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Social media site speeds up media deliveryTwo months after Vodacom's minority stake acquisition in Zoopy, the South African social media site Zoopy has started to roll out some of the large scale community improvements it hinted at when announcing the investment deal. "These improvements are part of a determined plan to bring the Zoopy community everything they need to manage, view and share their media in all the ways they've hoped for, and more," said Zoopy CEO Jason Elk today, Monday, 15 September 2008. 15 Sep 2008 11:54 New children's advertising code welcomedThe new regulations governing advertising to children have finally come out and Bizcommunity.com has asked various advertising and marketing agencies for their comment and analysis. In the first in this series of articles, the overall impression, according to Draftfcb, is that the spirit of the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa's code appears to be sound. 15 Sep 2008 11:38  WAN up in arms over Yahoo-Google ad dealPARIS: Competition authorities in Europe and North America have been requested to block an advertising agreement between Google and Yahoo on anti-competitive grounds by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN),today, Monday, 15 September 2008. According to WAN, the deal will have a negative impact on the ad revenues that the search giants provide to newspaper and other websites, and on the cost of paid search advertising. 15 Sep 2008 10:27 Gillmor on citizen media's effects on business, culture
The chainsaw consultant[Frank Bone] I walked past the dreamboat at reception into the CD's office. Lollipops in a jar. Scatterings of pop paraphernalia. A t-shirt lying on the sofa read: 'Does this make my penis look fat?'. Yip, this was advertising, for sure. But I wasn't here to look around, I was here for the scoop. 15 Sep 2008 09:02 Who are the darlings of Gauteng retail?Avusa Media titles The Times and Sowetan will announce Gauteng's retail darlings at a gala awards celebration to be held at Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg on 30 October 2008. The awards are the grand finale to the recently-launched Clever Shopper initiative, which involves weekly pages on savvy shopping in both The Times and Sowetan and a competition. 15 Sep 2008 08:52 Finding opportunities in tough times[Tshepiso Seopa] Government plans to regulate marketing and advertising campaigns targeting children in order to reduce the high number of obesity in young children; and the dismal performance by South Africa's athletes at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games has lead to Cadbury South Africa seizing the moment to nurture the next generation of South African athletes for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. 15 Sep 2008 08:49 | In brief ContributorsForumAd showcase |
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