There's been a lot of bleating recently about "freedom of the press". It picked up momentum at the State Of The Nation Address when the cell phone signals were jammed...
By Chris Brewer 2 Mar 2015 14:17
If journalists in Zimbabwe had stood up in that country's parliament to protest against interference with their cellphone signals, they would have been laughed out of the place...
By Anton Harber 2 Mar 2015 06:14
On Friday, 20 February 2015, industry guests were invited to view the fruits of the R&Y Springboard Marketing Institute (RYSMI)...
By Terry Levin 23 Feb 2015 08:59
Digital is a different animal to other mediums, with its own nuances and particularities. Just as some television commercials fail, so not all digital campaigns succeed, so I posed a question on the eve of the IAB Bookmark Awards...
By Danette Breitenbach 18 Feb 2015 10:01
'People should buy the newspapers they trust and part of that derives from a feeling of some certainty that you will find in your newspaper a reflection of the world as you see it...' - Peter Bruce
By Ed Herbst 17 Feb 2015 08:13
At a Future of News seminar at the University of the Witwatersrand last week, Financial Times (FT) of London managing editor James Lamont told how they had turned that operation around...
By Anton Harber 13 Feb 2015 05:55
It took 14 years to sell 40 million laptops, but only four years to sell 40 million tablets...
By Danette Breitenbach 12 Feb 2015 05:34
It doesn't take a genius to work out that the way people take in news has totally changed over the last number of years...
By Marion Scher 11 Feb 2015 05:49
Programmatic media marketing is one of the most effective and exciting means for clients to get value for their marketing buck - provided their agencies take a client-centred approach...
By Craig Utermark, Issued by Atmosphere Orange 5 Feb 2015 15:05
Are African lives worth a whole lot less than the lives of people in other parts of the world? But more to the point, are African journalists doing a better job than their Western peers in covering the continent?...
By Janine Lazarus 4 Feb 2015 08:36
An experimental US serial has transformed investigative journalism...
By Anton Harber 2 Feb 2015 09:19
The 1958 French film Les Almants (The Lovers), about a woman involved in adultery, was a hit in France, but when it crossed the Atlantic to the US...
By Sid Peimer 29 Jan 2015 06:43
I am all in favour of President Jacob Zuma continuing his sniping campaign against whites and blaming everything on apartheid...
By Chris Moerdyk 29 Jan 2015 06:35
In the knowledge economy, information is our most valuable commodity but the constant overload is resulting in negative implications...
By Marie Yossava, Issued by Grapevine Communications 20 Jan 2015 10:12
I once asked a South African editor why he ran a cartoon that he agreed was offensive. He said he had felt obliged, as he did not want to censor a well-known and much-respected cartoonist...
By Anton Harber 16 Jan 2015 05:59
Am I the only one who thinks that global media coverage of the Paris outrage sucked? (video)...
By Peter Mann 13 Jan 2015 13:15
Minister of Higher Education and Communist Party chief Blade Nzimande is right to be concerned about hate speech and racism on the internet - but what is to be done about it?
By Anton Harber 8 Jan 2015 14:10
While everyone enjoys progress, it doesn't necessarily mean we'll be benefitting - discover the true impact of digital media...
By Tauriq Moosa 6 Jan 2015 05:03
Every time I teach a course that involves writing releases, whether traditional or through electronic media, I meet communications people who all have the same problem...
By Marion Scher 29 Dec 2014 13:19
Whatever our field, there are campaigns, adverts, articles that we love to remember, and others we would rather forget. But no one will let us... (videos)
By Rod Baker 18 Dec 2014 07:00
Following the passing of Nelson Mandela, the local news cycle started the year on a sombre note. Despite this, there have been many fascinating trends and issues taking place that have shaped the South African media landscape...
By Jaco Pienaar 17 Dec 2014 14:00
Do you remember the days when there were plenty of functions where clients, agencies, freelancers, production houses and the media got together and picked up on all the "skinner"?...
By Rolf Akermann 25 Nov 2014 10:27
I can stand in the street and call someone a thief. I can even call the president a thief. But I can't do it in Parliament. Something is topsy-turvy here...
By Anton Harber 21 Nov 2014 09:39
The process of buying a car has changed drastically over the last few years - most significantly, self-educated customers have made a decision long before they enter a physical dealership...
By Jeff Osborne 20 Nov 2014 06:45
Educating CEOs and management is an ongoing process that requires formal interventions as well as valuable development through mere experience and years of trial and error...
By Val Bourdos Nichas 18 Nov 2014 14:42
Senior journalist Tony Weaver faced a company disciplinary hearing because he questioned why the Cape Times cut an advertiser's logo out of a photograph of a shooting in a supermarket...
By Anton Harber 7 Nov 2014 06:04
I once heard someone say that his passion for skateboarding stems from being able to teach kids how to fall - or 'bail', in skateboarders' lingo. This piqued my interest...
By Catherine Milward-Bridges 6 Nov 2014 10:01
This week Al Jazeera English launched its global marketing and communications campaign. The campaign, Hear the Human Story, was launched first Johannesburg, and then in London, to be followed by Sydney, Australia. (video)
By Danette Breitenbach 5 Nov 2014 06:46
The human brain has the ability to choose what to take in and what not to, but it can occur that it takes in whatever is in front of it without taking any notice of doing so...
By Aviwe Nomnganga 29 Oct 2014 07:35
"The use of modern media and photography to illustrate the process and philosophy is the future." - Luke Dale-Roberts
By Jessica Taylor 27 Oct 2014 14:33
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