AMF backs Pulse Media Leadership Conference
‘It will speak to a bold direction that media is trying – leadership beyond advertising.’ Sandra Gordon spoke with three well-known AMF board members, Koo Govender, Chris Botha and Karen Phelan.
14-Million people searched “How to delete Facebook” in six Months
New MyTelescope analysis shows a surge in users wanting to leave Meta platforms, with Facebook and Instagram each logging over 14 million “how to delete” searches between June and November 2025, up 40% and 27% respectively.
Dentsu reportedly fails to attract bidders for international ops
Dentsu’s efforts to sell off international assets over the past nine months have essentially failed, according to a report by the Financial Times of London late Tuesday. Dentsu shares fell 10% on the news Wednesday.
WOO President Tom Goddard offers a message for the new year
One of the key things we need to do in 2026 is persuade the big holding company-owned media agencies that there are better things to do with their money than always throw it at the big online platforms,” says Goddard.
Goldman Sachs expects South Africa’s rand to extend gains as conditions improve
The rand may clock another year of gains supported by easing interest rates, with firmer public finances also boosting South Africa’s domestic economy, Goldman Sachs said in a research note.
From relevance to saturation: Why ad fatigue is getting worse
Today, audiences in the APAC region are showing signs of fatigue. Ads are not irrelevant, but they are everywhere, and their repetitive, over-personalised nature risks crossing the fine line between resonance and intrusion.
WhatsApp gives Microsoft, OpenAI, Perplexity the boot
Microsoft says Copilot access on WhatsApp will end on January 15, 2026, after Meta moved to block general-purpose AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Perplexity from the app. Meta is tightening control of AI in its ecosystem, prioritizing its own Meta AI and limiting APIs to businesses building specialized customer-service tools rather than hosting third-party assistants
Programmatic ads are coming to AI chatbots
Programmatic ads have entered the chat … bots. On Tuesday, PubMatic announced a partnership with Kontext, a platform that uses LLMs to generate relevant ads within AI chatbots.
Telkom Radio Awards 2025 honours best in broadcasting
This Saturday, 6 December the 2025 Telkom Radio Awards named Hot102.7 (Commercial), Ikwekwezi FM (PBS), Groot fm 90.5 (Community) and Tshwane FM 93.6 (Campus) as the Station of the Year.
South African views on the cost of living, economic stability, health, and climate change
Insights from PwC’s Voice of the Consumer Survey 2025.