As we close out 2025, South Africa’s film and television industry finds itself in a strange, uneasy place. Not collapsing, not thriving, but suspended somewhere in between. Local production has ...

Google has steadily moved towards zero click searches over the past few years, with features such as instant answers and knowledge panels giving users the info they are looking for directly on the ...

[PARTNER CONTENT] In a media landscape dominated by digital-first thinking, advertising risks forgetting the power of integration. Blending traditional and digital channels isn’t nostalgic; it’s ...

A new app is promising a solution for advertisers looking for “genuine, measurable engagement and locally retained ad spend”. Gain for Me, launched by Synapser, a technology company pioneering secure ...

South Africa’s digital out of home (DOOH) industry is entering a new phase of maturity, driven by growing advertiser demand for transparent, independently validated delivery data. As governance ...

One of the advantages of working in a firm led by a CEO who is an ex-financial journalist and editor is that we naturally think differently about content. We look at business trends the way a newsroom ...

For the second year running, Souper Troopers, the NPO supporting Cape Town’s most marginalised residents, has teamed up with creative marketing agency VM Central to bring festive sparkle to Woolworths ...

The Media Online’s weekly column delivering news of award wins, entries, competitions, dates to note and winners in the media. Jacaranda FM’s flagship breakfast and drive shows triumph with three feel ...

SCOPEN has unveiled South Africa’s most admired creative and media agency professionals for 2025, based on spontaneous nominations from both marketers and agency peers. The AGENCY SCOPE study is the ...

Facebook’s algorithms do not understand most South African languages. As a result, content creators can post fake news and be paid for it, without consequences. A fake video about a Shoprite fire in ...

When it comes to major U.S. industries, three tends to be the magic number. The rule of three also applies to what Americans watch; the glory days of television was dominated by three giants: ABC, CBS ...