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The ''Mail & Guardian'' is a South African weekly newspaper, published by M&G Media in Johannesburg, South Africa. It focuses on political analysis, investigative reporting, Southern African news, local arts, music and popular culture. ==History== The publication was started as an alternative newspaper by a group of journalists in 1985 after the closure of two leading liberal newspapers, ''The Rand Daily Mail'' and ''Sunday Express''. It was originally known as the ''Weekly Mail'', as the paper did not have enough money to publish daily. ''Weekly Mail'' was one of the first newspapers to use Apple Mac desktop publishing. The ''Weekly Mail'' criticised the government and its apartheid policies, which led to the paper's suspension in 1988 by then State President P. W. Botha. The paper was renamed the ''Weekly Mail & Guardian'' from 30 July 1993. The London-based Guardian Media Group (GMG), publishers of ''The Guardian'', became the majority shareholder of the print edition in 1995, and the name was changed to ''Mail & Guardian''. In 2002, GMG reduced its shareholding to 10%, selling an 87.5% majority share in the newspaper to Newtrust Company Botswana Limited, owned by Zimbabwean publisher and entrepreneur Trevor Ncube. Having relocated to South Africa, Ncube also took over as CEO of the company.〔Craig Mckune (23 August 2013), ("Iqbal Survé threatens to 'expose' M&G". )〕 The newspaper's headquarters are in Rosebank, Johannesburg, with a smaller bureau in Cape Town. The editor of the ''Mail & Guardian'' is Angela Quintal, the editor-in-chief is former M&G Online editor Chris Roper and the CEO is Hoosain Karjieker. In 2006 (MDA ) became the ''Mail & Guardians national distributor. The change resulted in good circulation growth, despite difficult market conditions. In 2013 the newspaper achieved a record period with 51 551 copies circulated. MDA distributes a number of publications including Noseweek and Destiny magazine. However, by the first quarter of 2015, distribution had collapsed to 30,714.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mail & Guardian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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