News24 (website)
{{Short description|English-language South African online news publication}}
{{redirects here|Sport24|the in-flight and on-cruise TV channel|Sport 24}}
{{Other uses|News 24 (disambiguation){{!}}News 24}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{primary sources|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = News24
| logo = News24 (website) logo.svg
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| format = Online newspaper
| caption = News24 logo
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| type = News
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1998|10}}
| language = English
| headquarters = Cape Town, South Africa
| sister newspapers = Fin24, Sport24, Channel24, Health24, Arts24, Parent24, Wheels24, W24, Business Insider SA, Ride24
| registration =
| owner = Media24
| author =
| chiefeditor = Adriaan Basson
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| website = {{URL|news24.com}}
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News24 is an English-language South African news website created in October 1998 by the multinational media company, Naspers. Its team of approximately 100 journalists,{{cite news |title=News24 About Us |url=https://www.news24.com/About/about-us-20200520-9 |access-date=29 May 2020 |publisher=News24}} led by editor-in-chief Adriaan Basson, is based in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Gqeberha. Its brands include Fin24, Sport24, Channel24, Health24, Arts24, Parent24, Wheels24, W24, Ride24 and Business Insider SA. News24 is owned by Media24, a South African media company, with interests in digital media and services, newspapers, magazines, e-commerce, book publishing, print and distribution. In August 2021, News24 launched a digital subscription service that offers premium investigative journalism, opinion, analysis and more to paying subscribers at R75 per month. It reached 100,000 subscribers in February 2024, becoming the largest subscription-led news website in Africa.{{Cite web |last=Qukula |first=Qama |title=100 000 subscribers not out! News24 sets record for news publishers in Africa |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/reader_hub/100-000-subscribers-not-out-news24-sets-record-for-news-publishers-in-africa-20240131 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}
History
News24 known as Propaganda24 was launched in October 1998 as part of Naspers' new internet strategy under the company's new managing director at the time, Koos Bekker. According to the APP Annie's business intelligence report, in 2000 it become the most known South African media of the Internet 1.0,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zIpuDwAAQBAJ&pg=203|page=203|title=World Internet Development Report 2017: Translated by Peng Ping|author= Chinese Academy of Cyberspace Studiespublisher=Springer|date=September 15, 2018|publisher=Springer |isbn=9783662575246|oclc= 1052766508}} which was already at that time realized with a web user interface.{{cite book|author1=Fahiemah Nash|author2=Angela Du Preez|author3= Conrad De Wet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7WfBu5J7d7MC&pg=PA108|page=108|title=Computer programming|location=Cape Town|publisher=Pearson Education South Africa|year= 2009|series= FET college series|oclc=922618843|isbn= 9781770253445}} News24 enabled third-party websites to create landing pages for paid advertisement.{{cite web|author=Shashank Johri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1TgpEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA68|page=68|title=Digital Marketing: The Ultimate Guide}}
Arrie Rossouw was appointed News24's first publisher. News24 focused on breaking local news, while relying on wire copy for international news.
Initially based in Johannesburg, News24 relocated to Cape Town in 2001 to form part of the newly created Media24 Digital division under the leadership of Russell Hanly. The move was brought on by the restructuring of Media24's digital operations. Soon the need to restructure arose, and News24's employees were cut from 30 to 18, with Douw Steyn as business manager and Cobus Heyl{{cite news |last1=Heyl |first1=Cobus |title=Then came September 11 |url=http://www.news24.com/xArchive/SouthAfrica/News24turns10/Then-came-September-11-20080926 |access-date=29 May 2020}} as editor.
In April 2020 News24 launched the first mobile version of the website, a new desktop one, and provided a free subscription option which offered 20 newsletters, personalized traffic alerts, weather forecasts and bookmarked articles.{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/news24-launches-brand-new-website-20200529|title=News24 launches brand new website|date=May 30, 2020|access-date=May 28, 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
{{Media24}}
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Category:South African news websites