[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 26: Cannes Lions in the air

This week's Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, streamed live 5pm-6pm via 2oceansVibe Radio, will focus on the Cannes Lions Festival. The studio guest this Wednesday evening, 20 June 2012, will be Heidi Brauer, head of marketing: Kulula, SLOW and British Airways. [twitterfall] Read more >>

Cannes Lions: Creative Effectiveness, Media, Mobile & Outdoor Lions winners

CANNES, FRANCE: The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has held the second of four awards ceremonies to honour a further four of its 15 entry categories; Creative Effectiveness, Media, Mobile and Outdoor Lions winners. South Africa was represented among the winners in the Outdoor, Mobile and Media Lions. Read more >>

Lovemore Mushyanyama new MA(SA) CEO

Lovemore Mushyanyama has been appointed as the new Marketing Association of South Africa CEO by its board, effective mid-July 2012. He replaces Sarel du Plessis, who wishes to pursue personal interests, having played an integral role in heightening the role which MA(SA) plays in the marketing industry. Read more >>

Three steps to making your brand 'talkable'

[Jason Stewart] When it comes to branding in 2012, 'talkability' is currently one of the hottest topics internationally. It's consequently one of the most important questions which a brand custodian should be asking themselves today. Read more >>

Ster-Kinekor to convert all screens to full digital

Ster-Kinekor Theatres has partnered with Arts Alliance Media (AAM) in a deal that will see its 400+ screens converted to digital within the next 12 months, as they currently work together to establish the optimum equipment configuration for the new installations. The rollout is expected to begin shortly. Read more >>

Film ventures encourage youth

In Youth Month, Kasi Distribution begins its Kasi Movie Nights in Soweto to encourage youth and others to enter the world of African films. The Afrika Culture and Development Club (ACDC) Project will promote social development in the youth through arts and culture, particularly film. Read more >>

Honouring Youth Day, MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet

MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet, recently voted as South Africa's coolest fundraising programme, reviews its year's contributions to South Africa's youth during Youth Month. Its initiatives include renovating an old container into an eco-friendly classroom, musical instrument donations to underprivileged schools and to providing radical makeovers for children's homes. Read more >>

Jane Raphaely: sugar and spice with "lots of salty bits too"

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] If you're in media today in South Africa, it is well worth getting the autobiography of Jane Raphaely, the trailblazer who made Fairlady a publishing phenomenon by taking it to 216 000 circulation (fortnightly and in 500-page issues nogal!) in the 1980s, and then struck out on her own to bring Cosmopolitan to SA and build the very successful Associated Magazines. Published last week, the book - Jane Raphaely unedited - is fascinating and fun, suffused with her moxie, offering a unique insight into the evolution of magazines and media in this country from the 1960s. Read more >>

WASPA tightens Code of Conduct on WAP services

Recognising the continued importance of the original data technology, the Wireless Application Service Providers' Association of SA (WASPA) has added strong consumer protection clauses relating to WAP in the latest version of the association's Code of Conduct. WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) remains one of the primary ways in which the mobile consumer accesses data services. Read more >>

Public invited to nominate persons for SA Broadcast Production Advisory Body

The minister of communications Dina Pule is inviting the public to nominate persons to serve on the South African Broadcast Production Advisory Body (SABPAB). The role of the SABPAB is to advise on how the development, production and display of local content can be supported in the country. Read more >>

Australia's Rinehart warned not to 'trash' Fairfax

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: The world's richest woman was warned yesterday not to compromise troubled Fairfax Media's independence as speculation mounted that News Limited would follow its rival and announce huge job cuts. Read more >>

Mexican presidential candidates urged to address violence against journalists

PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSHADT, GERMANY / MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: In personal letters to the three Mexican presidential candidates, the International Press Institute (IPI), the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), and the World Editors Forum have called on the candidates to explain the measures they would take to end violence against journalists and to bring their attackers to justice. Read more >>

Treasury berates short-term insurance sector

[Colleen Goko and Phakamisa Ndzamela] The Treasury has launched a scathing attack on the short-term insurance sector, charging that some of its practices smack of poor market conduct. Read more >>

MMT alarms motor multinationals

[Stuart Rayner] Multinational motor companies will be alarmed by the prospect of MMT in SA fuels. "It will make it hard for them to introduce their latest technologies to SA" Read more >>

Shopping-bag levy 'still a general tax'

[Sue Blaine] The R35m the government receives each year through a levy on plastic shopping bags is still not allocated to encouraging recycling or to job creation, nor is it likely to do so this year. Read more >>

World Leisure Holidays' Long Beach, Le Touessrok and La Pirogue win awards

Recently, three World Leisure Holidays' properties - two established and one new - were recognised for superiority and excellence. Le Touessrok won Best Hotel in Africa/Indian Ocean award: The hotel is a flagship Sun Resorts hotel and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. The resort has been awarded the Ultratravel Best Hotel in Africa/Indian Ocean award by The Daily Telegraph's luxury travel magazine, Ultratravel. This is the third year running that Le Touessrok has received this award. Read more >>