We list the 40 most trafficked stories on MarkLives in 2013, starting with numbers 40-31 on Monday, numbers 30 – 21 yesterday and ending with numbers 10-1 on Thursday.
20. What MetroR, MTN should know about education in Uganda
“Ad agency MetropolitanRepublic claimed in its recent Loerie award entry that its client, MTN, had implemented a cellphone-based learning programme which eliminated the need to build and maintain expensive libraries, an incredibly bold claim in any country. It turned out the programme itself is only in concept stage and it was compelled to withdraw the awards it’d won.”
19. heat South Africa publishes last (known) Reeva Steenkamp interview
heat South Africa has published the last (known) interview with Oscar Pistorius’ deceased girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, conducted 7 days before her death.
18. Agency execs Cape Town’s ad execs most admired in 2012
Cape Town executives overwhelmingly chose King James as their most admired agency, and King James co-founder and Group Creative Director Alistair King as their most admired Creative Director. King James Group Chief Executive James Barty was voted the most admired agency boss in Cape Town, an accolade he shared with Claire Cobbledick, MD of The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town. Ogilvy Cape Town was voted the Cape Town agency with most success in integrating digital into its offering.
17. The most admired agency execs in South Africa
Who is the most admired ad agency, creative director, or agency boss in the country? MarkLives asked South Africa’s ad agency MD’s and CEO’s to nominate their peers whom they most admired during the course of 2012.
16. The biggest circulating consumer magazines in SA (Q3 2013)
The ABC has released circulation statistics for the period July 2013 to September 2013 (2013 Q3). Here are a couple of consumer magazine ABC numbers that popped out for us (see our newspaper ABC analysis here). We also updated our list of the biggest circulating consumer magazines in SA! There was significant movement in the top 10 positions.
15. The biggest circulating consumer magazines in SA (Q1 2013)
The ABC has released circulation statistics for the period January 2013 to March 2013. Here are a couple of consumer magazine ABC numbers that popped out for us. We also updated our list of the biggest circulating consumer magazines in SA!
14. Vodacom loss will affect 10% of Draftfcb revenue, staff
“John Dixon, the CEO of Draftfcb, says the Vodacom account represented around 10% of group revenue. The agency has just learned that after nearly twenty years it had lost the Vodacom business – its biggest single client.”
13. Breaking news: Ireland/Davenport wins Vodacom advertising account
“Industry sources have confirmed that Ireland/Davenport has won the Vodacom advertising account. It was announced earlier this week that Draftfcb had lost the business after 19 years. A formal announcement is yet to be made by Vodacom and/or Ireland-Davenport.”
12 Smile 90.4fm aims to shake up Cape Town radio market
Backed by SA’s pre-eminent film producer Anant Singh, Smile 90.4fm won the first FM licence to be awarded by the regulator, Icasa, for Cape Town in 14 years.
11 The real cost of SA’s most expensive website
More was spent on the planning of the Free State government web site than most South African corporates have ever spent on the full development and implementation of their web sites.
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