Bandsintown, a live event discovery platform, announced its partnership with Spotify to boost concert and festival discovery worldwide, empower more artists, and enhance fan experiences. With Bandsintown event listings directly integrated into Spotify, artists can reach the right fans – while they’re listening – driving better engagement and stronger sales for their live events around...
Month: <span>February 2024</span>
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Amazon and Tastemade join forces to produce unscripted lifestyle content
Amazon and Tastemade have signed a multi-year first look deal to produce unscripted lifestyle content. Their first venture together as part of the deal will deliver 15 new shows to Prime Video and Amazon Freevee audiences over the next few years. “Dish it Out” will be the first unscripted series to come from the partnership. Hosted by...
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OPINION | Why TikTok is a powerful business platform
Aishwarya Bedessy, social media manager for Ignition Group, believes that content remains king, which is why TikTok has become a powerful marketing platform due to its natural affinity for original content. Aishwarya Bedessy, social media manager at Ignition Group The 1 billion+ TikTok users quickly spot content that is designed to sell them something and...
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MultiChoice-DStv and Disney Africa sign multi-year distribution renewal
The Walt Disney Company Africa and MultiChoice Group have signed a multi-year distribution deal for Disney’s portfolio of linear channels on DStv until 2027. National Geographic, National Geographic Wild, Disney Channel, Disney Junior as well as ESPN and ESPN2 will continue to be carried by DStv for the next four years. The channels will continue...
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PODCAST | Rethabile Mohlala on President Ramaphosa Declaring 29 May as Elections day
Rethabile Mohlala’s Hot Takes: President Cyril Ramaphosa officially announced the upcoming general election scheduled for May 29. EPISODE: “President Cyril Ramaphosa has, in accordance with section 49(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, read with section 17 of the Electoral Act of 1998, determined 29 May 2024 as the date for the...
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Man City extend Experience Management Software partner with Qualtrics
The football champions club Manchester City has extended its existing partnership with a tech platform Qualtrics in another multi-year agreement. The two organisations first partnered in 2021 with Qualtrics, providing its Experience Management platform for the football club. The agreement will see Man City continue to use the Qualtrics Experience Platform. Over the past four years,...
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Mercedes-Benz warns geopolitics, trade tensions to weigh in 2024
Mercedes-Benz on Thursday forecast lower returns on sales in 2024 across its cars and vans division, warning of the “exceptional” uncertainty caused by conflict in the Middle East and Russia, and tensions between China and the U.S. Supply chain bottlenecks for critical components remained “a significant risk factor”, Mercedes-Benz said in a statement. The potential for...
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Five tips for small business owners to help grow their business online
Small businesses are embracing digitalization and catering to their customer needs through a variety of online channels. With new technologies emerging such as artificial intelligence, there is no time like the present to help your small business grow by taking advantage of the online world. GoDaddy shares five tips to help your small business grow...
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Inter Miami and JPMorgan Chase announced stadium naming rights ‘Chase Stadium’
David Beckham’s (MLS) Inter Miami have signed a deal with US financial services giant JPMorgan Chase & Co as the naming rights partner for the club’s stadium. The home of Inter Miami CF’s 21,500-seat home venue, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida will now be Chase Stadium. Chase secures branding throughout stadium, including signage on the interior and...
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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s 2024 Budget speech
South Africa’s government will draw down $8 billion over the next three years from contingency reserves held at the central bank to limit rising debt, the National Treasury said on Wednesday. Africa’s most industrialised economy has barely grown in more than a decade, with rising debt-servicing costs eating up a growing share of the national...