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Reuters makes final call for KSM Awards, announces seminar
[Walter Wafula] Thomson Reuters, the global news and information company has made the final call for entries to the 2012 Kurt Schork Memorial (KSM) Awards which will take place in London in November, and made the announcement of a seminar on reporting on terrorism and global security. 3 May 2012 11:41
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Pick n Pay increases shareholding in TM Supermarkets
On 8 December 2011, the shareholders of TM Supermarkets voted unanimously to allow Pick n Pay to purchase an additional 24% of shares, bringing its holdings up to 49%. The Competition and Tariff Commission of Zimbabwe agreed, subject to certain conditions pertaining to labour and local procurement of goods. 12 Dec 2011 10:53
MARKETING & MEDIA
TV monopoly to stay
The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) will not be issuing out private television licences any time soon despite mounting pressure to do so, saying its main focus is on meeting the Southern African Development Community (SADC) deadline on the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting. 9 Jan 2012 11:42
MARKETING & MEDIA
Zimbabwe: PM Tsvangirai to sue state media
A legal battle looms between prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the state media following the publication of stories alleging that the MDC-T leader bribed private media editors to stop them from writing damaging articles about his party and love affairs. 9 Jan 2012 10:27
MARKETING & MEDIA
The Herald reaffirms market dominance
The Herald recently reaffirmed its dominance by scooping the Superbrand of the Year Award in the print media category for 2011 for the second year running, at an event held by the Marketers' Association of Zimbabwe (ZAM) to honour the country's most preferred brands. 20 Dec 2011 11:37


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2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship announces winners
Legatum, a private international investment group and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, on Friday 9 December 2011, announced that Securico, a security group in Zimbabwe, had won the US$100 000 grand prize of the 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship. 12 Dec 2011 08:47
MARKETING & MEDIA
Media group members arrested
[Alex Bell] Three members of the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ) have been arrested by police in Gwanda and charged in connection with a civic education meeting held there last month. 6 Dec 2011 13:46
MARKETING & MEDIA
Zimbabwe teenager to be caned over Facebook slur
HARARE, ZIMBABWE: A court in Zimbabwe has sentenced a 17-year-old boy to be caned after he posted a picture of a woman on Facebook with a caption that called her a prostitute, state media said on Monday. 20 Feb 2012 13:03
MARKETING & MEDIA
Media Commission and foreign newspapers
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) chairperson has threatened action to stop the circulation in Zimbabwe of foreign newspapers that are not registered under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA). 9 Feb 2012 11:23
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Can you hear your brand?
[Lars Deutsch] Audio Branding comes to Africa... Audio branding, also known as sound branding or sonic branding, is the use of sound to reinforce brand identity. Sound branding is increasingly becoming a vehicle for conveying a memorable message to consumers by taking advantage of the powerful memory sense of sound. 16 Apr 2012 12:08
MARKETING & MEDIA
Standard Bank wins Bank of the Year in Africa
The Banker, a leading journal of the global banking industry, has named Standard Bank as the 2011 Bank of the Year in Africa and Best Bank in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi and Zimbabwe. 1 Dec 2011 16:01
MARKETING & MEDIA
Blogging to be heard: Zimbabwe's women take back the tech
[Fungai Machirori] [16 Days of Activism] It was when one of my news articles - on male circumcision - returned with track changes substituting the word "penis" with "male organ" that I decided that I would have to rethink my strategy and stop writing for newspapers stuck in archaic and conservative ideology. 1 Dec 2011 14:10
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MISA concerns over granting of radio licenses
[Tichaona Sibanda] The independent Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe has said the process to award commercial licenses to two new radio stations recently was not open and fair. 30 Nov 2011 13:54


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