Top company and news stories 29 October 2018 - 29 Oct 2018

By Leigh Andrews

October means #BizTrends2019 contributions:
Mail us on moc.ytinummoczib@swengnitekram;
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Final deadline: 1 November!

Results are in from the Sunday Times Top Brands survey 2018; Danette Breitenbach chats to the winners

Meet the new Amasa Joburg committee for 2018/19

SA Press Ombudsman Johan Retief resigns

Media Inflation Watch 2018 Q2's latest findings

CT nominated as world's top events destination

SA can't switch off... even on holiday

#NewBiz: Publicis Machine partners with Graham Beck

In #FairnessFirst, I share local campaigns busting stereotypes of SA women in the workplace

I investigate why the Khashoggi murder mystery has dominated news headlines

I report back from Red & Yellow's #DigitalAgencyShowcase

I report back from the 2018 Galliova Awards

Juanita Pienaar reports back from #SML18, on how SA brands are approaching social media

Lauren Hartzenberg reports back from the Think With Google Retail Summit

Andy Walker of Memeburn writes about the Gigaba sex tape fiasco

Contributor Colleen Backstrom shares an email design checklist

Dean Prinsloo asks what's fuelling our smartphone addiction

Mercia Lampen writes aboutad crooks as the ongoing problem in digital advertising

Kirsten McLeod Grobler laments the problem with knee-jerk marketing

I also go #BehindtheSelfie with Stella Carter, head of client services at Stratitude

Leigh Andrews
Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA

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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.

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Top company and news stories 29 October 2018 - 29 Oct 2018

Leigh Andrews