Tag: The Media Blog
The Media Blog: Complete Fashion has finally gone online, in a meaningful way
More on this later, but of course you know that since Franca Asindi left Complete Fashion (those long, long three ...
Exclusive: The NBC has started giving terrestrial TV licenses again – starting from N100m
Low key, this one. A high-level source at the National Broadcasting Commission just confirmed to The Media Blog (TMB) that ...
The Media Blog: Jason Njoku is in a very, very, very good place
Man. the year I’ve had. #blessed — JasonNjoku (@JasonNjoku) October 18, 2016 The hashtag #blessed is generally for insecure teenagers ...
The Media Blog: Wow, Vogue just endorsed a candidate
It’s like ThisDay Style endorsing a candidate. Even though, some of you won’t be shocked by that – because Nigeria, ...
The Film Blog: AFRIFF is finally here – with big news
It almost looked like it wasn’t gonna happen. That’s if you don’t know Chioma Ude. Because she will fight tooth ...
The Media Blog: ‘Linda Ikeji S’ is launching on November 1 – “That’s the something big,” she says
“When I said something big is coming, I didn’t mean this office, or all of this,” Linda Ikeji told one ...
The Media Blog: We’re becoming mad fans of Africa Magic’s ‘Hustle’
You will remember the anticipation with which we welcomed Hustle (Weekdays, 9.30pm, Africa Magic Urban). And then the disappointment with ...
The Media Blog: This is an actual headline, from an actual Nigerian newspaper
It ‘thundered’ so loud the cows died from all that noise making. Leadership newspaper, but why? YWriter
Reading material: For those who work in media content (4)
Let’s go! We were just talking about Twitter as a media company the other day. Read 2. Amazon has a new ...
The Media Blog: The late, great Chris Jeyibo was one of the most powerful people in Nigerian media
Chris Jeyibo passed on last week Friday in a car accident. It’s quite a frightening photo – his car crushed ...
The Media Blog: This WashPo headline shows how the world now sees Nigeria’s president
And at the end, for those who wondered, there is how the world’s most powerful women reacted to the misogyny. ...
The Media Blog: The Nigerian politicians who own media houses
We just thought: it would be fun to put up a list of some of the politicians in Nigeria who ...
The Media Blog: Orji Kalu has two media houses – but he still smells like a loser
You know the other day, we were just thinking about it – politicians in Nigeria buy media platforms in order ...
The Media Blog: Toke Makinwa had a very uncomfortable moment on ‘Moments’ talking about bleaching
One of our favourite people on television, Sika Osei (host of Studio 53 Xtra) was the guest on the Nigerian ...
The Media Blog: @FoluShaw is warning Linda not to publish his tweets – but that’s not the law is it?
So @FoluShaw got a lot of RTs for this thread. Pretty remarkable tale to be sure. Someone wonders if his ...
TMB Data: How many people watch Nigerian TV?
We had a very active National Broadcasting Commission under former director-general, Emeka Mba. Successive ministers of information saw and left ...
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 ...
The Media Blog: Did you know that some StarTimes subscribers pay only N17 a day?
On August 1, iROKO chief executive, Jason Njoku shocked those who pay attention when he announced (it’s an impressive Jason ...
The Film Blog: It’s just a fantastic time to be a Nigerian actor, we tell you
Think about it really. Look at all the New Nollywood projects that have come out this year: Arbitration, Okafor’s Law, ...
The Media Blog: Thursday is the most valuable day on Nigerian television – and other bits and bobs we found out
This week, for a special project we have been working on, we have been playing around with data – with a focus ...
The Film Blog: We are liking the trailer for Ojukokoro
Like the first commenter says: “Not bad. Not bad at all”. Isime Esene
The Media Blog: It’s not only DStv and StarTimes that Nigerians watch on Cable o
What’s the reason why many people are shocked – SHOCKED – by the huge success of platforms like Linda Ikeji ...
The Media Blog: Because we serve a living God, Gidi Up Season 3 has FINALLY started shooting
What cows have not been sacrificed to get this particular show back on the road (Season 2’s finale was in ...
The Media Blog: Here’s a list of all the terrestrial TV stations in Nigeria today
So we’ll just drop this here. Because we don’t know who’ll need it. These are the terrestrial (or DTT, if ...
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 Media Blog: They say ‘Your View’ on TVC is Nigeria’s most watched talk show today
According to confirmed rumour-mongers, ‘Your View’ on TVC is Nigeria’s most watched TV show. Some say it’s most watched talk ...
The Media Blog: Cool FM is 18 years old
Wow. Has it been that long already? The “#1 hit music station” turned 18 four days ago. And that’s actually ...
The Media Blog: The BBC and its army of monitors
So when you begin to wonder how ‘oyinbo people’ appear to know more about how we live our lives, even the cool ...
The Media Blog: This is the reason it’s not so easy to “monetise!” in Nigeria’s media market
When we say Nigeria is not a rational market, we don’t just mean oil prices messing up everything. We also ...
The September Standard
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- How Your Diet Could Be Making Your Snoring Worse
- Celebrating Nigerian Trailblazers: Inspiring Women in Fashion
- Silk: Unraveling Threads of Elegance and Innovation
- Grammy Awards 2024 Red Carpet Fashion: Hits and Misses that Stole the Spotlight
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- 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