Not a quiet April - 23 Apr 2012
By Simone Puterman (@SimoneBiz)
Apologies for the lack of an editorial column last week; I was one of those affected by the large power failure in Johannesburg that Monday, and my laptop battery wasn't sufficient to keep me going.
So what's been happening lately?
The tip of the iceberg: the SABC circus is still in town; it's award show season (Clio and various One Show shortlists are out; South Africa got four D&AD Yellow Pencils last week and one ADC Bronze Cube the week before; the MTN Radio Awards has been sparking heated debate); Cell C has put its new agency decision on review; MediaCom is the new Telkom media strategy, buying and planning agency and Y&R is the new Telkom TTL agency; Chris Vick continues to stir on Business Day, with Primedia Broadcasting responding; David Bullard vs Mondli Makhanya continues; The New Age last week Wednesday launched its new weekly media and marketing page, under the editorship of Louise Marsland; the e-tolling uproar continues unabated (latest on Twitter today: #mediaNOtotolls); and the ASA is trying not to get involved in those ghastly Protection of Information Bill ads...
Oh, and the Press Freedom Commission Report is being launched this Wednesday.
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Once again, travel safe this long weekend!
Simone Puterman (@SimoneBiz)
Managing editor
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