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- Online edition of daily newspaper. Has international, national and regional news, sport, entertainment, opinion and business with a kwaZulu-Natal focus.
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- Online Display
- Sponsorship
- Popups
- Text Links
- Rich Media
- Interstitials
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- Press Offices
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- News Features
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2017-08-01 - 1Mb
- Website
- www.iol.co.za/mercury
- mercnews@inl.co.za
- Companies
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- Independent Newspapers (Media Owner: Primary)
- Type
- Website
- Parent Medium
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IOL.co.za
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- English (Only)
- Industry Bodies
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- IAB SA
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- Regions
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South Africa
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South Africa
Last checked 2017-08-04
Last updated 2018-01-19
IOL
- Featured Media
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Type Value Period Business Report Online Nielsen Online: Total: Unique browsers 266,413 2015-12-01 - Cape Argus Online Nielsen Online: Total: Unique browsers 48,973 2015-12-01 - Cape Times Online Claimed: Unique browsers/month 49,296 2015-01-01 - 2015-01-31 Daily News Online Claimed: Unique browsers/month 21,291 2015-12-01 - Independent On Saturday Online Claimed: Unique browsers/month 34,356 2015-01-01 - 2015-01-31 IOL Lifestyle Claimed: Unique browsers/month 61,401 2015-12-01 - IOL Motoring Nielsen Online: Total: Unique browsers 145,374 2015-12-01 - IOL News Claimed: Unique browsers/month 1,543,753 2015-12-01 - IOL Property Claimed: Unique browsers/month 5 2015-01-01 - 2015-01-31 IOL Scitech Nielsen Online: Total: Unique browsers 79,372 2015-12-01 - IOL Sport Claimed: Unique browsers/month 169,059 2015-12-01 - IOL Tonight Nielsen Online: Total: Unique browsers 328,668 2015-12-01 - IOL Travel Claimed: Unique browsers/month 51,313 2015-12-01 - IOL Weather Effective Measure: Website 1,078 2017-11-01 - 2017-11-30 IOL.co.za Effective Measure: Website 4,912,329 2017-11-01 - 2017-11-30 Isolezwe Online Effective Measure: Website 42,697 2017-11-01 - 2017-11-30 Mercury Online, The Claimed: Unique browsers/month 40,018 2015-01-01 - 2015-01-31 Personal Finance Online Nielsen Online: Total: Unique browsers 22,029 2015-12-01 - Post Online, The Claimed: Unique browsers/month 28,441 2015-12-01 - Pretoria News Online Claimed: Unique browsers/month 38,513 2015-01-01 - 2015-01-31 Saturday Star Online Claimed: Unique browsers/month 15,039 2015-12-01 - Star Online, The Claimed: Unique browsers/month 126,495 2015-12-01 - Sunday Independent Online Nielsen Online: Total: Unique browsers 15,497 2015-12-01 - SundayTribune Online Claimed: Unique browsers/month 7,234 2015-10-01 - 2015-10-31
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- Mobile: mobi adaptation.
- Newsletter: promotional: available ex website. Carries advertising, refer ratecard.
- RSS feed: available ex website.
- Social Media
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Followers Last Active Facebook 269,209 1 day ago Twitter 262,685 Today Twitter IOL Property 1,931 1 week ago YouTube 114 5 years ago Social media metrics are updated daily.
Key Updates
- 2016-11-10 New editors IOL.co.za
Mercury, The
- Featured Media
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Type Value Period Daily News/Mercury, The: Drive360 Carrying titles 48,940 2017-10-01 Home Improvers: KZN Claimed circulation 188,500 Mercury Online, The Claimed: Unique browsers/month 40,018 2015-01-01 - 2015-01-31 Mercury, The ABC 25,432 2017-10-01 to 2017-12-31 Mercury: Network Carrying title 25,758 2016-07-01 Mercury: The Goodlife Carrying title 25,758 2016-07-01
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- RSS feed: available ex website.
- Social Media
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Followers Last Active Facebook 25,521 Today Twitter 191,508 1 day ago Social media metrics are updated daily.
Key Updates
- 2018-02-13 Medium name changes TO Cape Times: Drive360 FROM Cape Times (Independent Newspapers): Drive Times; TO Pretoria News: Drive360 FROM Pretoria News: Motoring (Independent Newspapers); TO Star, The: Drive360 FROM Star: Motoring (Independent Newspapers); TO Daily News/Mercury, The: Drive360 FROM Independent Newspapers: Motoring (Independent Newspapers)
- 2016-11-07 New editors Mercury, The
- 2014-07-08 New editors Mercury, The editor resigned, night editor is acting editor
- 2012-02-09 New editors Mercury, The
- 2011-09-21 New editors Mercury, The: to be appointed
- Target
- English speaking adults interested in international, national and kwaZulu-Natal news.
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Period 2015-01-01 - 2015-01-31 Source Unique browsers/month Page views/month
Last checked 2017-08-04
Last updated 2015-12-02
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Home page/Run of site | Rectangle: medium | 15KB | ||||
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