EXCLUSIVE: VISI switches hands
New Media has taken ownership of VISI, one of South Africa’s most iconic magazine brands, from Media24. The news was broken to staff earlier this morning. New Media, a content marketing firm, has been publishing the title on behalf of Media24 for the past 14 years. Andrew Nunneley, Business Development Director at New Media, says that niche magazine titles have been facing... Read More
Magazine covers we love – Cape Town & Paris just got hotter
MarkLives.com runs a regular slot featuring the best local and international magazine covers every week. We recognise well thought out, powerful and interesting (and hopefully all three in one) magazine covers and celebrate the mix of pragmatism, creativity and personal taste that created each of them. By media blogger MediaSlutZA. It just so happens that all my favourite International... Read More
Mobile device brands that are gaining in Africa
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) A flood of new smartphones is arriving on the market in the coming weeks, and all have one thing in common: each appeals to a very specific target market, carefully tailoring its features, attractions and differentiators to the wallet of the target audience. The flagship phones from the big brands will capture most media attention, while the low-cost... Read More
Press freedom, the commission and you
by Herman Manson (@marklives) How wonderful that, in South Africa’s high-volume politics, the chance to step back from the abyss still presents itself. The Press Freedom Commission report on media regulation seems to have created an opportunity for politicians to jump the puddle that would have sucked them and the rest of us down an acrimonious path to the Constitutional Court... Read More
Mobile games – the next big thing (expect 71% of South African cellphone users to be playing them)
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) The classic arcade games are making a comeback – on smartphones. We unpack the new era in gaming. Who remembers playing Space Invaders, Asteroids, Pac-man, or Galaxian at games arcades and in the back of corner cafes? That would be a sign of a mis-spent youth somewhere between the late 1970s and early 1990s, before the Internet began its own great... Read More
