Being in Australia on vacation, I’m lucky enough to go to my absolute favourite magazine shop, Mag nation, and browse some of the best magazines from all over the world. Magazines that I’ve never seen, or even heard of. Because of my fascination and inspiration to Australia, I thought it would be fitting to dedicate this weeks’ selection of favourite covers to Australian based titles.
Category archives: Media
Video interview site Adlip relaunched, signs FNB as co-developer
by Herman Manson (@marklives) Adlip, the advertising industry site known for its video interviews with creatives and industry executives, has received a major upgrade after owners John and Sonja Culverwell inked a sponsorship and co-developer deal with banking group FNB.
The revamped site is positioned as a gateway for consumer engagement on advertising created and flighted locally, as well as a go-to resource for those interested in insights from senior marketers, brand owners and creatives involved in advertising communication.
Adlip launched three years ago after a conversation between John and Sonja on the lack of video interviews, and the word from the proverbial horse’s mouth, on John’s favourite sports websites. The conversation soon turned to the ad industry, in which both are employed, and three glasses of wine later a business was born.
Magazine covers we elect to love
MarkLives.com runs a regular slot featuring the best local and international magazine covers every week. The next United States presidential election of 2012 is only going to be held on Tuesday 6 November 2012 but it seems like US Art Directors in are already fighting to get the most creative and/or unique cover related to the election published. I will definitely be keeping an eye out for more US elections covers over the next few months…
BizTechAfrica – IT in Africa finds a (anonymous) voice
Here is a site that launched below the radar of both the South African start-up scene and many media watchers.
Magazine covers we love (is shredded the new cover?)
MarkLives.com runs a regular slot featuring the best local and international magazine covers every week.
Do South Africans still Yahoo!?
Do South Africans still Yahoo!? Indeed they do. According to Apurimac Media, the sales representative for Yahoo! in sub-Saharan Africa, the site receives 1.5 million monthly visitors from South Africa generating 256 million page views.
Tiffany Shlain on our connected lives
Encounters, the documentary festival, returns to Cape Town and Johannesburg from 7-24 June 2012 and this year features Tiffany Shlain, the founder of The Webby Awards, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and director of Connected, which won The Disruptive Innovation Award from Tribeca, the Audience Award for Best Documentary from Maui Film Festival and four awards from The Los Angeles Movie Awards.
MarkLives gets gutsy
Nearly four years in and MarkLives is finally ready for the big time. Our readership has grown steadily over this time to a point where the site has become economically sustainable.
Magazine covers we love (Mr Pistorius, geeks and Idols)
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. INTERNATIONAL FT Weekend Magazine, 26 May 2012 …
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City Press takes i magazine national
The glossy Sunday read launched by City Press in October 2011, i, will be distributed nationally from this Sunday (June 3). The magazine was previously only distributed in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal – two key growth markets for the paper.