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The Media Blog: How Oby Ezekwesili came for Naij
So, legacy media houses have been taking turns making a fool of themselves recently. 9. This 3rd apology within 3 weeks for 3 separate malicious & slanderous publication by Nigerian…
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The Media Blog: The New York Times just made life difficult for all journalists
Actually they didn’t ‘just’, it’s a reminder. But we can’t imagine living under these conditions. As we enter the home stretch of the presidential campaign, all of us in the…
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The Media Blog: 3 tweets about NYT interns that should depress Nigerian journalists
That is all.
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PODCAST: Bobrisky, dangerous gossip blogs 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 Majestic), and Isime Esene, managing editor of YNaija.com stands in…
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The Media Blog: Blood of GOD. Have you seen this crazy blog?
How has no one sued them to court? How has no one attempted to shut it down? How has no one noticed to bring everyone’s attention to the mainstream media?…
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The Media Blog: When it comes to top-banner ads, Premium Times is the new LIB
We never seem to talk about folks like Premium Times and Sahara Reporters when we speak of online media revenue models. Maybe for good reason, seeing as grants are a…
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The Media Blog: Introducing The YNaija Ombudsman
We have always liked the tradition of newspaper Public Editors. The New York Times’ Margaret Sullivan was particular a favourite of ours. They serve as an Ombudsman, taking on-board review…
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The Media Blog: This Premium Times interview leaves us a little – actually, a lot – uncomfortable
We read this interview in Premium Times 6 days ago that worried us – it worried us because it is wrong. But it also worried us because Premium Times usually…
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The Media Blog: Rich Tanksley is leaving Pulse – and that somehow makes us sad
You don’t know Rich Tanksley. And frankly, if you’re just a consumer of the media, it doesn’t really matter. But if you’re maniacally following who’s up and who’s down in…
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The Media Blog: CNN didn’t do anything wrong
Nigerians have been all over tne matter of CNN’s coverage of Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to Nigeria. The headline was innocuous enough: “Mark Zuckerberg makes first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa”. ;
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PODCAST: We gathered 4 media experts to talk about everything that happened in Nigerian media last week
Ifeoma Areh is creative director of Wildflower PR & Company, Lekan Olanrewaju is a scriptwriter (credits including Tinsel and Hotel Majestic), and Tosin Ajibade is founder of Olorisupergal.com. Together with…
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The Media Blog: Ifan, the stylist just launched a magazine – but nobody has seen it yet
If you work in at that intersection of digital and fashion media, or if you are blogger who really know whats going on, then you know Ifan (Ifeanyi Michael). He…
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The Media Blog: The Maverick is (really) good – but no one is watching (yet)
Has anyone seen any of the episodes of Accelerate TV's The Maverick? We bet it's a no. The YouTube views are poor; for a show that has run for almost…
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The Media Blog: How 6-year-old Emmanuella is the only Nigerian CRUSHING it on YouTube
The first video that opens up when I search for Emmanuella – the 6 year old comedy sensation who has grown from YouTube videos shot in the Niger Delta to…
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The Media Blog: Apparently, Forbes Africa sells less than 30,000 copies per edition in South Africa
guest post, by Roqeebah Olaoniye Africa’s youth are hungry for success and they are not letting the grim conditions around the continent derail them. There’s a young man redefining auto…
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The Media Blog: You have to admire the persistence of Exquisite Magazine
Another edition of EM (Exquisite Magazine) has, as they say, hit the newsstands. Yeah, we know. You probably weren’t aware they were still printing. Or you are that thing they…
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The Media Blog: Men’s Corner on ELTV is a fine show – and it confirmed Andre Blaze is still one of our best
Andre Blaze is one of the finest on-air talents in Nigeria. Why Nigerian producers and content creators don’t seem to know is truly beyond us. Nigezie, which sadly went away…
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The Media Blog: Lai Mohammed and Ambode said plenty things about the media yesterday – and precisely nothing
It’s really frustrating when Nigeria’s leaders speak often about the power and necessity of tourism – and then do actually nothing since Donald Duke was governor to seriously engage the…
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The Media Blog: Did you know Cosmo is fully covering Nigeria? It’s doing a pretty good job – but not enough
Save for BellaNaija, Nigeria doesn’t really have a portal for women – at least one that truly is part and parcel of the culture, and of daily life. There is…
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The Media Blog: PopCentral TV is up to something important… but it hasn’t figured it out yet
You hear PopCentral and where does your mind go? They call it a destination for streaming eclectic and premium entertainment. The website looks just as pop it can get. Nicely…
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The Media Blog: No major blog reported Mayowa’s death 2 hours after Twitter rumors – why that’s a very good thing
And that’s a supremely good thing. Whilst our team in-house has joined others across the media to confirm this rumour (in this case, waiting for family confirmation, or at least…
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The Media Blog: Gawker.com is dead and I don’t know what I’m going to do
by Tolu Orekoya YNaija has some times been influenced, like plenty across the world, with the tone, chutzpah and vision of Nick Denton's Gawker. As it closes down courtesy of…
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The Media Blog: On today’s episode of ‘This is not an exclusive’, we present… TrueNollywoodStories
Ugh, beht why TNS? We haven’t paid enough attention to this blog, but we should. It’s doing God’s work in terms of keeping it 100 with Nollywood’s great and small.…
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The Media Blog: Akah Nnani is probably, finally coming into his own
What’s that awful name of that barely-there show he used to host on TV Continental? Entertainment Splash, we think. Thank God this young man escaped that trap nicely. We would…
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The Media Blog: Jade Osiberu created the magic that’s Ndani TV – and now she is ready for her close-up with Isoken
She did it before with Gidi Up, Ndani TV's original series that secured a nomination in the AMVCAs in 2015. After nine months of saving up for this movie, scouting…
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The Media Blog: We don’t get too excited at TMB, but ‘The Wedding Party’ has us excited with a capital ‘E’
Expensive? Yes. Glossy? It’s Mo Abudu, so yes. Star-studded? Like-from-RMD-to-Frank-Donga yes. A-delicious-trailer? Yes-Yes-Yes-Yes-Yes-Yes. The trailer for ‘The Wedding Party’ – the fresh new film from EbonyLife TV is out and…
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The Media Blog: TheCable is on the hunt for new audiences
TheCable is one of our favourite news platforms – the writing has flair, the sensibility is fresh, and they understand the concept of the-news-behind-the-news as an important concept for news…
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The Media Blog: Someone says this is the difference between new and old media
How Punch reported the news on Linda Ikeji's new office - rumored total sum, 106million. How the NET reported the same 'exclusive'. We won't take eet. PS: See anything…
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The Media Blog: So Linda Ikeji is finally going nuclear (all of you can now allow her rest)
For years, everyone has been taking panadol for Linda Ikeji’s headache. Why isn’t she creative? Why isn’t she on her own URL? Why is her blog UI, UX and U-anything…
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The Media Blog: The hate some people have for Linda Ikeji is on iMax
So here was the headline on a news story on BellaNaija. And this was comment a human being put below this story - just because. Bitterness that can cook soup.…
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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
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