In Germany newspapers and news agencies are closing down now at the rate of almost one per week. Today it was the turn of Financial Times Deutschland (FTD), my favourite local business daily. As a subscriber (2002 till the end) I was convinced the FTD was a far better read than the “mother paper” Financial Times on the island.  [Read on]

Monetization of Tencent’s WeChat is on the way.

Check it out here: http://thenextweb.com/asia/2012/11/20 .

That should roll a few extra cents into Naspers coffers in coming years. Quite a few, I guess. Maybe even rands….millions and millions of them.