Category: The Media Blog
The Media Blog: Thursday is the most valuable day on Nigerian television – and other bits and bobs we found out
This week, for a special project we have been working on, we have been playing around with data – with a focus ...
The Media Blog: It’s not only DStv and StarTimes that Nigerians watch on Cable o
What’s the reason why many people are shocked – SHOCKED – by the huge success of platforms like Linda Ikeji ...
The Media Blog: Because we serve a living God, Gidi Up Season 3 has FINALLY started shooting
What cows have not been sacrificed to get this particular show back on the road (Season 2’s finale was in ...
The Media Blog: Here’s a list of all the terrestrial TV stations in Nigeria today
So we’ll just drop this here. Because we don’t know who’ll need it. These are the terrestrial (or DTT, if ...
The Media Blog: Jason Njoku has completed the cycle from online TV to linear
To understand what’s happening here, you have to unpack anodyne press statements with enough corporate-speak to drown the smart and ...
The Media Blog: This clip from an Egyptian TV free-for-all is remarkable – for more than one reason
You should especially watch this from 1.44, where the host pretends to be so shocked – shocked, we say – ...
The Media Blog: They say ‘Your View’ on TVC is Nigeria’s most watched talk show today
According to confirmed rumour-mongers, ‘Your View’ on TVC is Nigeria’s most watched TV show. Some say it’s most watched talk ...
The Media Blog: Cool FM is 18 years old
Wow. Has it been that long already? The “#1 hit music station” turned 18 four days ago. And that’s actually ...
The Media Blog: The BBC and its army of monitors
So when you begin to wonder how ‘oyinbo people’ appear to know more about how we live our lives, even the cool ...
The Media Blog: This is the reason it’s not so easy to “monetise!” in Nigeria’s media market
When we say Nigeria is not a rational market, we don’t just mean oil prices messing up everything. We also ...
The Media Blog: We need panadol for NotJustOk’s headache
Because the value being created is massive. Sad. Imagine if they paid even 50 Naira a pop. https://t.co/Ed1l0fWpAM — The ...
The Media Blog: We know you think Nigeria only has about 7 TV stations – but you’re wrong
So we have been doing this snap poll. Asking people, even those who work in the media: how many stations ...
We just watched Africa Magic’s Hustle. Here’s what we think.
We told you we were counting down to this. All of us at TMB fixed a date in one central ...
The Media Blog: We hope you know Tajudeen Adepetu is the biggest media owner in West Africa today
We mean biggest literally. No metaphors needed. We are coming to this in greater detail soon, as we have been ...
Reading material: What you should reading if you work in media content (2)
1. Maybe or maybe not. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/clinton-emails-media-coverage-proportion-overblown-214298 2. Jack Shafer is an authority today and everyday. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/shafer-he-said-journalism-false-equivalency-214276 3. Uncle Mark Zucker(burger) ...
The Media Blog: We think this is crucial if you write about other people
Major, major key. Especially for people working in media. I'm slowly learning this lesson, myself. pic.twitter.com/WslxRmuq6I — Osarumen Osamuyi (@SkweiRd) ...
The Media Blog: Is it not your mates that just got $1.1m from Omidyar to tell stories?
Well Told Story is a company in Kenya that’s focused on using the media to tackle youth challenges. There is ...
The Media Blog: 3 more Nigerian podcasts we just discovered – and think you’ll love
We like this one. It talks about everything interesting, and they engage. They have a very fascinating fascination with sex. ...
The Media Blog: That’s how the Nigerian Army packed 10 journalists from one media house
The Nigerian Army now suddenly has an interest in the media. Before you start thinking it’s good stuff, let’s put ...
The Media Blog: But let’s say the truth, The Marcy Project is a hot mess
We are very reluctant to use those words ‘hot mess’. To be honest, it’s lazy. And it’s what critics do ...
The Media Blog: Lai Mohammed is going to court – over a scandal that doesn’t even make sense
No one is asking our opinion, but if they did, we would tell them the truth: the entire kerfuffle over ...
Reading material: What you should be reading if you work in media content (1)
Or journalism. Because is like some of you don’t yet know that you are no longer journalists, and we are ...
The Media Blog: Molara Wood and Kadaria Ahmed tag-teamed Uti Nwachukwu – and he came roaring back
So this was what started it. @molarawood but also can’t believe a program like #Jara would promote bleaching @SirUTI @MNet ...
The Media Blog: Project Fame got a winner on Saturday, but were you paying attention?
They need to go and wash their head in a celestial river o. Did you hear that erstwhile number one ...
The Media Blog: NaijaContent may or may not be on to something
You should look out for something called naijacontent.com? Because some of you like to compare anything with something Americans have ...
The Media Blog: Abeg abeg abeg, there is nothing wrong with the New York Post Brangelina cover
People like to be outraged for the flimsiest reasons. Especially on the Internet. Because it’s so easy. Everyone was immediately ...
The Media Blog: The NET says it ‘HAD to’ ask Sean Tizzle if he was bleaching – it HAD to?
The NET is a site you should respect – it has broken significant stories in Nigerian entertainment, and has conducted ...
The Media Blog: Dapo Olorunyomi steps (just a bit) aside at Premium Times
This didn’t make as much of a splash as it should have. Understandable sha – it’s Nigeria after all, where ...
PODCAST: Osagie Alonge, others moving up; banks owning media franchises and more on The Media Blog Uncensored
Ifeoma Areh is creative director of Wildflower PR & Company, Lekan Olanrewaju is a scriptwriter (credits including Tinsel and Hotel ...
The Media Blog: This is where we say ‘Linda Ikeji STUNS’ on the cover of…
You know when it comes to photo stories in every blog these days – celebrities either ‘stun’, ‘sizzle’ or ‘storm’. ...
The September Standard
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- AFRICA FASHION WEEK LONDON 2023: DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT (Part 1)
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy