In some respects, Brkic, a long-time print publisher who came to South Africa from Yugoslavia in 1991, wants to recreate Maverick, the now-defunct monthly business magazine, on the web. But his plans go further: he's on a mission to shake up the way people think about online media in SA.
He's clearly excited about the Daily Maverick, which he hopes to launch within the next five to six weeks — a test site will go live in about a week. Influenced by the Daily Beast and the Huffington Post, two popular American news websites, Brkic wants the Daily Maverick to be people's one-stop online read. And he wants them to love reading it.
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