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Astro sees growth in ad income for Q1, banks on sports and digital

(Marketingmagazine.com.my) – Media giant Astro in its Q1 earning announcement highlighted a growth of 10% y-o-y for its advertising income, going from RM136.3 million to RM150.3million. This drove its share of TV Adex and Radex to 34% and 72% respectively. The company attributed its growth to the pull of its

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Media Prima and MSU

Driving the radio industry forward with youth

(Marketingmagazine.com.my) – Media Prima Radio Network (MPRN), has signed a collaborative Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Management & Science University (MSU) to develop broadcasting programmes, modules and consultancy-related services for the next three years. The collaboration will also include industry training placements within broadcasting, the expansion of existing academic training programmes, as well

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The Star Online

The Star Online ranked as the top news site in Malaysia

(Marketingmagazine.com.my) – In the latest The Malaysian Digital Association (MDA), monthly rankings for the top online entities, The Star Online topped the charts as the top news portal visited from Desktops computers in Malaysia for the month of March. In the same category, the top five sites listed following up

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NSTP

Print still going strong for NST

(Marketingmagazine.com.my) – There has been much debate in the past years on the future of print. Last year however ended on a slightly sweeter note for The New Straits Times’s (NST) which recorded an 11 per cent increase in circulation between July and December last year, according to its report

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Participants of the Camp

Apprentice-inspired student camp makes media awesome

(Marketingmagazine.com.my) – In its bid to groom a new generation of savvy media planners, Malaysia Publicis One’s media agency brands, Starcom MediaVest and Optimedia, organised an ‘Awesome Media Camp’ inspired by the reality talent game show, “The Apprentice” for recent university graduates. The main focus of the camp was to

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Andreas

Plugging the talent gap in media

(Marketingmagazine.com.my) – By Malati Siniah The media industry is becoming more specialised, with new jobs being created as quickly as Google changes its algorithm or Facebook getting its latest update. Agencies need to keep their finger on the pulse of academic institutions to attract fresh graduates with the right skills

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Seelan Paul

The Radio Story: Making Waves On Air!

(Marketingmagazine.com.my) – At 40-something, he sits at the helm of a growing network of radio stations that have won their fair share of listeners. Seelan himself began his career as an “announcer” – a term that has been resurrected of late – no longer do you have DJs – Why? Because

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Media Prima

More Than Just TV: Media Prima Ups The Ante

(Marketingmagazine.com.my) – The leading fully integrated media company in the country, Media Prima has more good news for its audiences and clients. Media Prima Television Networks (MPTN) has announced a whole host of new content and initiatives aimed at ensuring its leadership status in all genres, including the lucrative Chinese and

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Razali

New Chief Executive Officer, MEDIA PRIMA DIGITAL Appointed

(Marketingmagazine.com.my) – Media Prima Berhad, Malaysia’s largest integrated media group announced the appointment of Rafiq Razali as the Chief Executive Officer of Media Prima Digital (“MPD”). He assumes his role effective 15 April 2016. The 31 year old Rafiq, holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Actuarial Science from

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