Morena welcomes TopTV's porn channel

Amid controversy in some quarters for granting TopTV permission to air three pornography channels, a well-known adult entertainment filmmaker has come out in support of the industry because he believes it will offer new business opportunities. 9 May 2013 09:54

TopTV a porn... pawn?!

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Mergan Moodley, founder of On Digital Media (ODM), which owns TopTV, claims that the station is a pawn in some political game the IDC is playing, reports Mail & Guardian, and Financial Mail wonders what's behind Iqbal Survé's R2bn purchase of Independent Newspapers & Media SA (INM SA). 19 Apr 2013 09:00

Pistorius pix... police paparazzi: Police pounce

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: It has come to light that police confiscated the cellphones of 45 officials for images taken after Oscar Pistorius' arrest, reports The Citizen. 16 Apr 2013 10:24

M&G editor resigns, off to New Delhi

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: Mail & Guardian's editor-in-chief, Nic Dawes, has resigned to take up a post at the Hindustan Times in New Delhi, the newspaper reports. 17 May 2013 11:17

SABC3 sex slip-up

[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: SABC3 has landed in hot water for not placing the correct age restriction on the All My Children soapie, reports IOL, and Lisa Hiemer, writing in journalism.co.za, reports on a new study that shows surprisingly strong investigative journalism in independent local papers in three provinces. 17 May 2013 07:26

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Be big on biz with Portfolio Night and Bizcommunity - competition

[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] If you are a branding, design or advertising student in Johannesburg, by Thursday next week your life may have changed forever! After years of negotiations, the largest one-day advertising portfolio review in the world, Portfolio Night, is finally making it to Johannesburg, South Africa - and Bizcommunity, in conjunction with McCann Johannesburg, has one ticket of the coveted 150 to give away. 15 May 2013 11:32

Sowetan cop sex video story sends confusing signals

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] What in the world is going on at the Sowetan? Does the paper even know itself? 17 Aug 2011 12:00

Seven stages in becoming an industry expert

[Douglas Kruger] From Amoeba to Icon; where do you currently rank in your industry's natural progression? In this piece, I walk you through the seven stages of development as you strive to position yourself as an industry expert. [video] 13 Apr 2013 06:31

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Introducing a must for any industry event - Biz Featured Events

[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] In a virtual world, industry events, trade fairs and launches have become some of the most exciting ways of interfacing directly with customers, prospects and colleagues. There's nothing worse than planning an event, only to find it clashes with another in your industry! Now Bizcommunity allows you to plan, list and brand your promotional event - all in one go. 18 Apr 2013 13:36

The thing about brand guidelines

[Chemory Gunko] With our highly competitive marketing landscape, and the ease with which anyone with a PC can create marketing collateral, it has become more important than ever before that your company has a strong brand identity. 17 Apr 2013 07:46

Digital, traditional media go hand in hand

[Noëleen Bruton] It's been exciting watching the phenomenal growth of digital media both locally and globally in the past say two decades. This, of course, has given marketers a whole new category of media in which to spend our advertising budgets. 13 May 2013 11:27

Think before you post... privacy and social media

[Simone Gill, Mariska van Zweel, Mukelo Ngobese] "Privacy is dead, and social media holds the smoking gun." - Pete Cashmore. 13 Apr 2013 08:32

[2013 trends] The year ahead for experiential marketing

[Mike Silver] First of all, mazeltov on surviving the Mayan apocalypse - it was touch-and-go for a second there. Now that we have staved off global obliteration and picked up a coastal tan (and a few kilos in the process), it's that time of the year where agencies are asked to haul out the old crystal ball and provide pearls of thumb-sucking wisdom. 29 Jan 2013 11:18