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24th October Read More
Japan’s Secret to Balancing TV and Streaming/Who Cares About Improving the Ad Industry?/End of an Era for Casinos in SA
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16th October Read More
Sam Altman's ChatGPT erotica update/Publicis proves AI pays off Q3 earnings surge/BRC: RAMS contract awarded to GfK
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9th October Read More
Nominate your Best Song of All Time and WIN/Ad recall reliability questioned/TikTok talking to brands like a grocer now
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2nd October Read More
The case for the fast track pitch/‘AI actor’ Tilly Norwood stirs outrage in Hollywood/OpenAI staffing up to turn ChatGPT into an ad platform
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25th September Read More
Kantar Media Reactions 2025: Your guide to the media landscape/SA middle class is cracking/Facebook getting an AI dating assistant
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18th September Read More
GfK to deliver total video measurement to BRC/Planning’s new MVPs: Skills for the next 5 years/4 Ps of marketing reimagined for AI
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11th September Read More
Most CMOs: ‘We didn’t sign up for a tech job'/UK Ad-funded SVOD reach triples/Performance focus brings complex problems
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4th September Read More
Nielsen to Exit SA/Dentsu Weighs 'International' Sale/Almost 50% of Marketing Data Inaccurate
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28th August Read More
Mom Influencers’ Full-funnel Impact/SA's Festive Shop Starting Earlier Each Year/Is Trust a Marketer's Strategic Asset?
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21st August Read More
The OMC is not a cartel/Brands producing original series for social. Why?/Dentsu reports 3.4% first half decline
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14th August Read More
How WPP sees the AI future for agencies/ Newsday is here/Meta $250m offer to 24-year-old AI prodigy...
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7th August Read More
2025 Women’s month bursary competition is live!/"Open Chats Podcast" ignites widespread outrage/TikTok expands Search, challenges Google dominance
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31st July Read More
Why AI spending isn’t boosting marketing/BMR: SA consumer outlook 2025-2027/The unified IAB theory
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24th July Read More
Creative mismatch hurts 4 in 10 ad placements/The dark traffic problem/AI slop proliferating on YouTube
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17th July Read More
Creative mismatch hurts 4 in 10 ad placements/The dark traffic problem/AI slop proliferating on YouTube
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10th July Read More
Dull Media: Advertising’s $200bn problem/DStv’s secret YouTube giant/New marketing battle shifts from clicks to memory
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3rd July Read More
Industry leaders urge media agencies to rethink billing structure/Influencers Less Trusted Than Ads/Kickoff returns to print with new Kickoff Rugby add-on
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26 June Read More
“Burnable Billboard” uses live UV data / Netflix Unveils First-Ever Netflix House / Download 2025 Media Ad Spend Report
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19 June Read More
UK Launches Probe Into Omnicom–IPG Merger / DStv testing weekly subs / WPP and TikTok Integrate Symphony Into WPP AI-enabled marketing platform
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12 June Read More
WPP Accuses Publicis of Low-Quality Inventory/Introducing Media24 Adnami/How AI detects customer hesitation
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5 June Read More
1.5 seconds enough for ad recall/ Publicis Groupe Africa names Ashish Williams SVP, Media/Tractor Media Holdings rebrands as Glynt Group
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29 May Read More
RIP Darren Scott/ MAPS webinar VIDEO/ Ads arrive in Google AI Overviews
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22 May Read More
Google reimagines Search with AI Mode/Big development in DStv owner sale/SA’s podcast industry calls for ethical storytelling
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15 May Read More
Amasa Igniters Forum returns/PubMatic adds generative AI to its media buying platform/Most Visited Websites in the World
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8 May Read More
MediaLoop launch searchable content website / SABC Plus celebrates a million users / Adform hosts inaugural Programmatic Day / Ogilvy SA announces continued partnership with Volkswagen Group Africa
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1 May Read More
Ogilvy wins all SA’s Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East and Africa / South Africans must say goodbye to last Afrikaans show on SABC 2 / Hot 102.7fm Crowned Number 1 Fastest-growing Media Company In South Africa
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24 April Read More
Why South Africa's public TV ratings have been ripped away / IAB SA: 6 key trends impacting influencer marketing / Regulatory crackdown for social media in 2025
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17 April Read More
Raj Lalbahadur appointed Media24 CEO / South African bank battle heating up / Business Day: Your trusted, insightful business news – made more accessible – Out today!
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10 April Read More
YouTube advertising awards now include South Africa/South Africa business activity contracts for fourth month in a row – PMI/South Africans owe R2.5 trillion
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3 April Read More
2024 Effie South Africa Ipsos Trends Report reveals what drives effective marketing/South Africa’s fastest-growing news publication/Gagasi FM bids farewell to Zisto
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27 March Read More
Jellyfish Launches AI Platform for In-Housing Media/Pretoria High Court Delays Analogue TV Switch-Off Deadline/Agentic Cookies Will Transform Digital Privacy and Personalization
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20 March Read More
SABC's plan to turn R1-billion annual profit/WARC Rankings 2025: Media 100 revealed/Publicis adopts Adobe’s AI to scale personalized content
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13 March Read More
Media agencies vie for 45 pitches annually/Coca-Cola Pits WPP Against Publicis in U.S. Media Review/South Africans are ghosting the news
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6 March Read More
M&C Saatchi Abel and Nando's SA Part Ways/Ad agencies prepare to advertise to AI agents/Tesla Owners Rebrand Vehicles To Honda, Mazda, Audi, Toyota
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27 February Read More
Koert succeeds Barty at Accenture Song/Pay-to-play pitches risk ‘fair competition’/Fewer streamers launched in 2024
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21 February Read More
Why you need to attract and retain ‘Multipliers’/Google Ads: Is declining quality intentional?/Magazines shows excellent resilience
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14 February Read More
Ster-Kinekor plans to continue its R50 Throwback Cinema ticket offering until at least the end of May 2025, with various classics lined up over the next four months.
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7 February Read More
Canal+ to push for MultiChoice Group takeover bid/Paramount, Nielsen Sign Multiyear Deal/Google reverses stance on Performance Max campaign controls
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31 January Read More
How DeepSeek did it/CMO’s guide to brand-building in the performance era/SABC TV Licence levy for cellphones proposed
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24 January Read More
SA's holiday retail spend jumps by 7%/Meta says 'community notes' will not affect paid ads/What is agentic AI?
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17 January Read More
Meta is getting rid of fact-checks/Six key trends shaping digital marketing in SA/Ad check offers 2-week free trial
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29 November Read More
All the 2024 FM AdFocus Awards winners/Apple begins selling news ads directly/Australia pushes ahead with teen social media ban
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22 November Read More
SABC must privatise or die/Brand owners seek changes to agency remuneration model/AI shifts ad-tech and media-buying budgets for 2025
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15 November Read More
If AI saves agency time, does charging by the hour still make sense?/MultiChoice results in a nutshell/How do you solve a problem like tv measuring
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8 November Read More
ChatGPT launching search/Your audience isn’t who you think/South African cinema plans
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1 November Read More
Stuart Lowe passes away, industry pays tribute/Why Christmas keeps getting earlier/Creating advertising's central nervous system
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25 October Read More
Good news about Showmax/AdFocus Awards 2024 finalists announced/Newspapers most trusted media channel/WIN R1000 Voucher
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18 October Read More
WIN R1000 Takealot Voucher/Good news for Springbok and Protea match broadcasts/Media inflation set to rise in 2025 and 2026
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11 October Read More
Significant milestone for SABC/SearchGPT to integrate into ChatGPT by end of year/Programmatic advertising’s final frontier is linear TV
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4 October Read More
Attribution marketing needs a rethink/DStv rival wants to build own YouTube/Privacy laws raise questions for advertisers
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27 September Read More
Meta unveils plans for smartphone killer/TikTok enters search advertising fray/Google’s Ads Data Hub: What you need to know
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20 September Read More
Meta changes rule for teens/ACA bold path forward/Telkom’s plan to compete against DStv
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13 September Read More
SABC's existential threat/TikTok algorithm changes "shopping game"/VW adds ChatGPT to most U.S. vehicles/Win R10K team voucher
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6 September Read More
WIN a R10 000 voucher for you and your team with Tractor/High Hopes for SABC/X Banned In Brazil/WARC Guide to Attention
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30 August Read More
Warc: SA's ad market to grow 6%/Omnicom betting on Big Advertising/Attention metrics are gaining popularity
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23 August Read More
Viewers streaming to CTV far faster than ad dollars are/New Meta Algorithms Updates/Audio ads outclass other channels in attention
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16 August Read More
SuperSport siege incoming/iSpot 'certified' as ad currency/‘AI’ is a turn-off for consumers/SA proposes new rules for Starlink
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9 August Read More
Empower Her: WIN 3 Marketing Bursaries/Google loses landmark antitrust case/ Europe’s Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act shows some early wins for regulators
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2 August Read More
Can OpenAI make searching more useful/Hubspot: The State of Marketing Report/On-demand radio takes off