Tag: Vice

Editor August 4, 2017

When will sport betting centres enforce age restrictions?

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…

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Ezinne July 12, 2017

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. Media outlets tend to…

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Tolu February 16, 2017

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…

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YWriter October 10, 2016

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…

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YWriter October 5, 2016

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…

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Isime Esene 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…

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