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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: 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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The Media Blog: What Biola Alabi did next – already has a Season II
You know Biola Alabi of course. She is the former managing director of MNet responsible for hits from the Africa Magic channel explosion (including, of course, the Yoruba channel) to…
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The Media Blog: Financial TV? Arese Ugwu is all over that
Arese Ugwu is a money blogger (sounds suspiciously like 'money doubler') and building a personal financial platform (Smart Money Africa) targeted at young people – especially young women. And this…
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The Media Blog: The Online TV Wars – GTBank vs UBA vs Access Bank (and Diamond Bank is struggling nearby)
Accelerate TV (owned by Access Bank) is, uhm, accelerating. Sure, its bank-as-media-owner strategy is inspired (to put it gently) by Ndani TV (owned by GTBank). But it’s not taking that…
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The Media Blog: Oreka finally finds her way
Oreka Godis is one of the most talented media talents you will find in the country. But you wouldn’t know it if you weren’t a media insider. And that’s because…
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The Media Blog: EbonyLife TV has finally figured out it needs to do what it needs to do
Whom we love, we chastise. The bible says something like that. So let it be known that TMB (that’s The Media Blog) is a fan of EbonyLife TV. Stop thinking…
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The Media Blog: PartyJollof vs Zikoko: Tracker, Episode 1
So if you pay attention to the underground ‘submarine channel’ of online media, you will know that there is a silent war between entertainment magazines Zikoko and PartyJollof (disclosure: our…
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The Media Blog: Beat FM’s ‘The Handover’ comes to a smartphone screen near you
The Beat 99.9 should be worried. Urban 98.6 has fully taken its space (we will talk about The Legend of Tajudeen Adepetun who owns that network alongside 8 TV stations…
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The Media Blog: TNC is (possibly) finally ready to wear big boy pants
If you’re a part of what they call the mass market, then TNC (TheNakedConvos.com) isn’t something you will neither care about. Which is the plan. But if you’re part of…
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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