Global advertising rebounded 10.6% in 2010

LONDON, UK: The global advertising industry climbed out of recession last year and posted a 10.6% year-on-year increase to US$503 billion* based on published rate cards from the Global AdView Pulse, a new report released by The Nielsen Company. 11 Apr 2011 10:35

Atmosphere swoops off with overall PRISM Gold

Overall Gold was awarded to Atmosphere's "Not the World Cup" campaign for kulula.com last night, Thursday, 24 March 2011, at the annual PRISM Awards at the Vineyard Hotel & Spa in Cape Town. The campaign will now be entered into the IPRA Golden World Awards for Excellence in the UK, which offers world-wide recognition and acclaim to world-class PR programmes. [updated] 25 Mar 2011 10:55

Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards: record entries, "superb" standards

The shortlist for the 10th Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards were released this morning, Thursday, 17 March 2011 by the Newspaper Association of South Africa and Mondi Shanduka Newsprint. This followed an intense judging session, convened by Prof Guy Berger of Rhodes University, of 760 entries - a new record - up from 601 last year. 17 Mar 2011 12:54

Local online video wins intl award

Kickstart, an online South African video focusing on the economic impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, was a Business Knowledge category winner in the international Strategic Video Awards. Simon Willson, a senior external relations officer for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), commissioned Slymedia to shoot locations in and around Johannesburg, prior to the event. 28 Jan 2011 10:17

Media awards 2010: we fight for freedom and farce

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] 2010 proved to be a year of great drama (and farce) for the media industry in South Africa. Who would have thought that 16 years after the dawn of democracy that journalists would be pulling together to fight for media freedom? But there were also many moments of high comedy, huge stories to wrestle with, the 2010 FIFA World Cup, surprises, interesting moves, winners and losers. Here're my thoughts on who's top of the pops of the media industry this year. 13 Dec 2010 13:37

Annual Google Zeitgeist identifies brands in the news

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Every year, Google provides some insight in the spirit of the times, our collective zeitgeist, when it releases lists of the worlds', and South Africa's top search items. YouTube, owned by Google, has also released its list of the most-watched videos on its service during 2010. 13 Dec 2010 12:16

Call to enter 10th Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards

Apart from being the 10th anniversary of Mondi Shanduka's support of newspaper journalism, this year's Mondi Shanduka Newspaper Awards competition also marks the 20th anniversary of the Windhoek Declaration, when African journalists laid down a key foundation of press freedom. 6 Dec 2010 11:45

Non-FIFA firms biggest advertisers

[Chantelle Benjamin] The biggest spenders on advertising in SA leading up to and including the World Cup were companies that did not have links with FIFA, according to research by Nielsen. 3 Dec 2010 06:25

SA economy: adspend up, TV leads market share

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The gross advertising expenditure for the month of September 2010 amounted to R2.3 billion, a month-on-month increase of 9% and year-to-date increase of 17%, figures from the Nielsen Company show - an indication that the conditions of market economy continue to improve significantly as advertisers keep their spending will to a steadfast rhythm. 29 Nov 2010 09:07

World Cup: mixed feelings about commercial impact on media

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] While the 2010 FIFA World Cup left a bad taste in the mouths of print media owners, broadcasting and outdoor media were smiling, although the latter's pockets were not as full as expected. This emerged yesterday, Thursday 25 November 2010, at the Annual Media and Marketing conference held at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg. 26 Nov 2010 09:35

Soccer City the winner at World Architecture Festival Awards 2010

BARCELONA, SPAIN/JOHANNESBURG, SA: Soccer City, designed by Boogertman+Partners, has won the 'World's Best Sport Building' award at the World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2010, which were held earlier this month in Barcelona, Spain. This not SA's first win in these awards, however... 18 Nov 2010 08:42

South African company assists in intl gold award win

Icon, an international sports management company, received a Gold award at the International Sports Event Management Awards in the Event Look Award category for all the branding on all South African stadiums during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This win was assisted by SA company Tone Digital, a large format printer in Johannesburg which was the key supplier on this job. 17 Nov 2010 11:14

100 days on, SA still flying the flag

According to brand and media intelligence company Ornico, South Africa scored just over R25 million worth of editorial coverage in the 100 days following the 2010 FIFA World Cup that ended on 11 July 2010. Unfortunately it wasn't all good news, as the publicity was a mixed bag featuring a fairly equal spread of positive and negative media attention for Brand South Africa. 15 Nov 2010 10:25

FIFA wins gold at global communications awards

SAN DIEGO, US: The FIFA e-Activity Report has won gold at the 2010 Spotlight Awards Global Communications Competition from the League of American Communications Professionals. Judged in the category Online: Annual/Sustainability Report, the jury awarded the digital report 96 out of a possible 100 points, and full marks for 'overall narrative' and 'overall visual design'. 10 Nov 2010 08:24