Apologies for the lack of an editorial column last week; I was one of those affected by the large power failure in Johannesburg that Monday, and my laptop battery wasn't sufficient to keep me going.
So what's been happening lately?
The tip of the iceberg: the
SABC circus is still in town; it's award show season (
Clio and various
One Show shortlists are out; South Africa got four D&AD
Yellow Pencils last week and one
ADC Bronze Cube the week before; the MTN Radio Awards has been sparking
heated debate); Cell C has put its new agency decision
on review; MediaCom is the new Telkom
media strategy, buying and planning agency and Y&R is the new Telkom
TTL agency;
Chris Vick continues to stir on
Business Day, with Primedia Broadcasting
responding; David Bullard vs Mondli Makhanya
continues;
The New Age last week Wednesday launched its new
weekly media and marketing page, under the editorship of Louise Marsland; the
e-tolling uproar continues unabated (latest on Twitter today:
#mediaNOtotolls); and the ASA is trying not to get involved in those ghastly
Protection of Information Bill ads...
Oh, and the
Press Freedom Commission Report is
being launched this Wednesday.
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Once again, travel safe this long weekend!
Simone Puterman (
@SimoneBiz)
Managing editor
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