Category: The Media Blog
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 ...
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 ...
The Media Blog: MTV Base subbed the Nigerian government – and maybe some corporates
The MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA), anchored by MTV Base is for the third year, hosted in South Africa. This ...
The Media Blog: Lai Mohammed and Ambode said plenty things about the media yesterday – and precisely nothing
It’s really frustrating when Nigeria’s leaders speak often about the power and necessity of tourism – and then do actually ...
The Media Blog: Did you know Cosmo is fully covering Nigeria? It’s doing a pretty good job – but not enough
Save for BellaNaija, Nigeria doesn’t really have a portal for women – at least one that truly is part and ...
The Media Blog: PopCentral TV is up to something important… but it hasn’t figured it out yet
You hear PopCentral and where does your mind go? They call it a destination for streaming eclectic and premium entertainment. ...
The Media Blog: Linda Ikeji reports on #SaveMayowa rumours
That was fast. Considering all the water that has passed under its bridge on the matter, we would have sworn ...
The Media Blog: No major blog reported Mayowa’s death 2 hours after Twitter rumors – why that’s a very good thing
And that’s a supremely good thing. Whilst our team in-house has joined others across the media to confirm this rumour ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 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 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 ...
The Media Blog: Let’s explain to you how EXACTLY Linda Ikeji makes her millions
So now that the news is everywhere, especially in places where the media gossips, that Linda Ikeji has finally gone ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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) ...
The Media Blog: Stop the world. Arianna Huffington is out of the Huffington Post
So we know this is not Nigerian news – and we are about Nigerian and West African media insights, but ...
Top 12 Countdown, Loose Talk are the most listened to podcasts in Nigeria – and they both have less than 5k at their highest
The Loose Talk podcast has one too many cusswords. In which case of course, its hosts will say ‘yeah that’s ...
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 ...
The Media Blog: Guardian TV gets branded content deal with Zenith Bank – but why?
Guardian TV has taken the lead in terms of branded digital TV content in the space – launching a brand ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Bankole Oluwafemi, Kola Aina, Honey Ogundeyi… Look who else made the #YNaijaPowerList for Technology
As the annual #YNaijaPowerList enters its 5th year, we bring you the 10 most influential young Nigerians under 40 navigating the ...