Lastništvo in razvrstitev
Ustanovljeno: 1999
Lastništvo
IOL (Independent Online) je novična spletna stran Independent Media, druge največje skupine časopisov v Južni Afriki. Od leta 2013 jo nadzoruje Sekunjalo Investment Holdings in njen predsednik dr. Iqbal Survé, ki ga ima podružnica Sagarmathra / Sekunjalo Independent Media.
Financiranje
Financira se z oglaševanjem in digitalnimi prihodki, vendar je osnovna skupina močno odvisna od posojila iz pokojninskega sklada državnih uslužbencev (PIC) in kitajskih državnih vlagateljev ter od navzkrižne subvencije znotraj skupine Sekunjalo.
Pripadnost in usmeritev
Čeprav je IOL nominalno komercialna trgovina, je razvrščena kot odvisna, ker jo nadzira skupina Sekunjalo Iqbala Survéja in jo podpirajo državne pokojnine in financiranje, povezano s kitajsko državo; njeno pokritost se splošno šteje za usklajeno s poslovnimi in političnimi interesi Survéja in je bila kritizirana zaradi partizanske vsebine, ki podpira lastnike.
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