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Round-up of the latest media news
This is TheMediaOnline’s in brief section, containing the latest news about South African media.
To get specialist media commentary and the answers to topical media questions, go to our columnists section or read our Q&As.
01 September 2010
Thought24 magazines to host the biggest women’s event in South Africa – the 'I Am Woman' Lifestyle Extravaganza
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30 August 2010
Market IQ, a leading provider of market intelligence via the monitoring of online media and content sources, is launching its Advertising Value Equivalency (AVE) feature in September 2010
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28 August 2010
Two weeks after becoming the highest-grossing animated film of all time, Disney•Pixar’s Toy Story 3 will cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office today (28 August), joining Alice in Wonderland as the second $1 billion film this year from The Walt Disney Company’s studio – the first studio in history to accomplish this feat.
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30 August 2010
Tomorrow (31 August) night's show of Redi On Mzansi sees Redi Direko tackle xenophobia
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30 August 2010
Absa, one of South Africa’s largest financial services groups, is pleased to announce the appointment of John Dludlu to the role of Head of Group Communication. John joined Absa effective 10 August 2010
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27 August 2010
Today (27 August) Mr Ton Vosloo, chairman of Naspers, presented the group’s top prizes at a luncheon held after the company’s annual general meeting
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30 August 2010
Ray Phiri’s seen it all – smash hits, global stardom and heartbreak. And now the legendary singer, outspoken activist and songwriter is in the spotlight on the next episode of Top Ten At 10: My Life in Music on Mzansi Magic
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30 August 2010
We offer you the opportunity to advertise in this Glossy, A5, Full Colour Guide of the
Mr. Gay South Africa™ competition which will be distributed in three editions at Joburg Pride, clubs and other gay venues countrywide, as well as at the Grand Finale, on 26 November 2010 in Johannesburg, the venue of which will be revealed at the North Regional Final on 4 Sept. in Pretoria
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27 August 2010
Stakeholders are invited to attend a summit hosted by SANEF to discuss free speech and media freedom in South Africa.
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24 August 2010
The SOS Coalition invites you to a workshop on “Strengthening ICASA - Ensuring it acts courageously in the public interest” to be held on Wednesday 25th August 2010
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24 August 2010
Eskom has again signed up with Primedia Unlimited’s washroom advertising specialist, TLC, as a result of the extensive reach of TLC’s advertising frames inside shopping malls, sports bars and airports
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24 August 2010
OFM’s marketing manager, Nick Efstathiou, programme manager Tim Zunckel and presenters Rian van Heerden and Tim Thabethe, embarked on a two week road trip in August, presenting the Sound of Your Life (SOYL) game show and giving away more than R100 000 worth of prizes to 30 advertising agencies in Cape Town, Durbana and Gauteng
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24 August 2010
In a sector that showed a general decline in sales, Leisure Wheels has bucked the trend to return a second quarter ABC figure of 20 225, a 38% increase on the same period last year and 19% on the Jan – March 2010 period
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24 August 2010
Recently a client of Gullan&Gullan’s asked the question – When should a brand make use of PR and when should it use paid for advertising? On my quest to find the right answer I happened upon some research conducted by Context Analytics last year. The project’s aim was to assess how unpaid media publicity and paid for advertising contributes to brand value
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20 August 2010
'SARIE' has once again proven that they are SA’s no. 1 selling women’s magazine with the announcement of the latest ABC figures. SARIE now boasts a new circulation figure of 132 646 for April – June 2010, a remarkable growth of 114 852 from the January – March 2010 period
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19 August 2010
Habari Media to offer local clients advertising opportunities on The Daily Maverick, allowing businesses to effectively leverage off a top-end news and current affairs website with a high LSM following
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17 August 2010
The Mercury newspaper in KwaZulu-Natal launched yesterday (Monday August 16, 2010) a media freedom initiative - Urgent SOS to all citizens – asking readers to add their voices to the campaign. By 21:25 last night they received more than 722 emails, many of them with the names of more than one person who have come out in support of the campaign. Faxes have also started pouring in, which they don't have time to count.
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19 August 2010
Following AMASA’s successful year-old Learnership Programme (ALP), the 2010 programme has commenced, placing eligible candidates at partner agencies Starcom MediaVest Group, The MediaShop and Mediaedge
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19 August 2010
In celebration of its 50th issue, VISI – South Africa’s premier décor, design and architecture magazine – is, quite literally, playing house. In true VISI style, the issue, on sale nationwide from 18 August 2010, has not only been die-cut to create a house-shaped publication but also features two different miniature handmade houses on its Afrikaans and English covers respectively
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19 August 2010
Ten reasons why you should find out more about this essential CRM tool
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