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"Napier leaving Ireland/Davenport for MRP| SA ranks 1st in Radio at One Show | ABC Q1 2016" - MarkLives

And other top advertising, media and marketing news, analysis and opinion on the website this week, including…

Susan Napier to leave Ireland/Davenport for MRP

by MarkLives. The ad agency managing director will be taking up the position of marketing director after June 2016. 

One Show:

South Africa’s additional two Golds, two Silvers and four Bronzes
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 Gold, two Silvers and a Bronze for South Africa so far
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 Three learnings from judging The One Show

by MarkLives. With another three Gold, four Silver and five Bronze One Show Pencils, South Africa is ranked 13 by country overall and first by country in Radio.

Motive: The shared creative ether
by Alistair King. Conspiracy theorists piss me off. No agency I know of would intentionally plagiarise another agency’s ideas.

Originality and integrity in a new advertising reality
by Herman Manson. Net#work BBDO says it didn't plagiarise an ad by Canada's John St. for Tangerine Bank. And Mike Schalit has the timelines to prove it.

ABC Analysis Q1 2016:

The biggest-circulating newspapers in SA
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 The biggest-circulating consumer mags in SA

by MarkLives. The ABC has released newspaper and magazine circulation statistics for the period January-March 2016 (ABC Q1 2016) — and the bloodbath doth continue.

Regular Reads:

Ad of the Week: Seeing is believing
Shelf Life: Cadbury captures the community
SA TV Ratings: March 2016 Top 20 TV programmes — Mzansi Magic

On the Radar

A+E Networks creates GM Africa position
Castle Lite Lime digital account awarded
Pendoring now open for entries

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