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MARCO BROCCARDO
With the number of instant messaging app users worldwide expected to top 2.4 billion by 2021, there is no better time for brands to embrace using these platforms as a way to engage with customers. However, care must be taken in its adoption as the rules are still being made up as we go along... read
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The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced that it has put on hold its retrenchment plan...read
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QUINTON JONES
In the move to automation and commoditisation of media, creativity and innovation are often lost along the way. It's not cost effective! How do we measure it? How much work is that? Will I have to do it? Very often it's rolled out and spoken about when times are getting tough?-?"...we need to innovate!"...read
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CARMEN MURRAY
Carmen Murray talks to Roy Taberer, a patent attorney from Taberer Attorneys, Kimberleigh Stark, actress and producer from Stark SA, Shannon McLaughlin, owner of Ubuntu Baba and Marnus Broodryk, SME Africa who also parked his car in front of Woolworths in Fourways with the writing "Stop killing SME's" to understand what are the lessons we could learn from this and how can we protect our ideas better...read
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Advertising
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ISSUED BY NINETY9CENTS
99c has formed a strategic partnership with the Marketing & Entertainment Communications Agency (MECA), to offer clients a full range of specialist activation, events, culture curation, music and talent/influencer management services... Read
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RALEEN BAGG
We live in an era where rapid advances in robotics and artificial intelligence are colliding with an expanding conception of sexual identity... Read
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Events & Conferencing
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Meetings Africa 2019 working towards inclusivity and sustainability... Read
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Online Media
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ISSUED BY MYBROADBAND
MyBroadband topped the January 2019 South African IT readership rankings with 2.78 million unique monthly visitors and 10 million page views... Read
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Radio
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ISSUED BY ORNICO
Radio advertising event data in South Africa is set to be revolutionised by new data from Brand Intelligence firm, Ornico, now being made available through software provider, Telmar... Read
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ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO
While East Coast Radio is still KZN's number-one hit music station, ECR plans to get even better, by putting the music the station plays in the hands of the listeners... Read
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Recruitment
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The Department of Correctional Services has warned members of the public of a jobs scam doing the rounds on social media and other channels where members of the public are invited to apply for employment and learnership opportunities... Read
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Retail
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ISSUED BY PACINAMIX
McDonald's is always looking at ways to bring new and exciting products to their menu. Introducing a burger that will awaken your taste buds, the new Chilli Cheese Double... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Hisense's new flagship 65" ULED smart television is a declaration of war aimed at the top end TV market. This beautifully crafted and ingeniously designed ULED is the perfection that should be strived for when creating the next generation of televisions... Read
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Loeries Creative Week Durban
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The winners for the Creative Circle Monthly Awards, for work flighted between November and December of last year, were announced at the first monthly awards of 2019 at Fort, Johannesburg... Read
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NADIA MANS-KEMP
The CEO of one of South Africa's top four banks - Absa - announced this week that she is retiring after 10 years in this role... Read
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SA manufacturing investment slows down, but automation could power progress... Read
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