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Call for participation: 2025 Social Media Landscape survey opens to South African marketers

Social Media

Call for participation: 2025 Social Media Landscape survey opens to South African marketers

Issued by Ornico 27 May 2025

Consumers prefer relevant local advertising – new research

Media

Consumers prefer relevant local advertising – new research

Issued by Spark Media 23 May 2025

Warc research shows that globally, newsbrand ad spend is forecast to fall to $32.3bn this year, a 33.1% decrease from 2019, as hard news stories – from trade wars to armed conflicts – draw audiences but not ad dollars. (Image supplied)

Advertising

Warc: News media struggles as brands favour softer content

16 Apr 2025

Source: Reuters. SA Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana.

Budget Speech

#Budget2025: Fiscal steps get nod, VAT set to rise

3 Apr 2025

Novus Group says the Africa’s mining sector is at a crossroads as resource sovereignty, infrastructure bottlenecks, and political risks dominate Mining Indaba 2025 (Image supplied)

Mining

EXCLUSIVE: Novus Group's analysis shows Africa’s mining sector at a crossroads

20 Mar 2025

Angelika Venter, graphic designer for Edge Communications discusses what makes good design vs bad design (Image supplied)

Design

The strategic role of graphic design in branding and marketing

Angelika Venter 13 Mar 2025

Research

Who’s winning the automotive brand battle? New report reveals SA’s marketing and PR leaders

Issued by Ornico 7 Mar 2025

Media

Community media’s vital role in strengthening democracy and social change

28 Feb 2025

Multichannel advertising a necessity to meet SA shoppers' current needs

Research

Multichannel advertising a necessity to meet SA shoppers' current needs

Issued by Spark Media 24 Feb 2025

Media

Entry call for 2025 SADC Media Awards

24 Feb 2025

The ABC Q4 2024 figures have been released. Image by Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity

Magazines

ABC Q4 2024: Magazines show resilience in 2024

20 Feb 2025

Source: © 123rf Africa’s entertainment and media industry expected to outpace global growth in the next five years, driven by internet advertising and streaming services says PwC’s newly launched Africa Entertainment and Media Outlook 2024–2028 report

Media

Africa’s entertainment and media industry: A positive story of resilience and expansion

28 Jan 2025

Novus Media recently acquired Media24’s 21 community newspaper titles, and Kick-Off and Soccer Laduma. says community newspapers and magazines are thriving (Image supplied)

Newspapers

Print is not dead as community and special-interest media thrive

21 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf Donvé Forbes, audit partner in technology, media, and telecommunications, BDO South Africa examines how media houses can navigate the digital shift

Media

A mobile-first, audience-driven future as media houses navigate the digital shift

Donvé Forbes 6 Dec 2024

DM168 circulation surges: Readers drive our success

Online Media

DM168 circulation surges: Readers drive our success

Issued by Daily Maverick 22 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf Competition for viewership remains fragmented across various platforms, as multi-platform behaviour highlights high levels of social media interaction while watching television and radio listening

Media

Maps highlights high levels of social media interaction while watching TV and radio listening

Danette Breitenbach 11 Nov 2024

Media

Ad evolution: Digital overtakes traditional media

22 Oct 2024

[Free report] Financial Brands TikTok Report 2024: Strategies for success

Social Media

[Free report] Financial Brands TikTok Report 2024: Strategies for success

Issued by Ornico 15 Oct 2024

Publishing

Financial crisis prompts major restructure for Independent Newspapers as advertising, circulation decline

13 Sep 2024

Ishmet Davidson is retiring as Media 24 group CEO and will also step down as a board member (Image supplied)

Media

Media24 CEO Ishmet Davidson retires, Raj Lalbahadur, current group CFO, appointed interim CEO

6 Sep 2024

Image supplied. Press releases still matter

Media

5 ways to write a compelling press release

22 Aug 2024

Happy Birthday, Muse Magazine!

Magazines

Happy Birthday, Muse Magazine!

Issued by Mac Media Group 19 Jul 2024

(Image supplied). The South African print media industry changes are shown in media monitoring company, Novus Group’s newly released 10 Years in Print Media report

Newspapers

Report shows the decline of print newspapers over the past decade

11 Jul 2024

Local media still going strong

Media

Local media still going strong

Issued by Spark Media 27 Jun 2024

Source: © Media24 looks to close the print editions of Beeld, Rapport, City Press, Daily Sun and Soccer Laduma

Media

Beeld, Rapport, City Press, Daily Sun and Soccer Laduma to close

18 Jun 2024

Government on track to deliver printing machine for driver’s licence

Maintenance

Government on track to deliver printing machine for driver’s licence

11 Jun 2024

From a nice-to-have to a need-to-have – South Africa’s 17-year business coaching evolution

Skills Development & Training

From a nice-to-have to a need-to-have – South Africa’s 17-year business coaching evolution

Issued by ActionCOACH SA Business Coaching 27 May 2024

Source: © Nations Online The Audit Bureau of Circulations of South Africa (ABC) has released the Q1 for newspapers

Newspapers

Newspapers: ABC Q1 2024: The slow steady downward trickle continues

Danette Breitenbach 23 May 2024

Media Freedom

South Africa’s media have done good work with 30 years of freedom but need more diversity

Prinola Govenden 6 May 2024

Source: © Provoke Media The 2024 EMEA Sabre Award winners have been announced

PR & Communications

Sabre EMEA 2024 Awards: Razor PR, Retroviral top SA agencies

Danette Breitenbach 18 Apr 2024

Zigzag relaunches with two print editions a year

Magazines

Zigzag relaunches with two print editions a year

12 Apr 2024

Marketing

How a Netflix show has become a key driver behind F1’s rising popularity

Raymond Boyle, Richard Haynes 7 Mar 2024

Spark Media ‘leaps into local’ with new digital ad offering

Digital

Spark Media ‘leaps into local’ with new digital ad offering

Issued by Spark Media 29 Feb 2024

Advertising

MSC Cruises launches global integrated marketing campaign, For a greater beauty

22 Jan 2024

Magazines

Magazines were supposed to die in the digital age. Why haven’t they?

Julian Novitz 15 Jan 2024

Source: © 123rf The 2024 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Media Awards are open for entries

Media

2024 SADC Media Awards entries open

9 Jan 2024

Boomtown graphic designer makes it a hat-trick for Brands & Branding

Branding

Boomtown graphic designer makes it a hat-trick for Brands & Branding

Issued by Boomtown 31 Oct 2023

Source: © ArabAD The UAE Impact BBDO, Dubai has been awarded three LIA Gold for itsSchoolgirl Newscasters campaign, for client EBM

Advertising

Impact BBDO Dubai awarded five Gold and a Bronze at the London International Awards

Danette Breitenbach 16 Oct 2023

Image supplied. Impact BBDO Dubai and Wunderman Thompson Riyadh, Saudi Arabia have been awarded at the London International Awards

Advertising

Impact BBDO Dubai wins gold at LIA

12 Oct 2023

Woolworths Taste: 20 years and still cooking!

Magazines

Woolworths Taste: 20 years and still cooking!

Issued by Media24 4 Sep 2023

Image supplied. Paper imagery - credit Devin Lester. 49% of South Africans prefer to read printed books and magazines, while around 44% prefer to read news on their computer or device.

Media

Survey finds half of South Africans prefer printed material, just under half prefer digital news

24 Aug 2023

Independent Media broadens retrenchment scope

Media

Independent Media broadens retrenchment scope

20 Jul 2023

Printing

Print Media Report: South Africans' consumption patterns shift

6 Jul 2023

Harness the full power of print to bring your customer engagement to life

Marketing

Harness the full power of print to bring your customer engagement to life

Issued by JNPR 23 May 2023

Image supplied. Sanef's Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2023 are open for entries

Media

2023 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards entries open

28 Apr 2023

David Ashdown, CEO of Vuka Group. Source: Supplied.

Events & Conferencing

#BehindtheSelfie: David Ashdown, CEO of Vuka Group

Karabo Ledwaba 6 Apr 2023

South African fast food franchises - adapting to challenges and expanding abroad

Franchising

South African fast food franchises - adapting to challenges and expanding abroad

Oresti Patricios, Issued by Ornico 5 Apr 2023

PR & Communications

How to catch a journalist's attention

Zweli Mokgata 4 Apr 2023

Primedia's EWN re-freshes as a fully omni-channel platform

Media

Primedia's EWN re-freshes as a fully omni-channel platform

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 3 Apr 2023

Source: © Columbia Edcaiton Valley FM, a community radio station in South Africa's Western Cape

Education

Sanef online media strategy programme to assist community media

2 Mar 2023