Government WILL introduce restrictions on alcohol advertising; it’s just a question of when it might happen as the issue has now become political. In a hard-hitting talk last week, Adrian Botha, director of the Association for Responsible Alcohol Use, told media representatives attending the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ presentation in Cape Town that South Africa […] Read more
The Audit Bureau of Circulations’ latest figures reveal that the business-to-business and custom magazine publishing sectors are a bit of a mixed bag with some titles flying, and others in deep decline. Bryan Gibson, who presented the ABC’s latest stats in Cape Town this week, laughed when he revealed that the title that showed a […] Read more
The Audit Bureau of Circulations’ Circulation Data Report 62.0 shows that the magazine sector has started to recover – and grow. Magazines showed an increase in sales of 10.7 percent that is a reflection of new entrants to the market and real growth. Consumer magazines showed an increase of 5.5 percent but subscriptions declined by […] Read more
Cape Town. The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) today presented its Circulation Data Report 62.0 for the last quarter of 2010. In a nutshell, magazine circulation is recovering, single sales copies are up and subscriptions down, and sales of English language newspapers have reflect a sharp decline, while titles in Afrikaans and the vernacular have […] Read more
Tim Thabethe and Steve Hofmeyr are hitting the road today, in the hope of hitchhiking to Cape Town in time for U2’s concert on Saturday night. They will raise money for the Agri Securitas Trust Fund en route following a challenge by a Free State farmer to Thabethe to do something about farm murders. He […] Read more
The countdown to The Media Connection’s unveiling of its collective brand has begun. The agency will now be operating in tandem with The Brand Connexion and The Mobi Connection and booting out the perception that it’s an ‘old fashioned’ sales house that simply sells community radio airtime. The Media Connection’s Judy Milne said this week […] Read more