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Can Facebook ever make (real) money?
[Thomas Oosthuizen] Growth is hardly the challenge Facebook faces. The challenge for the monetarisation of Facebook is not how many people it reaches - it is a huge medium by any standards - but how it extracts revenue from its core business: connecting people in an objective, friendly, social, non-threatening and non-commercial environment. 7 Feb 2012 10:40
New DJs ready 93.8FM for 2012 growth
Mix 93.8FM bucks the general rule of broadcasting, with an emphasis on presenter personality and a wide variety of music, and it is living up to this with the addition of radio legends Tony Blewitt and Keith Lindsay to its lineup. Blewitt hosts the weekday breakfast show between 6am-9am and Keith Lindsay is on air weekdays 3pm-6pm. 7 Feb 2012 09:59


Editorial shuffles at Independent Newspapers
Independent Newspapers announced several senior editorial changes yesterday, Monday, 6 February 2012. Tony Howard, CEO of Independent News & Media South Africa, said the appointments were part of significant editorial changes in the group, which sees the elevation of a number of the group's talented young journalists into senior editor roles on some of its established titles. 7 Feb 2012 09:32
Entries open for Responsible Drinking Media Awards
Brandhouse has launched its 2012 Responsible Drinking Media Awards, which recognises journalistic efforts in supporting, promoting and contributing to the responsible drinking agenda and ultimately help change consumer behaviour. 7 Feb 2012 07:54
Indy Cape GM moving to Media24
Ishmet Davidson, GM of Independent Newspapers Cape, has quit and will moving on to Media24. Sandy Naude, advertisement and marketing director for the group in Cape Town, has been appointed acting GM. 6 Feb 2012 14:29


DStv Media Sales to sell SuperSport Sponsorships
DStv Media Sales has announced the addition of the SuperSport Sponsorship division to its family. In the past, SuperSport Sponsorship sales were managed out of SuperSport, but this will change on 1 April 2012. 6 Feb 2012 13:38
Tricks of the trade: improving your on-air content
[Caren Olsen] The South African Advertising Research Foundation (SAARF) invited a number of top players in the radio industry to speak at a recent Community Radio Forum, giving community radio delegates advice on everything from programming to marketing. This is my advice for presenters on how to deliver a show with the kind of on-air content that attracts and retains listeners. 6 Feb 2012 12:42
Afrikaans advertising slipping towards mediocrity?
[Andrea le Sueur] Gill Moodie's article "Banning English ads in Media24 digital, print speaks to Afrikaans ID", published on Bizcommunity on the eve of the Pendoring Awards last year, struck a chord with the project managers at Folio Translation Consultants, who invited me to open a window on their perspective, outlining some of the challenges that professional language practitioners experience in this regard. 3 Feb 2012 12:57
Restructuring looms at TopTV as CEO steps down
It's official. TopTV founding CEO Vino Govender is stepping down from the satellite pay-TV operator with immediate effect amid plans for a "possible restructure" at the company to ensure it "remains competitive and relevant in the pay-TV environment in South Africa". 3 Feb 2012 09:48
Community newspapers have potential to change trends
Research, commissioned in 2011 to understand better the shifts in readership, demographics and spend patterns of community newspapers, was released yesterday, Thursday, 2 February 2012, by Ads24, the national advertising sales division of Media24 newspapers and digital properties. Compass 2012 is the first update since the release of Compass24 2008. 3 Feb 2012 09:25
SABC, AIRCO sign distribution agreement for broadcast
The SABC and Association of the Independent Record Companies of South Africa (AIRCO) signed a long-awaited distribution agreement on 13 December 2011, AIRCO chairperson Dodo Monamodi announced on Thursday, 2 February 2012. 3 Feb 2012 08:33
City Press offers revamped business section
On Sunday, 5 February 2012, City Press will launch its revamped business section under the editorship of Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya. Moya is currently deputy editor of City Press and brings a wealth of experience to his new business portfolio, having held the position of editor at The Natal Witness and The Sowetan. 1 Feb 2012 13:27
TopTV confirms CEO exit talks
On Digital Media (ODM), owner of satellite pay-TV service TopTV, confirmed on Wednesday, 1 February 2012, that the company's board is in talks with CEO Vino Govender about a "mutual separation". 1 Feb 2012 12:16

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