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On the industry news side: Herman Manson profiles
Acceleration Media and Di Charton; intrepid Bizbloggers Karin Botta and Uno de Waal of trigger/isobar
blogged voraciously from SxSW last week; and the new Brand South Africa country marketing slogan has been continuing to
inspire new comments and opinions.
Sparring in the boxing ring we have Chris Vick
again,
Ferial Haffajee (editor of
City Press) and
Peter Bruce (editor of
Business Day); and
Yusuf Abramjee (of Primedia Broadcasting and Lead SA) and
Raymond Joseph (journalist, journalism trainer and media consultant). Red Bull also
had its wings clipped over its "Jesus" ad; and the fight against the Protection of Information Bill in its current format
continues.
In terms of new this-and-that,
Brendan Cooper is returning as
FHM editor;
Elton Ollerhead joined Mediamark as MD today; 5FM has announced
who is replacing Sasha Martinengo; Good Hope FM has
decided not to mess with its lineup much;
Grazia South Africa will
launch on 18 May; and
The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg) has lost the Edcon Group Cellular TTL account to Promise. Oh, and Brand SA (aka the old International Marketing Council of SA) has a
happy new chairperson and deputy, and Port Elizabeth has a
new newspaper.
Don't forget:
winter is coming
Simone Puterman (
@SimoneBiz)
Managing editor
PS Welcome to,
Bluegrass Digital and
Brandsrock, which have just opened press offices on
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