Digital news entrepreneur Matthew Buckland, formerly the head of the Mail & Guardian’s online division and founder of the collaborative news and opinion platform Thought Leader, has died at age 45.
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online division from 2000 to 2007 where he founded award-winning collaborative news and opinion platform, Thought Leader while establishing thedigital division from Irwin Manoim who launched theOnline as one of the continent’s leading news websites., Buckland went on to establish a division at Naspers’ online publisher News24.com.
This is unbelievable. One of the pioneers of digital media in SA, especially news media. He was always ahead of the game with digital, from IOL to M&G to 24com and then to his own Creative Spark. One of the most rational people about the promise of digital media. Sad, sad news.
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