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Warc research shows that globally, newsbrand ad spend is forecast to fall to $32.3bn this year, a 33.1% decrease from 2019, as hard news stories – from trade wars to armed conflicts – draw audiences but not ad dollars. (Image supplied)

Advertising

Warc: News media struggles as brands favour softer content

16 Apr 2025

Media

MDPMI provisional report findings against tech giants - Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, X, TikTok

25 Feb 2025

Source: © Facebook Eugene K Mametse, marketing and communications specialist, CPRP – GCIS, explains how Sona presented the government with the opportunity to put together a unified marketing campaign

Marketing & Media

#Sona2025 | The opportunity to showcase the country's achievements and the way forward

Eugene K Mametse 14 Feb 2025

Source: © 123rf The results from the MDPMI consumer survey show that online platforms’ influence on news consumption

Media

MDPMI consumer survey shows 77% respondents access news on social media platforms

24 Oct 2024

Biggest news publications in South Africa

Media

Biggest news publications in South Africa

Issued by Broad Media 28 Aug 2024

Image supplied. Press releases still matter

Media

5 ways to write a compelling press release

22 Aug 2024

(Image supplied). The South African print media industry changes are shown in media monitoring company, Novus Group’s newly released 10 Years in Print Media report

Newspapers

Report shows the decline of print newspapers over the past decade

11 Jul 2024

Artificial Intelligence

What OpenAI’s deal with News Corp means for journalism (and for you)

4 Jun 2024

Media Freedom

South Africa’s media have done good work with 30 years of freedom but need more diversity

Prinola Govenden 6 May 2024

Source: © The Fix Daily Maverick has shut down. For today, 15 April 2024. Styli Charalambous, CEO of the Daily Maverick

Media

Daily Maverick has shut down

Issued by Daily Maverick 15 Apr 2024

The Limpopo Mirror is published in Louis Trichardt, a town in the north of South Africa’s Limpopo province. Photo: Anton van Zyl

Media

Google and Facebook are killing local news

Nathan Geffen and Anton van Zyl 8 Mar 2024

Beeld celebrates 50 years: Rises to the challenge

Newspapers

Beeld celebrates 50 years: Rises to the challenge

Wilma de Bruin 15 Feb 2024

Digital

News24 joins top global publishers as it reaches 100,000 paid subscribers

Karabo Ledwaba 1 Feb 2024

Media Freedom

Myanmar photojournalist sentenced to 20 years of hard labour

8 Sep 2023

Image supplied. Promise agency has been named the IAB South Africa Bookmark Awards, in partnership with Accenture Song, best digital agency

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2023: All the 2023 Bookmark Awards winners

28 Jul 2023

Big tech and journalism: Principles for fair compensation

Media

Big tech and journalism: Principles for fair compensation

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 25 Jul 2023

Image supplied.

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2023: IAB SA Bookmark Awards 2023 finalists announced

22 Jun 2023

Source: © IOL Viasen Soobramoney has been appointed as CEO at IOL

Online Media

Viasen Soobramoney appointed IOL CEO

10 May 2023

Primedia's EWN re-freshes as a fully omni-channel platform

Media

Primedia's EWN re-freshes as a fully omni-channel platform

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 3 Apr 2023

#BestofBiz 2022: Marketing & Media

Marketing & Media

#BestofBiz 2022: Marketing & Media

12 Dec 2022

#StartupStory: Double Apex - seasoned journo builds his own online automotive news platform

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Double Apex - seasoned journo builds his own online automotive news platform

Imran Salie 29 Nov 2022

APO Group will grant one African journalist an all-expenses-paid trip to The Africa Tech Festival

Events & Conferencing

APO Group will grant one African journalist an all-expenses-paid trip to The Africa Tech Festival

Issued by APO Group 8 Sep 2022

Media

Eclipse Group appoints Tanya Nefdt as head of online news

1 Aug 2022

Image supplied: Razia Pillay, IAB CEO

IAB Bookmarks Awards

We count down to IAB Bookmarks with Razia Pillay

Emily Stander 27 Jul 2022

Source: © IOL eSwatini has recently been rocked by pro-democracy protests which have steadily intensified

Media Freedom

Media freedom in Esawtini declines further as Swaziland News and editor announced as terrorists

Aphiwe Kunene 25 Jul 2022

World Radio Day: APO Group launches Radio News Release - the first content distribution service dedicated to radio in Africa

Radio & Audio

World Radio Day: APO Group launches Radio News Release - the first content distribution service dedicated to radio in Africa

Issued by APO Group 11 Feb 2022

Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Covid-19

SA health body sees threefold higher risk of reinfection from Omicron

Promit Mukherjee 3 Dec 2021

Media

SAMIP expands media innovation support to Southern African countries

29 Nov 2021

South African municipal elections media monitoring report 2021

Research

South African municipal elections media monitoring report 2021

Issued by Ornico 29 Oct 2021

Analysing media reporting around vaccinations

Media

Analysing media reporting around vaccinations

29 Sep 2021

Media

The sad state of (new) news

Chris Botha 27 Sep 2021

New research: South African online audience news consumption and behaviour report

Research

New research: South African online audience news consumption and behaviour report

Issued by IAB South Africa 26 Aug 2021

All the 2021 IAB Bookmark Awards winners!

IAB Bookmarks Awards

All the 2021 IAB Bookmark Awards winners!

29 Jul 2021

IOL launches eatlocal.org.za

Online Media

IOL launches eatlocal.org.za

26 Jul 2021

#Bookmarks2021: All the finalists

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2021: All the finalists

Issued by IAB South Africa 21 Jun 2021

IAB SA Research Council empowers the industry with data-driven insights

Digital

IAB SA Research Council empowers the industry with data-driven insights

Liesl Sadie, Issued by IAB South Africa 5 Mar 2021

The Lockdown Collection, Latitudes Online to host an online auction created by 21 South African artists

Art

The Lockdown Collection, Latitudes Online to host an online auction created by 21 South African artists

12 Feb 2021