The new Advertising Regulatory Board, which has replaced the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa, began its work on Monday. The ASA was ordered to liquidate by business rescue practitioners, Eripio, in early October following a meeting with creditors. SARS, the organisation’s principle creditor, rejected an offer, which triggered the liquidation. At the time, CEO […] Read more
The Democratic Alliance has slammed the SABC over its plan to retrench up to 2 200 staff members without having conducted a proper employee audit. “The DA is reliably informed that SABC management simply went from office to office asking managers if there were staff in their units that could be retrenched,” shadow communications minister, […] Read more
Tiso Blackstar’s management team has rebutted claims made by Dr Iqbal Survé in his latest “meandering diatribe”, saying it was “littered with gross inaccuracies, blatant lies and defamatory statements. Read more
It has been 10 years since the last Glass Ceiling survey, a research project into how women fare in South Africa’s media. Undertaken by the South African National Editors Forum and Gender Links, the results show “dramatic shifts in the race and gender composition of media houses since 2006”, but also reveal new threats to women […] Read more
There’s the MOST Awards, the APEX Awards, the AMASA Awards, the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards, the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards, the Loeries, The Bookmarks, The Liberty Radio Awards, the New Generation Awards, the Sunday Times Generation Next Awards… None would be possible without sponsors. The economy is in a tight spot, and […] Read more
Head of the Broadcast Research Council of South Africa, Clare O'Neil, is presenting a paper at a global audience measurement convention on how audience research was transformed in SA. Read more