South African Competition Commission: unredacted final Report on Banking, 12 Dec 2008
on Dec 24, 2008 in Corporate SA absa atm banks commission competition fees fnb freedom information nedbank report South African standard bank wikileaks wikipedia Decrypted, unredacted 590 page report on the South African banking industry.

The best viral videos of 2008 (as chosen by Videogum)
on Dec 19, 2008 in World Wide 2008 best viral videos Videogum.com picked the best viral videos of 2008 and created a 'best of' collection that ends the year with a bit of a laugh.

Bye bye Macworld
on Dec 18, 2008 in World Wide apple ipod itunes mac macworld marketing steve jobs technology trade shows The New York Times reports the demise of Macword as we know it. Macworld is the annual trade show and showcase for Mac fanatics. It seems Apple has withdrawn its participation in the event from next yea...

Dropping ‘paper’ from news
on Dec 17, 2008 in World Wide asme business editors internet media news newspaper web The American Society of Newspaper Editors is planning to remove "paper" from its name and expand its membership to include editors of online-only news Web sites and journalism educators, the society announced yesterday.

A clean start for 2009
on Dec 16, 2008 in S'HOT advertising africa creative marketing off the shelf Part seasons’ greetings, part introduction to their new website, this creative message from Off The Shelf Marketing caught Marks’ attention with if foamed up map of Africa and wishes for a clean start in 2009. addthis_url = '

Bollocks to alcohol advertising
on Dec 12, 2008 in South Africans herman manson advertising alcohol Bollocks to the ACA marketing society south africa A press release from The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) crossed my desk this week. "ACA is busy standing up and making its mark on behalf of the entire advertising profession, as Government has proposed a ban on all advertising d

Musica campaign follow up
on Dec 12, 2008 in S'HOT Uncategorized advertising brand musica south africa the jupiter drawing room Following on from the repositioning of Musica as an entertainment retailer, and launching the new brand statement, "A World Awaits", Musica is aiming at getting Christmas shoppers through the doors with ads combining animation and product video.