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#Effies2025 | Halo and Pineapple: 100% sustained results

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Flux Trends will present The State We’re In 2026” – Navigating the Dark Forest in February (Image source: © Marvin Zettl

FluxTrends presents its trends for 2026 Navigating the Dark Forest

Meta taps new president and vice chairman

Meta taps new president and vice chairman

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A Burson study has revealed that companies with the strongest reputations earned nearly five percent ‘Reputation Return’ in shareholder value (Image source: © 123rf )

Burson: The value of reputation reveals a $7tr global economy

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I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneousJean-Hugues Roy

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

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TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

Of all views from videos, 67% come from videos under 30 seconds (Image source: © 123rf )

The 30-Second Rule: What goes viral decided by algorithms

Flux Trends will present The State We’re In 2026” – Navigating the Dark Forest in February (Image source: © Marvin Zettl

FluxTrends presents its trends for 2026 Navigating the Dark Forest

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A Burson study has revealed that companies with the strongest reputations earned nearly five percent ‘Reputation Return’ in shareholder value (Image source: © 123rf )

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MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

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TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

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On Thursday, 8 January Chinese regulators said they would investigate Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus (Image source: © 123rf )

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The brands that win in 2026 will be the ones who view this seasonal moment not as a post-holiday filler, but as the launchpad for behaviour-driven (Image source: © 123rf )

January is an opportunity for brands: 11 social media marketing ideas

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As social media giant Meta continues to pivot aggressively toward artificial intelligence, its acquisition of Manus represents an ambition to redefine how AI interacts with everyday users and enterprises around the world (Image source: © 123rf )

Meta’s Manus acquisition: A strategic play for advanced AI agents

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UK introduces landmark junk food advertising ban

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According to Sociallyin CEO Keith Kakadia, the next phase of digital retail rewards efficiency, conversion, and retention—not spray-and-pray advertising or unchecked scale (Image source: © 123rf )

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The One Club for Creativity reveals 2025 Global Rankings

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Bradly Howland, Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (Prisa) president says as the country winds down for its December break, it’s worth pausing to assess the communications environment we have been navigating (Image source: © 123rf )

Addressing trust: PR at a turning point, a fundamentally new approach is demanded

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Who to watch: Africa's Top 10 PR professionals

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Global ad market growth to accelerate, Big Tech takes market share

18 Dec 2025

Vodacom has launched a new social-led content platform, the Value News Network (VNN).

Vodacom launches edu-tainment platform for customers

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The marketing genius of Spotify Wrapped

Ishani Banerji 12 Dec 2025

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Reddit challenges Australia’s social media ban for children

12 Dec 2025

#BehindtheCampaign: MTN SA celebrates with Do not disturb the Season campaign

The Up&Up Group 11 Dec 2025

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Australia’s social media ban is now in force. Other countries are closely watching what happens

Lisa M. Given 11 Dec 2025

EXCLUSIVE: IAB South Africa releases the first Bookmarks Digital Rankings 2025

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Machine celebrates major wins at the 2025 Pendoring Awards for Spotify

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To reach younger donors, the South African Guide Dog Association, together with VML, created AI pupfluencer, Maxx Reps (Image supplied)

AI pupfluencer created to reach younger audience for Guide Dog Association

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#Orchids&Onions: A helicopter for wors? Sixty60 soars while CarTrack sinks

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The 2025 TikTok Awards sub-Saharan Africa were recently announced. Picture: Creator of the Year, Raja’atu Muhammed Ibrahim, @diaryofanortherncook (Image supplied)

TikTok SSA top creators crowned

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