Latest media stories from across Kenya.
When he joined Standard Group PLC as its top editor nearly six years ago, Mr Ochieng Rapuro was hailed as a leader who would restore calm to a newsroom buffeted by cost-cutting and debt-related challenges that had affected its ability to…
US President-elect Donald Trump will Meet the Press in an exclusive television interview on National Broadcasting Company (NBC), this coming weekend, the American commercial broadcast television and radio network announced on Wednesday
The Standard Group has announced a merger between KTN Home and KTN News, which will run under the unified brand KTN.
The Standard Group management, led by Chief Executive Officer Marion Gathoga-Mwangi, was on Thursday forced to address former employees who had camped at the company’s offices to demand their dues.
Veteran journalist Paul Muhoho has died, putting a full stop to an invigorating career story of one of Kenya’s prolific court reporters. Muhoho took the final bow after bravely fighting cancer of the throat, according to family sources.
Former employees of the Standard Group Plc have resorted to an unusual way to push their former employer to pay up: they are appealing to the public to show solidarity by boycotting products of the publicly listed media house.
The Multichoice Talent Factory (MTF) in collaboration with the U.S. State Department and U.S. Embassy in Nairobi hosted a first-of-its-kind sound design masterclass.
Aquila East Africa, a leading Kenyan integrated communications firm has expanded into Rwanda and Uganda, signifying the growing potential of homegrown businesses across East Africa.
Former Nation Media Group (NMG) CEO Joe Muganda has returned to the leading media house in a different capacity: as a director.
Safaricom and MultiChoice have announced a joint strategic partnership where the mobile operator’s customers will access exclusive TV shows, movies, sports, and documentaries on Showmax and DStv Stream.
Ogilvy Africa has today launched OBrio, a cutting-edge media intelligence platform that brings clarity and control to media performance across all channels.
MultiChoice Kenya has once again revised subscription prices for its pay-TV services. The company says DStv subscription would go up from 1st November 2024.
Syinix Electronics, an African-based home appliance brand, has been ordered to pay Ksh4 million in general damages to Kenyan rapper Nonini after a judge in Nairobi found that the company published a video advert synchronising one of his…
MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) has called for entries for the Class of 2025, offering aspiring filmmakers across Eastern Africa the chance to hone their skills and build successful careers in the film and television.
Financial hardships faced by Standard Group Employees have boiled over with one journalist, frustrated with living from hand to mouth, threatened to end his own life.
V¡olence against reporters and press photographers across Wajir County is worsening, with the last few months in particular leaving them fearing for their safety, the Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has warned. MCK, through its Chief…
In early July, after offloading a number of editors and writers, the Nation Media Group released a new leadership structure for the editorial department, which has eliminated majority of the positions of managing editors and section…
Launched in March 2023, Radio 47 is merely two years old in the Kenyan media scene – The radio industry, to be specific. But contrary to the perceptions that radio broadcasting is an ‘ancient’ means of disseminating information, topped by…
As Standard Group Board of Directors on 5th August officially welcomed Ms Marion Gathoga-Mwangi, the newly appointed CEO, the mood at the company was as gloomy as the cloudy weather outside, perhaps signalling what she is up against.
It is understood that KTN News, a sister station to KTN Home, ceased broadcasting from 5th July in a low-profile manner.
Standard Group, which owns Standard newspaper and KTN, plans to lay off hundreds of employees as part of restructuring to keep it in business.
Nation Media Group has pushed out its CEO, Mr Stephen Gitagama, as the company struggles to keep pace with changing media trends.
Journalists covering the anti-government protests and riots that have erupted in most Kenyan cities and towns have reported being shot at, teargassed and arrested by police as they go about their work. The Tuesday incident where police…
GOtv Lite is the name of GOtv’s cheapest subscription package in Kenya, having 20+ TV channels at a Ksh220 fee monthly but allowing other payment plans as either Ksh550 quarterly (three-month period) or Ksh1,300 yearly, which subscribers…
