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Your quick check-in on the Australian media trade press
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Headline Numbers
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⭐️ 5%: Amount of advertisers’ emissions attributable to advertising
⭐️ 6.51%: Out Of Home revenue increase H1 2026
⭐️ $38,400,000: The dollar impact of brand safety issues on ARN’s business
⭐️ $200,000,000,000: The amount of adspend expected on retail media globally this year
⭐️ 13%: The share of AI leadership roles held by women despite salaries more than doubling
Beyond Adland
Hot This Week: By Category
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What the media industry in Australia is talking about today
Agencies & HoldCos
- ENIGMA: Enigma & Mobile Munster Win $500K In Ad Inventory From SBS’ Media Sustainability Challenge (B&T)
- MOBILE MUNSTER: Enigma & Mobile Munster Win $500K In Ad Inventory From SBS’ Media Sustainability Challenge (B&T)
- SEEKER AGENCY: Seeker Agency Hires Emma Labinski As New Creative Director & Opens Sydney Office (B&T)
Companies & Advertisers
- EDINBURGH CASTLE ROCKERS: Posca Hydrate partners with Edinburgh Castle Rockers for European T20 premier league (Mi3)
- POSCA HYDRATE: Posca Hydrate partners with Edinburgh Castle Rockers for European T20 premier league (Mi3)
- POSCA HYDRATE: Posca Hydrate Takes A Swing At Inaugural European T20 Competition (B&T)
- SPRITE: Sprite jumps into multi-year NBL and WNBL partnership (Mi3)
- TELSTRA: Aussie Eyeballs Glued To Taylor Swift, Telstra Outage & EVs In July (B&T)
Industry & General Topics
- AI: AI Visibility May Be Real But The Measurement Still Isn’t (B&T)
- IMAA: IMAA Launches Digital Resource To Connect Freelancers To Indies (B&T)
- IMAA: IMAA opens senior talent pipeline to indie agencies (mediaweek)
Media Owners & Content
- BODY+SOUL: Body+Soul Kicks Off Four-Week Editorial Campaign For Annual Sex Census (B&T)
- DAILY TELEGRAPH: Daily Telegraph editor Ben English on why the Bush Summit matters (mediaweek)
- NINE: Nine price falls as investors reverse Wednesday’s results bounce (Mumbrella)
- SBS: Enigma & Mobile Munster Win $500K In Ad Inventory From SBS’ Media Sustainability Challenge (B&T)
- WESTFIELD: Westfield unveils ‘World of Wins’ gamified experience for app users (Mi3)
- WIN TELEVISION: WIN Television breaches captioning record-keeping rules (mediaweek)
People & Personalities
- BEN ENGLISH: Daily Telegraph editor Ben English on why the Bush Summit matters (mediaweek)
- EMMA LABINSKI: Seeker Agency Hires Emma Labinski As New Creative Director & Opens Sydney Office (B&T)
- LINDSAY CLANCY: Reporter at Lindsay Clancy murder trial fired for smile in court: ‘Dad told me to’ (mediaweek)
- TAYLOR SWIFT: Aussie Eyeballs Glued To Taylor Swift, Telstra Outage & EVs In July (B&T)
Updated: Fri 28 Aug 2026, 10:30 am
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