Extracts from the latest 3rd Quarter ABC presentation for newspaper circulation.
Category archives: Media
ABC Analysis Q3 2013: The biggest-circulating consumer magazines in SA
by Herman Manson (@marklives) We reveal the biggest circulating consumer magazines in the South African market.
ABC Analysis Q3 2013: Newspapers — a very bad day for the Sunday press
by Herman Manson (@marklives) The ABC has released circulation statistics for the period July 2013 – September 2013. Here are a couple of numbers that stood out in terms of newspaper circulations.
Grubstreet: Developing the Eyewitness News app
by Gill Moodie (@grubstreetSA) What should you be thinking about when you’re looking at a news app for mobile? Should the primary concern be simplicity and ease of use or should it have plenty of bells and whistles? It this about design or it chiefly about development?
Plans to save Africa Geographic after license holder fails
Africa Geographic Holdings is working to save the print edition of Africa Geographic magazine after its licence holder, Black Eagle Media, unexpectedly closed down.
MagLove: The magazine cover that crashed
by MediaSlut (@mediaslut) The best international and local magazine covers this week: Bloomberg Businessweek, LAN Airlines “in”, Eurostar Metropolitan and British Airways High Life (South Africa).
How Twitter challenged the illusion of journalistic omniscience
by John Jewell, Cardiff University. Twitter values itself at US$12 billion and expects to raise up to US$1.3 billion in sales. But let’s forget about the money and think about Twitter’s impact in its relatively short lifetime of seven years.
MagLove: Zombies, bromances and the walking dead
by MediaSlut (@mediaslut) The best international and local magazine covers this week: Atlanta (annual school guide), ELLE Denmark (birthday issue), Kiblind France and Playboy South Africa.
Media Future: Console gaming is having a healthy second career. So is Nintendo.
by Arthur Goldstuck (@art2gee) Far from mobile gaming killing the console, the fun has just begun as the Nintendo 2DS enters the South African market.
YouTube Views: How to create a magnetic content strategy
by Jerome Mouton. Your YouTube channel needs the REV factor to stand out and engage your unique audience: Relevant + Entertaining + Valuable.