Advertising and Media

Journalism might need a saviour, but billionaires aren’t the answer

Billionaires love buying media businesses and they’ve been doing it for decades but recent purchases are being viewed as philanthropic rather than vanity projects….

The digital agency model is dying, but no one in the space can see it

I’ve had this recurring thought that the current digital agency model is ripe for disruption and they won’t see it coming when it does….

Mobile ad network BuzzCity moves into the online space

BuzzCity, the global mobile advertising network, is set to move into the online advertising space. The move, the company says in a press release,…

Hey MTN, MetropolitanRepublic, meet the real face of Ugandan education

There is a primary school in Uganda at the foot of a dormant volcanic crater. It is not unlike many schools in this country….

Apple’s gold iPhone TV spot feels more meh than goldelicious

What do you get when you melt some gold and make it dance around a screen to pun-filled music? An iPhone commercial of course….

Does your brand even need a website anymore?

The move to social media is the most important shift in digital marketing since the birth of the internet. In the same way that…

Canvas – nothing more than adolescent image mashups?

Canvas was touted as being primarily a social network that centered on anonymity. After receiving one of only 4 000 private beta invites, I…

How well do airlines use Google Adwords?

Flights are a massive online revenue driver as they are more convenient to book and generally cheaper than going through a ‘real-life’ travel agent….

AOL and Huffington Post: Media’s possible decline?

Dan Lyons of US-based news and opinion site, The Daily Beast, nails it in his look at the AOL acquisition of The Huffington Post…

8 of the best (and worst) email subject lines

You have around 2 seconds and less than 50 characters to grab your reader’s attention with the subject line of your email campaign, so…

Is digital marketing becoming the new traditional?

One of the “Big Discussions” in advertising at the moment concerns the growth of digital, and the effect it is having on the industry…

The best and worst Superbowl commercials of 2011

For those of you not residing in North America, Superbowl Sunday only registers as a vague blip on the media landscape. But for Americans…

With The Daily, News Corp and Apple try to shake up the news business model

Rupert Murdoch is the biggest man in media. Apple is one of the hottest companies in tech. The two have teamed up to make…

Is SEO really killing Google?

A Memeburn article on SEO and Google search results a few months back got a lot of heat going in the comments section. Most…

Online anonymity – what’s the big deal?

Online anonymity is an issue fraught with emotion. It often inspires passionate arguments from both sides and opens windows into the deeper and darker…

WikiLeaks the movie: Sex, lies and government

The world’s most dangerous man is about to have his life exposed in a cinematic fashion. The saga of Wikileaks and Julian Assange, the…

5 tips on the delicate art of sponsored tweeting

“Tweet trouble as top celebs face crackdown” squawked the headline in a major newspaper’s media and marketing section. I wondered if Lady Gaga was…

Maziv’s Fibre Push Brings Rural South Africa Closer to True High-Speed Internet

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel