By Gideon Spanier Haymarket Media Group has acquired Marketing Week, Creative Review and Festival of Marketing from Centaur Media. The M&A deal strengthens Haymarket Media Group’s market-leading position in the marcomms sector as the company already owns titles including Campaign, PRWeek, Performance Marketing World and newly launched In.Comms. Kevin Costello,
A RM5 Million Deal with Big Ambitions In a move that signals the growing stakes in Malaysia’s outdoor advertising business, Seni Jaya Corporation Berhad has announced the acquisition of Ganad Media Sdn. Bhd., a long-standing name in the nation’s billboard landscape. The deal—valued at RM 5 million—will see Seni Jaya
How should Malaysia draw the line on online harms, AI-generated content, child safety, and influencer responsibility? The Communications and Multimedia Content Forum of Malaysia (Content Forum) are inviting the public and industry players to help answer these questions as it launches a nationwide consultation on proposed revisions to the Malaysian
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has drawn a clear line in the sand for the nation’s creative industry, reinforcing strict employment regulations and warning businesses against hiring foreign freelancers without proper work authorization. In a joint statement with the Visual, Audio, Creative Content Professionals Association (Vicpa) on September 11, the
By The Malketeer Malaysia’s advertising and film worlds love to brag about “local stories with global appeal.” But few stories actually carry the horsepower to deliver. One that does belongs to rallying professional Karamjit Singh — the “Flying Sikh” — whose name still makes motorsport fans sit up. Astro Shaw
Marketing became a science. We chased clicks. We fed the algorithm. And somewhere along the way, we forgot the people. Culture was pushed to the sidelines unless it came neatly packaged with metrics. We optimised for dashboards instead of dialogue. We spoke in CTRs and CPMs, not in stories and
By Srikanth Ramachandran, Founder & CEO of Moving Walls Group For decades, out-of-home (OOH) advertising was defined by its hyperlocal roots. Media owners were specialists, sometimes in a single city, a single format, or even a single location like an airport or train station. The business was built brick by
Media Prima Audio (MPA), home to Malaysia’s No. 1 radio station, is transforming the way it operates, not just through its content, but in the very environment where that content is created. While much has been said about its shift toward digital-first, brand-safe broadcasting, one behind-the-scenes change has been making
By The Malketeer If the whispers around Shah Alam prove true, Sinar Harian may soon stop rolling off the presses. Sources suggest the Malay-language daily will first scrap its weekend editions before eventually phasing out weekday circulation entirely. The plan: run as a digital-only news portal, trimming both costs and
By The Malketeer When global audiences think of animation as cultural export, Japanese anime or Korean webtoons often come to mind. Yet quietly, and with growing confidence, Malaysia has been building its own animated universe—one rooted in village life, multicultural harmony, and universal values—now resonating across continents. According to a
