Next (Nigeria)

This article is about a Nigerian newspaper. For other uses, see Next (disambiguation).
Next
TypeDaily newspaper
PublisherTimbuktu Media group
Founded2009
Sister newspapersElan (a fashion glossy), X2 and the website 234NEXT.com.
Website234next.com

Next is a newspaper in Nigeria that was founded by Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Dele Olojede in 2004, covering news, opinion, arts & culture, business and entertainment.[1]

Next is published by Timbuktu Media group, which 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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[3] 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.[4]

In 2011, Dele Olojede was awarded the John P. McNulty Prize for founding NEXT.[5] The McNulty Prize is available to Fellows of the Aspen Institute who have created a project to solve pressing social problems using innovative entrepreneurial techniques.

Next ceased publication in September 2011.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Stanford was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Investor Relations". Timbuktu Media group. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Guardian20090302 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "NEXT – Nigeria's Latest Newspaper Launches News Portal". AfricanLoft. December 20, 2008. Archived from the original on May 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  5. ^ "John P. McNulty Prize - Laureates". John P. McNulty Prize. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-06-19.