Director Adrian de sa Garces and producer Lisa Gardner have launched ADSG, a branded creative partnership that will be repped by Egg Films in South Africa and Nicholas Berglund in Europe. ADSG will maintain its own identity, while benefiting from Egg’s infrastructure and local agency relationships, similar to how Egg worked with Terence Neale as Humanoid. […]
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New Sunday news show for SA’s most opinionated puppet
Chester Missing – South Africa’s most vocal and politically-opinionated puppet – is joining eNCA with a brand new show, Almost News with Chester Missing, which will air weekly at 19h30 from this coming Sunday, 25 November. The show will take an irreverent look at the current affairs landscape and put high-profile politicians through their paces […]
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Data and platforms bring new opportunities to expand PR
By Dominique Pienaar, CEO of DUO Marketing + Communications Digital disruption in the Public Relations and communications landscape means that brands and their agencies now need to work closer together than ever, in order to identify new storytelling opportunities, publishing platforms, and harness data analytics to continually refine how and where they place their messaging. […]
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Huge value data offers this festive season with Cell C
Whether you are looking for a last minute data top up or having data last you through the holidays, Cell C will ensure that you’re connected with some incredible deals on data. “Customers are definitely going to find something that will give them the perfect data deal this Summer,” says Cell C Chief Commercial Officer, […]
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AMASA adds to its Board
The Advertising Media Association of South Africa (AMASA) has announced two new additional members to its board of directors. AMASA welcomes Mpho Maseko and Parmeshan Moodliar to the table. Mpho and Parmeshan join current directors Wayne Bischoff, Wayne Bishop, Karen Bailey, Lyn Jones and Rob Smuts. Wayne Bischoff says: “Both Mpho and Parmeshan are old […]
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JCDecaux harnesses tech to create a virtual trip for would-be travellers
By applying the traditional concept of a stokvel, adding a hefty sprinkle of technology and taking a Sho’t left on social media, Flight Centre, JCDecaux and South African Tourism have partnered on a series of Cook Offs that offer the very best of South Africa to its citizens. The aim of the activations – which […]
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Distell Launches Responsible Drinking Campaign
SA liquor giant, Distell has launched an integrated campaign, aimed at encouraging the responsible consumption of alcohol. This is part of the company’s on-going efforts to create awareness around the dangers of drinking and driving, and to encourage responsible drinking particularly during this festive season. #RespectNotRegret #PaceYourself […]
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The IMM Graduate School has been providing distance learning to students for the past 60 years. Evolving with the ever-changing needs of students, the school has fully embraced ‘Anywhere, anytime learning’ and says this basic necessity is no longer seen as a ‘nice to have’. Anisa Fielding, Professional Programmes Manager, IMM Graduate School, says: “We […]
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20 Top Industry Experts. One Day. One Stream. Ted Talk Style.
“An absolutely formidable array,” is how IMC CEO Dale Hefer describes the speaker line up for the 2019 Nedbank IMC Conference happening in March 2019. “Our mission was to bring together 20 great marketing minds and it is mission accomplished” Included on the line-up is Khensani Nobanda Group Executive Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Nedbank. “I am […]
Continue readingMore TagOn Comic Con, YouTubers and the business of gaming
Jarred Mailer-Lyons Digital Media Strategist at The MediaShop investigates how 8 million gaming South Africans spend their time. I recently attended the Business of Gaming Forum (BOGF) in association with Comic Con South Africa, which hosted over 40,000 fans of comic related superheroes, sidekicks and villains. Comic Con SA featured a large range of pop […]
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