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News Archive 2014

April 2014

March 2014

Successful people don’t have good answers - they have good questions.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

We at Times Media have been asking how your business can get the most out of our publications, and here is the answer.  Read more

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A closer look at The Herald and Weekend Post

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Take a deep dive into The Herald and Weekend Post and learn how these newspapers could be an amazing platform for your brand  Read more

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Times Media Promotes it’s staff, launches Rise Fm and dines with the best

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Howdy!  Read more

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February 2014

New horizons for Times Media Group

Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Well hello again  Read more
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News Archive 2013

December 2013

2013 Greats & 2014 Rates...

Wednesday, December 04, 2013

There are numerous highlights on which to reflect in the past year since cementing our identity as Times Media.  Along with the change in ownership, Times Media has been fuelled with a renewed ethos of innovation and appeal.   Read more

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October 2013

The Times Sowetan Retail Awards announces SA’s Top Shops for 2013

Friday, October 25, 2013

The 2013 Times Sowetan Retail Awards Survey, conducted by independent  research  agency  TNS,  has  revealed  which  retail  outlets  are  succeeding  as  front-runners  in securing spend from South African consumers. To provide greater insight into what drives South African consumerism, this year’s TNS survey was extended to measure the influence of advertising in shaping brand loyalty and shopping habits, particularly when consumer-budgets are tight.   Print inserts placed in newspapers were shown to be significant in converting consumers towards making purchases at stores they may previously have been unaware of, or neutral towards.  Read more

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September 2013

The Times Press Challenge Winners 2013

Thursday, September 26, 2013

The first winners announced  Read more

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Times Media maintains top spot in Newspapers at 2013 MOST Awards

Friday, September 06, 2013

Times Media again claimed the top spot in the Newspaper category of the 2013 MOST Awards survey for media owners, highlighting the consistent levels of service excellence for which they won the award in 2012.  Times Media also achieved an overall second place ranking from a list of 116 companies, a significant climb from thirteenth position in 2012.    Read more

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Sunday Times and Woolworths make a splash

Wednesday, September 04, 2013

The Sunday Times broke an editorial taboo this past Sunday (25 August 2013). An advertisement for the Woolworths WREWARDS programme was wrapped around the newspaper, with the editor seemingly giving up the bottom half of their hard hitting lead story, ‘Zuma’s secret deal with dictator’.  Read more

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August 2013

Own the Business Market

Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Sunday Times Top Brands Awards 2013

Monday, August 19, 2013

This year, the 15th annual Sunday Times Top Brands awards celebrated the business of branding excellence at the glitzy Maslow Hotel in Sandton on Thursday 15th August.   Read more

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Times Media Ad Room is THE online gallery for ALL the Print Newspaper Category
and Tactical Use of Newspaper entries for the 2013 Loeries

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

The Times Press Challenge, in association with the Loeries, tasked South Africa’s creative community to think on their feet and develop rapid-response press ads for their clients, based on The Times news stories of the day.   Read more

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July 2013

BDFM’s sales function now with Times Media’s Advertising Sales Division

Wednesday, July 10, 2013
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March 2013

Sunday Times treats SA’s top creative minds to dinner with Sir John Hegarty

Thursday, March 14, 2013

During the recent Design Indaba held in Cape Town, the Sunday Times was delighted to gather South Africa’s top creative minds together for an exclusive, intimate dinner with ad-industry icon, Sir John Hegarty.  Read more

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NEW APPOINTMENTS AT DAILY DISPATCH, SUNDAY TIMES AND TIMES MEDIA SPORT

Thursday, March 14, 2013

JOHANNESBURG, 28 February 2013: Times Media is pleased to announce the following appointments: Bongani Siqoko will be assuming editorship of the Daily Dispatch from Brendan Boyle, who is returning to the Sunday Times as an executive editor.  Seasoned sports journalist, Simnikiwe Xabanisa, will be taking the reins as Times Media Group’s sports editor.  Read more

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February 2013

Times Media announces Stephen Haw as editor of The Times, from 1 May

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Times Media is pleased to announce that Stephen Haw has been appointed editor of The Times, with effect from 1 May. Haw is currently the editor of the Sunday Times Express edition.   Read more

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Marvin Meintjies to edit Sunday World from 1 March

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Times Media has announced that Marvin Meintjies will be the editor of Sunday World as from 1 March.   Read more

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Times Media engages media-guru Virginia Hollis as consultant

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Times Media continues to invest in delivering value for its clients, and is excited to announce that it has contracted the expertise of media & marketing doyenne, Virginia Hollis, Director of Magnetic Connection, as strategic consultant.   Read more

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Phylicia Oppelt to edit the Sunday Times from March

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

Times Media has announced that as from March 1, Phylicia Oppelt is taking over the reins as editor of the Sunday Times, South Africa’s best-selling weekly newspaper.  Read more

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News Archive 2012

November 2012

2012’s Top Recruiters Announced at the Avusa Media Annual Recruitment Awards (AMARA’s)

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Click here to view photos from this event www.amara2012.co.za   Read more

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Times Media puts its money where its newspaper circulation sits.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Johannesburg, 20 November 2012 – In one of the most innovative moves the South African media industry will witness this year, Times Media has announced that as from 1 January 2013 it will be linking advertising rates to the core circulation of all titles including Sunday Times, The Times, Sowetan, SundayWorld, The Herald, Daily Dispatch, Saturday Dispatch, Weekend Post and its Eastern Cape community papers.  Linking the advertising rates to core circulation will take effect as soon as ABC’s are published at the end of Q1 2013, and will be reviewed quarterly thereafter.  Read more

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SUNDAY TIMES HELLO SUMMER SIZZLES IN THE CITY

Thursday, November 15, 2012

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October 2012

2012 Retail Awards

Thursday, October 11, 2012

It’s always a Season for Shopping!  Read more

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September 2012

Celebrating creativity in newspapers

Thursday, September 27, 2012

The 34th Loerie Awards ceremony took place this weekend at the CTICC in the Mother City, where the Sunday Times, The Times, Sowetan and Sunday World sponsored the uber-glamorous VIP bar at the event.

 to view pictures of the Loeries 22 September  

Receiving a Loerie is one of the ultimate achievements for those in the advertising industry, and the VIP bar played host to the finest individuals in this field.

Avusa Media/Times Media Group was the proud sponsor of two of the most prestigious and competitive categories awarded on Saturday evening:  the Newspaper Advertising category and the Tactical use of Newspaper category.

Trevor Ormerod, GM Advertising Sales and Strategic Communications for Avusa Media/Times Media Group presented eleven Loeries, in front of a packed and very excited auditorium.

Newspaper Advertising Category

Bronze Loeries

  • Saatchi & Saatchi for “Nosey Neighbours”, Tuffy refuse bags
  • Saatchi & Saatchi for “Sneezing sucks”, Texa allergy
  • Ogilvy Cape Town for “Brake Assist Technology”, VW Brake Assist
  • DDB South Africa for “Life Cycle of the Office Cloth”, McDonald’s coffee
  • FOXP2 for “Make sure you never have to do this again”, MWeb Cloud Storage

Silver Loeries

  • King James for “Eagle Print Awards 2011”
  • Y&R South Africa for “The Stopover Campaign”, The Travel Counsellors South Africa

Gold Loerie

  • DDB South Africa for “Monsters”, McDonald’s kids birthday parties

Tactical use of Newspaper Category

Bronze Loerie

  • Ogilvy Cape Town for “Wipe Out”, VW genuine shock absorbers

Silver Loeries

  • Jupiter Drawing Room, Johannesburg for “Team of Millions”, ABSA Springbok sponsorship
  • Net#Work BBDO for “Censorship”, Webber Wentzel legal aid services

For the first time ever, the Gold Loerie in the Newspaper Advertising category received an additional reward for the winning agency, DDB South Africa.  Trevor Ormerod presented a prize of two trips to the 2013 New York  Advertising Festival to the creative team of  Hital Pandiya(Art Director) and Andre Frdoljak (Copy-writer).  

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August 2012

BIG NEWS. small price.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

A new campaign for The Times has been extended onto a huge 30 x 50 metre building wrap on the Braam Fisher Eloff Street building in Johannesburg. With excellent visibility from the M1 East Highway, the new branding is bold and very eye catching.

This initiative is part of a campaign to position The Times as a daily newspaper that provides the latest local and international news, sport, business and entertainment in one short, sharp read - all for only R2.20 a day - or less than R1 per day as a subscription.

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ABC Apr-Jun 2012 Insights

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

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2012 AMARA Awards

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

In honour of the leaders within the recruitment and HR industries who help transform and bolster South Africa’s economy, Avusa Media will host its third Avusa Media Annual Recruitment Awards (AMARAs) – at Summer Place in November 2012.   Read more

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The 2012 Sunday Times Top Brands Survey Results

Friday, August 03, 2012

QUICK, THINK OF A BRAND!  Read more

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May 2012

Sunday Times dishes out the 411 on da kewlest brnds n twn, dawg! *

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Wot yung peeps tink bout brands 2day cn hlp make dem da shiz niz 2moro. **  Read more

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THE TIMES KEEPS THE GOOD TIMES ROLLING

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Times, one of South Africa’s youngest daily newspapers, has seen phenomenal double digit growth in the first quarter of this year.  Read more

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April 2012

SUNDAY TIMES STILL SOUTH AFRICA’S MOST READ NEWSPAPER

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

The Sunday Times has maintained and strengthened its position as South Africa's best-selling newspaper.    Read more

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NO Silent Nights.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

It would be really easy for me to go into a tirade about the secrecy bill / info bill / save our backsides bill – whatever you want to call it. . . But I’m not going to. Except for the one thing, off course. It is absurd for a bunch of MPs who couldn’t be bothered to attend half the parliamentary sessions per year  Read more

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Superman who? Batman what? by Brandon Faber

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

I am faster than a bolt of lightening.  Read more

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February 2012

Algoa Sun Communities: A New Sun is Rising

Thursday, February 09, 2012

Community journalism is soaring to new levels in Nelson Mandela Bay with the launch next month of four new community titles that will bring unique, hyper-local news directly into the archiveds of more than 80,000 residents. The Algoa Sun which has served Port Elizabeth for 28 years is giving birth to four new Algoa Suns to fit in with the exciting changes of demographics in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro of today.  Read more

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News Archive 2011

December 2011

You are betraying future generations if you pass this law

Friday, December 09, 2011

Hundreds of people gathered outside Parliament’s main gates in Cape Town to mark Black Tuesday, for voting on the controversial Protection of State Information Bill through the National Assembly  Read more

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November 2011

AMARA 2011 results Recruitment and HR professionals lauded

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Avusa Media Annual Recruitment Awards celebrate backbone of SA’s economy  Read more

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Avusa Media LIVE received accolades from its peers in the digital world.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The annual Bookmarks Awards took place in Cape Town on Thursday, 10 November.  Read more

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October 2011

SHOPRITE TAKES TOP HONOUR: 2011 The Times Sowetan Retail Awards announces SA’s top retailers

Friday, October 14, 2011

Now in its fourth year, the 2011 The Times Sowetan Retail Awardscelebrate the distinctive mark South African retailers make on the local landscape. The ceremony, which took place on Thursday, 13 October 2011 at Shine Studios in Braamfontein, was a showcase of not only South Africa’s retail top brass but also a who’s who of TV and radio personalities, musicians and actors.  Read more

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AVUSA Media Shines at Regional Journalism Awards.

Friday, October 14, 2011

28 September 2011. One of the country’s most powerful men is in hot water and faces being suspended over a property scandal that rocked South Africa, following a painstaking investigation by two investigative journalists.  Read more

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