Agency Leaders: 2014’s most-admired ad agency in SA

by Herman Manson (@marklives) Our annual poll of South Africa’s top agency executives has already revealed which agencies, agency leaders and creatives are most admired by regional peers. Today, we reveal the results of our national poll, which dispensed with regional boundaries and asked execs to nominate their choice of their most-admired peers, irrespective of where in the country they are based.

Agency Leaders: 2014’s most-admired ad agency in Joburg

by Herman Manson (@marklives) Every year, MarkLives polls South Africa’s top agency leaders to find out what they think of their competitors, whom they see as effective managers and great creatives, and where they believe their future competition is likely to come from. Today, we publish the results of our regional Johannesburg poll.

M&A spree even as new ownership rules loom

by Herman Manson (@marklives) The South African ad industry has recently seen a series of takeovers and mergers of high-profile independent agencies by global communications networks — WPP and Publicis, specifically — thanks to accelerated interest in the African comms landscape and a cheap rand. Some independents are worried by the Competition Commission’s seeming lack of concern regarding this acquisition spree and the increased local-market dominance.

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