by Tosin Adesina In the late 60s and early 70s, casinos were the order of the day especially in Lagos and other urban centres of Nigeria. Some persons made good cash off it while others still live to tell the tale of their misadventures. In the early 2000s, a new entrant came into the pool... Read More

president buhari, Sports betting, underage, Vice

July 12, 2017

0 Comment

The Thread: “Basic stupidity” | Game of Thrones author, Martin & others blast Vice for messing with Nnedi Okorafor

Moments like this make us grateful for the Twitter outrage machine. Two days ago, author and professor Nnedi Okorafor shared this wonderful news on Twitter. My novel WHO FEARS DEATH has been optioned by @HBO & is now in early development as a TV series with George RR Martin as executive producer. pic.twitter.com/POF7Dj2hWP — Nnedi... Read More

Opinion

Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martins, HBO, nigerian writers, Nnedi Okorafor, The Thread, Twitter outrage machine, Vice, Who fears death

February 16, 2017

0 Comment

Did this US music channel really describe Ice Prince as a “rising star”?

On behalf of IcePrince and his over a decade long musical career, we take offense at this misrepresentation of facts provided by Noisey, a TV documentary channel that explores music and culture in different parts of the world. So here’s the gist! The show has been running awhile and is in its second season in... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

culture, iceprince zamani, lagos, Music, Noisey, Vice, wizkid, Zach Goldbaum

October 10, 2016

0 Comment

Reading material: For those who work in media content (3)

Let’s go! Newspapers are dying, dying, dead, in America. Read Twitter’s woes show the perils of building platforms for ‘premium audiences’ alone Read. Hian. We agree Trump is a menace. But this takes the argument a little bit too far. Read Vice is still on that world-domination something. Read And an interesting look... Read More

More, The Media Blog

media content, newspapers, print, reading material, The Media Blog, trump, Vice

October 5, 2016

0 Comment

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 cynical. There are many analogies between Shane Smith and Jason Njoku. And now there is one more: they are both moving from online pioneers to traditional media juggernauts in their play for profitability and... Read More

Featured, The Media Blog

iROKO, Jason Njoku, mary remmy njoky, rok studios, shane smith, sticky, The Media Blog, Vice, viceland

September 6, 2016

0 Comment

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

Featured, The Media Blog

ads, alexa, LIB, Linda Ikeja, Media, new york times, nigeria, NYT, Premium Times, Sahara Reporters, The Media Blog, TMB, top banner, Vice

When will sport betting centres enforce age restrictions?

The Thread: “Basic stupidity” | Game of Thrones author, Martin & others blast Vice for messing with Nnedi Okorafor

Did this US music channel really describe Ice Prince as a “rising star”?

Reading material: For those who work in media content (3)

The Media Blog: Jason Njoku has completed the cycle from online TV to linear

The Media Blog: When it comes to top-banner ads, Premium Times is the new LIB

Recent Posts

Categories

Recent Comments

YNaija

Tags