Associated Media Publishing was one of the country's best magazine media publishers. Covid-19, and its side-effects, has taken one of our very best and most revered magazine media owners.
Josephine Buys 4 May 2020
Media has a key role to play in shaping how we think and act during these uncertain times. South Africans are seeking out trusted, reliable sources of news and information, yet publishers across the board are suffering catastrophic losses of revenue as many advertisers reduce, pause or even stop advertising during lockdown...
Josephine Buys 30 Apr 2020
Media consumption habits have changed, and continue to change, during the global coronavirus pandemic. One of the most obvious impacts has been a noticeable increase in news consumption via online publishing platforms, writes Josephine Buys...
Josephine Buys 3 Apr 2020
In his state of the nation speech in 2019, President Ramaphosa pledged to ensure that within the next five years, every 10-year-old child would be able to read for meaning. I applaud this vision, but realise it's not without its challenges and government cannot do this alone...
Josephine Buys 22 Jan 2020
Publishing platforms offer a rare opportunity to communicate effectively, writes PRC CEO Josephine Buys...
Josephine Buys 29 Aug 2019
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is ushering in technologies that can enable us, the South African digital industry, to change the course of history...
Josephine Buys 8 Jan 2018
The 2016 IAB MIXX brought together marketers, advertising executives, publishers, and ad technologists to discuss digital advertising's new world order...
Josephine Buys, IAB South Africa 19 Oct 2016
At a time when traditional methods of publishing are undergoing rapid change, audiences are no longer a given. Publishers and advertisers need to meticulously tailor their content to survive in a cutthroat media landscape...
Josephine Buys, IAB South Africa 23 Sep 2016
There was a strong line-up of talented and accomplished female speakers at the DStv Seminar of Creativity and women featured prominently in the Loeries judges and award-winners...
Josephine Buys, IAB South Africa 25 Aug 2016
The transition of all businesses to digital is inevitable. Its efficiencies, insights and transformative capabilities can't be ignored...
Josephine Buys, IAB South Africa 24 Feb 2016
Today's digital consumer habits cannot be typecast. While we would all embrace a clear causality between our digital campaigns and customers' actions, our innate humanness gets in the way...
Josephine Buys, IAB South Africa 19 Feb 2016
