at-st...
Opinion | Michael Markovitz @michaelmarkovitz.bsky.social on what the Canal+ takeover of MultiChoice could mean for competition in South Africa’s media ecosystem.
SA has experienced how disinfo can be weaponised to damage its sovereignty, economy & credibility...The case vs Israel always triggered threats of retaliation & now the ‘white genocide’ lie is being amplified as geopolitical retribution. My piece: michaelmarkovitz.substack.com/p/why-defend...
SA has experienced how disinfo can be weaponised to damage its sovereignty, economy & credibility...The case vs Israel always triggered threats of retaliation & now the ‘white genocide’ lie is being amplified as geopolitical retribution. My piece: michaelmarkovitz.substack.com/p/why-defend...
Vile disinformation operation delivers for these white refugees from democracy, proving that with enough money, privilege can be repackaged as victimhood. Meanwhile, the Trump regime’s cruelty toward its own vulnerable citizens continues to be fully exposed. (paywall) www.news24.com/citypress/ne...
Vile disinformation operation delivers for these white refugees from democracy, proving that with enough money, privilege can be repackaged as victimhood. Meanwhile, the Trump regime’s cruelty toward its own vulnerable citizens continues to be fully exposed. (paywall) www.news24.com/citypress/ne...
Press freedom without sustainability is like a voice without breath. It may exist in principle but can't be exercised in practice. We're responding not just through research & advocacy - but by equipping a new generation of leaders to meet this moment. michaelmarkovitz.substack.com/p/on-world-p...
Press freedom without sustainability is like a voice without breath. It may exist in principle but can't be exercised in practice. We're responding not just through research & advocacy - but by equipping a new generation of leaders to meet this moment. michaelmarkovitz.substack.com/p/on-world-p...
The Jewish Chronicle is perhaps the only paper in British history where we are not allowed to know who owns it, or why. Its refusal to run an ad critical of Netanyahu makes this untenable, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.
www.prospectmagazine...
Great piece by @arusbridger.bsky.social on the editorial & regulatory failure behind the Jewish Chronicle scandal in the UK. Not so in SA where the Jewish Report was 1st ever member to be expelled from SA Press Council for refusing to obey rulings in 2022.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
Looking forward to the virtual launch of our inaugural Executive Programme in Media Leadership at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), Joburg.
📅 Date: 15 April 2025
⏰ Time: 12:00-13:00 SAST (GMT+2)
Register for our webinar here!👉 lnkd.in/dRntcEeD
www.bizcommunity.com/article/gibs...
Here we are again. Another analogue switch off date has been suspended by a court, confirming decade long warnings from South African broadcasters and civil society groups.
My quick take on the judgement and the way forward: open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
Here is my latest piece on the Canal+ planned takeover of the Multichoice Group where I argue that the concentration of sports and premium content rights across the continent could have potentially dire consequences for African public broadcasters and commercial competitors.
Broken promises.
michaelmarkovitz.substack.com/p/a-broken-p...
With e.tv's permission, you can watch The Switch Off on my substack, Media Explorations. Its an investigation by Karen Schoonbee & Annika Larsen into the repeated failure of SA's digital migration, including insights from experts, civil society & myself.
michaelmarkovitz.substack.com/p/a-broken-p...
