Jo’burg outdoor advertising under review
23 May 2013 - Out of HomeThe City of Johannesburg is in the process of reviewing its outdoor advertising contracts amid allegations of irregularities. TheMediaOnline looks into the outdoor war in ...
SA newspapers: manufacturing dissent?
23 May 2013 - PressThe eminent American scholar-activist Noam Chomsky published a celebrated critique in 1988 of the media in the United States. The book, entitled Manufacturing Consent, exposes the ...
DStv suspends HD-PVR panel
23 May 2013 - NewsDStv has suspended with immediate effect its expanded viewer panel to measure television viewing in High Definition (HD) subscriber homes. The decision became effective on 14 ...
All the media moves
23 May 2013 - Media MeccaMedia Moves… TheMediaOnline's weekly round up. New editor to steer CAR. Joe Public grows it talent pool. Habari Media wins LinkedIn global sales rights. marcusbrewster ...
The battle for audiences on the new frontier
22 May 2013 - NewspapersMature newspaper markets have been so depressing over the last decade that it is often tempting to focus on exciting emerging countries when looking for ...
The trouble with innovation
22 May 2013 - Media MeccaIf businesses are to deliver the returns that shareholders demand, they need a bigger contribution from their innovation efforts. The targets set for any business usually ...
Sacsis expands content production to radio
22 May 2013 - NewsThe South African Civil Society Information Service (Sacsis) is expanding its content production and dissemination into podcast format for use by campus and community radio ...
The value of a Facebook brand fan in 2013
22 May 2013 - Digital MediaWhen it comes to brands on Facebook, the past few years reflect hype and a competitive race to acquire the most Fan connections. But brand ...
Briefly… Rapid growth for new business app
22 May 2013 - Media MeccaConnecto, the smartphone app that provides a business connection hub for consumers, signed up 50 customers within three weeks of its launch and is continuing ...
Briefly… Comutanet gives the ABF Rank TV airtime
22 May 2013 - Media MovesComutanet is sponsoring the Advertising Benevolent Fund (ABF) with R50 000 worth of Rank TV airtime, which it can sell to raise much-needed funding for ...
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‘Sleep with your customers and smash your brand!’
21 May 2013 - AdvertisingMartin Lindstrom, brand specialist extraordinaire, who appeared on the cover of Time in 2009 as one of the world’s 100 most influential people, kept his ...
Black middle class: aspirational and on the move
21 May 2013 - Media MeccaThe UCT Unilever Institute of Strategic Marketing recently released the results of its research into South Africa's booming black middle class. Sandra Burger, business unit ...
Feeling the ‘zap’: trends in branded broadcast content
21 May 2013 - BroadcastingOh how I love my PVR! After years of being in the advertising and communications business, my husband and I delight in zapping the rubbish ...
South Africa bids farewell to Mr Sharp Sharp
21 May 2013 - NewsSouth Africans continue to mourn the death of television and radio presenter Vuyo Mbuli. The man who co-anchored SABC 2’s Morning Live with Leanne Manas ...
Action plan on Saarf TAMS audit findings
20 May 2013 - NewsThe South African Audience Research Foundation (Saarf) says it has "engaged" with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) as well as Nielsen to discuss the ...
Magazines
Content counts in women’s magazines
Former FAIRLADY editor Ann Donald was acclaimed for her integrity. She looks at these magazines today to see what has changed. In the early years of ...
Television
Television audiences: The weighting game
The recent audit by the South African Audience Research Foundation into the methodology used by the Television Audience Measurement Survey (TAMS) has revealed what it ...
Newspapers
The battle for audiences on the new frontier
Mature newspaper markets have been so depressing over the last decade that it is often tempting to focus on exciting emerging countries when looking for ...