City Press is launching a high quality magazine to be inserted with the Sunday newspaper. The new magazine, i, will be produced for City Press by New Media and the first issue will appear on Sunday, 2 October 2011. It will be distributed with the paper in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal; other regions will follow later.
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ABC Analysis Q2 2011: The biggest-circulating consumer magazines in SA
The biggest consumer magazines in SA, Men’s magazines, Women’s magazines, Business magazines, General Interest & celebrity, Home & Garden magazines, Sporting magazines, Travel magazines
Djo Tunda Wa Munga: An African Tarantino
You would not expect a Congolese movie to be bringing home an MTV movie award, not when there has not been a movie made in the Congo in 25 years and especially not when, until recently there was not a single movie house to show it, reports Colin Macrae.
The next Windows shows future looks a lot like the tablet computer and smartphone
Windows 8 was unveiled – at least in preview form – for the developer community last week. What does it mean for users and for Microsoft? ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK explores its significance.
BlackBerry brand so powerful in SA, consumers associate it with their right to communications
The BlackBerry brand in South Africa found itself in the midst of two seemingly disastrous public relations crises in the past two weeks. But, says ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK, both events said more about the power of the brand, and the fall-out gave it even more strength.
Ad award success no longer sole arbiter of agency and industry respect
The 2011 Loerie Awards are done and dusted (no pun intended), with Cape Town agencies grabbing three of the top five (first, third and fifth) spots on the official overall ranking table. Two of the three Grands Prix were awarded to Cape-based agencies.
Loerie 2011 Official Rankings
Loerie 2011 Rankings
Silver Loerie Winner Found
The advertising industry breathed a collective sigh of relief when copywriter Jason Smythe-Wallace returned to his desk at agency CBA Ford Smith Jones and Broadbent. Although the agency has declined to comment on Smythe-Wallace’s whereabouts over the last few weeks, reliable sources have indicated that the emerging young talent had been languishing in a remote North-West jail, one of several creatives caught on the wrong side of Loerie law.
Loerie Grand Prix winner: Ogilvy Cape Town, Live Activations entry for Volkswagen, ‘Marching Band’
Loerie Grand Prix winner: Ogilvy Cape Town, Live Activations entry for Volkswagen, ‘Marching Band’
The waning influence of ad award shows
The statues are stacked in neat rows along office walls. It’s come to define our industry. Kids are told they need to win ’em to impress the creative director and secure that job. Creative directors are told they need to win ’em to impress the MD and prove their relevance in a competitive industry. MDs care because they are told the talent cares, and with a bit of spin and a celebratory lunch, the client might be induced to care, too.