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 | This year, nine South African creatives will serve on Cannes Lions' judging panels... read |
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 | Media24 made a clean sweep of five award categories at the IAB Bookmarks last month... read | |
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 | Leigh Andrews This week, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with technophile Bongani Chinkanda, business and strategy director at Elevator... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Publicis Machine's recently appointed chief strategy officer Moagi Bodibe recommends stopping to pause for thought and ensure your game plan is watertight to get ahead in the coming months... read |
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 | Finalists in the UX/UI category have been revealed for One Show 2017... read |
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 | Finalists in the mobile category have been revealed for One Show 2017... read |
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 | Finalists in the 'social media' category have been revealed for One Show 2017 with an SA entry making the grade... read |
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 | Finalists in the 'interactive' category have been revealed for One Show 2017 with an SA entry making the grade... read |
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 | Finalists in the 'print and outdoor' category have been revealed for One Show 2017 with 11 SA entries making the grade... read |
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 | Finalists in the 'direct marketing' category have been revealed for One Show 2017 with two SA entries making the grade... read |
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 | Finalists in the film category have been revealed for One Show 2017, with three SA entries making the grade... read |
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 | Finalists in the cross-platform category have been revealed for One Show 2017 with an SA entry making the grade... read |
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 | “I really love the idea because it's utilising technology... repurposed in a really ingenious way to make everyday life easier.” That's how Masashi Kawamura, ECD and founder at Party in Tokyo and One Mobile juror, introduced the entry that was a delight for him to watch... read |
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 | “They're extremely sour candies and the posters were extremely simple, beautiful shots, portraits of people with the candy in their mouths with their faces extremely puckered. It's beautiful craft.” That's how Steve Persico, GCD at Leo Burnett Toronto and One Show print and outdoor juror, introduced the entry that was a delight for him to watch. read |
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 | “It's a lovely story about a girl and a boy, and at the end of the film you are absolutely shocked that you missed the boy entering the school with a gun because you were distracted by their love story.” That's how Gaston Bigio, CCO at David and One Show film juror, introduced the entry that was a delight for him to watch... read |
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 | “It's just a giant pram and adults get to test drive the pram that they're buying for their child”. That's the entry that was a delight for Nadja Lossgott to watch. She is creative partner at AMV BBDO in London and One Show Print & Outdoor juror... read |
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Donna Mathews, Issued by Kingdom Agency |
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Issued by Vicinity Media |
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Michael Nicholas & Duncan Southgate, Issued by Kantar TNS |
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Nigel Hollis, Issued by Kantar Millward Brown |
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 | IDidTht's March SA Film Reel was judged by multi-award winning Steph van Niekerk, whose standout for Best of Reel for Direction Craft was none other than Kyle Lewis from Arcade Content for Nasty C Bad Hair... read |
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 | Bogosi Motshegwa Black people dancing in adverts has graduated from being a creative expression derived from a weak observation that was camouflaged as an insight, to what is now a very popular creative device or template... read |
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Issued by Media Host |
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Issued by Cash Crusaders |
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 | Google has said it will apply machine smarts and outside eyes to help ensure brands don't find ads paired with hateful videos on YouTube. read |
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 | Brendan Seery I must say that when I saw the shapely blonde woman running across my screen the other day, I looked twice. And I looked even closer when I saw the trim, fit body was topped by a ‘mature' face and grey hair... read |
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 | César Vacchiano Nowadays, as we are gradually coming out of a global recession and economic crisis in which communication agencies have been greatly affected, all agencies of all disciplines have continued to compete ferociously for local clients... read |
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Issued by Vega School |
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 | Leigh Andrews On Saturday, 1 April, I found myself walking across a dusty square between the Sinovuyo Old Age Home and the Litha Methodist Church grounds on Msombovu Road in Khayelitsha... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Lack of visible house numbers in the townships often results in unnecessary delays in emergency treatment and sometimes, death. Grey Africa's CCO Fran Luckin and head of design Kean Hartnady explain how Grey's Satellifes campaign is saving lives... read |
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 | Times Media has moved its business news websites, Business Day, Financial Mail, RDM and BusinessLIVE to a serverless architecture that runs entirely on the Google App Engine (GAE) environment... read |
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 | Amidst the backdrop of a rapidly evolving business environment, characterised by a need for innovation to cut through the marketing clutter, and the growing trend of digital disruption led by mobile, the role of the chief marketing officers (CMOs) of the future will be fundamentally different to what it is today... read |
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 | Werner Vogels Companies that understand that fast-paced innovation is the key to long-term growth can take on even the largest enterprises who are slow to adapt to the fast-moving digital reality... read |
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 | With its Equal Rating Innovation Challenge, Mozilla called for creative and scalable ideas to provide affordable access to the open internet. The winning teams were from India, South Africa, and Brazil... read |
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 | Tich Savanhu There is a large amount of current data and predictions on how voice search is on the rise. Now, 40% of US adults are searching by voice at least once a day... read |
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 | Brett Parker How design thinking can assist business leaders in making the right decisions about digital transformation... read |
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 | Jessica Tennant Mann Made Media is the in-kind sponsor of the PR, content and event production for the upcoming 2017 SingularityU Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge for the second consecutive year. Here, owner and local amassador Mic Mann shares more about the event and the Silicon Valley-like culture such an opportunity presents to Africa's innovators... read |
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 | Entrepreneurs, regardless of their business cycle or success, can benefit from an outsider reviewing their business and its processes says Kobus Engelbrecht, spokesperson for the 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year competition... read |
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Issued by Multi-Media |
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Issued by Naija Writers' Coach |
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Issued by Multi-Media |
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 | One can now download free apps that will turn one's cellphone into a paranormal investigative tool, allowing the amateur ghost hunter to detect unseen energies and paranormal force fields... read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach Exhibitions add R66.5 billion to South Africa's GDP, contributing R3 billion to national taxes and 135,100 sustainable jobs. In 2015 of the five million visitors to exhibitions, tourists accounted for 1 million of these... read |
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 | Justin Hawes Justin Hawes, MD of exhibition, events and retail display company, Scan Display... read |
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 | More than half of the jobs at US newspapers have disappeared since 2001, with a large portion of the losses offset by employment gains at internet firms, government figures showed... read |
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 | Janine Lloyd It is a sad day when PR firms tarnish the reputation of the industry as a whole... read |
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 | Tiffany Markman There is no such noun as ‘a revert'. There is also no such verb phrase, in the context of replying to someone, as ‘revert back'. You're bastardising an innocent verb. Find out why... read |
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 | NEWSWATCH: PR firms aim for good headlines for their clients, not ones where their own reputation is brought to question. That's exactly why we're seeing British firm Bell Pottinger gaining media mentions lately... read |
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Judith Middleton, Issued by DUO Marketing + Communications |
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Issued by FirstPencil |
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Bobby Amm, Issued by CPA |
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 | Following 1,700 entries into the Liberty Radio Awards for the ‘Station of the Year', the adjudication panel has announced 20 finalists in four categories... read |
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Issued by OFM Radio |
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 | After more than a decade on 5FM, DJ Fresh has described his move to Metro FM as a "30-year-long dream come true"... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Ad Talent director Stacey Bossenger lets us in on the current emphasis on and shortage in digital talent across the board... read |
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 | According to the latest Kantar TNS mobile survey, seven out of 10 South Africans say that Jacob Zuma should resign as the president of South Africa. This comes in the aftermath of last week's cabinet reshuffle and the dismissal of both the Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas... read |
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 | The Publisher Research Council (PRC) has launched the Establishment Survey (ES), a collaborative partnership between it, the Broadcast Research Council (BRC) and the Advertiser Media Forum (AMF) so media owners, marketers and advertisers can use it as a strategic inter-media planning tool... read |
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 | Research shows a link between healthy workplace culture and working spaces, and the impacts these have on the heads, hearts and hands of staff that take your brand to market. read |
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 | Chris Brewer As we stare down the political abyss brought on by Mr Bumble and wonder what on earth is going to happen next, I began wondering if the advertising industry isn't in a similar position... read |
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 | Lauren Hartzenberg McDonald's South Africa serves over a million breakfasts every month, meaning that its recent National Breakfast Day promotion... read |
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 | Frankies, producers of a traditional range of soft drinks and ice-lolly flavours, has launched its new retro van on the streets of Gauteng... read |
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Issued by CADEK Media |
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 | Facebook has moved its Johannesburg offices into larger premises, providing a new base for the company's work across Africa... read |
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 | A global alliance of tech industry and academic organisations unveiled plans on Monday to work together to combat the spread of "fake news" and improve public understanding of journalism... read |
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 | NEW YORK - Pepsi said on Wednesday it was dropping an ad featuring the supermodel Kendall Jenner that appeared to use the "Black Lives Matter" protests to promote the soda brand... read |
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 | WASHINGTON - eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's philanthropic foundation pledged Wednesday to donate $100 million over three years to support "independent media and investigative journalism" worldwide, while tackling "misinformation and hate speech"... read |
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 | WASHINGTON, US: Amazon has dropped its appeal of a US regulator's order and will pay refunds up to $70 million for app purchases by children on its tablet computers... read |
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 | HAMPSHIRE, UK: The Future Digital Awards have been awarded to companies that Juniper believes have made significant progress within their sector... read |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Wednesday unleashed a new weapon in the war against "revenge porn" at the leading social network as well as the messaging services Messenger and Instagram... read |
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 | The Syria Campaign has leveraged the symbolism of clothes pegs to create a new campaign to increase public pressure on politicians looking to shift the EU and other key countries to a more pro-Assad position. The launch of the campaign follows on from a suspected chemical attack in the country on Tuesday, killing dozens in Idlib province... read |
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 | The New York Festivals has announced the members of the executive jury for the inaugural 'film craft' category in this year's awards... read |
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 | NEW YORK - Recent high-profile advertising missteps by Pepsi and skin-care company Nivea underscored anew Madison Avenue's awkward relationship with racial diversity at a time when the United States is becoming less white... read |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube on Thursday stopped placing ads on channels with fewer than 10,000 views in a move aimed at preventing people from making money off offensive or pirated videos... read |
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 | ROME, Italy: An Italian court banned the use of smartphone apps for the ride-hailing group Uber, saying they contribute to traditional taxis facing unfair competition... read |
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 | The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has given dotAfrica the green light to move forward with their launch plan... read |
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 | The London Stock Exchange Group's inaugural ‘Companies to Inspire Africa' report launches, showing high growth companies in Africa... read |
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 | Police attack journalists covering arrest of Ugandan opposition member of parliament... read |
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| More Africa |
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 | MUMBAI, India: CEO Magazine has released its top 25 list of fastest growing companies serving the logistics ecosystem in India... read |
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 | Taxes make up a big part of the price you pay at the pump. As of last night, 5 April 2017, South African motorists received a 24 cents a litre decrease in the price of petrol... read |
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 | The Global Cleantech Innovation Programme for SMEs in SA (GCIP-SA) has opened its call for applications. read |
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 | Danette Breitenbach While commodities may be on the rise globally, South Africa is a mixed bag with some going up, some stable and sadly, some declining... read |
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 | Our digital world has changed the ‘music' landscape. Right now there is a lot more music available to audiences than ever before because of digital platforms such as streaming sites and digital audio consumption channels. - View/Rate |
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- AMIN grows EMEA reach with the inclusion of SA agency - more info
- Urban Sass appoints 4Elements Media to manage PR, social media - more info
- HydraTherm appoints Paddington Station PR - more info
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