Marketing teams everywhere are under pressure to do more with less. Budgets are scrutinised, performance is expected to improve every year, and the digital ecosystem we operate in has become increasingly complex.

Today Die Papier, the new weekly Afrikaans newspaper from Novus Media, launches, available nationwide in print and online through its digital platforms. It will be published every Friday in both print and digital formats.

The deadline for finalising the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) new funding model has passed, and the public broadcaster’s bigwigs want a household tax to replace the TV licence.

Creative concepts attract the spotlight and, if we are honest, the oohs and aahs and extended debates. Media? “Can we cover that in the last 15 minutes please? We are running over.”

The global agency model is at a turning point. This is what the research is showing, but it is also the experience of top clients and creative and media agency leaders.

French media group Canal+ said on Wednesday its African unit MultiChoice had lost subscribers and it expected revenues from the business to decline, leaving its shares on track for their worst day ever.

Jacaranda FM has officially entered a new era of broadcasting with the launch of its brand-new, state-of-the-art flagship studio. This cutting-edge space represents a major leap forward in broadcasting technology and is a fully digital, future-ready space designed to elevate the station’s signature feel-good content across audio, video and digital platforms.

Few high-quality news publishers worldwide have managed to gain substantial financial support from members while at the same time keeping all of their content freely available. Membership has not always been part of Daily Maverick’s business plan. That started in 2019.

On Friday, 27 February, Media24 began formal consultations with City Press staff, initiating a statutory consultation process, in terms of Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act, a process required, when possible, retrenchments are on the table.

In breaking news, MultiChoice has announced that streaming service Showmax will be phased out following a “comprehensive review of its streaming activities.