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The Warc Rankings 2025 Effective 100 reveal the most awarded campaigns and companies for effectiveness
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Warc Effective 100 ranks world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for effectiveness

Source: © BBC The BBC Board has identified serious flaws in the making of the programme Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone

BBC News takes full responsibility for Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone shortcomings

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WPP’s 2024 preliminary results see shares plunge 16% to a four year low

The 2025 Tabbie Awards competition for B2B online and print publications is open (Image supplied)

2025 Tabbie Awards competition open

Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

Trump's U-turn on the banning of TikTokDanette Breitenbach

The African continent has five jury members represented on the Gerety Awards Grand Jury for 2025 - two from SA, and one each from Nigeria, Kenya and the Côte D'Ivoire (Image supplied)

5 Gerety Awards Grand Jury members for 2025 from the African continent

Source: © 123rf A handbook has been published ahead of the US elections as a resource for newsrooms worldwide to battle fake news

Newsroom blueprint to combat AI and fake news published ahead of US elections

Source: © WPP Despite third-quarter results showing a strong performance from GroupM and WPP's winning of the Amazon media account, the network's expectations for the full year remain unchanged

Strong Q3 performance for WPP; full year expectations remain unchanged

Suhana Gordhan of LoveSong to lead Radio & Audio at The One Show 2025

Suhana Gordhan of LoveSong to lead Radio & Audio at The One Show 2025

Pernod-Ricard's Nthabi Motsoeneng to chair Warc Awards for Middle East & Africa 2025 jury

Pernod-Ricard's Nthabi Motsoeneng to chair Warc Awards for Middle East & Africa 2025 jury

Source: © 123rf Ogilvy Africa has launched OBrio, an all-in-one media intelligence platform to optimize marketing spend and boost ROI

Ogilvy Africa launches OBrio, an all-in-one media intelligence platform

Biased media coverage costs Africa $4.2bn on debt servicing

Biased media coverage costs Africa $4.2bn on debt servicing

Source: © IMASA A coalition of African editor guilds and media owner organisations has partnered with Code for Africa’s (CfA) media research unit, CivicSignal, to build a database tracking title closures, staff losses and other market impacts

Calling on African media to map the media meltdown

The LIA awarded its first batch of winners and finalists with South Africa’s Promise awarded a Gold and Saatchi & Saatchi ME, Dubai a Bronze (Image supplied)

LIA: SA's Promise wins Gold, Saatchi & Saatchi ME, Dubai wins Bronze

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Fatima TV Media Awards call for entries from young members of the African media

Razor’s Kalay Maistry leads Africa’s representation on PRCA Global Board

Razor’s Kalay Maistry leads Africa’s representation on PRCA Global Board

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The One Show 2025 unveils new categories and entry deadlines

Source: © VOA News Meta will ban RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads

Meta bans Russia state media across all platforms as “covert influence” operations threaten US electionDanette Breitenbach

Palestinian AFP photojournalist Mahmud Hams was awarded the Visa d’Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza (Image supplied)

Palestinian photojournalist Mahmud Hams awarded Visa d'Or for powerful Gaza war coverage

Image supplied. All the Tabbi Awards 2024 winners

Global excellence in B2B journalism: All the 2024 Tabbie Awards winners

Source: © Campaign Live Troy Ruhanen is the global CEO of the newly formed Omnicom Advertising Group (OAG)

Omnicom forms OAG with Troy Ruhanen as global CEO

Source: © 123rf TikTok has launched its inaugural Safety Advisory Council and the expansion of its #SaferTogether community education campaign

TikTok SSA Safety Advisory Council an industry-first

This year a new campaign, Choose Truth, created by South Africa's Daily Maverick, will be featured for World News Day (Image supplied)

South Africa's Daily Maverick's Choose Truth campaign for World News Day

Source: © Econoimic Times L’Oréal International Distribution has appointed Wavemaker as its EMEA media agency

Wavemaker appointed L’Oréal International Distribution's EMEA media agency

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 releasedDanette Breitenbach

Image supplied. Three South African agencies - Promise, Accenture Song and LePub - have been named in the NYF 2024 shortlist

3 SA agencies named in New York Festivals 2024 shortlist

Image supplied. Carlos Fernando Chamorro, editor-in-chief of Confidencial (Photo: Mick Friis)

Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro awarded Wan-Ifra's Golden Pen of Freedom

Image supplied. Wan-Ifra announced the 2024 Digital Media Awards Worldwide winners with SA’s Food For Mzansi Group, wining the 2024 Digital Media Awards Worldwide Best Podcast category

SA's Food For Mzansi Group wins Wan-Ifra 2024 Digital Media Awards Podcast category

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Updated: D&AD Awards 2024: SA brings home 8 Pencils

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Afreximbank launches Canex Prize for Publishing in Africa to promote literary excellence

The 62nd annual D&AD Awards’ first shortlist has been announced

D&AD Awards announce first shortlist

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Nervous Conditions: On translating one of Zimbabwe’s most famous novels into ShonaTinashe Mushakavanhu

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Coca-Cola in Africa: a long history full of unexpected twists and turnsSara Byala

Source: © BBC The BBC Board has identified serious flaws in the making of the programme Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone

BBC News takes full responsibility for Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone shortcomings

3 Mar 2025

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WPP’s 2024 preliminary results see shares plunge 16% to a four year low

27 Feb 2025

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John Williams Ntwali, Rwandan journalist critical of government has died

23 Jan 2023

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Algerian journalist in custody ahead of trial, lawyers say

Lamine Chikhi 3 Jan 2023

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Pakistani court to oversee investigation into death of journalist in Kenya

Asif Shahzad 6 Dec 2022

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AFP joins five new hubs to fight disinformation in Europe

5 Dec 2022

African creatives score spots in Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative

African creatives score spots in Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative

13 Sep 2022

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Africa No Filter launches African journalism handbook

22 Jul 2022

#AfricaMonth: A look at music publishing in SA with Eddie Hatitye of Music In Africa Foundation

#AfricaMonth: A look at music publishing in SA with Eddie Hatitye of Music In Africa Foundation

Evan-Lee Courie 24 May 2022

#AfricaMonth: Building the next generation of African media brands

#AfricaMonth: Building the next generation of African media brands

Evan-Lee Courie 16 May 2022

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African Media Agency and Smart Africa Media announce partnership

25 Apr 2022

Source: © africanarguments Developing journalism skills on the continent is a key priority for the newly launched AMA Academy

AMA Academy: A key resource for African journalists

Danette Breitenbach 16 Mar 2022

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Are digital platforms eating (good) journalism's lunch?

Danette Breitenbach 4 Feb 2022

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New York Times acquires Wordle

2 Feb 2022

Source: © Stafford Ondego The Standard Group's converged, modern, digital-first newsroom during its official launch in November 2021

Data, not journalism, the key to a successful paywall

Danette Breitenbach 31 Jan 2022

#LetsTalkDigital: The Convergence of Creative and Media: Ryan Sauer, King James Group

#LetsTalkDigital: The Convergence of Creative and Media: Ryan Sauer, King James Group

11 Nov 2021

Where your backstory is a front page story

Where your backstory is a front page story

Bizcommunity.com 10 Nov 2021

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First Africa Book and Design Festival to launch in November

30 Sep 2021

Libri, a book distributor which operates in the German-speaking market

Publiseer starts distributing books through Libri

19 Jul 2021

#PulpNonFiction: Chicken and eggs

#PulpNonFiction: Chicken and eggs

Bronwyn Williams 7 Jun 2021

Forbes Africa announces 30 Under 30 for 2021

Forbes Africa announces 30 Under 30 for 2021

1 Jun 2021

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Twitter to ask users to rethink abusive messages - a promising step towards 'slowcial media'

Martin Graff 24 May 2021

Google launches second Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge in Africa, Middle East, Turkey

Google launches second Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge in Africa, Middle East, Turkey

23 Feb 2021

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!

Bizcommunity.com 26 Oct 2020

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

#LockdownLessons: Companies putting the grit in integrity

Bizcommunity.com 26 May 2020

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

The Bizcommunity: Not taking lockdown lying down

Bizcommunity.com 6 Apr 2020

#Newsmaker: Wesley Diphoko, Fast Company SA's new editor-in-chief

#Newsmaker: Wesley Diphoko, Fast Company SA's new editor-in-chief

Jessica Tennant 25 Feb 2020

Burger King’s Fernando Machado

#CannesLions2020: First speakers and sessions announced

20 Feb 2020

The Best of Biz: Marketing & Media 2019

#BestofBiz 2019: Marketing & Media

17 Dec 2019

The Best of Biz: Marketing & Media Africa 2019

#BestofBiz 2019: Marketing & Media Africa

17 Dec 2019

Journalist Nazli Ilicak is embraced after her release from prison in Istanbul in November 2019, after a court ordered her free on time served at a retrial. Two of her colleagues remain in prison on terrorism related charges, among the 47 journalists jailed in Turkey. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Huseyin Aldemir.

The world's worst jailers of journalists

Elana Beiser 11 Dec 2019

Boomplay and Sony partner on Africa content

Boomplay and Sony partner on Africa content

19 Nov 2019