Agencies & HoldCos
- AKQA: AKQA appoints two to client service leadership (AdNews)
- CREATIVITY&COMMERCE: Movember ‘Don’t let an old myth put you in this position’ via CREATIVITY&COMMERCE (AdNews)
- EDGE: EDGE bets on strategy in five-person leadership shake-up (mediaweek)
- HERD MSL: Herd MSL turns NESCAFÉ’s feed into a conversation starter (mediaweek)
- HOWATSON+CO: Howatson+Company names Richard Shaw CCO (mediaweek)
- HOWATSON+CO: Howatson+Company taps Richard Shaw as chief creative officer (Mi3)
- HOWATSON+CO: Richard Shaw promoted to chief creative officer at Howatson+Company (AdNews)
- INVNT: INVNT delivers Xero’s Xerocon events in London and Denver (mediaweek)
- NUNN MEDIA: Nunn Media wins Australian Unity pitch (AdNews)
- OMNICOM: Omnicom Ends Weber Shandwick Affiliate Arrangement, Outgoing Bosses Launch New Agency VOCAL (B&T)
- OMNICOM: Omnicom Media loses finance brands Vanguard and Australian Unity to independents (Mumbrella)
- Q AGENCY: Industry Profile: Michael Noone at Q Agency (AdNews)
- SUPERMASSIVE: Supermassive wins XPENG pitch (AdNews)
- SUPERMASSIVE: XPENG hands Supermassive the keys to ANZ creative (mediaweek)
- VANGUARD: Omnicom Media loses finance brands Vanguard and Australian Unity to independents (Mumbrella)
- VOCAL: Omnicom Ends Weber Shandwick Affiliate Arrangement, Outgoing Bosses Launch New Agency VOCAL (B&T)
- WEBER SHANDWICK: Omnicom Ends Weber Shandwick Affiliate Arrangement, Outgoing Bosses Launch New Agency VOCAL (B&T)
Companies & Advertisers
- AUSTRALIAN UNITY: Nunn Media wins Australian Unity pitch (AdNews)
- AUSTRALIAN UNITY: Omnicom Media loses finance brands Vanguard and Australian Unity to independents (Mumbrella)
- GUZMAN Y GOMEZ: Guzman y Gomez goes ‘All In’ to showcase ‘built from scratch’ food quality (Mi3)
- GUZMAN Y GOMEZ: Guzman y Gomez Serves Up First Campaign ‘All In’ Under New CMO Claire West (B&T)
- MOVEMBER: Movember ‘Don’t let an old myth put you in this position’ via CREATIVITY&COMMERCE (AdNews)
- MOVEMBER: Movember Dispels Finger-Up-Bum Myth In New Prostate Cancer Campaign (B&T)
- NESCAFÉ: Ask Over a Nescafé’ influencer campaign launches (Mi3)
- NESCAFÉ: Herd MSL turns NESCAFÉ’s feed into a conversation starter (mediaweek)
- NESPRESSO: Nespresso Australia pops ‘Cloud World’ activation in Sydney and Auckland (Mi3)
- STELLANTIS: Stellantis Global CMO Olivier François Steps Down After 18 Years In The Role (B&T)
- THE BOTTLE-O: News Australia and The Bottle-O launch ‘Match with Mates’ campaign targets young sports fans (Mi3)
- THE BOTTLE-O: News Australia and The Bottle-O launch Match with Mates campaign (mediaweek)
- XERO: INVNT delivers Xero’s Xerocon events in London and Denver (mediaweek)
- XPENG: Supermassive wins XPENG pitch (AdNews)
- XPENG: XPENG hands Supermassive the keys to ANZ creative (mediaweek)
Industry & General Topics
- DRUMBEAT: Martech Drumbeat raises seed money (AdNews)
- MEDIA AGENCIES: NSW saved $100 million by using only one media agency instead of five (AdNews)
- NSW: NSW saved $100 million by using only one media agency instead of five (AdNews)
- PRIVACY: “Most significant overhaul of Australian privacy law in more than a decade”: Fair and reasonable test, strengthened consent, direct marketing and data trading arrive in new privacy reform (Mi3)
- RADIO: Commercial radio reaches 12.8 million metro listeners weekly (AdNews)
- RADIO: Radio ratings: Nothing stupid about Sydney’s Smooth-brain (Mumbrella)
- SOCIAL MEDIA: ‘Treating A Symptom Rather Than The Disease’: Industry Weighs Pros & Cons Of Proposed Social Media Algorithm Opt-In Law (B&T)
- TV RATINGS: TV Ratings (31/08/2026): The Block’s Building Pressure Boils Over In Ambulance Drama (B&T)
Media Owners & Content
- 2DAY: Sydney Radio Ratings 2026 Survey 5: 2Day breakfast surges as ARN’s Sydney slide deepens (mediaweek)
- 3AW: Fifth Radio Ratings: 3AW rules (AdNews)
- 3AW: Radio Ratings: Smooth Tops Sydney, 3AW Wins Melbourne (B&T)
- AMAZON: Amazon faces lawsuit over accusation it manipulates auctions to force up ad prices (Mumbrella)
- AMAZON: Amazon Hit With Major Lawsuit After Allegedly Misleading Advertisers ‘Into Paying Significantly Higher Prices’ (B&T)
- ARN: Sydney Radio Ratings 2026 Survey 5: 2Day breakfast surges as ARN’s Sydney slide deepens (mediaweek)
- ATN: Tapt Media Partners With Atn To Rev Up Traffic & Sponsorship (B&T)
- GOOGLE: ChatGPT advertising hits $US1 billion in annualised revenue (AdNews)
- JCDECAUX: WeThinkMedia appointed Australian sales rep for JCDecaux NZ (AdNews)
- KAYO: 2026 AFL most watched season on Kayo SPORTS (AdNews)
- KAYO: Kayo Sports clocks record AFL season as fans stream 8.4 billion minutes (Mi3)
- NEWS CORP: News Australia and The Bottle-O launch Match with Mates campaign (mediaweek)
- NINE: QMS delivers for Nine (AdNews)
- OOH!MEDIA: Brands risk long recovery by halting summer advertising, oOh!media suggests (Mi3)
- OOH!MEDIA: Brands that go dark over summer take twice as long to recover, oOh!media reveals (mediaweek)
- OOH!MEDIA: oOh!media: Brands that go dark over summer take twice as long to recover (AdNews)
- OPENAI: ChatGPT Ads Surpasses $1.4B In Annualised Revenue Run Rate, ANZ Brands See Effective Top Of Funnel Engagement (B&T)
- OPENAI: ChatGPT advertising hits $US1 billion in annualised revenue (AdNews)
- OPENAI: ChatGPT hits $1b advertising landmark (Mumbrella)
- OPENAI: OpenAI’s ChatGPT ads reach $US1 billion in annualised revenue run rate (Mi3)
- QMS: QMS delivers for Nine (AdNews)
- SBS: From couch to community to counter: SBS wants to be more than a broadcaster in 2027 (mediaweek)
- SBS: Grocceries, Cars & Clothes: SBS Study Charts The Everyday Inheritance (B&T)
- SBS: SBS Upfront: Census Explorer returns (AdNews)
- TAPT MEDIA: Tapt Media Partners With Atn To Rev Up Traffic & Sponsorship (B&T)
- THE AUSTRALIAN: Press Council finds The Australian breached standards over report on six-year-old (mediaweek)
- TIKTOK: TikTok launches AUNZ Agency Awards honouring creative excellence, business growth (Mi3)
- WETHINKMEDIA: WeThinkMedia appointed Australian sales rep for JCDecaux NZ (AdNews)
People & Personalities
- ALAN JONES: Ray Hadley expected to be star witness at Alan Jones trial (mediaweek)
- ANNA WINTOUR: Anna Wintour defends ‘antisemite’ John Galliano for withdrawal from Met tribute (mediaweek)
- CLAIRE WEST: Guzman y Gomez Serves Up First Campaign ‘All In’ Under New CMO Claire West (B&T)
- DUANE ‘KEFFE D’ DAVIS: Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis found guilty of Tupac Shakur murder (mediaweek)
- JOHN CROLL: We’re back’: Media monitoring veteran John Croll brings Truescope to Oz (Mumbrella)
- JOHN GALLIANO: Anna Wintour defends ‘antisemite’ John Galliano for withdrawal from Met tribute (mediaweek)
- JON EVANS: Jon Evans Goes Backstage To Answer The Questions We Couldn’t Fit In at Cairns Crocs (B&T)
- MICHAEL NOONE: Industry Profile: Michael Noone at Q Agency (AdNews)
- OLIVIER FRANÇOIS: Stellantis Global CMO Olivier François Steps Down After 18 Years In The Role (B&T)
- RAY HADLEY: Ray Hadley expected to be star witness at Alan Jones trial (mediaweek)
- RICHARD SHAW: Howatson+Company names Richard Shaw CCO (mediaweek)
- RICHARD SHAW: Howatson+Company taps Richard Shaw as chief creative officer (Mi3)
- RICHARD SHAW: Richard Shaw promoted to chief creative officer at Howatson+Company (AdNews)
- TUPAC SHAKUR: Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis found guilty of Tupac Shakur murder (mediaweek)
- VANESSA LIELL: Woman of The Year Vanessa Liell Acknowledges Support Of Mothers In Industry But Admits There’s ‘So Much Further To Go’ (B&T)