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The Media Blog: Navel gazing about the media’s low approval ratings is nonsense
Whenever the media in America does anything that someone somewhere doesn’t like, the response is now predictable: X and X is why the media has such low approval ratings. Now,…
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The Media Blog: Let’s talk about media and ‘The forbidden experiment’
Legend has it that King James IV once stretched, yawned and thought to himself ‘hm - what language would babies speak if they didn’t have any humans to learn language…
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The Media Blog: Naij.com just launched an interesting network – except for one small problem
Naij.com made an announcement: a new platform that will enable it aggregate content from all over the blogosphere to be published on their website and app. It's called the Naij.com…
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The Media Blog: Agatha Amata is one of only two women who own TV channels – and Rave TV is back on air
It went off StarTimes for a bit, but no one ever got rich counting out Agatha Amata. The presenter and producer of the almost 15-years-running Inside Out with Agatha has…
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The Media Blog: People of God, please which one is Bing TV?
So we we minding our business when we saw this in the press release for Innoson Group's latest investment - in Cable TV infrastructure, in collaboration with some Chinese people:…
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The Media Blog: AT&T just assured us of the future of the media
We saw this headline, and our minds were blown. As yours would be if you are a media entrepreneur working in a world where it's future is supposed to be…
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Davido’s ThisDay Style cover, MAMAs and everything else on Uncensored this week
Ifeoma Areh of Wildflower PR & Company hosted Uncensored this week while Chude Jideonwo was away. She is joined by Lekan Olanrewaju and Isime Esene. They talk about Davido's ThisDay…
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The Media Blog: So we dropped by the last day of Africast
Africast 2016 ended on Thursday. Yes, I know you didn't know even though you work in the media or in TV. Because the people at the National Broadcasting Commission and…
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The Media Blog: DStv is not afraid of Nigerians again, you know
In Kenya, because they have sense, they have begun to move away from DStv and its high subscription rates. The company had announced an increase in price due to operation…
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The Media Blog: Naij.com now has a Hausa version
Because, in case no one had told you: the Nigerian online space has become a war zone. Everyone's firing canonballs.
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The Media Blog: Did Reuben Abati look at his own life before he wrote this?
After reading the interview granted by First Lady Aisha Buhari on BBC Hausa Service, I was tempted to conclude that this is what may have happened. She could have said…
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The Media Blog: Ah, TechPoint has helped us explain the Google spend – somehow sha
So we asked here about why Google is spending money on traditional advertising when it is supposed to have KILLED all traditional media. And we asked the tech "eco-system" people…
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The Media Blog: iROKO’s London office gets a makeover
New commission for @irokotv office London — Mr Cenz (@mrcenzgraffiti) October 18, 2016
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The Media Blog: Please, who knows why Google is spending money on TV ads in Nigeria?
At first, we actually disbelieved what our eyes saw. That usually happens when we see social networks - the very epicenter of online - advertising on traditional media, even though…
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The Media Blog: Complete Fashion has finally gone online, in a meaningful way
More on this later, but of course you know that since Franca Asindi left Complete Fashion (those long, long three years ago) it has been in the wilderness. Not that…
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Exclusive: The NBC has started giving terrestrial TV licenses again – starting from N100m
Low key, this one. A high-level source at the National Broadcasting Commission just confirmed to The Media Blog (TMB) that the federal government has quietly stared approving licenses for direct-to-home…
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The Media Blog: Jason Njoku is in a very, very, very good place
Man. the year I've had. #blessed — JasonNjoku (@JasonNjoku) October 18, 2016 The hashtag #blessed is generally for insecure teenagers trying to pretend their lives are fabulous. But, man, Jason…
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The Film Blog: AFRIFF is finally here – with big news
It almost looked like it wasn’t gonna happen. That’s if you don’t know Chioma Ude. Because she will fight tooth nail, she will drag man and beast and she will…
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The Media Blog: @FoluShaw is warning Linda not to publish his tweets – but that’s not the law is it?
So @FoluShaw got a lot of RTs for this thread. Pretty remarkable tale to be sure. Someone wonders if his job isn't at risk for it, and we say bleh…
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TMB Data: How many people watch Nigerian TV?
We had a very active National Broadcasting Commission under former director-general, Emeka Mba. Successive ministers of information saw and left him alone to keep moving. Under this particular minister? Well,…
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The Media Blog: Did you know that some StarTimes subscribers pay only N17 a day?
On August 1, iROKO chief executive, Jason Njoku shocked those who pay attention when he announced (it’s an impressive Jason trick to always announce big things with such striking -…
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The Film Blog: It’s just a fantastic time to be a Nigerian actor, we tell you
Think about it really. Look at all the New Nollywood projects that have come out this year: Arbitration, Okafor’s Law, It’s Her Day, Green White Green, Isoken, Surulere, for some.…
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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 on Nigerian television. What’s more interesting is how much people…
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The Film Blog: We are liking the trailer for Ojukokoro
Like the first commenter says: "Not bad. Not bad at all".
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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 Blog and Nairaland? It’s because these are the same people…
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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 September 2014!)? We have waited for almost two years for…
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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 you want to impress someone) TV channels Nigeria has, today.…
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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 random things that happen on the sidelines of our existence…
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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 mean, the consumer. We are not 'okay'. There is plenty…
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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