DJ Sasha Martinengo will no longer be part of 5FM once the annual lineup change takes place from 1 April 2012, it was announced this morning, Wednesday, 8 February 2012. After 17 years on air and over 5000 shows, Martinengo leaves end of March. 8 Feb 2012 09:48
BREAKING NEWS: FoxP2, King James, Prima Plus and trigger/isobar have been appointed as the next team of agencies for South African mobile operator Cell C, it was announced Friday afternoon, 10 February 2012. The appointed agencies will begin work from the beginning of March. 10 Feb 2012 13:37
[Herman Manson: @marklives]Adrian Hewlett, CEO and founder of the Habari Group, has combined his group's significant through-the-line, below-the-line, research, digital and social businesses to launch a major new independent advertising agency called Machine. 8 Feb 2012 09:19
[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] I was not in the least bit surprised to hear that the BBC and SKY News had put a stop to their journalists breaking news on Twitter. 9 Feb 2012 10:57
[Sharon Keith] When you see the finished object - the advertising campaign, the packaging, the new flavour, the shiny social media campaign, it's tempting to think that these things are relatively simple and straightforward to plan and execute. 10 Feb 2012 12:42
Two conferences coming up will offer new perspectives on digital marketing. The first is the Social Media & Tourism Forum being held 28 February-1 March 2012 at the Crowne Plaza in Rosebank, Johannesburg and the second is the Web 2.0 Conference being held 6-8 March at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg. 8 Feb 2012 11:12
[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA]Sunday Times sports staff have been told that they are to be moved (minus the sports editor) into a weekend sports hub serving most of the Avusa titles. 8 Feb 2012 10:37
[Thomas Oosthuizen] With the public listing of Facebook, the debate about the amount of money it makes - and potentially can make - has been opened wide. At stake is whether it is possible to marry the very nature of a social network as non-commercial, personal and intense as Facebook is with making money for investors. 7 Feb 2012 10:40
The Cape Town office of Ogilvy will offer a public masterclass on UX (user experience) for web through its digital marketing education arm - the Ogilvy Digital Marketing Academy (ODMA) run by Rian van der Merwe, a globally recognised figure in the field of UX. 7 Feb 2012 10:33
[Duncan McLeod: @mcleodd] South African state-owned broadcast signal distribution company Sentech has lost a high court battle with e.tv sister company eBotswana over the piracy of television signals in Botswana. 13 Feb 2012 09:57
[Lea Jacobs] We've all heard the horror stories concerning the neighbours from hell and the havoc that they can cause, but according to a survey conducted by Columinate on behalf of Private Property, most South Africans have a good relationship with those who virtually live on their doorstep. 13 Feb 2012 13:37
Trained trauma counsellors, some of whom are survivors of abuse themselves, welcomed visitors warmly to the first support group meeting organised by Women in Action (WiA) at the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in Johannesburg last week. 8 Feb 2012 11:19