Howard Thomas cannot help but wonder how broadcasters measure creativity and quality.
Editors are increasingly under pressure to be more than just in charge of editorial content but also to be brand ambassadors for their publications. This may be beneficial in building the profile of the magazine but what happens when brand and editor start competing? Whose star should shine the brightest? Matebello Motloung looks at the dynamics of the brand-editor relationship.
Fred Khumalo reminisces about the good old days of typewriters and wonders he should bow to pressure to start his own blog. <
A well-known research company is contemplating a study that looks into the similarities between blacks and Afrikaners, which are many, according to Matebello Motloung. She touches on some she’s picked up over the years.
Several radio stations have given their drive-time shows a shake-up as the national average of time spent listening to radio drops. Matebello Motloung reports.
A self-proclaimed communist who became an idol of the opposition, the "bourgeois" media and global capital institutions, has ended up in conflict with the government she represented. This is how one can sum up the three-year period of Nozizwe ÂMadlala-Routledge as the deputy minister of health, which ended last week, writes Sibani Mngadi.
Local media planners wary of online advertising should consider emigrating to Afghanistan where the pace of technology will be slow enough for them, writes Matthew Buckland.
Some big-name media professionals have recently taken to blogging. Matthew Buckland reports.
The rise of the metro sexual has seen not only men’s grooming habits change, but also their reading habits. And nowhere is this more evident than in the enormous growth the men’s magazine sector has experienced in the last few years.
Tabloid journalists often complain that journalism awards discriminate against their genre. But perhaps the industry is justified in doing so, argues Matebello Motloung.