Things are still cloudy for Hlaudi, but sunny in cinemas - 28 Apr 2015By Leigh AndrewsInstead of merely reporting on the news, publishers are reporting about the SABC's inner workings - again. This time, it's alleged by the Sunday Times that the SABC boss hid a R500m loss from parliament. Still on the topic of spending, Chris Moerdyk warns that it's 'battening the hatches and don't spend money' time again, as brand managers, marketing directors and ad managers react to cost-cutting directives from their boards by putting everything on hold. It's not all doom and gloom though, as Leigh Andrews chats to Lola Gallant, Brand Manager of Cinema Nouveau/SK Select, about the event cinema phenomenon, and how you can now visit the same movie theatre, for new alternative content. We round it off by tapping into [Loeries 2015] Agency expectations with... GRID, as agency partner Adam Byars tells us 'Durban has its own style of creativity' to look forward to this August. | Leigh Andrews
Andrews was on the inaugural Marketer of the Year (MOTY) jury for the 2019 Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA) as well as an #Inspiring50 2018 nominee herself, and judged over 500 entries for the most recent Epica Awards - the only creative prize awarded by journalists working for marketing and communications magazines around the world. She's also serving on the IAB (SA)'s #Bookmarks2020 Publisher panel. Responsible for keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest happenings in the marketing and media industry, this is an almost 24/7 role that involves keeping one eye on your inbox with the other on your social media feed, to write breaking news stories and interviewing key people in the B2B space. All made easier by 13 years of working for companies such as Microsoft, Kagiso Media, Fleet Street Publications, the Mail & Guardian Online, Caxton Community Newspapers and Newsclip's media, marketing and PR publications. |
