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LM Relations builds on 12 years of excellence with 3 strategic appointments

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Cindy Rose to lead WPP

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Why trust and human instinct remain marketers’ most valuable assets

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Source: © 123rf Sam Swaine, founder of Audibly, says podcasts have moved beyond a content trend to become a necessary growth engine for brands

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#WPRD2025: Bizcommunity joins global PR community in celebrating World PR Day

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CETA rejects Sunday Times misleading report on the purchase of its building

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WPP taps Cindy Rose, tech leader, as new CEO. Source: WPP.

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Source: © 123rf The IAS Media Auditing Masterclass Series, in partnership with Media Marketing Compliance (MMC), is a no-charge, short but highly informative four-part webinar series designed exclusively for marketers.

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#BizTrends2025: Special Effects Media’s Kelly Kaimowitz - Creating a lasting impact through influencer marketing

#BizTrends2025: Special Effects Media’s Kelly Kaimowitz - Creating a lasting impact through influencer marketing

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‘Brand chem’: The 2025 trend of collaboration for lasting impact

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#BizTrends 2025: 99c’s Andrew Brand - Retail advertising: The new frontier

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New Media shines on the global stage

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#BizTrends2025: VML SA's Inga Sikweyiya - What really matters to South African youth in 2025

#BizTrends2025: VML SA's Inga Sikweyiya - What really matters to South African youth in 2025

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The medium that owns hyper-loyalty: A brand’s best friend

Wayne Bischoff, Mediamark 31 Jan 2025

Sharleen James, new MD for Razor PR, and Dustin Chick, Razor, CE (Image supplied)

Sharleen James appointed Razor PR's new MD

30 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf Scopen South Africa has launched its New Business Report, a no-charge resource designed to enhance industry knowledge around new business activity in the advertising and communications sectors

Scopen South Africa unveils creative and media agencies new business report

30 Jan 2025

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Warc's The Multiplier Effect - A CMO’s guide to brand building in the performance era

29 Jan 2025

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#BizTrends2025: Grid Worldwide’s Clinton Bridgeford - The challenge of creativity in 2025

#BizTrends2025: Grid Worldwide’s Clinton Bridgeford - The challenge of creativity in 2025

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Source: © 123rf Africa’s entertainment and media industry expected to outpace global growth in the next five years, driven by internet advertising and streaming services says PwC’s newly launched Africa Entertainment and Media Outlook 2024–2028 report

Africa’s entertainment and media industry: A positive story of resilience and expansion

28 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf Panoramic view of Santiago de Chile with the Andes mountain range in the back. Scopen's latest report analyses the new business practices of creative companies and advertisers' practices in Chile

Scopen research finds Chilean creative companies invest an average of R500,000 per year in New Business

28 Jan 2025

Primedia Studios applauds Anele Mdoda’s Last Ranger for Oscar nomination

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Paddy Harper has died. Source: Facebook.

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Spotting the signs: Avoiding fake PR gifting scams

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Judith Mugeni says success in 2025 will mean harnessing the power of sponsorship in a futuristic environment by returning to fundamental principles (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: Judith Mugeni - Back to the future, sponsorship in 2025

Judith Mugeni 24 Jan 2025

A booming continent needs a new payment infrastructure

A booming continent needs a new payment infrastructure

MultiChoice 24 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

2024 in-app purchase revenue up to $150bn, but app downloads decrease

23 Jan 2025

#BehindtheCampaign: AutoTrader Do It Big brand campaign scores big with consumers

23 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Penquin’s Tyrell Stevens - Predictive personalisation transforming digital marketing

#BizTrends2025: Penquin’s Tyrell Stevens - Predictive personalisation transforming digital marketing

Tyrell Stevens 23 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Vodacom’s Andisa Ntsubane – The anatomy of winning brands in 2025

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Apple the world’s most valuable brand… again

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Novus Media recently acquired Media24’s 21 community newspaper titles, and Kick-Off and Soccer Laduma. says community newspapers and magazines are thriving (Image supplied)

Print is not dead as community and special-interest media thrive

21 Jan 2025

Orange Ink's Portia Mvubu examines the shift in influencer marketing from popularity to genuine influence, referred to as “social opinion leadership" by some brands (image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: Orange Ink's Portia Mvubu - Redefining influence, from popularity to leadership and other influencer marketing trends

Portia Mvubu 21 Jan 2025

Matlock – but not as you know it – comes to M-Net

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Marketing is Business. Nedbank IMC 2025 talks bottom line

IMC Conference 20 Jan 2025

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