Membership Benefits
Joining fellow publishers at
the Magazine Publishers Association of South Africa promotes the health of the
magazine publishing industry and your company. We promote, protect and advise
the magazine publishing industry and are dedicated to:
- Defend our members' interests
- Promote the magazine medium
- Provide our members access to industry information
- Provide a forum for solving industry critical issues
- Highlight industry training and networking opportunities
- Conduct crucial research
- Uphold press freedom and accountability
MPASA Member Benefits Include:
- Access to the members-only section of the MPASA website, featuring industry
research and data
- Members-only MPASA event attendance, such as the MPASA breakfasts and
lunches and the industry's premier event, The Pica Awards. Networking and
information sharing with other MPASA members at these events build and promote a
magazine community
- The annual MPASA publishing conference, featuring an array of local and
international speakers, providing insight and knowledge into the fast and
changing world of magazine publishing
- The posting of jobs on the MPASA job bank, as a feature of the MPASA website
delivers an essential and industry focused service
- The credibility MPASA membership convey within the industry, and the use of
the MPASA logo
- Access to timely information through MPASA newsletters
- A voice in the relevant MPASA committee discussions and initiatives that
help shape, and set guidelines for, the industry as a whole
- Information about and access to various training/development courses, at
MPASA facilitated discounted rates
- The Advertising/Sales 101 and Magazine Publishing101 standard training
modules presented by MPASA, provide a professional training offering to our
members
- Access to the office of the Press Ombudsman, the self- regulatory body of
the South African print media. Member publishers are committed to respecting and
upholding its rulings and adhering to the Press Code of Professional Practice.
In the event of a complaint the Ombudsman will provide advice and mediation to
member publisher
- Interaction with other industry bodies to ensure protection of members'
interests. Lobbying for members' interests is an important function of the
association. We subscribe to a parliamentary monitoring system to keep abreast
of legislation and make submissions in respect of legislation affecting members
- The Media Credit Co-ordinators (MCC). To contribute to better profitability,
and exclusive to members, the MPASA together with Print Media SA operates an
agency registered scheme. This provides certain guarantees should agencies go
into liquidation. The MCC also keeps a monthly track of monies owed to
publishers by all registered agencies
- The Association also looks after the interest of its members at industry
associations/representatives such as Print Media SA, Audit Bureau of Circulation
(ABC), Association of Marketers (ASOM), Media Directors Circle (MDC), the Public
Relations Institute of SA (PRISA), the National Postal Forum (NPF), the
Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the Freedom of Expression Trust, SAARF
and SABRE
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