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YouTube cannes Lions winners announced

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity together with YouTube have revealed the winners of the two dedicated YouTube Competitions; the YouTube Cannes Lions Good Work Competition and the YouTube Cannes Young Lions 48 Hour Ad Contest. Anna Bateson, Director of Marketing, Media & Platforms, EMEA, YouTube, says: “We’re delighted by the interest we’ve had [...]

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Online reputation management rapidly moving ahead

Online reputation management rapidly moving ahead

By Tony Sousa, CEO at Acceleration Media and Gordon Geldenhuys, digital marketing consultant at Acceleration Media Online reputation management (ORM) tools are rapidly moving into the mainstream as companies around the world look for ways to boost their performance and become more responsive to their customers. This point was hammered home for us at Social [...]

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The media has paid too high a price in areas of conflict

Members of the Johannesburg Press Club were deeply saddened to learn of the recent death of the South African photographer, Anton Hammerl who was shot and killed by Libyan government forces near Brega in eastern Libya earlier this year. Furthermore, the club’s members are most concerned about the well-being of other journalists and photographers working [...]

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Jacaranda 94.2 heats up with new lineup

Independent radio station, Jacaranda 94.2, has grown in leaps and bounds in the past year – 24% growth in Gauteng audiences, 27.9% Afrikaans market share in Gauteng and a 50% growth in English audiences, as per the newest SAARF RAMS 2011/1. In its commitment to giving listeners even more of all the top notch content [...]

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Brand Union Cape wins bronze at Apex

Brand Union Cape wins bronze at Apex

Brand Union Cape Town was awarded a bronze Apex for La Capra in the launch category, and was an integral part of the Ogilvy South Africa team that won Silver for Castle at Thursday’s awards ceremony. This is the second year in a row that The Brand Union has won at Apex, and once again [...]

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VISI magazine bids to save lost gem

VISI, South Africa’s innovative décor, design and architecture title, has launched an appeal to readers to help them save Coromandel, the former home of Edgars founder Sydney Press in the latest issue of the magazine, which goes on sale this week. According to VISI editor Jacquie Myburgh Chemaly of New Media Publishing Coromandel, situated in the [...]

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