CAPE TOWN - From today, SuperSport will offer the English Premier League 24 hours per day, in High Definition and will broadcast across the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, with live commentary in both English and Portuguese. All 380 matches, 180 of them live will be broadcast annually in a three-year...
The Inspiration Room blog has a good piece looking at how The Economist got people in India talking with its 'Interpret the World"' last year, which helped boost subscriptions by 44% in the sub continent.
LAHORE - Pakistan has been hit by the worst floods in 80 years. More than 1600 people have lost their lives. The UN has stated that the situation in Pakistan is worse than the tsunami in 2004.
MADRID - Telefonica is understood to be close to buying Spanish social networking site Tuenti for €75m (£62m), according to a report.
Lowe Sydney has parted company with its executive creative director, Mike Barnwell, after less than three months, according to a report on Campaign Brief.
NEW YORK - A bid by Sidney Harman, a California billionaire who made a fortune in audio equipment, is reported to be a serious contender to buy Newsweek as the Washington Post Company pushes ahead with the sale process.
JOHANNESBURG - While I agree with the ANC that the news media in this country needs to be more accountable, trying to do this with the establishment of an independent appeals tribunal will end up creating a watchdog that not only has teeth but rabies as well.
NEW YORK - Unilever is trailing the use of GPS devices in its Omo, Persil in the UK, detergent in Brazil that allows its promotions agency Bullet to track shoppers to their front doors, according to Ad Age.
SYDNEY - David Droga, the Australian expat creative chairman and founder of Droga5, New York, has hired Nik Studzinski, formerly of Mother London, as co-executive creative director.
NEW YORK - Major League Baseball has racked up 100,000 downloads of its $15 a pop At Bat app for Apple's iPad, according to MLB Advanced Media, the league's digital arm, generating around $1m in revenues, reports Business Insider.
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