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(Image supplied) Off the back of Youth Month, the IAB South Africa Bookmark Awards has launched its Learner Jury Initiative

IAB SA Bookmark Awards launches Learner Jury initiative

Some of the country’s top leaders in PR chat about the industry in South Africa, Africa and globally: (L to r:) Lebo Madiba, founder and managing director, the PR Powerhouse, Dustin Chick, partner & managing director Razor Public Relations, Sanesh Maharaj, head of influence, Ogilvy and Nicky James managing director of Tribeca Relations

#WPRD2024: Top SA PR leaders reflect on public relations industryDanette Breitenbach

MultiChoice and Paramount strengthen their relationship in Africa

MultiChoice and Paramount strengthen their relationship in AfricaDStv Media Sales

Source: © 123rf Adam Hunter, head honcho at Hook, Line & Sinker looks at the future of PR in a changing world on World PR Day

#WPRD2024: The future of public relations in a changing worldAdam Hunter

702 and CapeTalk unveil 2024 Nedbank Business Ignite winners

702 and CapeTalk unveil 2024 Nedbank Business Ignite winnersPrimedia Broadcasting

Bizcommunity is a finalist in the IAB Bookmark Awards in two categories

Bizcommunity: Finalist in 2 IAB Bookmark Awards categories

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Media24 says S189 will continue as it awaits Competition Commission ruling

Paralympian Mpumelelo Mhlongo partnership with Bic, embodies his experience

Source: © SA Rugby The battle over sports broadcasting has heated up as Media responded to Saru's support of the SABC's decision to not broadcast the recent Springboks - Ireland Tests

DStv - eMedia sports broadcasting rights saga continues as Sports Minister joins the fightDanette Breitenbach

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Complaint against Daily Maverick Steinhoff stories dismissedOmbud Watcher Law

Some of the country’s top leaders in PR chat about the industry in South Africa, Africa and globally: (L to r:) Lebo Madiba, founder and managing director, the PR Powerhouse, Dustin Chick, partner & managing director Razor Public Relations, Sanesh Maharaj, head of influence, Ogilvy and Nicky James managing director of Tribeca Relations

#WPRD2024: Top SA PR leaders reflect on public relations industry

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Source: © 123rf Adam Hunter, head honcho at Hook, Line & Sinker looks at the future of PR in a changing world on World PR Day

#WPRD2024: The future of public relations in a changing world

By Adam Hunter 1 day

Source: © Oleksandr Ppidvalnyi Google’s latest product reviews update has sparked an increase in the volatility in web traffic

Google's latest product reviews update sparks increased volatility in web traffic

1 Mar 2023

NewsGPT: A news channel with no reporters and powered by AI

1 Mar 2023

Reporters from independent Egyptian news outlet referred to trial

Aidan Lewis, Marguerita Choy 1 Mar 2023

Amore Bekker. Source: Supplied.

Amore Bekker leaving RSG after 20 years of broadcasting

1 Mar 2023

Local papers continue to dominate as SA's top-performing print media

Local papers continue to dominate as SA's top-performing print media

Spark Media 1 Mar 2023

Tributes pour in for late journalist and apartheid activist Rafiq Rohan

28 Feb 2023

Source © Kirill Kedrinski Cape Town TV has expressed the opinion that digital migration is not the success claimed by the communications minister

Broadcast digital migration will erode free-to-air TV market

27 Feb 2023

Source: © Jeshootscom Is TV dead and if so should consumers still be paying the SABC tv licences?

TV is dead but the SABC refuses to die

Nicholas Woode-Smith 27 Feb 2023

DJ Fresh. Source: Instagram

DJ Fresh launches podcast

27 Feb 2023

Sewela Sebola. Source: Supplied.

#BehindtheBrandManager: Sewela Sebola, marketing manager for 5FM and Good Hope FM

Karabo Ledwaba 27 Feb 2023

DStv Media Sales welcomes Byron John as head of media intelligence

DStv Media Sales welcomes Byron John as head of media intelligence

DStv Media Sales 27 Feb 2023

DUO sees strong start to 2023 with another international award and jobs on offer for experienced digital PR professionals

DUO sees strong start to 2023 with another international award and jobs on offer for experienced digital PR professionals

DUO Marketing + Communications 27 Feb 2023

Source © City A.M. WPP has released its full year and Q4 financial results showing a positive outlook for the industry

WPP 2022 results show positive outlook for the industry

24 Feb 2023

MediaHeads 360, celebrating 4 years of growth

MediaHeads 360, celebrating 4 years of growth

Nadia Levinson, MediaHeads 360 24 Feb 2023

Source: © Digiday
The Daily Maverick has reported that Daily News editor, Ayanda Mdluli, and Independent Online editor Lance Witten have unconditionally retract the article and apologise to Daily Maverick and its editor Branko Brkic for the harm that was occasioned through the publication of Mr Modiba’s unlawful and defamatory allegations”

IOL apology to Daily Maverick and its editor

23 Feb 2023

Warc Global Ad Trends: Global ad spend in publishing set to decline by 7.7%

22 Feb 2023

Business Insider SA closure tomorrow, 28 February

21 Feb 2023

Neal Mohan to step into YouTube CEO position

20 Feb 2023

Bathweels can be watched on Cartoonito. Source: Supplied.

Boomerang Africa rebrands to Cartoonito Africa

17 Feb 2023

Tanya Nefd. Source: Supplied.

Feel SA to broadcast on TV

17 Feb 2023

TikTok content creators may soon charge followers to view videos

16 Feb 2023

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

16 Feb 2023

Hoorah's full-service media offering set to serve clients in SA, UK

Hoorah's full-service media offering set to serve clients in SA, UK

Hoorah Digital 16 Feb 2023

Google Search trends show South Africans are interested in AI

14 Feb 2023

Minister Ronald Lamola. Source: Supplied.

Sanef welcomes Lamola's promise to protect whistleblowers

14 Feb 2023

#WorldRadioDay: Radio is still king

Bathulisile Shongwe 13 Feb 2023

South African rapper AKA has died

South African rapper AKA has died

11 Feb 2023

Radio in South Africa turns 100 - and collides with podcasting and streaming

Sisanda Nkoala 10 Feb 2023

Google launches new elections ad policy in South Africa

8 Feb 2023

Source © CGTN Africa Journalists, in particular women journalists, are being threatened, physically as well as virtually

Whose responsibility is journalists' safety - media houses, civil society, government, or society as a whole?

Danette Breitenbach 8 Feb 2023

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Tributes pour in for late journalist and apartheid activist Rafiq Rohan

28 Feb 2023

Source © Kirill Kedrinski Cape Town TV has expressed the opinion that digital migration is not the success claimed by the communications minister

Broadcast digital migration will erode free-to-air TV market

27 Feb 2023

Source: © Jeshootscom Is TV dead and if so should consumers still be paying the SABC tv licences?

TV is dead but the SABC refuses to die

Nicholas Woode-Smith 27 Feb 2023

DJ Fresh. Source: Instagram

DJ Fresh launches podcast

27 Feb 2023

Sewela Sebola. Source: Supplied.

#BehindtheBrandManager: Sewela Sebola, marketing manager for 5FM and Good Hope FM

Karabo Ledwaba 27 Feb 2023

DStv Media Sales welcomes Byron John as head of media intelligence

DStv Media Sales welcomes Byron John as head of media intelligence

DStv Media Sales 27 Feb 2023

DUO sees strong start to 2023 with another international award and jobs on offer for experienced digital PR professionals

DUO sees strong start to 2023 with another international award and jobs on offer for experienced digital PR professionals

DUO Marketing + Communications 27 Feb 2023

Source © City A.M. WPP has released its full year and Q4 financial results showing a positive outlook for the industry

WPP 2022 results show positive outlook for the industry

24 Feb 2023

MediaHeads 360, celebrating 4 years of growth

MediaHeads 360, celebrating 4 years of growth

Nadia Levinson, MediaHeads 360 24 Feb 2023

Source: © Digiday
The Daily Maverick has reported that Daily News editor, Ayanda Mdluli, and Independent Online editor Lance Witten have unconditionally retract the article and apologise to Daily Maverick and its editor Branko Brkic for the harm that was occasioned through the publication of Mr Modiba’s unlawful and defamatory allegations”

IOL apology to Daily Maverick and its editor

23 Feb 2023

Warc Global Ad Trends: Global ad spend in publishing set to decline by 7.7%

22 Feb 2023

Business Insider SA closure tomorrow, 28 February

21 Feb 2023

Neal Mohan to step into YouTube CEO position

20 Feb 2023

Bathweels can be watched on Cartoonito. Source: Supplied.

Boomerang Africa rebrands to Cartoonito Africa

17 Feb 2023

Tanya Nefd. Source: Supplied.

Feel SA to broadcast on TV

17 Feb 2023

TikTok content creators may soon charge followers to view videos

16 Feb 2023

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

MTN commits to $1bn Ghana investment after government scraps tax claim

16 Feb 2023

Hoorah's full-service media offering set to serve clients in SA, UK

Hoorah's full-service media offering set to serve clients in SA, UK

Hoorah Digital 16 Feb 2023

Google Search trends show South Africans are interested in AI

14 Feb 2023

Minister Ronald Lamola. Source: Supplied.

Sanef welcomes Lamola's promise to protect whistleblowers

14 Feb 2023

#WorldRadioDay: Radio is still king

Bathulisile Shongwe 13 Feb 2023

South African rapper AKA has died

South African rapper AKA has died

11 Feb 2023

Radio in South Africa turns 100 - and collides with podcasting and streaming

Sisanda Nkoala 10 Feb 2023

Google launches new elections ad policy in South Africa

8 Feb 2023

Source © CGTN Africa Journalists, in particular women journalists, are being threatened, physically as well as virtually

Whose responsibility is journalists' safety - media houses, civil society, government, or society as a whole?

Danette Breitenbach 8 Feb 2023

Adrian Ephraim. Source: LinkedIn

Nigerian tech publication hires South African journalist as editor-in-chief

8 Feb 2023

Image supplied. Levi's celebrates 150 years of it 501 jeans with three short films in the The greatest story ever worn campaign

The greatest story ever worn celebrates 150 years of Levi's 501 jeans

8 Feb 2023

Storytelling on television has been a key aspect of entertaining and engaging audiences for decades

Storytelling on television has been a key aspect of entertaining and engaging audiences for decades

Candy Dempers, MediaHeads 360 8 Feb 2023

Cameroon journalist Martinez Zogo's photo is displayed as fellow journalists pay their last respect to him. Source: Reuters/Amindeh Blaise Atabong.

Cameroonian businessman arrested after journalist's murder

Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Bate Felix, Andrew Cawthorne 7 Feb 2023

Image supplied. Koo Govender is the first female CEO at Publicis Groupe Africa

Koo Govender: PGA's first female CEO

7 Feb 2023

Meta can be sued in Kenya by ex-content moderator, the country's court rules

Ayenat Mersie 7 Feb 2023

Source © patrick de grijs Tips to help keep your page active and in good standing with Facebook

8 Tips to avoid your Facebook page being deleted

JG Bezuidenhout 3 Feb 2023

5 tips to nail your media interview

Ayanda Siswana and Allison MacDonald 3 Feb 2023

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How crypto advertising is now regulated in South Africa

Ashlin Perumall, Fatima Ismail and Gabriel Rybko 2 Feb 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners January 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners January 2023

Bizcommunity.com 1 Feb 2023

Daily Investor - the best place to reach South Africa's investment and financial decision makers

Daily Investor - the best place to reach South Africa's investment and financial decision makers

Broad Media 31 Jan 2023

Creating futures that matter to people and planet

Creating futures that matter to people and planet

Human8 27 Jan 2023

Prosus, Naspers cutting 30% of jobs at corporate offices

Toby Sterling 26 Jan 2023

Source © Content Studio How easy is AI-generated content to spot? A study says it is quite easy

AI-generated content for publications can be risky says study

26 Jan 2023

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Annual Ad Talent Salary Survey

25 Jan 2023