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The MDDA opens nationwide 2025 grant call for small commercial and community media

Media

The MDDA opens nationwide 2025 grant call for small commercial and community media

Issued by Media Development and Diversity Agency 7 hours

Youth Month

#YouthMonth: Reuters digital media report finds SA youth are plugged in but cautious

Karabo Ledwaba 23 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf The City of Cape Town’s Film Office invites filmmakers to apply for support through the City’s Film Fund for productions set for completion during the 2025/26 financial year

Film & Cinematography

Cape Town’s City Film Fund open for applications

7 May 2025

The inaugural Community Radio Awards will take place on 23 May 2025 (Image supplied)

Radio & Audio

Inaugural Community Radio Awards celebrates local broadcasting

17 Mar 2025

Radio & Audio

How radio connects and empowers South African communities

Deputy Minister Morolong 12 Mar 2025

Media

MDPMI to release provisional report on 24 February 2025

19 Feb 2025

Media Freedom

Trump’s foreign aid freeze disrupts global journalism

19 Feb 2025

Tractor Media Holdings appoints Steve Duck as chief revenue officer to drive growth and data-driven innovation

OOH

Tractor Media Holdings appoints Steve Duck as chief revenue officer to drive growth and data-driven innovation

Issued by Tractor Outdoor 18 Feb 2025

Media

Competition Commission delays provisional report on digital platforms to 2025

19 Dec 2024

Media

Google teams up with South African publishers with R114m media boost

28 Nov 2024

Where have Adland's mavericks gone?

Digital

Where have Adland's mavericks gone?

Shaune Jordaan, Issued by Hoorah Digital 21 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf The results from the MDPMI consumer survey show that online platforms’ influence on news consumption

Media

MDPMI consumer survey shows 77% respondents access news on social media platforms

24 Oct 2024

Source: © IMASA A coalition of African editor guilds and media owner organisations has partnered with Code for Africa’s (CfA) media research unit, CivicSignal, to build a database tracking title closures, staff losses and other market impacts

Media

Calling on African media to map the media meltdown

14 Oct 2024

Source: © Common Sense Education The Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) will publish its Provisional Report with initial findings, remedies, and recommendations in November 2024

Media

MDPMI provisional report to be released next month, November 2024

14 Oct 2024

On the eve of World News Day Kalay Maistry, head of reputation, risk & advisory at Razor PR says PR Pros should be deeply concerned about the state of media (Image supplied)

Media Freedom

EXCLUSIVE: Razor PR's Kalay Maistry: Why the crisis in South African media should concern PR Pros

23 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf The Film Support Fund aims to finance or provide support in the form of municipal services for film projects produced in Cape Town

Film & Cinematography

Cape Town's film industry gets major boost with Support Fund, now open for applications

18 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf South Africa's ad market is expected to see 6.0% this year says Warc

Advertising

Warc: SA's admarket to grow 6%, as global ad investment more than doubles

22 Aug 2024

Primedia Out-of-Home extends their user journey programmatic targeting to include in-store screens

OOH

Primedia Out-of-Home extends their user journey programmatic targeting to include in-store screens

Issued by Primedia Out-of-Home 16 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf Adam Hunter, head honcho at Hook, Line & Sinker looks at the future of PR in a changing world on World PR Day

PR & Communications

#WPRD2024: The future of public relations in a changing world

Adam Hunter 16 Jul 2024

Ladina Heimgartner elected new President of WAN-IFRA on May 27. Source: Supplied.

Media

Ladina Heimgartner elected president at World News Media Congress in Copenhagen

28 May 2024

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

PR & Communications

Survival of the fittest: How the media apocalypse is forcing PR and marketing to reinvent themselves

Adam Hunter, Issued by Hook, Line & Sinker 5 Jun 2024

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Remuneration & Payroll

Annual Ad Talent Salary Survey: Know your worth

25 Jan 2024

Community radio. Additional value beyond the schedule

Radio & Audio

Community radio. Additional value beyond the schedule

Candy Dempers, Issued by MediaHeads 360 25 Jan 2024

Image supplied. New African magazine's 100 Most Influential Africans of 2023 list reflects the shifting trends and priorities in Africa, as the continent faces new challenges and opportunities in the post-pandemic era

Media

Creatives dominate New African’s 100 Most Influential Africans of 2023

8 Jan 2024

Image supplied. Media, business, government, technology, and community leaders from across Africa and internationally have gathered in Cape Town, South Africa for this year’s annual Africa Business Media Innovators (ABMI) forum which ends today

Media

Bloomberg Africa Business Media Innovators Forum 2023 explores media opportunities in Africa

1 Nov 2023

Source: © 123rf The Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) has been launched by the Competition Commission (Commission)

Online Media

Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry (MDPMI) into media content distribution launches

18 Oct 2023

Source ©123rf The MDDA officially opened the 2023/24 Call for Grant Funding Applications for a six-week period commencing from 5 June 2023 to 17 July 2023

Media

The MDDA 2023/24 grant funding applications for community broadcast projects opens

9 Jun 2023

Media

From advertising blackmail to physical threats, Kenya's journalists are under attack - but they must also regain public trust

George Ogola 17 Apr 2023

Primedia's EWN re-freshes as a fully omni-channel platform

Media

Primedia's EWN re-freshes as a fully omni-channel platform

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 3 Apr 2023

Dentsu invests 30% of OOH spend to Black-owned OOH media business in SA

OOH

Dentsu invests 30% of OOH spend to Black-owned OOH media business in SA

Issued by Dentsu 2 Mar 2023

Source: © Columbia Edcaiton Valley FM, a community radio station in South Africa's Western Cape

Education

Sanef online media strategy programme to assist community media

2 Mar 2023

The sky is the limit for Primedia Outdoor with Bongumusa Makhathini as its new CEO

OOH

The sky is the limit for Primedia Outdoor with Bongumusa Makhathini as its new CEO

Issued by Primedia Out-of-Home 9 Feb 2023

What are the effects of load shedding on the media industry?

Media

What are the effects of load shedding on the media industry?

Issued by Dentsu 19 Dec 2022

Media

Sanef and PMI announce digital course for up and coming journalists

16 Nov 2022

Advertising

UK advertising spend estimated to rise to £35bn this year

27 Oct 2022

Source © Jacek Sopotnicki Nairobi, Kenya's captial city

Media Freedom

William Ruto vs Kenya's media: democracy is at stake

19 Sep 2022

Media

All the winners of the Most Awards 2022!

9 Sep 2022

Mentorship: Helping women getting a foot in the door of outdoor

OOH

Mentorship: Helping women getting a foot in the door of outdoor

Lizelle Mc Connell, Issued by Tractor Outdoor 26 Aug 2022

Media

AIP takes legal action against MDDA and CCSA

20 Jun 2022

Wan-Ifra releases study on sexual harassment in newsrooms

Media

Wan-Ifra releases study on sexual harassment in newsrooms

27 Jan 2022

Branding

No African brands in Brand Finance Global 500 2022 Report

26 Jan 2022

2021 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards winners announced

Media

2021 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Awards winners announced

26 Nov 2021

All change at the taxi rank

OOH

All change at the taxi rank

Shamendran Naidu, Issued by Provantage 23 Nov 2021

New appointments at Primedia Outdoor demonstrates marketing services department is at its best

OOH

New appointments at Primedia Outdoor demonstrates marketing services department is at its best

Issued by Primedia Out-of-Home 19 Nov 2021

Primedia Outdoor appoints Steve Duck as Western Cape executive

OOH

Primedia Outdoor appoints Steve Duck as Western Cape executive

Issued by Primedia Out-of-Home 15 Nov 2021

#PRaisethePR: Adam Hunter, 'Head Honcho' at Hook, Line & Sinker

PR & Communications

#PRaisethePR: Adam Hunter, 'Head Honcho' at Hook, Line & Sinker

Evan-Lee Courie 11 Oct 2021

Media

All the winners from the Most Awards 2021

8 Sep 2021

Jonathan Procter

Media

Primedia Group appoints new group CEO

17 Aug 2021

2021 Galliova Awards announces awards date, entry deadline

Media

2021 Galliova Awards announces awards date, entry deadline

13 Aug 2021