The world is an ever-changing place – and with it, the media landscape will continue to change in 2011, says Mzi Malunga, managing director of BDFM, publisher of Business Day and the Financial Mail. The touchstone is digital media, and the immediacy and wealth of information it represents, he says. This presents significant challenges to […] Read more
A network of media organisations, concerned with how children are reported on in the media, are launching a groundbreaking project that will take place in South Africa and Zambia. It will involve hundreds of children and news agencies in both countries. Media Monitoring Africa (MMA), Media Network on Child’s Rights and Development (MNCRD) and Save […] Read more
An abducted child was returned to its mother after being taken in a car that had a satellite tracking service in what is a clear case of a commercial coming to life. The rescue of the child was facilitated by a Tracker device in the car the abductor used, and came just two months after […] Read more
The radio wars are hotting up, especially on the streets of Cape Town. Firstly, there was a very public showdown between Good Hope FM’s breakfast host, Nigel Pierce, and The Knob when The Knob left him for the Phat Joe breakfast show at Heart104.9, just down the drag. Then this morning, a mob protested outside […] Read more
Master the art of winning new business: The Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS), is offering the first of its programme of masterclasses to its subscribing agencies on March 3, 2011 in Gauteng. The topic is Winning New Business. “The new business world is very different from how it was 10 years ago, five years ago […] Read more
TheMediaOnline caught up with ProVantage’s Jaques du Preez to get his take on the forecast for the out of home advertising market and the trends he sees taking shape this year. Du Preez believes the market is warming up nicely, thank you very much. Has the outdoor media business been impacted on by the recession, […] Read more