| 27 Jun 2012 |
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Marketing & Media
 This week's Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, streamed live 5pm-6pm via 2oceansVibe Radio, will focus on how to be a great creative in a global village. The studio guest this Wednesday evening, 27 June 2012, will be Rob McLennan, executive creative director of Net#work BBDO. [ twitterfall] Read more >>
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 The press preview list of new films from Ster-Kinekor has been released for July 2012. Read more >>
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 Following its plenary meeting in Brussels late last week, industry experts have declared the formation of the Linked Content Coalition (LCC), the global project to facilitate the communication and expression of digital rights information in the creative content sector, necessary and feasible. Read more >>
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 The latest campaign renewal news, by Humor Diagnostica, re-affirms the power of in-pharmacy advertising specialist X/procure's range of communication channels. Read more >>
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 The Naspers Limited Provisional Report for the financial year ended 31 March 2012 was released on SENS and RNS before the market opened this morning, Wednesday, 27 June 2012. (updated) Read more >>
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Nominations for the SAB Environmental Media & Environmentalist of the Year Awards 2012 are extended this year to the public, who may also nominate those members of the media who excel in highlighting natural and ecological matters, urban concerns or green and brown issues. Read more >>
Mobile
 Low-cost airline Mango's third aircraft, enabled with G-Connect In-Flight Wi-Fi, comes online today; the airline has dedicated the final stage of its beta-phase introduction to its Lanseria-Cape Town route. Read more >>
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 [Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] In the great democratisation of news, who will win and who will lose? It's so hard to predict what will happen as the big traditional-media houses vie for audience with small online-only outfits that are unhampered by traditional cost structures. Read more >>
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 NEWSWATCH: Facebook has again upset its users with an email address move, reports IOL and Thinus Ferreira, writing on Channel24, comments on a report that indicates that selling channels on a "so-called a la carte" basis would destroy the pay-TV industry. Read more >>
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 The new elected president of the Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (PRISA) is 33 year old corporate communication strategist, Tshepo Matseba. Read more >>
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 Visiting 5FM and Metro FM, the DHL Stormers players, Schalk Burger, Duane Vermeulen, Nizaam Carr and Danie Poolman surprised the breakfast radio teams when they took on the role of DHL couriers in the streets of Johannesburg. Read more >>
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NEWSWATCH: An SA blogger has been served with legal papers after he wrote a blog post on Monday, 25 June 2012, in which he described internet radio stats as "Utter nonsense" - and more. Read more >>
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 [BMi Research: Consumer Division] A recent study by BMi Research Consumer Division to test if consumer attitudes towards recycling had changed much showed that consumers at the higher end of the market still recycle out of obligation and those at the bottom end still do it for the financial rewards. It remains obvious that more recycling initiatives and consumer education is needed to make it second nature. Read more >>
 MOSCOW, RUSSIA: The data on most mobile devices could easily fall into the hands of cybercriminals. That's the alarming conclusion reached by Kaspersky Lab experts based on research carried out by Harris Interactive in February-March 2012. Read more >>
 DENVER, US: Quark announced today that in the first quarter of 2012 the company generated an increase in overall revenue year-over-year. The increase can be attributed to success in digital publishing, notably through sales of QuarkXPress and Quark App Studio. Read more >>
 NEW YORK, US: One Show Interactive is now accepting entries so enter your work into One Show Interactive's first quarter. The digital world is a rapidly changing world so don't let your work be forgotten. Read more >>
More International...
Advertising
 50 000 rugby fans answered the call to get behind John Smit's world-class invitational rugby team, Barney's Army, when they took on the KZN Sharks at Mr Price Kings Park Stadium to raise funds for the John Smit 111 Foundation. Read more >> The Homecoming Revolution has created the first ever fragrance range that smells literally of South African experiences: Highveld Thunderstorm, Zulu Leather and Karoo Stoep. Read more >> Saatchi & Saatchi has developed an emotive 60-second TV commercial, featuring Minister of Public Enterprises, Malusi Gigaba, for the 49M national energy efficiency initiative whch drives awareness around the challenge of conserving electricity consumption during the winter months. Read more >>CSI
 Kaelo - Stories of Hope, returns to e.tv next week Tuesday, 3 July. The CSI platform's inspiring stories encourage ordinary South Africans to stand up and take action while highlighting the incredible work being done in communities by the private, public and civil society. Read more >>Digital
 Thirty-seven-year-old Jason Cumming has been appointed the managing director of Leftfield. From the heart of Cape Town's CBD this boutique full-service advertising and marketing agency has quietly established a name for itself by successfully helping brands establish a foothold in Africa, notably Nigeria. Read more >>Education & Training
While the business case for adopting social media is increasingly positive, new research by Altimeter suggests that without a strategy, businesses going this route run the risk of opening a "virtual Pandora's Box". Read more >>Events & Conferencing
 EspAfrika, producers of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, and GrandWest brings you fresh electro sounds to celebrate the end of the holidays at GrandWest on Thursday, 12 July. Read more >>Exhibitions |  |
 EXSA took part at Markex to enforce the message of the power of exhibitions in the marketing mix. What was very positive for EXSA was the amount of foreign visitors, especially from Botswana and Namibia, who came seeking information and wanting help and advice with their local exhibitions. Read more >>Online Media
The number of items for sale on the thirteen-year-old South African online marketplace, bidorbuy.co.za, recently surpassed the figure of one million. Read more >>Out Of Home |  |
 Vehicle branding and transit media specialists, Graffiti, recently gave three Land Rover Freelanders a bold new look. The green, blue and black vehicles were each individually branded to highlight Windhoek beer's refreshed packaging for each of the Windhoek Lager, Windhoek Light and Windhoek Draft brands. Read more >>Radio
 The 567 CapeTalk Food Drive, in conjunction with Pick n Pay, kicked off in style. John Maytham broadcasted his show live on site at Constantia Village and encouraged listeners and patrons to donate non-perishables in aid of the partners in this initiative, the Mustadafin Foundation. Read more >>Recruitment
The Recruitgroup, one of the leading recruitment agencies in South Africa, recently increased its portfolio to include a specialist engineering recruitment division, RecruitSite. Read more >>
 National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega has appointed Major-General Chris Ngcobo as Acting Divisional Commissioner for Crime Intelligence, Protection and Security Services, SAPS has announced. Read more >>
 Despite a softening of cargo categories, Transnet is going ahead with its infrastructure build programme. Read more >>
More Government news...
 Following the success of &Beyond and Africa Foundation's Footprints of Hope 10-day rhino awareness walk (through the Sabi Sand and Kruger wilderness and surrounding communities) earlier this year, the teams are now returning to two of those communities to help inspire the youth and educate them about the threat of rhino poaching. Read more >>
 [Sibongile Khumalo] South Africa's world-renowned Kruger National Park is to get its first luxury hotel, but not everyone is impressed by the decision aimed at attracting the growing black middle class. Read more >>
More Travel news...
 Grammy Award-winning performers Clarence Carter and Eddie Palmieri, Jamaica's Monty Alexander and France's Manu Katche are among the new international artists announced for this year's Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival. Read more >>
 [Daniel Dercksen] If there's one live musical show you cannot miss on the big screen, it's the screening of Stephen Sondheim's sensational musical drama, Company. Staged by the world-famous New York Philharmonic, Company was recorded live from the Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center, New York in 2011 and is now screening in cinemas outside the US for the first time, and in SA exclusively at Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau Theatres on 28 and 30 June and 1 July only, so make sure not to miss it, no matter what. Read more >>
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- The evolution of digital media in Africa Amasa - Cape Town, 28 June
- Jackie Burgess golf days JACKIE @ THE GOLF - Durban, 3 July
- Business and report writing TP Training Solutions - Johannesburg, 11 July
- Strategic marketing for thinkers Vega The School of Brand Leadership - Randburg, 19 July
- IT and design open day CTU Training Solutions - All, 21 July
- Hana Hana - the social media marketing course Britefire - Cape Town, 30 July
- Profound - The search engine marketing course Britefire - Cape Town, 31 July
- SALGA/ARC MOU launch ARC - Ballito, 2 August
- Gambit - The digital strategy course Britefire - Cape Town, 3 August
- Landscape Travel and Wildlife Photography Vega School of Brand Leadership - Bedfordview Johannesburg, 4 September
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