You might have noticed that MediaSlut has gone quiet recently. The reason is that I took a break from Slutting the Media, and will continue to do so far an unknown duration. I’m doing this to re-evaluate what I’m doing, and the purpose of it. I’ll still be on Twitter to give the odd commentary … Continue reading
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Popular Mechanics South Africa, January 2015
Stuff South Africa , January / February 2015
Kim K dominates Heat South Africa covers, appearing on 44% of them in 2014!
You see Kim Kardashian everywhere, even if you try really really hard not to. Unfortunately, Heat South Africa readers had the ‘privilege’ of seeing her on 44% of the issues they bought in 2014! That’s right, out of the 50 issues published in 2014, Kim Kardashian appeared on 22 of them, or 44%. Sometimes the … Continue reading
Fast Company South Africa, December / January 2015
Media24 closes two (new) English magazines; SARIE Food and Mine!
This week I learnt of the very quiet demise of two titles which were both only launched quite recently; SARIE Food and Mine!. SARIE Food was a directly translations of SARIE Kos and officially launched with the April / May 2014 issue, and it’s last was the October / November 2014 issue: 4 bi-monthly issues only. … Continue reading
Eat Out Restaurant Awards 2014 (The. Best. Yet!) + Eat Out 2015 Magazine
Let me start of by saying, “WELL DONE, EAT OUT AND MERCEDES-BENZ!” I can honestly say that I was absolutely blown away by the amazing Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards that took place last night, and completely in awe at the level of attention to detail that played out in front of the eyes of … Continue reading
Fast Company South Africa, November 2014
Fast Company South Africa, October 2014 (LAUNCH ISSUE + PARTY)
Fast Company South Africa is here, and I’m excited about it (and so should you be)! In June 2014, I was able to announce that Fast Company will be coming to our shores with a South African edition, and this month it launched, with much excitement (see below about their launch). If you’re worried that … Continue reading
South African version of FAST COMPANY launching in October!
I’m extremely excited to announce that popular USA title FAST COMPANY is launching in South Africa with an October 2014 issue! FAST COMPANY is “the most progressive business media brand in the United States and the recent winner of the magazine industry’s biggest prize – Magazine of The Year at the National Magazine Awards in … Continue reading
FHM. It’s a Dead Thing. (FHM South Africa will be closing)
It’s official. Media24 will be closing the pages of FHM South Africa. FHM – It’s a Dead Thing* (Playing on their well known tagline of “It’s a Guy Thing”, but this has also recently changed to “It’s Great to be a Man!”) This comes after FHM has had a rough couple of years plagued with ‘scandal’ … Continue reading
NEW MAGAZINE: The Box, for CrossFit crazy community
It was bound to happen, and it’s here now, in all it’s glory; CrossFit fans now have their own magazine, catered for their lifestyle and for their fitness routine. It’s called The Box, and I’ll put my money on it that it will be a Hit! More information below.
Lose It!, a new title about the Tim Noakes diet, on SA shelves
UPDATE: The 2nd issue is out! You can read more about it right here! A new quarterly title all about weight loss (the Tim Noakes way) has launched, and is headed up by Fairlady editor Suzy Brokensha. It’s called LOSE IT! and seems to include everything from A-Z for someone who is … Continue reading