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Special focus on media freedom
NEW YORK: Unidentified assailants beat and killed news presenter Dickson Ssentongo Monday morning, 13 September 2010, on his way to work at Prime Radio in Mukono district, central Uganda. Assailants beat Ssentongo with metal bars and dragged him into a nearby cassava field, local journalists told CPJ. He was the second journalist murdered in three days in Uganda. Read more >> |
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter began rolling out a new home page that lets people more easily sift through the growing mountain of micro-messages and creates more opportunity for advertising. 
The Loeries Travelling Exhibition, sponsored by Adobe, plans to stop in Potchefstroom from 20 September - 2 October, displaying the winning works from The 31st Annual Loerie Awards in a gallery-style format at the North West University. 
New Africa Analysis, reputedly the first international magazine of its kind in South Africa focusing on progress in Africa, will launch in early October - and is seeking to appoint an editor. 
US, San Francisco will host the 12th International Readership Conference and Expo, which plans to present newspaper strategies to satisfy loyal readers while attracting new audiences, in print, online and on mobile devices. The conference, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) takes place 16-17 November 2010 at the Hotel Nikko. | International news |
UNITED KINGDOMMediaCom is M&M Media Agency of the Year 2010
LONDON, UK: MediaCom has been named Media Agency of The Year at the 2010 M&M Awards, for the second year running. The M&M Awards recognise and celebrate leading multi-market advertising campaigns, the most innovative and effective work and the finest co-ordination of multi-local advertising strategies. Read more >>UNITED STATESCNN enlists top journalism students for iReport initiative
ATLANTA, US: CNN has announced the launch of a new initiative for journalism students, called CNN iReport University, linked to iReport, the network's user-generated news community. Read more >>UNITED STATESInterbrand releases 100 "Best Global Brands"
NEW YORK, US: Coca-Cola retains the number one spot; Google gains on Microsoft, while HP enters the top 10 in Interbrand's 11th annual ranking of the world's top brands. The rankings were released yesterday, 15 September 2010. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMOrangeworks SA wins trademark battle
UNITED KINGDOMSimon 'Sanky' Sankarayya is new D&AD president
UNITED STATESADC announces 30 and -30 global winners
UNITED STATESOne Club, ADCOLOR join forces for Miami awards
THE NETHERLANDSFIFA World Cup in 3D wins international Judges' Prize award
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SOUTH AFRICA
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SOUTH AFRICAAudi's wickedly wild RS
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Scorching acceleration, lap times around a race track, and maximum speed carry a lot of weight with enthusiast drivers, so let's kick off by saying that Audi's TT RS will drill the Porsche Cayman S, the BMW M3 coupe, the Lotus Exige S and the Nissan 370Z in all three of those performance measurements. Read more >>More Motoring news...
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SOUTH AFRICALong distance laughs
[Patricia Pieterse] I had no idea what to expect from Going the Distance. I hadn't heard very much about it, and while I like both Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, they were both in the very disappointing He's Just Not That Into You. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAChad Saaiman, Byron Clarke release debut videos
[Evan-Lee Courie] Recently I had the privilege to attend the launch of not one, but two music videos. That of Chad Saaiman and Byron Clarke, who were both SAMA-nominated artists in 2009 and 2010 respectively. Saaiman's first single, Thinking About You off his second album The Flight, which is to be released in the near future and Clarke's The Rain from his debut album was launched at Living Room in Cape Town. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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| New events to diarise |
- Oompah, oompah ze AMASA 2010 party is coming AMASA - Johannesburg, 30 September
- SAARF training seminars SAARF - Johannesburg, 12 October
- QVC organisational communications Quo Vadis Communications - Johannesburg, 13 October
- Social media and effective communication strategy GIBS - Sandton, 2 November
- G-South Africa - Cape Town, 8 November
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SOUTH AFRICA
Petersburg Quartet tour to bring more than music to South AfricansLocal couple Andre and Elzabé du Toit are hosting Russian acapella group Petersburg Quartet in a South African tour from 29 September to 21 October 2010.
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