Category: The Media Blog

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Op-ed EditorJuly 8, 2017

The Media Blog: We really, really, really, really, really, really like The Republic

We’ve been aware of The Republic since last year. It aims to be some sort of Slate/Salon/Atlantic for Nigeria (yes, ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 8, 2017

The Media Blog: This is how you know that Akah Nnani has it

The fact that we spent more than 15 minutes watching him just living life and hanging out with his (incredibly ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 8, 2017

The Media Blog: At its worst, Konbini is confusing, at its best, it’s the place to go for good news

You’re probably not paying much attention to Konbini.com.ng, the Nigerian blog that harvested much of the brightest talent from Zikoko, ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 7, 2017

The Media Blog: We are actually excited about the new Fifty series

We know ‘Fifty’ the movie had a lot of ‘haters’, mostly converging upon the alleged lack of a story. That’s ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 7, 2017

The Media Blog: Everything about this piece on the Twitter Outrage Machine resonates with us

This is us nodding our heads in vigorous ‘A-Daniel-Has-Come-To-Judgement agreement: “Celebrity Misspeaks and the Internet Piles On” is the kind ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 7, 2017

The Media Blog: Have you noticed there are no new platforms that have emerged this year?

This just occurred to us the other day. Think about it: What new media platform has emerged this year? It’s ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 6, 2017

The Media Blog: Oh God. But did anybody beg them to bring back ‘On the real’?

The official press release starts correctly enough with this ominous warning: “Prepare for more ‘realness’ with a second season of ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 6, 2017

The Media Blog: Pulse is on the move – literally and figuratively

This is the kind of post only those who are crazy about insider-media gist will care about. But that’s why ...

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Op-ed EditorJuly 6, 2017

The Media Blog: What Jimoh Ibrahim did to the guys at National Mirror is wickedness

Of course you already know this: everything so-called billionaire, Jimoh Ibrahim touches turns to shit. His murderous hands have killed ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 30, 2017

The Media Blog: The (ugh) ‘Buzzfeed of Africa’ just got $1.1m funding, and everybody is now fully tensioned

Everyone we know is sending email threads and WhatsApp messages to everyone we know who works in the media, sharing ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 29, 2017

The Media Blog: Hope you heard that Facebook is now in the business of TV production

This was announced Monday. It is working with a small group of partners to start releasing episodes from around August. ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 29, 2017

The Media Blog: If you are a young woman looking for a female mentor, all you need is Kemi Adetiba’s King Women

We know there is a mentorship movement these days, everyone looking for a magic mentor – most likely famous – ...

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EditorJune 25, 2017

The Media Blog: Linda Ikeji just reminded all of us that the critics don’t matter, with this shoot

They’ve said she is too trashy, too controversial, too every-unpleasant-word-in-the-books. And yet she keeps moving, focused, resolute on remaking the ...

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EditorJune 24, 2017

The Media Blog: We really like what the ‘Ojukokoro’ director is doing next

You know we totally adored the film when it came out. And now, Dare Olaitan, director and writer of Ojukokoro ...

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EditorJune 23, 2017

The Media Blog: The New York Times just told a bad-ass Nigerian story – about Boko Haram

The kind of journalism that inspires. The New York Times, working with the Pulitzer Centre delivers a long, long, long ...

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EditorJune 23, 2017

The Media Blog: Zikoko just launched a new content platform called Formation, and… uhm…

You know already that we like Zikoko. Someone on the team said ‘liked’, which is a way of saying he ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 22, 2017

The Media Blog: Jeff Bezos just pointed the entire media the way of the future

You know he has the credibility on anything at all. The kind that comes from owning the top of the ...

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EditorJune 20, 2017

The Media Blog: Smooth FM’s breakfast show gets it!

  Listening to the radio in Lagos is usually an exercise in madness. You hear about 8 different accents a ...

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EditorJune 20, 2017

The Media Blog: The misreporting of Evans, the billionaire kidnapper villain

Freedom of speech is something that must be protected. Every man, woman and child should be free to say whatever ...

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EditorJune 19, 2017

The Media Blog: This message is for the Nigerian Twitter Outrage Machine 

Because every twenty-something-year-old on Twitter is now a media critic, knowing everything about the ethics of journalism, how stories should ...

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EditorJune 12, 2017

The Media Blog: #HallelujahChallenge – The new celeb hangout

In the days before, to have some intimate time with your star of choice, you had to pay for tickets ...

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EditorJune 12, 2017

The Media Blog: Denrele resurfaces on Guardian Life

We like Denrele even though he’s probably at least three parts insane. In the grand scheme of things it’s infinitely ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 12, 2017

The Media Blog: Still buzzing over CNN’s Stephanie Busari and her Gracies Award

Stephanie Busari, who has broken some major #BringBackOurGirls stories for CNN, and finally made the book to Nigeria to lead ...

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EditorJune 11, 2017

The Media Blog: Theresa May lost that election but won herself some prime media covfefe

If you thought Hillary Clinton suffered, think again. Her position as the biggest election fail of the year has been ...

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EzinneJune 10, 2017

The Media Blog: Lai Mohammed says he is going to fight fake news, and we roll our eyes

First we mentioned what Lagos is trying to do – solving a problem that doesn’t exist. Now the federal government ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 10, 2017

The Media Blog: Trump is very good for American media – by the millions

And we are not just talking about millions of dollars, but millions of people also. The latest hearings for former ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 10, 2017

The Media Blog: This story shows you why The New York Times is the Queen of Kings

That gorgeous headline. The plot, the twist, the drama. And that glorious ending: “The line stretched down hallways and around ...

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Op-ed EditorJune 8, 2017

The Media Blog: We just spent 30 minutes watching Trace Naija and our view of Nigerian music is dim

“Tu-ku-tu-ku-tu-tu” ‘Feelings’, by Mr Eazi, something we can’t be bothered to remember by Kcee, and ‘Yawa’ by Tekno, amongst others. ...

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Media BloggerJune 7, 2017

The Media Blog: The Culture Custodian flubs a headline inspiring much chuckle and shaking of head

Everyone knows how important headlines are. They are very frequently the only things that determine what we click, and what ...

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EditorJune 6, 2017

The Media Blog: We love Inspector K, but its last episode was really bad

There’s a lot to love about Inspector K. It’s a pretty fantastic show. It is funny when it should be, ...

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