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MediaMind Africa: Rich Media Award

Ogilvy Interactive Cape Town recently had the honour of being crowned the inaugural recipients of the MediaMind Africa 'Floating' Trophy - presented to the creative agency that has built the highest-rated creative over a quarter. Ogilvy's 'Ask Rudi' ad for Audi was selected as the choice creative for Q4 2011. 3 Feb 2012 12:18

Imagining Web 3.0 discusses influence of Web 3.0 on media, society

Lee-Roy Chetty has published a new book, Imagining Web 3.0, which discusses the next phase of the internet and how the evolution to a third generation will influence media and society. 3 Feb 2012 11:37

Press freedom as the ANC sees it

[Stephen Grootes: @StephenGrootes] On Tuesday, 31 January 2012, in front of the Press Freedom Commission's members, the ANC had its say. Parts of its submission make you think the ANC is paranoid, and parts make you think it has a serious point. 1 Feb 2012 11:16

Tomas Roope on brands and social platforms

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Tomas Roope has been doing multimedia since 1991. That was before most of the rest of us even realised it existed. So listen closely. Once it might have described CD-ROMs (he did that, too) but today multimedia features in numerous consumer touchpoints, both online and off, and Roope has had a front-row view as a technical and creative director at The Rumpus Room. [video] 1 Feb 2012 10:34

[2012 trends] In case the world doesn't end...

[Louise Marsland: @Louise_Marsland] While the theme song for the Year 2012 will undoubtedly be ''It's the end of the world as we know it..." by R.E.M., and we'll be bored with all the End-of-the-World theme parties and raves and launches by March already... in case the world doesn't end, these are some essential trends and things you need to know for the year to come [with additional editing and contributions from moi - managing ed]. 31 Jan 2012 14:13

[2012 trends] Will someone (Eskom, maybe) please pull the plug?

[Sue Disler] That was my first reaction when Bizcommunity's editor Simone Puterman requested an article predicting 12 trends for 2012. A "trend" is defined as "a general tendency, movement, or direction". In my honest opinion, what most people will be purporting as trend is merely (if you analyse it properly), new and improved technology and ideas. 31 Jan 2012 12:06

[2012 trends] Bob, where's my flying car?

[Matt Ross] I'm risking joining the ranks of ludicrousness by jumping in the mire of guesstimation. I'm not focusing on any specific area of our industry; after all, any development affects us all. I have tried to be broad, though. Oh, and I've avoided trends. The following will be stalwarts for years to come - the temporary is never attractive, anyway. Unless you married Liz Taylor. 31 Jan 2012 11:36

Getaway's own Blog Awards

The contribution of bloggers, which last year saw Getaway win the SA Blog Awards' travel category for the second time, has been recognised at Getaway's own Blog Awards. From wildlife and environmental writers to foodie and photographic enthusiasts, more than 160 bloggers contribute to the success of Getaway's website. 31 Jan 2012 11:34

John Farquhar, a man of fascinating contradiction

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] John Farquhar, the legendary ad man and commentator who died at the weekend, was a man of fascinating contradiction: a sophisticated thinker with a poor education; a loner who worked in the team-based world of advertising; an irascible man who was shy at heart. 30 Jan 2012 15:58

[Thought Leadership Digibates] 03: Search-based marketing

The third Thought Leadership Digibate, recently hosted by Aegis Media in conjunction with Bizcommunity.com and Click Thinking/iProspect in Cape Town, covered topics regarding search in the online media-marketing sphere. 30 Jan 2012 13:23

Entries open for Taco Kuiper Awards

Entries for the 2012 Taco Kuiper awards must be in by 2pm, Friday, 17 February 2012 for what is described as the richest prize in journalism for top investigative reporters (print or broadcast). 30 Jan 2012 12:02

Chris Moerdyk pays tribute to John Farquhar

[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] This is most unlike you, John. This dying thing. I mean, dash it all, we had a lunch date in mid-February and it really is most unlike you to do anything that might compromise lunch, especially as it was my turn to pay. 30 Jan 2012 10:31

[2012 trends] Media industry encountering unprecedented challenges

[Angela Quintal] The fragmentation of the media and the mind-boggling range of sources of information available to readers have conspired to cause publishers of print media to re-evaluate their roles. Does that mean that print is dead? No, far from it, but periods of serious introspection are nonetheless the order of the day for publishers of newspapers and magazines across the globe. 27 Jan 2012 14:28