Triggerfish plans to take on Disney

[Sindy Peters] All part of a 20-year plan, Triggerfish Animation aims to eventually displace Disney, announced the company's CEO Stuart Forrest at yesterday's Net Prophet conference in Cape Town. Laying the animation studio's cards on the table, his talk followed on the inspirational thread that ran through all the talks at the annual event. 24 May 2013 08:15

Digital publishing paywalls to cause casualties

[Styli Charalambous] Earlier this month, one of South Africa's leading publishing houses announced its online content would be going behind a paywall. But not just any paywall: one priced so high that the walls of Jericho would struggle to compete. Time will tell whether BDFM has overestimated the South African market, and itself. 24 May 2013 07:02

Gov wants a mouthpiece? Never!

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: The "government outfit vying for the Independent Group has laughed off concerns it wants a state mouthpiece," reports Mail & Guardian. So that's all right then... Not. 24 May 2013 09:12

Decoding the creative brief

[Vanita 'Bezi Phiri] For as long as I have been working, I have heard moans and tantrums about briefs from creatives who just want to deliver fantastic results - without wasting time practising some wizardry in guessing what the brief may be entailing. 24 May 2013 05:23

No news is bad news

[Janine Lazarus] I recently received a petition calling for the review of the Secrecy Bill. I didn't need to read any further before adding my name - and a strong comment - to the spiraling number of citizens of this country who are entirely against a Bill that threatens fundamental rights like the freedom of speech. 24 May 2013 06:12

Loeries announce Africa, Middle East judges, 2013 scholarship applications open

Entries to Loeries close Friday, 31 May, so get in now, as the Loeries announce the two judges from Africa and Middle East who are preparing to judge their peers. R30 of every entry into the Loeries will go towards the funding of the Creative Future Scholarship. 24 May 2013 09:30

Hyundai South Africa partners with World Wide Creative to launch new website

[Issued by World Wide Creative] World Wide Creative, integrated digital marketing agency and part of JSE-listed Sekunjalo Investments Limited, recently launched Hyundai's new website for the South African region. 24 May 2013 08:18

Looking back at Africa's biggest travel trade show - Indaba 2013

[Anélia Marais, Issued by GL events Oasys] Indaba is one of the largest tourism marketing events on the African calendar and one of the top three 'must visit' events of its kind on the global calendar. 24 May 2013 09:39

Stage audio hits the right note with ADreach

[Issued by ADreach] When Stage Audio Works decided to create an outdoor campaign, ADreach Street Pole Ads were their automatic choice. 24 May 2013 10:04

Nominations for Women in the Media broadens categories

The August issue of The Media magazine will feature the 2013 Women in Media awards and this year the categories have been extended to encourage more nominations of women who have changed the roles and status of women around them, influenced business plans, content and legislation. 24 May 2013 09:55

IMC Conference announces final speaker and workshop topics

[Issued by Living Your Brand] In less than three weeks, the country's top media and marketing minds will be making a big impact at this year's highly-anticipated Integrated Marketing Communication Conference taking place on 10 and 11 June at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. 23 May 2013 12:28

HKLM case studies

[Issued by HKLM] A few examples of work done by HKLM include a four-minute video for Sasol Year of Chemistry, an evolved corporate identity for Datatec, brand identity for Cennergi and Eon, and the design of a unique new office space for Exxaro. 23 May 2013 11:20

MDDA-Sanlam Local Media Awards finalists announced

[Issued by MDDA] The MDDA and Sanlam have announced the finalists for the MDDA-Sanlam Local Media Awards following the conclusion of judging. The winners will be announced at a gala event to present the Awards this Friday, 24 May 2013, at Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in Boksburg. 23 May 2013 11:35

Why an updated email database is still important

[Issued by CG Consulting] Those who think that email is dead, consider these statistics: digital marketing research firm Radicati Group forecasts that the number of worldwide e-mail accounts is expected to increase to almost 4.1 billion by year-end 2015. 23 May 2013 12:27

Oresti Trends Talk 2.0 - The Dynamic Consumer Landscape

[Issued by Ornico] Ornico CEO Oresti Patricios will share some insights on the trends that have defined the consumer landscape in both local and global markets on Thursday, 30 May, at Odd Cafe in Greenside, Johannesburg. 23 May 2013 13:23