Top company and news stories 4 June 2018 - 4 Jun 2018

By Leigh Andrews

Creative Circle announces March and April winners

Sir Martin Sorrell returns to build a new ad group

Neo Mashigo is now CCO of M&C Saatchi Group SA

ABC cancels Roseanne sitcom after racist tweet

Top 3 takeouts from Zuckerberg's fireside chat at Viva Tech

WPP and Kantar Millward Brown release BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands

Odd Number launches Stadio's Multiversity; Net#work BBDO wins Primedia Broadcasting

Jessica Tennant reports on Grid's Coachella experience

Tennant on Net#work BBDO driving Mercedes-Benz' return to Chapman's Peak

Tennant chats to this week's #Newsmakers: Marcus Brewster on moving to and making it in Malta; Zumi Njongwe on relocating to Diageo SA; 'Wunderwomen' Kagiso Musi and Astrid Ascar; and Adrian Miller, now officially ECD at Riverbed

Juanita Pienaar has the #StartupStory on MMMC and Canvas CAM starting a joint venture

Louise Marsland reports on Uganda's 'social media tax'

Danette Breitenbach unbottles Aware.org's responsible drinking campaign

Madelain Roscher of PR Worx says to open the door when internet trolls come knocking

Priscilla Kennedy of Piehole.tv writes that mobility is set to rule video in 2018

Shae Leigh of Red & Yellow explains why brands must legally protect their influencers

I discuss how regional cultural differences affect creativity with Loeries CEO Andrew Human

I round out #AfricaMonth with insight into Pernod Ricard's African consumer market

I popped into InvestSA's one-stop shop

I share tips from Mark Sham on how to simplify social media storytelling

We kick off #YouthMonth2018 coverage with the student activism-inspired Fight Gunfire With Fire

In #FairnessFirst: What you can learn from Starbucks' anti-bias diversity training

I went #BehindtheSelfie with Ben Schoderer, digital manager at KFC Africa

Leigh Andrews
Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA

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Leigh Andrews

Andrews was on the inaugural Marketer of the Year (MOTY) jury for the 2019 Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA) as well as an #Inspiring50 2018 nominee herself, and judged over 500 entries for the most recent Epica Awards - the only creative prize awarded by journalists working for marketing and communications magazines around the world. She's also serving on the IAB (SA)'s #Bookmarks2020 Publisher panel.

Responsible for keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest happenings in the marketing and media industry, this is an almost 24/7 role that involves keeping one eye on your inbox with the other on your social media feed, to write breaking news stories and interviewing key people in the B2B space.

All made easier by 13 years of working for companies such as Microsoft, Kagiso Media, Fleet Street Publications, the Mail & Guardian Online, Caxton Community Newspapers and Newsclip's media, marketing and PR publications.

Editor's column

Top company and news stories 4 June 2018 - 4 Jun 2018

Leigh Andrews