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Media Update newsletter 19 April 2012

This week's highlights ...

Welcome to the latest Media Update newsletter.

Top stories making headlines this week include: Multichoice issues a statement on the decision to discontinue schedules in its Dish magazine; Caxton Publishing and Printing appoints a new general manager of digital media; and you can read up on all the 2012 MTN Radio Award winners.

For a more in-depth read, skip to Samantha Cook's overview of the recent MTN Radio Awards.

In this week's editorial desk article, Cook investigates whether there is a recipe for radio success. Share your thoughts on our blog, or visit the La Resistance blog for other interesting reads.

For your entertainment fix, skip to Leigh Andrews' reviews of Sue Townsend's The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year and Marian Keyes' cookbook, Saved by Cake.

Remember that you can contact the Updates team on updates@newsclip.co.za, follow our Twitter feed or join our Facebook page. We'd love to hear from you.

Media news

Global call to commemorate World Press Freedom Day 3 May marks World Press Freedom Day, an opportunity to celebrate the gains and highlight the work still to be achieved in securing freedom of expression for the world’s press. The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is making it easy for the world’s media to commemorate the day, offering editorial and advertising material for publication on or around 3 May. Click to continue
IPI and WAN-IFRA to increase project co-operation The two leading international organisations for the world’s press – the International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) – have agreed to further their co-operation on projects to benefit press freedom and the development of independent media worldwide. Click to continue
*International Newsroom Summit* talks of embracing change** As the total rethink of traditional newsroom roles, workflows and business models continues without end, an openness to all things new is necessary for success. This philosophy will be on display when some of the newspaper industry’s smartest newsroom minds share their open-minded strategies at the 11^th annual Newsroom Summit, to be held on 10 and 11 May in Hamburg, Germany. Click to continue
Power to the Pixel announces dates for sixth Cross-Media Forum Global cross-media company Power to the Pixel has announced the dates for its sixth Cross-Media Forum, which will take place in London from 16 to 19 October. The four-day event incorporates a conference, investor forum and two-day co-production market for top international cross-media projects - The Pixel Market. Click to continue
Asia Media Awards presented in gala ceremony The Star (Malaysia), the South China Morning Post, Jawa Pos, Kompas Gramedia and Gulf News were among the winners at the 11^th annual Asian Media Awards presented on 11 April in a gala ceremony in Bali, Indonesia by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Click to continue
	RamsayMedia geared up to go green “It’s not easy being green,” Kermit the frog famously said, but it’s not a view RamsayMedia subscribes to. The company has taken up the challenge of Green Office Week (16 to 20 April) with a fun programme for staff, and invited business associates to come along for the ride. Click to continue
	Jacaranda FM reveals new brand identity Jacaranda FM unveiled its new brand identity and payoff line at the second annual Jacaranda Day at Loftus Versfeld. The new identity complements the Jacaranda brand, which is locally rooted, globally savvy, music-driven, accessible, trusted, caring and fun. Click to continue
	Jacaranda Day 2012 rocks Loftus From 12:00 until well after 23:00 on Saturday, 14 April, a crowd of almost 20 000 were entertained by the likes of Bobby van Jaarsveld, Bok van Blerk, David van Vuuren, Dr Victor & the Rasta Rebels, Jay, Juanita du Plessis, Kurt Darren, Loyiso Bala, Prime Circle, Riana Nel, Steve Hofmeyr and Theuns Jordaan. Click to continue
The New Age launches media and marketing page The New Age newspaper launched a weekly 'Media and Marketing' page on Wednesday, 18 April to focus more on the industry, as well as highlight the news, personalities, new campaigns and career opportunities. Click to continue
Famous Publishing closes Gauteng titles Media24 Famous Publishing is closing its Gauteng-based community titles The Parks, The North, Randburg Life, Living in Fourways, Center’d and Due East with immediate effect, the publisher has announced. Click to continue
	Wedding Inspirations magazine is bigger and bolder After two years as a handbag-size magazine, Wedding Inspirations has gone bigger and bolder. The magazine’s new A4-format will allow it more space to provide valuable advice and inspiring ideas and information for brides- and grooms-to-be. Click to continue
	*AMPS stats reveal Jet Club's 4.3-million-strong readership* Jet Club Magazine, distributed by Jet Stores, not only maintained its lead in a competitive market, but also displayed the biggest increase in readership, according to the latest AMPS (All Media and Products Survey) results. Click to continue

	2013 Best Value Wine Guide goes bigger and better The annual Best Value Wine Guide, published for wine enthusiasts looking for quality wines at an affordable price, will have its largest-ever print-run later this year. Now under the Getaway banner, the pocket guide will see 80 000 copies printed for distribution with the magazine – a fourfold increase on last year. Click to continue
*Multichoice issues statement on DStv's Dish* magazine** According to the statement, “When we decided to discontinue the schedules in the Dish magazine, our intention was to stop giving our subscribers inaccurate schedule information. Since distributing the improved April Dish magazine without the listings, we have received a number of complaints from subscribers who are missing the printed schedule information" ... Click to continue
MasterChef SA double elimination shock The top 18 contestants of MasterChef SA were left reeling at the end of last week's episode as two of the country’s top amateur chefs were eliminated by the judges in the show’s first Pressure Test when Capetonian Charles Canning and Namibian Fortune Kangueehi failed to produce adequate koeksisters and koesiesters. Click to continue
Christiane Amanpour returns to CNN Worldwide It was announced on Friday, 13 April that Christiane Amanpour will host a new daily foreign affairs programme on CNN International that launched on Monday, 16 April. Beginning with the programme’s launch, the 30-minute daily broadcast of Amanpour airs weekdays at 15:00 with a replay at 17:00. Times are Eastern. Click to continue
*Rapid Blue commissioned to produce next Reza* series** Food Network has commissioned Rapid Blue, a local South African production company, to film and produce Reza Mahammad’s next series in South Africa, which will once again air on the Food Network (DStv channel 185). Click to continue
Animal Planet and Wimpy make mealtime fun for kids Animal Planet has teamed up with Wimpy to offer kids a premium animal plush toy with every 'Food 4 Fun' kids meal ordered at any Wimpy restaurant. There are five plush animal toys, including a gorilla, polar bear, penguin, panda bear and rhino, as well as five games to collect throughout April and May. Click to continue
	Social networks are fast becoming the new way to conduct business Social networks have grown to the extent that they have become a primary channel through which people now engage in business. People management specialists say the market has reached the point where it is no longer a case of whether or not to consider social networking in the business arena, it is simply when and how it should be monitored. This is according to Teryl Schroenn, CEO of Accsys. Click to continue
	BBC.com re-launches sports section The team at BBC.com has announced the launch of its recently refreshed and re-invigorated sports section, www.bbc.com/sport. Click to continue
Snapplify launches Android version Snapplify, leading tablet app producer in Africa, is continuing its shock-and-awe ‘applification’ of the world’s content industries with another international showing, this time at the London Book Fair from 16 to 18 April. Click to continue
Survey reveals trends and opportunities for internet banking in SA While many South African banking consumers are taking advantage of the ease and convenience of internet banking to meet their basic banking requirements, most have yet to fully harness the potential of their online banking facilities. This is according to market research findings by Columinate. Click to continue
	Newly revamped website for Ads24 Ads24 has announced the launch of a new and improved website, www.ads24.co.za/home, which went live on Tuesday, 17 April. Click to continue
Van Schaik Bookstores now offering e-textbooks As more students, educators and institutions adopt digital course materials for study, more booksellers, such as Van Schaik Bookstores, supplier of academic, trade and reference textbooks, are adding e-textbook solutions to their offerings, using Ingram’s VitalSource^® online platform. Click to continue

People on the move

RAB appoints new general manager
The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has appointed Matona Sakupwanya as its new general manager. With an extensive background within the marketing, media and advertising industries, most recently as general manager of Mallworx, Sakupwanya’s 18-year career spans radio sales management experience as well as station management at Metro FM. Click to continue

Caxton Printing & Publishing appoints Will Smith
Involved in the digital industry for the past 13 years, Caxton has welcomed Will Smith as the company’s general manager of digital media. One of Smith’s duties will be to work closely with NAB (the Newspaper Advertising Bureau) to oversee Caxton’s online LookLocal division. In addition, Smith is responsible for the overall digital strategy for the Caxton Community Newspapers. Click to continue

Industry awards

	MTN Radio Awards 2012 winners announced The 2012 MTN Radio Awards were presented at a gala banquet at the Sandton Convention Centre on Saturday, 14 April. This is the MTN Radio Awards’ third year of existence and the competition attracted 866 entries, more than double the number of entries received in 2011. Click to continue
*NCRF accuses MTN Radio Awards* of side-lining community radio** In a statement issued on 12 April, the National Community Radio Forum (NCRF) challenged the MTN Radio Awards to further recognise the NCRF's member stations and to show more support for community radio and the NCRF, despite the introduction of dedicated public broadcasting service (PBS), community and campus radio categories this year. Click to continue
	Primedia Broadcasting wins 12 awards at the MTN Radio Awards Primedia Broadcasting walked away with 12 awards from the annual MTN Radio Awards. 94.5Kfm walked away with three awards and 567 CapeTalk earned six of these awards. Click to continue

Kagiso Broadcasting wins at MTN Radio Awards The 2012 MTN Radio Awards held a number of big wins for Kagiso Broadcasting and radio brands Jacaranda FM, Heart 104.9FM and East Coast Radio. Between them, the stations won several of the accolades on offer to commercial stations. Describing the wins as “significant”, Kagiso Broadcasting said it was quality and not quantity that has kept the company celebrating. Click to continue
**Jacaranda FM scoops four awards at the MTN Radio Awards** While Jacaranda FM was rocking Loftus Versfeld with a crowd of over 20 000 concert-goers at Jacaranda Day, the station was also shaking up the competition at the MTN Radio Awards, picking up four awards at the Sandton Convention Centre on Saturday, 14 April. Click to continue
	**5FM wins big at the 2012 MTN Radio Awards** Following 5FM’s recent nomination in the 'influential international station' category at the Worldwide Radio Summit Awards, comes more recognition for the station as it scooped four MTN Radio Awards, including 'commercial station of the year'. Click to continue

In focus

MTN Radio Awards proves it’s here to stay
There was glitz, glamour and palpable excitement in the air on the evening of Saturday, 14 April at the Sandton Convention Centre as guests arrived in their hundreds for the third annual MTN Radio Awards gala ceremony. Samantha Cook was there with her party shoes on, and provides feedback. Click to continue

From the editorial desk ...

What is the recipe for radio success?
If the results of the 2012 MTN Radio Awards are anything to go by, there are a number of local radio stations that are clearly getting it right when it comes to their programming and listener relationship. With both Radio Islam and Ukhozi FM virtually dominating in their respective categories, Samantha Cook takes a look at the ingredients of their success. Click to continue

May/June issue of Rolling Inspiration is on the shelf

The May/June issue of Rolling Inspiration features Dieter Marzinger and his need for an adrenaline rush. He tells the team how skydiving is an extreme sport that disabled people can enjoy, and how it forced him to look at his life from a different angle.

Blitz Patrollie snapped up by international sales agent at Cannes

Supported by DSTV and the National Film and Video Foundation, and representing South Africa at the global market, the Blitz Patrollie team returned home from Cannes’ 2013 festivities with news of the conclusion of the film’s deal with sales and production company Picture Tree Internationa ...

In the next episode of South 2 North ...

On Friday, 24 May on South 2 North, Redi Tlhabi talks about healing, traditional medicin ...

DStv suspends its expanded viewer panel to measure TV viewing in HD subscriber homes

DStv has decided to temporarily suspend with immediate effect the expanded viewer panel to measure television viewing in High Definition (HD) subscriber homes that was instituted at the end of July 2012. The decision was effective from Tuesday, 14 May and will be reviewed at a later date.

Filmmakers stand a chance to meet IDFA Bertha Fund manager, Isabel Arrate

With an ever-increasing demand on the limited funding resources available for filmmakers, it has become crucial to present a persuasive proposal and sound finance plan to potential funders.

African Treehouse fans called on to help fund their new album, Nursery Rhymes for Africa

Fans of African Treehouse, the SAMA-winning children’s music series, are helping to fund the next album in the range, Nursery Rhymes for Africa. Through an online mechanism called crowdsourcing, the public contributes to the making of their favourite artists’ albums by buying limite ...

Blogging for business: Driving traffic to your blog

Blogging is one of the best ways for companies to engage with their clients, while marketing their services. After having created a blog, the next step is to make sure that your intended audience is being reached. Even the most entertaining and informative blog is nothing without readers. Below are some tips on how to drive traffic to your blog.

Blogging for business: Choosing content for your blog

Like it or not, blogs are here to stay. With that in mind, starting and maintaining an informative blog can be a useful tool in your company’s marketing strategy. Following on from last week’s piece which focused on choosing the best blog hosting site, this week we take a look at what to consider when writing the content for your blog.

Media News

May/June issue of Rolling Inspiration is on the shelf

<i>Blitz Patrollie</i> snapped up by international sales agent at Cannes

Blitz Patrollie snapped up by international sales agent at Cannes

In Focus

Kagiso Digital brings you, Adfu, a new premium network

On Thursday, 15 November, Kasigo Digital - a sector of Kagiso Media launched a new premium network called Adfu. The launch took place at The Club House in Sandhurst and supplied interesting insight into the digital market.

Simfy: Steering SA into a new era of music consumption

Picture this: you get home from work, dock your smartphone into your sound system and, at the ‘touch of a screen’, you have access to over 18 million music tracks. Seems too good to be true? Not anymore …

People on the Move

James Sibongeleni Ngcobo named new artist director for the Market Theatre

Kwanele Gumbi, chairperson of the Council of the Market Theatre Foundation has announced that James Sibongeleni Ngcobo will take on the position from Sunday, 1 September.

Steve Smith to take over editorship of CAR magazine in June

Seasoned journalist and media specialist, Steve Smith, is to step into the editorial driver’s seat of CAR, RamsayMedia has announced. He joins South Africa’s leading men’s interest title from Tuesday, 18 June, becoming only the eighth editor in the automotive brand’s 56-year history.

Entertainment

Third annual Rostrum Roulettte Festival coming in June

With a line-up that includes excerpts from 32 students and various professionals in the theatre industry, the third annual Rostrum Roulettte Festival, presented by the Department of Drama and Film (Drama), Tshwane University of Technology offers something for everybody to enjoy.

Pieter-Dirk Uys to star in 50 Shades of Bambi at the Fugard Theatre in August

Pieter-Dirk Uys will star as Bambi Kellermann in the cabaret, 50 Shades of Bambi, at the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town from Tuesday, 6 to Saturday, 24 August.

Entertainment Reviews

<i>Over the Moon</i> injects a fresh boost of positivity into one's life

Over the Moon injects a fresh boost of positivity into one's life

I'm only 28 but when I finished reading Dr Hannetjie Van Zyl-Edeling’s book titled Over the Moon - A Guide to Positive Aging, I was filled with what the French refer to as joie de vivre - the joy of living. So says Abbygail Zwane.

South African fans gather to celebrate <i>The Avengers</i>

South African fans gather to celebrate The Avengers

Johannesburg and Cape Town fans of the 2012 smash hit (and 3^rd biggest film of all time, including South Africa) Marvel’s The Avengers, are gearing up to celebrate the release of the film on DVD and Blu-Ray this spring in two fun-filled and colourful events.

Personalities

Five minutes with Mary Watson

Mary Watson's novel, The Cutting Room is hitting shelves this April. She took some time out of her busy scehdule to chat to Media Update about her novel.

Getting to know DRUM's Lungile Nhlanhla

Following her time on Masterchef SA, Lungile Nhlanhla was appointed as the junior food editor of DRUM magazine. She spent a few minutes chatting to Media Update about what she's been up to.

Media Revisited

African Sky Publishing (company profile)

Asset

Asset, a new, interactive digital publication for the commercial property industry, has just launched its first issue. The publication represents a pioneering effort in the world of new media through its crossover between the publication itself and the eProp.co.za website and e-newsletter.