Mediaspace.co.za secures Soweto Homes & Property account

Mediaspace.co.za, South Africa's online auction website for advertising space, has secured the right to market and sell advertising opportunities in the brand new publication, Soweto Homes & Property. The magazine is positioned to be a dedicated and relevant medium for housing, with special emphasis on accessing finance, home improvements, property sales and ownership in predominantly black townships. 25 Aug 2006

Blue Concept Communications to publish an online and print movie magazine

Blue Concept Communications has been awarded a two-year contract to publish an online and print magazine by Newsfile Production. 22 Jun 2006

Rugby World SA licensed to In-Site Media

Giant UK publisher, IPC Magazines, a Time Warner company, has licensed the best selling Rugby World title to Cape Town-based media company, In-Site Media (Pty) Ltd., and a top team has been assembled to push out the boat. Rob Cowan heads up the operation as managing director/publisher, while the new title is being edited by top rugby writer and broadcaster, Andy Colquhoun, with star writer Duane Heath on his outside. 13 Mar 2006

New appointments at Kick Off Magazine

Grant Phillips joins Kick Off Magazine as the new Regional Advertising Manager in Gauteng. 6 Mar 2006

RCCI News account for AstraGraphics and Velvet Square

In a joint venture, AstraGraphics and Velvet Square have recently been appointed as the contract publishers for the Randburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry's internal magazine. Named RCCI News, this high gloss magazine is published and distributed to all the RCCI members on a quarterly basis. 11 Dec 2005

Plus 1 Media Productions gets Kulula.Comic fashion

Content aggregators and Cape Town-based PR firm Plus 1 Media Productions (p.1.m.p. 27 Nov 2005

Bingo become brand custodians of the new men's lifestyle magazine called Blink

Blink Lifestyle Media are introducing Blink magazine - a new and exciting lifestyle publication for South African men. 10 Oct 2004

New Business For Conceptualise - Sarie and Fair Lady

Leading practitioner of promotional competitions and game shows, Conceptualise Promotions, has structured prize insurance mechanisms for two reader competitions that recently ran in Sarie and Fair Lady. Prize insurance allows marketers and brand owners to offer 'dream' prizes at a fraction of the actual cost. 26 Sep 2004

Foschini Retail Group Club Magazine appoints Planet Productions

The Foschini Retail Group Club Magazine and New Highway Publishing have appointed Planet Productions to co-ordinate and manage Club Magazine's summer fashion show, to be held on Friday 17th September and Saturday 18th September at Canal Walk. The Planet team, headed by Karen Burt, has enjoyed tremendous success with similar events for the J&B Met, Cape Technikon, Mount Nelson and Donna Claire. 26 Aug 2004

SL Media has been appointed to sell ad-space for Hometalk

TPP adds new magazine to its stable

The Publishing Partnership has been awarded the publishing of NSRI's Sea Rescue magazine. 4 Jul 2004

Cape Media acquires Leadership magazine

As part of the unbundling of NAIL, New Africa Publications Magazines (Pty) Limited has been sold to Cape Media for an undisclosed sum. 10 May 2004

Uppercase Media Group has appointed Starcom to handle media planning and buying for FHM and Heat magazine

New Media on the move with new blue chip client

As of this month (July 2003), New Media will be publishing a quarterly magazine for Daimler Chrysler South Africa. 13 Jul 2003

New Highway Publishing publishes kids' club mag for Foschini

Cape Town-based publishing company, New Highway Publishing, and the Foschini Retail Group recently launched SuperClub, an extension of the Foschini Club strictly for kids aged 5 to 10 years. 1 Jul 2003

Marie Claire moves to Associated Magazines

Associated Magazines, publishers of Cosmopolitan, Femina, House and Leisure, Brides and Homes, Baby and Me and most recently, 0:The Oprah Winfrey Magazine, have announced that they will publish Marie Claire from the August issue. "This new partnership with Associated Magazines will reinforce the strength of Marie Claire South Africa." says Laurence Hembert, International Executive Director of the Marie Claire Group, "Just like the Marie Claire Group in France, Associated Magazines is well-known for the quality of its upmarket women titles and we very much believe in the opportunities for synergy their stable of magazines will offer to Marie Claire. 7 Apr 2003

Getaway extends service in the Western Cape

Getaway has extended its presence in the Western Cape through its association with the newly established Visitors’ Centre at Canal Walk, Century City. Getaway Travel, the retail travel arm of the magazine, joins several other key tenants at the shopping mall’s new Visitors’ Centre, a state-of-the-art service centre catering for domestic and international tourists. Canal Walk is the largest retail centre in Africa and is a favourite destination for local and overseas visitors - an estimated 10 per cent of Canal Walk’s 17 million visitors in 2002 were tourists. 12 Dec 2002