Next (Nigeria)
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Next is a newspaper in Nigeria
that covers news, opinion, arts & culture, business and entertainment.
Next is published by Timbuktu Media group, which was founded by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Dele Olojede
in 2004.
The group is based in Lagos
, Nigeria and South Africa
and is involved in publishing, printing and broadcasting.
Other Timbuktu Media publications are NEXT on Sunday, Elan (a fashion glossy), X2 and the website 234NEXT.com.
Olojede is a former staffer on New York's Newsday
who won a Pulitzer prize for a report on the Rwandan genocide.
He was a co-founder of the Nigerian Newswatch magazine in the mid-1980s.
In an unusual sequence, Next first appeared as a "tweet" on Twitter
in December 2008. Two weeks later the website went live, and the print edition first appeared on 4 January 2009.
A welcome message from Olojede in the first edition said "NEXT is launched now to provide news and informed opinion fairly and accurately to the Nigerian public in any land, based on the best judgment of the editors, and in a way that serves the public purpose and is compatible with the demands of an open and democratic society". It went on to say the newspaper would be delivered through a variety of media including print, internet, twitter, YouTube
, Facebook
and so on.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
that covers news, opinion, arts & culture, business and entertainment.
Next is published by Timbuktu Media group, which was founded by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Dele Olojede
Dele Olojede
Dele Olojede is a Nigerian Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and former foreign editor for Newsday. Olojede was the first African-born winner of the Pulitzer Prize.-Biography:Olojede was born the eleventh of 28 children...
in 2004.
The group is based in Lagos
Lagos
Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...
, Nigeria and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
and is involved in publishing, printing and broadcasting.
Other Timbuktu Media publications are NEXT on Sunday, Elan (a fashion glossy), X2 and the website 234NEXT.com.
Olojede is a former staffer on New York's Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
who won a Pulitzer prize for a report on the Rwandan genocide.
He was a co-founder of the Nigerian Newswatch magazine in the mid-1980s.
In an unusual sequence, Next first appeared as a "tweet" on Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
in December 2008. Two weeks later the website went live, and the print edition first appeared on 4 January 2009.
A welcome message from Olojede in the first edition said "NEXT is launched now to provide news and informed opinion fairly and accurately to the Nigerian public in any land, based on the best judgment of the editors, and in a way that serves the public purpose and is compatible with the demands of an open and democratic society". It went on to say the newspaper would be delivered through a variety of media including print, internet, twitter, YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
and so on.