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RAPT BizTrendsTV: Agentic AI - How to use it and command your own AI "army" with Musa Kalenga

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RAPT BizTrendsTV: Agentic AI - How to use it and command your own AI "army" with Musa Kalenga

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Agentic AI - How to use it and command your own AI "army" with Musa Kalenga

#See: Tourism Minister urges travellers to rediscover South Africa this Easter with new campaign

#See: Tourism Minister urges travellers to rediscover South Africa this Easter with new campaign

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Business Day: Your trusted, insightful business news – made more accessible – Out today!

Business Day: Your trusted, insightful business news – made more accessible – Out today!Tiisetso Motsoeneng

Mary Beth West, a senior strategist from the US, challenges the industry to confront its role in blurring the lines between advocacy, ideology, and profit at the World Communications Forum Association’s Davos Communications Summit (Image supplied by Lebo Madiba)

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - Bell Pottinger’s legacy and the shifting terrain of PR, ethics and geopolitics

By Lebo Madiba 14 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf In a world of sameness, humans are not thinking, not applying themselves and not adding anything new, just melting into whatever the digital algorithm is feeds us

#BizTrends2025: Break free from brain rot, enshittification, move from digital sameness and embrace culture movements

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Kfm 94.5 and Primedia Cares partner with Bridges for Music Academy

Primedia Broadcasting Kfm 94.5 and Primedia Cares partner with Bridges for Music Academy

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How free are you? Nedbank brings into focus financial abuse and freedom for women

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Clarens singer crowned OFM Truck Talent winner!

OFM Radio Clarens singer crowned OFM Truck Talent winner!

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Gagasi FM launches newly revamped interactive website

Gagasi FM Gagasi FM launches newly revamped interactive website

25 Apr 2025

How top South African companies reach car buyers

Broad Media How top South African companies reach car buyers

25 Apr 2025

Hot 102.7FM crowned number 1 fastest-growing media company in South Africa

HOT 102.7FM Hot 102.7FM crowned number 1 fastest-growing media company in South Africa

25 Apr 2025

Gibs and Daily Maverick launch a Media Executive Leadership Programme

Daily Maverick Gibs and Daily Maverick launch a Media Executive Leadership Programme

25 Apr 2025

Dentsu Mozambique’s Sylla Faruk named among Top 30 Women Shaping Comms in 2025

Dentsu Dentsu Mozambique’s Sylla Faruk named among Top 30 Women Shaping Comms in 2025

24 Apr 2025

Ogilvy celebrates multiple wins at Mondelēz International Awards

Ogilvy South Africa Ogilvy celebrates multiple wins at Mondelēz International Awards

24 Apr 2025

The Kantar Diva 2025 report reveals what it’s really like being an LGBTQIA+ woman in the workplace

Kantar The Kantar Diva 2025 report reveals what it’s really like being an LGBTQIA+ woman in the workplace

24 Apr 2025

Clockwork shortlisted across 6 categories at the Sabre Awards Africa 2025

Clockwork Clockwork shortlisted across 6 categories at the Sabre Awards Africa 2025

24 Apr 2025

Sarah Griffiths joins Red and Yellow as new head of marketing

Red & Yellow Sarah Griffiths joins Red and Yellow as new head of marketing

24 Apr 2025

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Vuyani Dombo: Jacaranda FM's new managing director

Vuyani Dombo: Jacaranda FM's new managing director

31 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf South Africans will not be denied their constitutional right to access to news and information after the Gauteng High Court suspended the analogue TV switch-off date of 31 March 2025

Court suspends analogue switch-off date, ruling calls set date "irrational"

Danette Breitenbach 28 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf In sub-Saharan Africa, TikTok removed over 7.5 million videos in Q3 2024, rising to more than 8 million in Q4 2024—an increase of 14.06% quarter-on-quarter

TikTok removes than 8 million videos in Q4 2024 in SSA, highlighting online safety

27 Mar 2025

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The evolving battle over social media moderation: Free speech vs regulation

Grant Lapping 25 Mar 2025

Source: © BBC The BBC Board has identified serious flaws in the making of the programme Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone

BBC News takes full responsibility for Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone shortcomings

3 Mar 2025

Source: © The Chiswick Calendar The BBC has announced a new way of working internationally by grouping the world into six distinct areas. To fund these positions, leadership roles in London will close.

BBC's new model to fight misinformation and serve regional audiences

27 Feb 2025

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Newly launched Free Expression Legal Network to increase protection for media freedom

21 Feb 2025

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Trump’s foreign aid freeze disrupts global journalism

19 Feb 2025

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PoPIA v press freedom: SA court to decide on HIV disclosure case

Ahmore Burger-Smidt 6 Feb 2025

Beverley Houston, director at Be-cause Integrated Communications says Meta’s decision to end third-party fact-checking on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads is bad news for brands (image supplied)

EXCLUSIVE: Meta's farewell to fact-checking; 6 recommendations for brands

Beverley Houston 17 Jan 2025

Source: © World Kings Meta's platforms Facebook and Instagram, will no longer implement a fact-checking policy, instead relying on community notes

Meta's Zuckerberg's shift on fact-checking: A "sprint" to appease a new president?

Danette Breitenbach 16 Jan 2025

Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

Trump's U-turn on the banning of TikTok

Danette Breitenbach 2 Jan 2025

#BestofBiz 2024: Marketing & Media

#BestofBiz 2024: Marketing & Media

17 Dec 2024

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SCA applies dominant purpose test against Steinhoff 'litigation privilege' argument

Bianca Masterton 13 Dec 2024

Source: © 123rf Donvé Forbes, audit partner in technology, media, and telecommunications, BDO South Africa examines how media houses can navigate the digital shift

A mobile-first, audience-driven future as media houses navigate the digital shift

Donvé Forbes 6 Dec 2024

Image by Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity. The ABC Q3 2024 figures have been released

ABC Q3 2024: Magazine momentum continues to build with some good performances

Danette Breitenbach 21 Nov 2024

Image by Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity. The ABC Q3 2024 figures have been released

ABC Q3 2024: A quiet quarter for newspapers

Danette Breitenbach 21 Nov 2024

Christophe Deloire was the head of media freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Source: RSF.

Meet the world's bravest reporters at CPJ's 34th annual awards, hosted by John Oliver

11 Nov 2024

Source: © Cottonbro Studio There is uncertainty for advertisers on TikTok as the platform's future hangs in the balance with Trump’s return to power

Uncertainty for TikTok advertisers with Trump’s return to power

8 Nov 2024

Last night, Thursday 8 November, the national winners of the 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards’ (VJOY) were honoured at a ceremony in Johannesburg (Image supplied)

News24 journalists take top honours in 2024 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards

8 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf A handbook has been published ahead of the US elections as a resource for newsrooms worldwide to battle fake news

Newsroom blueprint to combat AI and fake news published ahead of US elections

4 Nov 2024

Source: © Netwerk24 Media24 is initiating the next phase of fully transitioning its news operations for an overwhelmingly digital media landscape

Media24 starts transition to a fully digital media company

31 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf The results from the MDPMI consumer survey show that online platforms’ influence on news consumption

MDPMI consumer survey shows 77% respondents access news on social media platforms

24 Oct 2024

Source: © Pexels Sanef recently proposed its Journalism Sustainability Fund to Business Leadership SA reports Media24

Sanef proposes Journalism Sustainability Fund to Business Leadership SA

22 Oct 2024

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Biased media coverage costs Africa $4.2bn on debt servicing

15 Oct 2024

Source: © IMASA A coalition of African editor guilds and media owner organisations has partnered with Code for Africa’s (CfA) media research unit, CivicSignal, to build a database tracking title closures, staff losses and other market impacts

Calling on African media to map the media meltdown

14 Oct 2024

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