Nic Haralambous joins M&G Online

As Nic just announced on his blog, he will be joining our team as the business manager for mobile and recruitment in two weeks time.

We are all very excited to bring someone with Nic’s insight into the online media industry onto our team and are looking forward to his energy and enthusiasm. Nic and I worked together on our ill-fated Flamebait podcast last year and, if that’s anything to go by, crazy fun times are in store for us.

It also means that the M&G Online will be investing more time in developing its mobile properties and readership. As it is, we develop a mobile version of every site we launch and they have proven relatively successful, especially for people who want to get their dose of Thought Leader during traffic jams.

Nic is also influential in the social media space in South Africa, was a founder of the technology blog Nudjit and SA Rocks, and has a keen sense for trends in our space. Nic will be blogging about his work and his time at the M&G Online so watch his blog for updates and impressions.

Ancient and murky archaological discovery names the dreaded A-list

This week, again, there has been mention of an elusive, secretive, closed group of A-listers who are either made out of lizards or who own more than half the world’s natural resources. They use these various attributes to their favour by controlling the South African blogosphere. But a document has fallen into my hands, via dark and mysterious means, and it lists… you guessed it… the A-List. Herewith the list’s contents:

The Order of the Conference
[those who secretly control public gatherings]

• Paul Jacobson
• Mike Stopforth
• Dave Duarte

The Order of the Green Note
[those who secretly know about money]

• Vinny Lingham
• Eric Edelstein
• Eve D
• Doug Vining

The Order of the Megafone
[those who gracefuly take on the role of the public commentator]

• Nic Haralambous

The Order of the Lightbulb
[those who invent things but generally should stay out of the light]

• Justin Hartman
• Vincent Maher

The Young Strategists Circle
[those who have decided they will be great one day]

• Adii
• Tyler Reed
• Rafiq

The Media Barons
[those who control the flow of information]

• Simone Puterman
• Matthew Buckland
• Colin Daniels

There was a postscript to the document saying that there are others who have not been named and that shall when people begin posting comments.

[UPDATE: this post is now a Wiki, go wild]