Tag: The Media Blog

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Isime EseneSeptember 14, 2016

The Media Blog: How Oby Ezekwesili came for Naij

So, legacy media houses have been taking turns making a fool of themselves recently. 9. This 3rd apology within 3 ...

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YWriterSeptember 14, 2016

The Media Blog: The New York Times just made life difficult for all journalists

Actually they didn’t ‘just’, it’s a reminder. But we can’t imagine living under these conditions. As we enter the home ...

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Isime EseneSeptember 8, 2016

PODCAST: Bobrisky, dangerous gossip blogs and more on The Media Blog Uncensored

Ifeoma Areh is creative director of Wildflower PR & Company, Lekan Olanrewaju is a scriptwriter (credits including Tinsel and Hotel ...

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Isime EseneSeptember 7, 2016

The Media Blog: Blood of GOD. Have you seen this crazy blog?

How has no one sued them to court? How has no one attempted to shut it down? How has no ...

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Isime EseneSeptember 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 ...

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Isime EseneSeptember 2, 2016

The Media Blog: Introducing The YNaija Ombudsman

We have always liked the tradition of newspaper Public Editors. The New York Times’ Margaret Sullivan was particular a favourite ...

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Isime EseneSeptember 2, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneSeptember 1, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneSeptember 1, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 29, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 29, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 26, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 26, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 25, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 25, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 25, 2016

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 ...

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YWriterAugust 24, 2016

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 ...

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YWriterAugust 22, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 22, 2016

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. ...

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YWriterAugust 21, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 19, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 18, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 18, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 17, 2016

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. ...

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Isime EseneAugust 17, 2016

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’ – ...

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Isime EseneAugust 15, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 15, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 15, 2016

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 ...

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Isime EseneAugust 15, 2016

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 ...

cool good eh love2 cute confused notgood numb disgusting fail