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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 location to watch Africa Magic’s new comedy series, Hustle. We have been waiting for this for two months. The colorful cast. The promising storyline. The promise of earthiness. We just ‘finished’ watched Episode 1 –... Read More

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October 3, 2016

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) can’t have it both ways http://www.cjr.org/tow_center/facebook_zuckerberg_napalm_video_palestine.php?utm_source=API+Need+to+Know+newsletter&utm_source=Daily+Lab+email+list&utm_campaign=e8b70e1596-dailylabemail3&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d68264fd5e-e8b70e1596-396044165 4. A reminder we live in a world where everyone trades in offense, and ‘lack of agency’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/09/28/playboys-interview-with-a-muslim-woman-mocks-modesty-and-offends-women/?tid=pm_local_pop_b 5. And be like Beyoncé. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/magazine/social-media-got-you-down-be-more-like-beyonce.html?em_pos=large&emc=edit_ma_20160930&nl=magazine&nlid=55063973&ref=headline&te=1 Today and everyday. Have a... Read More

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October 1, 2016

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. But they are completely worth a listen. And up to 2,500 people (which is 2.5 million in Nigerian podcast-lingo) agree. This is for sports, and it kicks ass. This one we will not recommend.... Read More

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September 29, 2016

PODCAST: 93 Days, October 1, 30 Days in Atlanta, and more | The Uncensored Podcast is truly uncensored about Nigerian film this edition

Ifeoma Areh is creative director of Wildflower PR & Company, Lekan Olanrewaju is a scriptwriter (credits including Tinsel and Hotel Majestic), and Tosin Ajibade, is the founder of Olorisupergal.com. Together with the host, Chude Jideonwo, they talk about the movies, 93 Days, October 1, 30 Days in Atlanta, and everything that’s important in the Nigerian film... Read More

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September 27, 2016

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 it to you like this: The Nigerian Army is crossing lines and attempting to silence the Nigerian media. First, it was Ahmad Salkida, the journalist who has exclusive access to Boko Haram. He got arrested... Read More

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September 27, 2016

The Film Blog: Someone reviewed A Trip to Jamaica in one tweet

The only thing funny about “A Trip to Jamaica” is how bad it is. ? — Chidumga Izuzu (@Chidumga_izuzu) September 25, 2016 God please, it cannot be.

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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 when they can’t be bothered to actually commit thought to the material they are descending on and actually explain why they think what they are thinking. So we avoid it. Except today, there are no... Read More

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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 the ‘Change begins with me’ campaign is ridiculous. First, because the campaign itself is dead on arrival. It’s a hastily conceived, unprofessionally rolled out, accident of governance that terribly mismatches the slow-train messaging of a... Read More

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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 all in the business of content now. But that’s a matter for another day. Today, we will begin sharing with you, weekly, links that should put you in the mind of a professional that’s ready... Read More

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The Film Blog: Ladies and gentlemen, a tsunami is coming to the cinemas this week

We feel sorry for every Nigerian film that’s in the cinemas this week. We feel sorry for It’s Her Day. And we feel sorry for our favourite Nigerian movie ever – 93 Days. Because something deep and furious will be hitting all 30-something cinemas in Nigeria this week. And it will be hitting everything that... Read More

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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 #Disgraceful https://t.co/nn9igqfoYo — Kadaria Ahmed (@KadariaAhmed) September 24, 2016 Molara Wood (you should know her – she is one of Nigeria’s finest culture critics and former arts coverage leader at NEXT) tweeted something ‘intellectual’ about... Read More

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September 24, 2016

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 done, let’s explain it as Netflix. For Nigeria. With less complexity. The pay-off is No 1 website for Nigerian video content – so it essentially helps you aggregate everything that exists anywhere on the vast... Read More

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September 22, 2016

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 thinking of Jennifer Aniston when the Brangelina news broke. It’s natural. It makes sense. It doesn’t matter that she doesn’t react. There is context. The New York Post captured that spoken and unspoken zeitgeist. People... Read More

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September 21, 2016

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 the present has very little knowledge of its provenance. Dapo Olorunyomi is one of Nigerian journalism’s true greats. Almost every important milestone of the past 20 years has his footprints all over it – until... Read More

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September 20, 2016

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’. Well pick your choose with this Linda Ikeji cover on TW magazine. She looks good, she looks different and it expertly wraps up a day she completely owned – from her viral video, to her... Read More

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September 20, 2016

The Media Blog: Ifan just proved that print magazine covers can still pack a punch

What was everyone talking about all over the blogs yesterday? Toke Makinwa. What exactly were they saying about Toke? All about her cover interview with hot off the press magazine, FameExtra. FameExtra is of course the new title from Ifeanyi ‘Ifan’ Michael that some haters on the TMB desk here tried to tear apart (pun... Read More

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September 20, 2016

The Media Blog: Americans have no trust in their media – as usual

Over the past few years, trust in America’s media has continued to trend downwards – on track to hit zero at sometime in the near future, we should be able to safely predict. According to a new Gallup poll, trust in the media this year has dropped to its lowest point since 1972, when Gallup... Read More

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September 19, 2016

The Media Blog: The Huffington Post is coming to “sub-saharan Africa”

Someone should warn them that people in Sub-Saharan Africa don’t like to be called by that name – especially when ‘big men’ visit their countries. But that’s how The Huffington Post is announcing its first foray into the region. It has now partnered with South Africa media company Media24 (print media arm of South African... Read More

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September 19, 2016

So we’re experimenting with The Film Blog…

It’s a bit too soon, isn’t it? Yeah, we have had this debate with ourselves over the past two weeks – as we have amply dealt with the deluge of content, growth and material from the Nigerian film industry. We found ourselves forcing in film stories into The Media Blog (TMB) and convincing ourselves (after... Read More

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September 19, 2016

The Media Blog: Jason Njoku has made a very, very important move with IrokoX

So, it’s always interesting to follow Jason’s Njoku’s moves – not just because iROKO is a big fish in a very clearly small pond, but also because he shares how his mind works, and even if it’s not the whole truth, it’s much better than anything you get in these parts. He recently announced that... Read More

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September 17, 2016

The Media Blog: No, we’re not even joking. Adesuwa Onyenokwe is interviewing Bobrisky today

We can’t help you if you are in the media and you don’t know Adesuwa Onyenokwe. Icon of the talk show format, with One on One and Today’s Woman, she is now working hard on finding her space in a fragmented media environment where the media cycle has shortened to precisely 30 seconds. And here... Read More

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September 17, 2016

The Media Blog: Former Gawker staff appear not to know that something has happened to them sha

You know we love Gawker here. So we keep keeping tabs, even though it’s not a Nigerian company. It’s only been a month since power changed hands at Gawker, and already the combative young men and women are at war with their new bosses at Spanish media company, Univision. You’ve got to love the Gawker... Read More

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September 15, 2016

The Media Blog: Is like the Nigerian army don’t want to respect themselves

Plenty of bad news have emerged from reporters and storytellers focused relentlessly on the tragedy of the north – famine, institutional abandonment, official theft, recklessness. Admittedly, even the positive stories reflect only well on the relentlessness of citizens, and not on a government that can still have, sometimes fatal gaps in its capacity. So we... Read More

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September 14, 2016

The Media Blog: Konbini.com arrived Nigeria prepared for a media war

Konbini.com, launched in 2008 in perhaps is a global media company with a presence in France, Mexico, the United Kingdom, the United States, and now, Nigeria. You hadn’t heard of it. To be honest, until we had to write about it, we didn’t take it too seriously. We should have. It’s clearly a European powerhouse.... Read More

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September 14, 2016

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 newspapers is revealing of DECAY in MEDIA. — Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) September 13, 2016 8. I accepted the apologies from @nigeriantribune & @daily_trust .... Read More

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September 7, 2016

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? We have one take: it’s difficult to confess that one has discovered and is reading a blog like NaijaGistLive.com. Go ahead. Check it out. You... Read More

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September 6, 2016

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 major part of their model. Which is legitimate of course. The kind of important, dangerous journalism they do (and the extra-judicial journalism, for want of... Read More

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September 2, 2016

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 and criticism of the paper’s inevitable foibles and errors and mistakes. It’s an act both of hubris and of humility – about the above-boardness of... Read More