Editor's column

Top company and news stories 16 April 2018 - 16 Apr 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

Read up on all the winners of the #LibertyRadioAwards2018

We also have all the Ciclope Africa 2018 winners

Find out all the SA finalists for #OneShow2018

Louise Marsland shares the top 18 trends for 2018

You can download the full 2018 BizTrends2018 PDF

Martin Sorrell of WPP has resigned

Avatar starts new agency Kanbar for newly won Skyy Vodka account

Opera reveals State of the Mobile Web Report Q1 2018

Alan Knott-Craig explains mental models for tech entrepreneurs

Sam Swaine writes that the Mad Men days are over...

Lesedi Ntuli shares her views on the media vs mother of the nation

I research how to add ephemeral content to your marketing strategy

Bronwyn Williams of Flux Trends explores Generation Selfie

Ilse van den Berg reports that Google Go is now available locally

Danette Breitenbach reports back from Ogilvy's 'culturally relevant'

In #FairnessFirst this week, I address the gender equality pay gap

Jessica Tennant chats to Elouise Kelly, Ogilvy Joburg's new MD

Jon Ratcliffe continues his interview with Bruce Daisley of Twitter on the power of amazing culture businesses

I also went #BehindtheSelfie with Michelle Cavé, founder of Brandfundi, a boutique PR and marketing agency

Leigh Andrews Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA read more

Top company and news stories 9 April 2018 - 9 Apr 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

Bizcommunity is again set to provide coverage direct from the Cannes Lion Festival this June

There's been a call for entries into the Cannes Young Lions

The Creative Circle announces monthly award winners for January and February 2018

Changes have been made to the Loeries Official Rankings

You can purchase your 2018 Loeries Creative Week tickets, taking place in Durban again this August

Judging for this year's Prisa Prism Awards has wrapped up

Ogilvy JHB will deliver modern marketing with Elouise Kelly as new MD; ECD Mariana O'Kelly selects Best of Reel for March iDidTht Craft Awards

Andy Walker of Memeburn covers the YouTube HQ shootout

Danette Breitenbach reports on the Oslo Freedom Forum's world waiting for a women's revolution' talk

#MeTooZA: Bradley Workman-Davies explains what you can do legally about sexual harassment

TV news anchor Riaan Cruywagen exits Kyknet Verslag

Ahead of the #LibertyRadioAwards, Jessica Tennant finds out what makes radio excellent

Tennant also gets to know #Newsmaker Lauren Damant, Demographica's new GM

Jon Ratcliffe interviews the VP for Europe at Twitter on the power of amazing culture businesses

Heed my feedback from BrandLove's digital storytelling experiential workshop

I also went #BehindtheSelfie with Lindy Hibbard, Smile 90.4FM's Smile Breakfast co-presenter

Leigh Andrews Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA read more

Top company and news stories 3 April 2018 - 3 Apr 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

South Africa ranked at #23 in the 2018 Gunn Media 100 report

I list some of the #AprilFoolsDay 2018 pranks from social media

I chat to Jana Leonard about the PR Hustle

#FortReview: "Time to hear the black voices in advertising"

Lunice Johnston - Tiger Brands failed to manage listeriosis crisis

Victor Moreriane shares a lesson from the Panama Papers mega leak

Shae Leigh of Red & Yellow busts 10 content video myths

Cari Coetzee reports on the QSL Members Club

Lauren Hartzenberg - "It's not an apocalypse, it's a retail revolution"

I went #BehindtheSelfie with Musa Kalenga at House of Brave (HOB)

Andy Walker of Memeburn explains how to 'live link' Instagram profiles

Ilse van den Berg has tips to prevent a Facebook data scandal

Jessica Tennant uncaps Sol Beer's 'My sunshine in a bottle' campaign

Tennant interviews Philasande Sokhela on partnering with Artifact SA

Sibusiso Ndhlovu - Activate your brand within the African market

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Top company and news stories 26 March 2018 - 26 Mar 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

Kantar Millward Brown highlights South Africa's Top 20 Best Liked Ads of 2017

Juanita Pienaar investigates why Nando's and the Sunday Times partnered to #rightmyname

Watch Ann Nurock's video interview with Design Indaba founder Ravi Naidoo

Philip Thomas has been announced as the new chairman of Cannes Lions

Discover all the 2018 South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas) Technical Award winners

We have all the Stuff magazine Gadget and App Awards winners

Finalists have been announced for the 2018 Liberty Radio Awards

I discovered the business implications of celebrating International Happiness Day

Shae Leigh of the Red & Yellow School shares the true value of Twitter for brands

#FairnessFirst: There's a lack of knowledge of real-life female tech leaders

We have top judging picks from the upcoming One Show 2018 and ADC 97th Annual Awards

Andy Walker of Memeburn reports on the Cambridge Analytica Facebook data scandal

I went behind the selfie with Jason Stott, head of creative at Parrot Products

Read up on my latest #LoeriesRanking Q&A with The Open Window

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Top company and news stories 19 March 2018 - 19 Mar 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

Danette Breitenbach covers the Creative Circle Awards, Jessica Tennant finds out about the Creative Circle's transformation drive from outgoing chair Xolisa Dyeshana and I interview new chairperson Pete Khoury on how he plans to reshape the industry

Tennant also shares insights from Marc du Plessis' keynote session at #FutureAdAfrica: Brand safety is not optional, support local publishers

Kantar Millward Brown announces Top 10 Best Liked Ads for Q3 & Q4 2017

With the DA trying to tally up how much taxpayer cash has been spent defending people who have since left their top jobs, 'Hlaudi Motsoeneng must pay back R43m'

Partnering with Google, the Common Ground initiative has launched 'Little by little', a global campaign to support the Sustainable Development Goals

I report on Columinate's presentation on non-conscious insights as the measure of tomorrow

Flume's Romi Adler says short and sweet is best for digital marketing storytelling

#FairnessFirst: I investigate the #TimesUpAdvertising movement and what it means for sexual harassment, lack of representation, inequity and silence in the industry

I went behind the selfie with Kelly Fung, editor-in-chief at Elle South Africa

Read up on my latest #LoeriesRanking Q&A with Chris Querido of Sonar Studios, who says: "Award-winning work comes from creative compatibility and collaboration"

Leigh Andrews Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA read more

Top company and news stories 12 March 2018 - 12 Mar 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

Juanita Pienaar chats to BBDO group CEO Boniswa Pezisa about their revert back to a one-agency-two-offices model, and Net#work BBDO's #SendMe ad aimed at President Ramaphosa

Pienaar also interviews Nickelodeon's Alexi Wheeler on entering the age of content

Memeburn's Andy Walker reports that Spotify may be launching in SA this week

Jessica Tennant chats to #Newsmaker Dave Nemeth on his new role as Designing Ways' editor in chief

#FairnessFirst: I unpack why Carling Black Label #NoExcuse used the [[https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/813/174641.html#topstory Soweto Derby and 1st for Women used Grey's Anatomy]] to fight to end women abuse, as well as why social media went purple for International #WomensDay

I also found out how to get into the consumers' brain with Richard Shotton's The Choice Factory

Karl Blom and Daniel Vale of Webber Wentzel write about understanding your legal rights after personal information leaks, while Aphelele Tapile explores whether it's legal for someone to record you without your knowledge

Quinton Jones explains the elephant in the room and the 'Big 5' threats to the media agency

SABC poaches Carte Blanche journalist Bongani Bingwa to bolster its news team

Toyota's 'Rami' comes out tops in the iDidTht.com Craft Awards February 2018

Victor Moreriane analyses the current crisis management related to the outbreak of listeriosis, while Bonnie Ramaila agrees that Enterprise should implement a watertight crisis management strategy or else it's history!

I went #BehindtheSelfie with Tshepang Molisana, self-employed freelance writer behind Taste Let's See

Read my latest #LoeriesRanking Q&A, with M&C Saatchi Abel on the power of creativity to change the world

Leigh Andrews Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA read more

Top company and news stories 5 March 2018 - 5 Mar 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

The IAB SA's fourth Digital Summit and 10th Bookmark Awards took place on 1 March. read more

Top company and news stories 26 February 2018 - 26 Feb 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

Network BBDO MD Gau Narayanan says, 'SA as a launchpad for talking to Africans in Africa'

Jon Ratcliffe, CEO of Engage Video Group, unpacks aspects of viral video success in 2018

Retail editor Lauren Hartzenberg talks to #Newsmaker Esther Hoogstad on steering Spree's CX

In this week's #FairnessFirst, see how #Sona2018 left SA's social media set hopeful of real change

Product of the Year 2018 awards SA's favourite consumer goods

Andy Walker of Memeburn explains why SA's #SaveWater mascot Splash is scarier than the drought

And my latest #LoeriesRanking Q&A is with Robroy Music

Leigh Andrews Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA P.S.: Click through to our Design Indaba special section for our comprehensive coverage of last week's Festival, and watch for our special edition newsletter, hitting your inbox today! read more

Top company and news stories 19 February 2018 - 19 Feb 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

In #FairnessFirst, I look at how we're transforming Hollywood and finally making modern movies in 2018 while also chatting to Nathan Reddy of Grid Worldwide about the Loeries' 40-year logo and branding refresh

Danette Breitenbach reports on impact of the integration of Y&R and Native VML, with comment on 'conducting the orchestra' from VML global CMO Beth Wade; shares insights from the first Publisher Audience Measure Survey (Pams) release by the Publisher Research Council and analyses ABC Q4 2017, with customs the biggest loser in magazines, and losses across the board for newspapers

Juanita Pienaar reports back with Olivier Robert-Murphy's key marketing, media and music trends for 2018 from the UMGB Africa launch

Jessica Tennant talks to Brent Spilkin about WTF, an exclusive new course running through Vega for freelancers; unpacks the launch of Fort Review's second edition, this time a nine-part video series; and interviews this week's #Newsmakers: Brendan Cooper of New Media's internal communications division; Masego Motsogi on being part of the magic at Grid; and TBWA's Carl Willoughby

Caxton and Independent Group have been fined for colluding on advertising prices

Creative Circle membership will now include freelancers and startup agencies

Leigh Andrews Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA read more

Top company and news stories 12 February 2018 - 12 Feb 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

Don't miss the full list of IAB #Bookmarks2018 finalists, announced across a record 74 categories

We also get nostalgic about the past decade of Bookmarks with IAB SA CEO, Josephine Buys

Johanna McDowell shares how she's bringing SA flair to the Women in Marketing Awards

SA wins 12 Midas Gold Ingots at the Midas Awards for the world's best financial advertising

I look at campaigning to #DefeatDayZero with King James Group and M&C Saatchi Abel

We go #BehindtheSelfie with Nina Pfeiffer, co-owner and executive producer at Tulips and Chimneys

#FairnessFirst: I explain why Trudeau will bounce back from #Peoplekind

Cannes Lions announces R/GA's Chloe Gottlieb as the new See It Be It ambassador and chair

#Loeries2018: CEO Andrew Human reflects on 40 years of Loeries

Jessica Tennant chats to #Newsmaker Mandi Fine (CEO of F/NE) on partnering with GlobalHealthPR

In #StartupStory, Tennant unpacks web-based creative procurement platform, Playbook

Tennant shares Google Kenya's Charles Murito's views on digital advertising and the age of assistance

Leigh Andrews Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA PS: Don't forget to click through to our #BizTrends2018 special section for the latest predictions for all aspects of the industry, as curated by Louise Marsland. read more

Top company and news stories 5 February 2018 - 5 Feb 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

#FairnessFirst: #SayYesToLove with Cosmo SA's Laverne Cox cover exclusive!

Chris Maroleng is the new COO of the SABC.

Makosha Maja-Rasethaba named new partner at M&C Saatchi Abel.

I go #BehindtheSelfie with Veli Ngubane, founding partner and chief creative officer at Avatar.

Read up on my latest #LoeriesRanking Q&A with King James Group.

Entries open for new-look Loeries, celebrating 40 years!

#Bookmarks2018 digital jury jabber with Native VML's Jade Amic - 'innovative engineers' chair.

#Newcampaigns: Joe Public United's Always campaign, story of a Standard Bank Protea with TBWA.

Leigh Andrews Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA PS: Don't forget to click through to our #BizTrends2018 special section for the latest predictions for all aspects of the industry, as curated by Louise Marsland. We've had 63 marketing- and media-specific trends-based thought leadership pieces alone, with 226 published across all the Bizcommunity industry portals this time around. read more

Top company and news stories 29 January 2018 - 29 Jan 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

In honouring Bob Rightford, daughter-in-law Gillian Rightford shares 10 lessons for agencies and marketers.
#Fairnessfirst: The #PresidentsClubDinner and #LarryNassar trial light up the WWW.
Qingqile 'Wingwing' Mdlulwa says the ad industry needs diversity to thrive.
Danette Breitenbach writes about Sanef's first brand refresh in 21 years and says media freedom is a right of all South Africans and not a limited mandate of editors and journalists. read more

Top company and news stories 22 January 2018 - 22 Jan 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

We kick off Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster's 'South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta' series with an overview of the culture of connection, pertinent as Valletta takes on the mantle of the European Capital of Culture 2018.

IAB SA announces its Bookmarks 2018 jury president and chairs

Shelley Finch of Handcrafted Brands writes What the Zuck? How to adjust your digital marketing strategy after Facebook's bombshell announcement, while Natalia Rosa of Big Ambitions shares what travel marketers need to know about Facebook's News Feed change

Defying tradition: Defy appoints Liquorice as digital and social agency

My latest #LoeriesRanking Q&A is a catch-up with Black Bean Productions

Lastly, I'll be presenting Meltwater's January webinar, titled 'Winning the war on PR: How to write the perfect press release' from 11am this Friday, 26 January. It's free to attend - you just need an internet connection to join in. read more

Top company and news stories 15 January 2018 - 15 Jan 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

ICYMI last week, click through for the latest predictions for all aspects of the industry in our #BizTrends2018 special section. read more

http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/778/171923.html - 8 Jan 2018

[Leigh Andrews]

Top company and news stories 8 January 2018

#BizTrends2018 launches today! Curated by Louise Marsland, we'll be featuring top predictions for all aspects of the industry throughout the month to help make 2018 your best business year yet.

Group CEO James Barty explains how King James - voted as Scopen agency of the year - is hitting the new year running.

House of Brave co-founder and ECD Vanessa Pearson explains the true definition of ROI: Return on Investment, Ideas, Insight and Innovation.

Jessica Bezuidenhout and Rebecca Davis highlight the 2017 Daily Maverick South African Persons of the Year: The Whistle-blowers.

Julia Breakey's 2017 in review series features the public mistakes you smashed on social; the heinous horrors that got you angry; and the year's absolute worst of the worst.

I also went #BehindtheSelfie with Ree Treweek, director at female-led animation studio Tulips and Chimneys; Zola Nene, resident chef on SABC3's Expresso and judge for Great SA Bake Off as well as the 2017 Galliova Awards for excellence in food and health writing; and Nthabiseng Lethoko, new associate creative director at Hellocomputer Cape Town.

Happy 2018! Leigh Andrews Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media SA read more

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