TimesLIVE
{{Short description|South African daily newspaper}}
{{Use South African English|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
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| type = Online newspaper
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| owners = Arena Holdings
| sister newspapers = Sunday Times
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| headquarters = Hill on Empire, 16 Empire Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa
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| website = {{URL|https://timeslive.co.za}}
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TimesLIVE (aka TshisaLIVE) is a South African online newspaper that started as The Times daily newspaper. The Times print version was an offshoot of Sunday Times, to whose subscribers it was delivered gratis; non-subscribers paid R2.50 per edition in the early years. It has been owned by Arena Holdings since November 2019 and is the second-largest news website in South Africa.
Overview
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The Times of South Africa was a daily printed newspaper that was delivered free to 137,054 (according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations statistics) Sunday Times subscribers five days a week. Tabloid in size, it was South Africa's first totally interactive newspaper, published in tandem with the TimesLIVE website.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/|title=TimesLIVE|website=www.timeslive.co.za|language=en-US|access-date=7 November 2018}} In The Times's newsroom, reporters worked alongside multimedia producers and photographers to produce content for the newspaper and the website. The Times was also available for purchase at a cover price of R4.00 in limited quantities, later at R5.50. The last editor of The Times was Andrew Trench.
In November 2017, the then owner of The Times, Tiso Blackstar Group, announced its intention to shut down the print version of the paper.{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/ideas/2017-11-14-the-times-is-dead-long-live-the-times/|title=The Times is dead. Long live The Times|access-date=27 September 2018|language=en-US}} It was replaced with a premium digital-only daily edition, Times Select, in early 2018, while TimesLIVE would continue to supply free content.{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/news/2018-07-25-times-select-to-launch-paywall-app-on-august-1/|title=Times Select launches paywall and smart new app|access-date=7 November 2018|language=en-US}} Times Select was later renamed Sunday Times Daily to align it more closely with its print counterpart, the Sunday Times, the biggest Sunday newspaper in South Africa.
The TimesLIVE website publishes free breaking news, sport, entertainment and more, as well as video, audio and photo stories. It also hosts all Times Select, Sunday Times Daily and TshisaLIVE (entertainment and celebrity news) digital content.
In 2019, Arena Holdings acquired all the media assets of Tiso Blackstar for R1.05 billion.{{Cite news|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2019-11-06-its-official-arena-holdings-is-the-new-owner-of-sunday-times-business-day-sowetan/|title=It's official: Arena Holdings is the new owner of Sunday Times, Business Day, Sowetan|access-date=10 September 2020|language=en-UK}}
Supplements
- Motor Mania (came out on a Friday)
Former distribution areas (print edition)
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:400px; height:150px;"
|+Distribution ! ! 2008 ! 2013 |
| scope="row"| Eastern Cape
| Y | Y |
|---|
| scope="row"| Free State
| Y | Y |
| scope="row"| Gauteng
| Y | Y |
| scope="row"| Kwa-Zulu Natal
| Y | Y |
| scope="row"| Limpopo
| Y | Y |
| scope="row"| Mpumalanga
| Y | Y |
| scope="row"| North West
| Y | Y |
| scope="row"| Northern Cape
| Y | |
| scope="row"| Western Cape
| Y | Y |
Former distribution figures (print edition)
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:400px; height:150px;"
|+Circulation ! ! Net Sales |
| scope="row"| Oct - Dec 2015 |
|---|
| scope="row"| Jun - Aug 2015 |
| scope="row"| Jan - Mar 2015 |
| scope="row"| Jan - Mar 2015 |
| scope="row"| Jan - Mar 2014 |
| scope="row"| Oct - Dec 2012
| 146 956 |
| scope="row"| Jul - Sep 2012
| 140 078 |
| scope="row"| Apr - Jun 2012
| 142 383 |
| scope="row"| Jan - Mar 2012
| 142 111 |
Former readership figures (print edition)
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:400px; height:100px;"
|+Estimated Readership[//www.saarf.co.za/AMPS/presentations-amps.asp SAARF AMPS (Industry Presentations)] ! ! AIR |
| scope="row"| – 12 January December 2012
| 287 000 |
|---|
| scope="row"| July 2011 – June 2012
| 342 000 |
See also
- List of newspapers in South Africa
- See also Arena Holdings website: https://arena.africa/
- See also the owner of Arena Holdings: https://lebashe.com/
- See more on the titles and other media arms of by Arena Holdings: https://arena.africa/industry-sector/
- See contact information for Arena Holdings: https://arena.africa/contact-us/
References
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External links
- {{official website}}
- [http://www.saarf.co.za/ SAARF]
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Category:Daily newspapers published in South Africa
Category:Mass media in Johannesburg