Financial Mail
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Financial Mail (or the FM, as it is widely known), is a South African business publication focused on reaching the country's top business people. This weekly publication, which was launched in 1959, underwent a major "look and feel" change in 2006, which saw it reclaim its position as the most widely read English business weekly in the country. The FM also publishes a series of popular corporate profiles as well as annual publications such as The Little Black Book, AdFocus and The Property Handbook. Source
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| Scope | National |
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| Language | English |
| Country | South Africa |
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