7 posts tagged with media24
No news isn’t good news
Following on from my previous post, Media24.com meltdown, and on a more serious note, there’s a good lesson to be learnt in how to correctly respond to technical failures or emergency situations online. Or in News24.com’s case, how not to respond.According to readership statistics (.XLS download) published by the OPA of South Africa, … view full post
Media24.com meltdown
Sorry to all the Media24 employees that I know, I couldn’t resist ;)
Bleebip zub-zub!
Via BizCommunity, TwoFour born with a marketing furore:
South Africa’s largest Internet portal, 24.com, today announced the arrival of TwoFour, a robotic walking, talking and somewhat cheeky search engine. The innovative attention-seeking device will be catapulted in celebritydom as the central character in a marketing campaign urging local consumers to make 24.com their homepage.
TwoFour makes his debut today in
Post 4am mixed bag (continued)
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If you’re in the business of printing t-shirts, please give me your details. I receive numerous unwanted requests for t-shirt printing (let alone design) and I have no idea why, because I’ve never offered this as a service or suggested that I do. Here’s my favourite one so far, which arrived … view full post
Blog-Off Competition
So my *cough* favourite Media24 group (News24.com and M-Web) held a Blog-Off Competition last month, offering cash prizes totalling R9000 for the most popular blogs based on popularity and strength of content. Maybe you were quick enough to get your blog entered – the competition had already closed to new entries before I’d even heard about it.
The winners … view full post
They’re at it again!
They’re at it again! Media24, website owner fight over ‘24′, via MyADSL:
Listed media group Naspers’ subsidiary Media24, which holds the group’s print and internet titles, has sent a letter to www.RENTALS24.co.za and sister company www.BONDS24.co.za, insisting that the websites stop using 24 in their company names.
But the websites’ owner, Christopher Riley, said
I was that annoyingly loud drunk tosser on the bus
I woke up this morning, well, Sunday morning, with a raging headache and half-ingested chips (crisps) in the back of my mouth. Charming, I know. And enough memories to realise that I was that annoyingly loud drunk tosser on the bus home that every sober person hates.
Saturday night was BIG – we tore up The Swan to say farewell … view full post