Zakumi makers zapped

NEWSWATCH: The Chinese company that was contracted to produce the 2010 figurine, Zakumi, has been forced to cease work after FIFA's Global Brands Group withdrew its approval of the Chinese company, which, it seems, was paying its workers the equivalent of about R23 a day, reports Times Live. 9 Mar 2010 08:01

Facebook CEO awarded Cannes Media Person of the Year

The 57th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival announced yesterday, Monday, 8 March 2010 that Mark Zuckerberg (25), founder and CEO of Facebook, has been recognised as its Media Person of the Year Award. 9 Mar 2010 06:44

Top of their class - AAA students excel

The top 2009 graduates of the Johannesburg campus of the AAA School of Advertising were honoured at the graduation ceremony late last week at the University of Witwatersrand's Linder Auditorium in Parktown. 9 Mar 2010 06:38

Shaping meetings in 2020

Fast Future Research launched late last week the findings of the Future Meetings Experience global online survey, which ran from November 2009 to January 2010. The research, conducted as part of phase one of the Convention 2020 strategic foresight study on the future of meetings, venues and destinations, saw 1125 respondents from 76 countries completed the survey. 9 Mar 2010 06:10

More websites, more problems

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] While the growth in number of websites officially registered worldwide is a tangible proof that the Internet is cruising ahead, it has been established that more problems and challenges are likely to emerge, whether in terms of safety, fraud, ‘squatting', logistics or disputes. 9 Mar 2010 05:44

DStv acknowledges promo similarities with iconic Apple ad

[Herman Manson] "Here's to the crazy ones... who had the balls to copy one of the greatest commercials ever made." The Bizcommunity.com peanut gallery was un-amused when Ornico recently picked a DStv promo, titled 'The Dreamers', as an 'Ad of the Week' in its ad showcase on Biz. The promo in question reminds one strongly of a rather iconic ad made by Apple for its successful 'Think Different' campaign in the late 1990s. 8 Mar 2010 13:23

SA consumers to maintain spending levels

About 44% of South African consumers expect to maintain their spending on discretionary items over the coming six months, seven percentage points higher than the last survey conducted six months ago, the latest MasterCard Worldwide Survey of Consumer Purchasing Priorities revealed on Monday, 8 March 2010. 8 Mar 2010 12:52