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

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

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

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

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

Ogilvy & Mather Joburg ECD moves to Quirk

Current executive creative director at Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg, Fran Luckin, will be joining Quirk Johannesburg as its new ECD as of 1 July 2013. 23 May 2013 10:16