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Source: © Content Creator Awards The DStv Content Creator Awards have introduced a Pan-African Creator Award for creators across the continet

The DStv Content Creator Awards' Pan-African Creator Award

Source: © Cannes Lions the Cannes Lions 2024 has released its first shortlists

#Cannes2024 : Innovation, Glass and Titanium Shortlists released

By Danette Breitenbach 4 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf The UK Parliament has passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

UK passes Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

3 Jun 2024

Mozilla and fact-checker engine join fight on fake news

Mozilla and fact-checker engine join fight on fake news

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Digital marketing and dark social traffic

Digital marketing and dark social traffic

Charlie Stewart 28 Jul 2017

A paywall is under construction in Facebook's Instant Articles section where the social network has agreements with select outlets to publish directly to the platform, according to a story initially published online at TheStreet |

Facebook to test news story paywalls: report

21 Jul 2017

US newsstands are increasingly rare as readers turn to online platforms for information |

US newspaper group assails Google-Facebook online 'duopoly'

11 Jul 2017

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Information overload fuels 'fake news': study

27 Jun 2017

Greg Marinovich and Zakes Mda

Sunday Times Literary Awards 2017 winners announced

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#Newsmaker: Kojo Baffoe the Afropolitan

#Newsmaker: Kojo Baffoe the Afropolitan

Jessica Tennant 26 Jun 2017

Facebook Africa's new forward-looking office space

Facebook Africa's new forward-looking office space

Jessica Tennant 22 Jun 2017

Tiso Blackstar Group's headquarters at Hill on Empire in Parktown. Photo:

Times Media has a new name

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#WNC17: Highlights from Day 2

9 Jun 2017

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#WNC17: Highlights from Day 1

8 Jun 2017

Photographer: Vincent Peyregne on Twitter

#WNC17: Turkish journalist Can Dündar receives the Golden Pen Award

8 Jun 2017

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Facebook, Google crack down on hate speech: EU

2 Jun 2017

Fighting fake news flames

Fighting fake news flames

Oresti Patricios 25 May 2017

Gen X: How to get the generation right (part 3)

Gen X: How to get the generation right (part 3)

Jessica Tennant 24 May 2017

New head leads Fairtrade Label SA in achieving 2017 goals

New head leads Fairtrade Label SA in achieving 2017 goals

Cari Coetzee 24 May 2017

Gen X: Decluttering misconceptions about what it means to be an adult in 2017 (part 2)

Gen X: Decluttering misconceptions about what it means to be an adult in 2017 (part 2)

Jessica Tennant 23 May 2017

Dejan Bozic © –

#Samra2017: Questions to help you uncover fake news

Leigh Andrews 19 May 2017

Ricky Wilson takes on the Abu Dhabi desert dunes as part of his 48 Hour Challenge

Etihad Airways throws down travel gauntlet with 48-hour stopover challenge

8 May 2017

Safrea unravels the fake news phenomenon

Safrea unravels the fake news phenomenon

Leigh Andrews 13 Apr 2017

A clear content strategy will turn you into this unicorn, leaving satisfied customers clamouring for more of your magical marketing messages. Image © Shamain –

Clear content marketing strategy = happy customers + happy boss

Leigh Andrews 7 Apr 2017

Overcoming fake news with credible news brands

Overcoming fake news with credible news brands

29 Mar 2017

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10 ways publishers can increase and sustain website visitors

Greg Mason 28 Mar 2017

Content testing process.

How to test your content effectively

Kate Kenyon 23 Mar 2017

Stassen with 'Blades' - part of the Hero Exhibition that takes place at Open Design.

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Leigh Andrews 28 Feb 2017

The New York Times and Spotify new subscription service will cost users $5 a week in the US ()

NY Times teams with Spotify for music-news offering

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Who is winning in Africa, and is Africa winning?

Who is winning in Africa, and is Africa winning?

African Market Research Association 8 Feb 2017

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Tanzania charges editor of whistle-blowing website

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How can brands overcome ad blocking software?

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Safrea unravels the fake news phenomenon

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Clear content marketing strategy = happy customers + happy boss

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10 ways publishers can increase and sustain website visitors

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#DesignMonth: The importance of design education with Suné Stassen

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The New York Times and Spotify new subscription service will cost users $5 a week in the US ()

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Online freedom hit by pressure on social media, apps

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Open-publishing platform launches in East Africa

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Ringier partners with Kenyan entertainment brand Ghafla

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