South Africa’s oldest newspaper, The Herald, is jumping into the digital world with both feet and running a launch campaign with the help of Boomtown, to drive awareness of its new HeraldLIVE online platform. “We’re really proud of the new HeraldLIVE website. It’s been an extensive journey to develop a platform that allows our readers to immerse […]
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Business Insider South Africa is live
The South African edition of Business Insider, the world’s largest financial news platform, is live. With some 120 million users, Business Insider is one of the fastest-growing news brands in the world. Business Insider South Africa has been launched in partnership with Media24. Business Insider has revolutionised news coverage, using fast, fun, and informative storytelling […]
Continue readingMore TagSPARK Media offers support to Black-owned small media agencies
SPARK Media, a division of Caxton & CTP Publishers and Printers, is offering small, black-owned advertising agencies an opportunity like no other. This offer emanates from an agreement between the Competition Commission of South Africa and Caxton and is scheduled to run until February 2021. See Competition Commission settlement details at http://sparkmedia.co.za/caxton-responds-media-reports-fined-competition-commission/ Qualifying small agencies […]
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The who’s who of the South African film and television industry put on their best as they walked the red carpet with their peers. This, in preparation for the announcement of all the winners at the 12th Annual SAFTAs (South African Film and Television Awards) ceremony at Sun City this evening (24 March). Among […]
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How safe is your brand online?
A popular burger chain’s logo appears above an uncomfortable close-up of a naked woman on a porn site, while a food retailer’s banners appeared next to fake news articles on a highly disreputable website. Chances are these brands have no idea that their brand adverts are appearing in such brand damaging environments. Which is why […]
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On the 14th of March 2018 the Competition Commission and Provantage Proprietary Limited appeared before the Competition Tribunal to have a settlement agreement confirmed as an order of the Competition Tribunal. The settlement pertains to the Commission’s investigation into conduct that involves various firms in the media industry and specifically those firms that were members […]
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Caxton – So much more than “just a print company”
Caxton goes beyond being “just a print company”, having evolved into an all-encompassing, multi-platform, local media company over the years since it was first founded as a printer and publisher in 1980. Over years, Caxton has learnt the value in teaming up with communities, which is why heavy community involvement plays a pivotal role in […]
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The Annual General Meeting for the ABF (Advertising Benevolent Fund) will be held on Thursday 22 March at 3pm. All interested parties involved in the advertising, media and marketing industries are welcome to attend. The meeting will take place at SPARK Media’s offices, Block 3, Burnside Office Park, 410 Jan Smuts Avenue. Please contact chirene@owlhurst.com for […]
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On Thursday, March 8th, New Honor Society, a FCB Family female-led creative boutique agency in the USA, launched.s a campaign for International Women’s Day called #notsorry that aims to inspire confidence in women to combat their historically-based social reflex to apologize unnecessarily. “Sorry” has become a word used often unconsciously to be polite or to […]
Continue readingMore TagLocal Celebri-Tea, ‘Rooibos’, Makes It Into Marvel Comics!
American media and entertainment giant, Marvel Comics, isn’t an easy medium to break into, however our local celebri-tea, Rooibos, received a mention in the most recent edition of She-Hulk when psychiatrist, Flo Mayer, offered Jennifer Walters (also known as She-Hulk) a cup of… wait for it… ‘Rooibos tea’ to calm her down. Adele du Toit, […]
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