What the media industry in Australia has been talking about over the last four days

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Agencies

  • Atomic 212°: Atomic 212’s Joe Stevens Hops To Match & Wood ➡️
  • Atomic 212°: Atomic 212°’s Joe Stevens jumps to Match & Wood ➡️
  • Bastion: Bastion strengthens media offering with new executive media director appointment ➡️
  • Bastion: Kellanova moves media from Bastion back to Zenith ➡️
  • Bastion: Movers & Shakers; WPP, Bastion, Stan, Southern Cross Media, Anthropic ➡️
  • Bastion: PHD’s Joanna Barnes jumps to Bastion ➡️
  • BRING: Pandora launches Peach PRC charm edit with BRING ➡️
  • Common Ventures: Breville celebrates the luxury of morning coffee in Common Ventures campaign ➡️
  • Content CliQ: The Social CliQ merges Content CliQ as Isabella Biffi steps into GM role ➡️
  • Content CliQ: The Social CliQ merges with The Content CliQ, appoints group GM ➡️
  • Emotive: ‘Creatives become creators’: Emotive’s Simon Joyce on the agency’s new production arm ➡️
  • Emotive: ‘We’ll never sell this business:’ Emotive launches Emotive Productions ➡️
  • Emotive: Emotive spins off production arm into standalone business ➡️
  • Hatched: Former IPG Mediabrands CEO Mark Coad joins Hatched ➡️
  • Havas: Industry Profile: Nick Smith at Havas PLAY ➡️
  • Havas: Young Guns: Bably Negi at Havas ➡️
  • IPG Mediabrands: Former IPG Mediabrands CEO Mark Coad joins Hatched ➡️
  • Jack Nimble: Jack Nimble announces leadership changes amid new client wins ➡️
  • Jack Nimble: Jack Nimble bolsters leadership with two appointments ➡️
  • Jack Nimble: Jack Nimble strengthens leadership team amid growth and Samsung win ➡️
  • LG Ad Solutions: LG Ad Solutions and Teads renew exclusive CTV partnership across APAC and Europe ➡️
  • Manifest: AI-Based Agency Operations Platform Startup Manifest Raises $2M ➡️
  • Manifest: Manifest raises $2 million for agency workflow platform ➡️
  • Match & Wood: Atomic 212’s Joe Stevens Hops To Match & Wood ➡️
  • Match & Wood: Atomic 212°’s Joe Stevens jumps to Match & Wood ➡️
  • Momentum Worldwide: Momentum Worldwide lands SAP experiential brief in Australia ➡️
  • Omnicom: Omnicom has already used AI to buy media for a real client ➡️
  • Omnicom: Omnicom hits growth curve with deep cost cutting on track ➡️
  • Omnicom: Omnicom reports 3.9% organic growth in Q1 2026, post-IPG acquisition ➡️
  • Omnicom: Omnicom reports A$8.7 billion March quarter ➡️
  • Omnicom: Omnicom Revenue Grows 6.7%, Continues Plotting Sales ➡️
  • Omnicom: Omnicom’s brutal decision-making to sell agencies ➡️
  • Omnicom: WPP Australia falls for sixth straight quarter as Omnicom posts solid growth ➡️
  • PHD: PHD’s Joanna Barnes jumps to Bastion ➡️
  • PQ Media: PQ Media:Global consumer media spending to grow 3.7% in 2026 ➡️
  • R/GA: R/GA celebrates 50 years with new book and AI innovation ➡️
  • R/GA: R/GA charts 50 years of innovation with new book release ➡️
  • R/GA: R/GA launches book ➡️
  • R/GA: R/GA Releases Book Chronicling Its 50 Years Of Creativity, Technology & Brand Innovation ➡️
  • Roller: Roller & Visual Domain Help Milwaukee Tool Nail Its ‘Forever For The Trade’ Campaign ➡️
  • RUN Aotearoa: Marshall Islands Appoints RUN Aotearoa To Lead Global Tourism Rebrand ➡️
  • SICKDOGWOLFMAN: The Push rebrands for 40 year anniversary via SICKDOGWOLFMAN ➡️
  • Snack Drawer: Snack Drawer turns Yo-Chi’s water decision into a $355k cultural moment ➡️
  • Snack Drawer: Yo-Chi ‘Bottle Battle’ via Snack Drawer ➡️
  • Tag: Fresho appoints TAG for digital advertising and creative strategy ➡️
  • Tag: Fresho appoints TAG to drive global digital growth ➡️
  • Tag: TAG wins Fresho creative and digital account ➡️
  • Teads: LG Ad Solutions and Teads renew exclusive CTV partnership across APAC and Europe ➡️
  • The Social CliQ: The Social CliQ merges Content CliQ as Isabella Biffi steps into GM role ➡️
  • The Social CliQ: The Social CliQ Merges Its Content Agency & Appoints Isabella Biffi To Look After The Unified Group ➡️
  • The Social CliQ: The Social CliQ merges with The Content CliQ, appoints group GM ➡️
  • Time Under Tension: ACA launches AI Academy with Time Under Tension ➡️
  • Time Under Tension: Ad Council Launches ‘AI Academy’ With Time Under Tension ➡️
  • Underdog Studio: Ex-VML CEO launches Underdog Studio ➡️
  • Underdog Studio: Underdog Studio launches in Sydney, targeting high-growth businesses with AI-powered model ➡️
  • Visual Domain: Roller & Visual Domain Help Milwaukee Tool Nail Its ‘Forever For The Trade’ Campaign ➡️
  • Visual Domain: Visual Domain scales production for Milwaukee Tool campaign ➡️
  • VML: Ex-VML CEO launches Underdog Studio ➡️
  • Weave: Grada ‘Midnight Decaf’ via Weave ➡️
  • WPP: Movers & Shakers; WPP, Bastion, Stan, Southern Cross Media, Anthropic ➡️
  • WPP: QMS and WPP Media executives elected co-chairs of IAB Australia DOOH Council ➡️
  • WPP: QMS and WPP Media executives named co-chairs of IAB Australia DOOH Council ➡️
  • WPP: QMS’s Micheal Whiteside & WPP Media’s Jacqueline Ingram Join IAB Australia’s DOOH Council ➡️
  • WPP: WPP appoints Peter Agnefjäll to its board of directors ➡️
  • WPP: WPP Australia falls for sixth straight quarter as Omnicom posts solid growth ➡️
  • WPP: WPP reports decline in Q1 2026 revenue amid strategic shifts and new appointments ➡️
  • WPP: WPP revenue falls as Elevate28 push continues ➡️
  • WPP: WPP revenue slides again but momentum ‘encouraging’ ➡️
  • WPP: WPP secures global creative and production business for Henkel consumer brands ➡️
  • WPP: WPP wins global creative pitch for Henkel Consumer Brands ➡️
  • Zenith: Kellanova moves media from Bastion back to Zenith ➡️

Companies

  • AFL: TV Ratings (30/4/2026): Women’s State Of Origin Edges AFL In Thursday Night Code Clash ➡️
  • Agro: Agro ice cream returns as KIIS 97.3 honours Jamie Dunn’s legacy ➡️
  • AI Tech: Meta’s Average Ad Cost & Profit Surges As Investment In AI Tech Soars ➡️
  • Aigentsphere: Aigentsphere raises $4m to tackle ‘agent sprawl’ as enterprises scramble for control over AI systems ➡️
  • Alphabet: Alphabet’s blowout quarter hides a split story: core ads and cloud power ahead, but $US37.7bn in unrealised gains reshape the AI earnings narrative ➡️
  • Ancestry: EXCLUSIVE: Ancestry CMO reveals the secrets behind new celebrity campaign ➡️
  • Anthropic: Anthropic opens in Sydney and appoints Theo Hourmouzis GM ➡️
  • Anthropic: Movers & Shakers; WPP, Bastion, Stan, Southern Cross Media, Anthropic ➡️
  • ANZ: ‘AI is driving growth’: Meta ANZ flags local upside as Q1 revenue jumps 33% ➡️
  • ATO: Lachlan Murdoch sets aside millions to settle ATO’s Nova Radio probe ➡️
  • Block: Kitchen Warehouse Helps Aussies ‘REMUMBER’ Mother’s Day Via Block ➡️
  • Breville: Breville celebrates the luxury of morning coffee in Common Ventures campaign ➡️
  • Breville: Breville turns daily coffee ritual into global platform with ‘Millions of Mornings’ ➡️
  • Breville: Breville’s ‘Millions of Mornings’ campaign highlights global coffee rituals ➡️
  • Cloudflare: Cloudflare report highlights rising global internet disruptions in q1 2026 ➡️
  • Coca-Cola: Coca-Cola inks multi-year NRL deal ➡️
  • Coca-Cola: Coca-Cola partners with NRL in three-year sponsorship deal ➡️
  • Coca-Cola: Coca-Cola Returns To The NRL ➡️
  • CUB: Craig Laundy wants to tap Tabcorp, CUB, Lion to boost new radio empire ➡️
  • Dettol: Reader’s Digest: Dettol tops trusted brands survey ➡️
  • Fresho: Fresho appoints TAG for digital advertising and creative strategy ➡️
  • Fresho: Fresho appoints TAG to drive global digital growth ➡️
  • Fresho: TAG wins Fresho creative and digital account ➡️
  • Futureproof: Futureproof launches ‘The Future Brief’ for real-time youth insights ➡️
  • GenAI: ‘Don’t Let Your Roots Become Machine Driven’: SAS GenAI Leader Warns Overusing AI Is ‘Stunting Creativity’ ➡️
  • GIO: Spotlight On Sponsors: Hours Out From State Of Origin GIO Goes ‘Blue For The Blues’ ➡️
  • Grada: Grada ‘Midnight Decaf’ via Weave ➡️
  • Heineken: Heineken Names Serena Williams As Global Brand Ambassador ➡️
  • Henkel: WPP secures global creative and production business for Henkel consumer brands ➡️
  • Henkel: WPP wins global creative pitch for Henkel Consumer Brands ➡️
  • Hnry: Thong slap leads to Hnry ad ban ➡️
  • Honda: Honda Australia invites drivers to ‘dream again’ ➡️
  • Kellanova: Kellanova moves media from Bastion back to Zenith ➡️
  • Kitchen Warehouse: Kitchen Warehouse Helps Aussies ‘REMUMBER’ Mother’s Day Via Block ➡️
  • Laundy Family Office: Tapt Media launches as Laundy Family Office completes Nine acquisition ➡️
  • Lion: Craig Laundy wants to tap Tabcorp, CUB, Lion to boost new radio empire ➡️
  • Marshall Islands: Marshall Islands Appoints RUN Aotearoa To Lead Global Tourism Rebrand ➡️
  • Matchroom Boxing: Kayo Sports celebrates Matchroom Boxing partnership at Melbourne launch ➡️
  • MCRI: Sarah Murdoch Fronts WISH Impact Issue Celebrating 40 Years Of MCRI Breakthroughs ➡️
  • Melbourne Football Club: Stan’s Dan Taylor exits to become Melbourne Football Club CEO ➡️
  • Milwaukee Tool: Milwaukee Tool debuts ambitious ‘Forever For The Trade’ campaign ➡️
  • Milwaukee Tool: Roller & Visual Domain Help Milwaukee Tool Nail Its ‘Forever For The Trade’ Campaign ➡️
  • Milwaukee Tool: Visual Domain scales production for Milwaukee Tool campaign ➡️
  • Nespresso: Nespresso unveils ‘Vertuo World’ with immersive campaign at Sydney’s Pitt Street mall ➡️
  • Nespresso: VMO brings Nespresso’s ‘Vertuo World’ to life ➡️
  • Next Gen Farmers: Next gen farmers are the new marketing challenge ➡️
  • NRL: Coca-Cola inks multi-year NRL deal ➡️
  • NRL: Coca-Cola partners with NRL in three-year sponsorship deal ➡️
  • Pacific Equity Partners: Big day for Ooh as PEP bid lights a fire, Unmade Index rockets ➡️
  • Pacific Equity Partners: oOh!media and PEP sweat the fine print of $750m bid’s valuation ➡️
  • Pacific Equity Partners: oOh!media receives acquisition proposal from Pacific Equity Partners ➡️
  • Pacific Equity Partners: Pacific Equity Partners launches takeover bid for oOh! ➡️
  • Pacific Equity Partners: Private equity house PEP launches takeover bid for Ooh Media ➡️
  • Pacific Equity Partners: Rivals circle Pacific Equity Partners’ $750m oOh!media bid ➡️
  • Pandora: Pandora launches Peach PRC charm edit with BRING ➡️
  • Poppet: ‘I Could Hardly Breathe’: Poppet’s Nat Taylor Recalls Emotional Win As B&T’s Women In Media Awards Returns! ➡️
  • Private Equity: Private equity lobs $750m bid for outdoor advertising giant oOh!media ➡️
  • Samsung: Jack Nimble strengthens leadership team amid growth and Samsung win ➡️
  • SAP: Momentum Worldwide lands SAP experiential brief in Australia ➡️
  • SAS: ‘Don’t Let Your Roots Become Machine Driven’: SAS GenAI Leader Warns Overusing AI Is ‘Stunting Creativity’ ➡️
  • SAS: How SAS AI Navigator Is Putting Marketers In Control Of ‘High Risk’ AI-Driven Campaigns ➡️
  • SAS: SAS Upgrades Data Platform To Strengthen AI Foundations Behind Marketing Systems ➡️
  • Specsavers: Specsavers Takes 95 Metre Billboard To Target Whether Aussies Are Long Or Short Sighted ➡️
  • Specsavers: Specsavers turns Australia’s longest street poster into a vision test ➡️
  • Specsavers: Specsavers unveils humorous OOH campaign on Australia’s longest street poster site ➡️
  • Spotminders: She’s my wife, not a piece of checked luggage’: Spotminders ‘wife-tracking’ ad slammed by Ad Standards ➡️
  • Spotminders: Spotminders ad breach puts covert tracking in regulators’ sights ➡️
  • Streets Ice Cream: Streets launches first premium ice cream brand Australia for a decade ➡️
  • Tabcorp: Craig Laundy wants to tap Tabcorp, CUB, Lion to boost new radio empire ➡️
  • Tech Companies: Tech Companies Slam Albo’s New Bargaining Code Incentive ➡️
  • The Push: The Push rebrands for 40 year anniversary via SICKDOGWOLFMAN ➡️
  • Under Armour: Under Armour signs Finn Callaghan in AFL first ➡️
  • Volvo: Volvo tops Roy Morgan ‘Best of the Best’ with 96.5% satisfaction rating ➡️
  • Vue: Taika Waititi Directs An ‘Epic Love Letter’ For Vue’s New European Brand Campaign ➡️
  • Vue: Vue unveils ‘Feel it Forever’ brand film directed by taika waititi ➡️
  • Yo-Chi: Snack Drawer Turns Yo-Chi’s Free Water Into A $355K Loss Worth Celebrating ➡️
  • Yo-Chi: Snack Drawer turns Yo-Chi’s water decision into a $355k cultural moment ➡️
  • Yo-Chi: Yo-Chi ‘Bottle Battle’ via Snack Drawer ➡️

Industry

  • A Talking Chicken: We Created A Talking Chicken To Sell A Handbag (Spoiler: It Didn’t Work) ➡️
  • ACA: ACA launches AI Academy with Time Under Tension ➡️
  • Ad Council: Ad Council Launches ‘AI Academy’ With Time Under Tension ➡️
  • Ad Market: Australia’s ad market faces 5.2% decline in March 2026 bookings ➡️
  • Ad Standards: She’s my wife, not a piece of checked luggage’: Spotminders ‘wife-tracking’ ad slammed by Ad Standards ➡️
  • Advertising: TV Ratings (29/4/2026): How Advertising In The 80s Birthed The Bogan ➡️
  • Ageism: Industry heavyweights join Experience Advocacy Taskforce to tackle ageism ➡️
  • Ageism: The Experience Advocacy Taskforce appoints four ambassadors to tackle ageism ➡️
  • Agency Workflow Platform: Manifest raises $2 million for agency workflow platform ➡️
  • AI: ‘Don’t Let Your Roots Become Machine Driven’: SAS GenAI Leader Warns Overusing AI Is ‘Stunting Creativity’ ➡️
  • AI: ‘Your Brain Will Resist It’: Mel Robbins Challenges Marketers To Overcome Fear Of AI ➡️
  • AI: AI ‘lights up’ Google’s profit ➡️
  • AI: AI’s Impact is ‘Zero’? Yeah, Nah ➡️
  • AI: Alphabet’s blowout quarter hides a split story: core ads and cloud power ahead, but $US37.7bn in unrealised gains reshape the AI earnings narrative ➡️
  • AI: Click and you’ll miss it: AI search squeezes Australian media ➡️
  • AI: How AI is reshaping the CMO role ➡️
  • AI: How SAS AI Navigator Is Putting Marketers In Control Of ‘High Risk’ AI-Driven Campaigns ➡️
  • AI: Marketing targets more likely to be hit when combining AI with humans ➡️
  • AI: Meta revenue up by a third in an AI-powered leap ➡️
  • AI: Meta’s Average Ad Cost & Profit Surges As Investment In AI Tech Soars ➡️
  • AI: Meta’s profit surge exposes the AI-scaled ad engine, as tax tailwind lifts earnings ➡️
  • AI: Omnicom has already used AI to buy media for a real client ➡️
  • AI: SAS Upgrades Data Platform To Strengthen AI Foundations Behind Marketing Systems ➡️
  • AI: Underdog Studio launches in Sydney, targeting high-growth businesses with AI-powered model ➡️
  • AI Search: Click and you’ll miss it: AI search squeezes Australian media ➡️
  • AI-Driven Campaigns: SAS Launches AI Navigator To Help Marketing Teams Govern AI-Driven Campaigns ➡️
  • AI-Powered Model: Underdog Studio launches in Sydney, targeting high-growth businesses with AI-powered model ➡️
  • Australian Audio Awards: Industry comes together to judge inaugural Australian Audio Awards ➡️
  • Australian Businesses: Social media sales surge: 67% of Australian businesses now selling via platforms ➡️
  • Australian Media: Click and you’ll miss it: AI search squeezes Australian media ➡️
  • Biopic: Michael Jackson movie records second biggest biopic opening ➡️
  • Boomtown: Boomtown: Regional Australians spend outspend metro in key categories ➡️
  • CMO: How AI is reshaping the CMO role ➡️
  • Creative Testing: The startup bringing speed to creative testing ➡️
  • CTV: IAS drops a flashlight into the murky waters of CTV ➡️
  • DOOH: IAB Australia appoints new co-chairs for DooH Council ➡️
  • Global Consumer Media Spending: PQ Media:Global consumer media spending to grow 3.7% in 2026 ➡️
  • HR: HR influencer needed at the (former) home of Kyle and Jackie O ➡️
  • IAB: IAB Australia appoints new co-chairs for DooH Council ➡️
  • IAB: QMS and WPP Media executives elected co-chairs of IAB Australia DOOH Council ➡️
  • IAB: QMS and WPP Media executives named co-chairs of IAB Australia DOOH Council ➡️
  • IAB: QMS’s Micheal Whiteside & WPP Media’s Jacqueline Ingram Join IAB Australia’s DOOH Council ➡️
  • Industry: Industry comes together to judge inaugural Australian Audio Awards ➡️
  • Industry: Industry heavyweights join Experience Advocacy Taskforce to tackle ageism ➡️
  • Industry Heavyweights: Industry heavyweights join Experience Advocacy Taskforce to tackle ageism ➡️
  • Industry Profile: Industry Profile: Nick Smith at Havas PLAY ➡️
  • Internet Disruptions: Cloudflare report highlights rising global internet disruptions in q1 2026 ➡️
  • Journalism: If you want media coverage, start seeing stories through a journalist’s lens ➡️
  • Journalist: If you want media coverage, start seeing stories through a journalist’s lens ➡️
  • Kantar: Kantar: The campaigns that Australians remember are those that break patterns ➡️
  • Marketing Systems: SAS Upgrades Data Platform To Strengthen AI Foundations Behind Marketing Systems ➡️
  • Marketing Teams: SAS Launches AI Navigator To Help Marketing Teams Govern AI-Driven Campaigns ➡️
  • Media Coverage: If you want media coverage, start seeing stories through a journalist’s lens ➡️
  • Media Talent: How to be good media talent (and why it matters) ➡️
  • Mother’s Day: Kitchen Warehouse Helps Aussies ‘REMUMBER’ Mother’s Day Via Block ➡️
  • Mumbrella: 2026 Mumbrella Publish Awards are open, with updated criteria and new categories ➡️
  • News Bargaining Incentive: Country Press Australia calls for bipartisan support on News Bargaining Incentive legislation ➡️
  • News Bargaining Incentive: Independent publishers say News Bargain Incentive ‘does not address the underlying issues’ ➡️
  • News Bargaining Incentive: Tech giants say the News Bargaining Incentive is an unnecessary tax ➡️
  • News Bargaining Incentive: We asked a lawyer to break down what the News Bargaining Incentive really means ➡️
  • Out Of Home: Private equity lobs $750m bid for outdoor advertising giant oOh!media ➡️
  • OzTAM: OzTAM launches interactive Streamscape dashboard ➡️
  • OzTAM: OzTam unveils interactive streamscape dashboard with Q1 2026 data ➡️
  • OzTAM: OzTAM’s Streamscape Goes Interactive Unlocking More Flexible Insights ➡️
  • Pitch: The pitch is a lie (and we’re all in on it) ➡️
  • PR: If you want media coverage, start seeing stories through a journalist’s lens ➡️
  • Publish Awards: The 2026 Mumbrella Publish Awards are now open ➡️
  • Roy Morgan: Volvo tops Roy Morgan ‘Best of the Best’ with 96.5% satisfaction rating ➡️
  • SMI: SMI: March down 5.2% in ‘increasingly nervous’ advertising market ➡️
  • SMI: Social Overtakes Search As Advertising Market Down In March — SMI Figures ➡️
  • Social Media: Social Media Is On Trial, Can Adland Afford To Continue Funding Its Defence? ➡️
  • Social Media: Social media sales surge: 67% of Australian businesses now selling via platforms ➡️
  • Social Media: UK Set To Join Australia In Booting U16s Off Social Media ➡️
  • Stalkerware: Exposed database reveals ‘stalkerware’ targeting European celebrity ➡️
  • Startups: The startup bringing speed to creative testing ➡️
  • The Experience Advocacy Taskforce: Experience Advocacy Taskforce appoints industry leaders to combat ageism ➡️
  • The Experience Advocacy Taskforce: Industry heavyweights join Experience Advocacy Taskforce to tackle ageism ➡️
  • The Experience Advocacy Taskforce: The Experience Advocacy Taskforce appoints four ambassadors to tackle ageism ➡️

MediaOwners

  • ABC: ABC boss Hugh Marks says Bluey blunder was a $300m rights miss ➡️
  • ABC: Hugh Marks: The ABC will trade risk for speed and local IP ➡️
  • ABC: The ABC dominates SPA Awards ➡️
  • Amazon: Amazon advertising revenue grows 24% ➡️
  • Amazon: Amazon Australia advertising sales surge 60% ➡️
  • Amazon: Amazon’s advertising revenue in Australia surges by 62% amidst retail expansion ➡️
  • B&T: ‘I Could Hardly Breathe’: Poppet’s Nat Taylor Recalls Emotional Win As B&T’s Women In Media Awards Returns! ➡️
  • Bluey: ABC boss Hugh Marks says Bluey blunder was a $300m rights miss ➡️
  • Cosmopolitan: Failed Cosmopolitan Australia publisher KK Press has claims of $1 million ➡️
  • Country Press Australia: Country Press Australia calls for bipartisan support on News Bargaining Incentive legislation ➡️
  • EXIT Films: Exit films signs Director Olivia Altavilla, known for emotional storytelling ➡️
  • Facebook: Facebook’s advertising revenue in Australia up 16% ➡️
  • Facebook: Spotminders ad breach puts covert tracking in regulators’ sights ➡️
  • Google: AI ‘lights up’ Google’s profit ➡️
  • Hightouch: Hightouch secures $US150 million in Series D Funding, valuation hits $2.75 billion ➡️
  • HOYTS: HOYTS and IMAX crack record deal to expand footprint across ANZ ➡️
  • HOYTS: Hoyts and IMAX to nearly double cinemas in ANZ ➡️
  • HOYTS: IMAX & HOYTS Expand Partnership To Rollout New Cinemas Across ANZ ➡️
  • IAS: IAS drops a flashlight into the murky waters of CTV ➡️
  • IMAX: HOYTS and IMAX crack record deal to expand footprint across ANZ ➡️
  • IMAX: Hoyts and IMAX to nearly double cinemas in ANZ ➡️
  • IMAX: IMAX & HOYTS Expand Partnership To Rollout New Cinemas Across ANZ ➡️
  • Impact.com: Rakuten & Impact.com Form Alliance To Focus On The Future Of Affiliate & Performance Marketing ➡️
  • Kayo Sports: Kayo Sports celebrates Matchroom Boxing partnership at Melbourne launch ➡️
  • KIIS: Agro ice cream returns as KIIS 97.3 honours Jamie Dunn’s legacy ➡️
  • KK Press: Failed Cosmopolitan Australia publisher KK Press has claims of $1 million ➡️
  • LinkedIn: The prime minister’s LinkedIn hypocrisy ➡️
  • Magnite: Magnite launches AI-powered buyer agent ➡️
  • Media Companies: Media companies unite behind News Bargaining Incentive as draft legislation opens for consultation ➡️
  • Meta: ‘AI is driving growth’: Meta ANZ flags local upside as Q1 revenue jumps 33% ➡️
  • Meta: Meta revenue up by a third in an AI-powered leap ➡️
  • Meta: Meta’s Average Ad Cost & Profit Surges As Investment In AI Tech Soars ➡️
  • Meta: Meta’s profit surge exposes the AI-scaled ad engine, as tax tailwind lifts earnings ➡️
  • Michael Jackson Movie: Michael Jackson movie records second biggest biopic opening ➡️
  • Mumbrella: 2026 Mumbrella Publish Awards are open, with updated criteria and new categories ➡️
  • Nine: Nine completes sale of radio network ➡️
  • Nine: Nine Network unveils plan to make TV news better, faster (and cheaper) ➡️
  • Nine: Nine Simplifies & Streamlines TV News Operation With 20 Jobs To Go ➡️
  • Nine: Nine slashes newsroom roles: 20 jobs cut as part of ‘Future News’ overhaul ➡️
  • Nine: Ooh continues to gain ground, Nine completes sale of radio business ➡️
  • Nine: Tapt Media launches as Laundy Family Office completes Nine acquisition ➡️
  • Nine: Tapt Media Officially Launches As Nine Radio Acquisition Completes ➡️
  • Nova: Lachlan Murdoch sets aside millions to settle ATO’s Nova Radio probe ➡️
  • oOh!media: Big day for Ooh as PEP bid lights a fire, Unmade Index rockets ➡️
  • oOh!media: Ooh continues to gain ground, Nine completes sale of radio business ➡️
  • oOh!media: oOh!media and PEP sweat the fine print of $750m bid’s valuation ➡️
  • oOh!media: oOh!media receives acquisition proposal from Pacific Equity Partners ➡️
  • oOh!media: oOh!Media Set For Valuation Battle Following $750M PE Takeover Bid ➡️
  • oOh!media: Pacific Equity Partners launches takeover bid for oOh! ➡️
  • oOh!media: Private equity firm makes $747m play for oOh!media ➡️
  • oOh!media: Private equity house PEP launches takeover bid for Ooh Media ➡️
  • oOh!media: Private equity lobs $750m bid for outdoor advertising giant oOh!media ➡️
  • oOh!media: Rivals circle Pacific Equity Partners’ $750m oOh!media bid ➡️
  • oOh!media: SCA picks up the slack as Ooh Media’s charge up the ASX eases ➡️
  • oOh!media: The ‘opportunistic’ takeover bid for oOh! ➡️
  • Pinterest: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue? Pinterest Reveals Rising Wedding Trends & Stunning Real-Life Wedding Activation ➡️
  • QMS: QMS and WPP Media executives elected co-chairs of IAB Australia DOOH Council ➡️
  • QMS: QMS and WPP Media executives named co-chairs of IAB Australia DOOH Council ➡️
  • QMS: QMS’s Micheal Whiteside & WPP Media’s Jacqueline Ingram Join IAB Australia’s DOOH Council ➡️
  • Rakuten: Rakuten & Impact.com Form Alliance To Focus On The Future Of Affiliate & Performance Marketing ➡️
  • Reader’s Digest: Reader’s Digest: Dettol tops trusted brands survey ➡️
  • Reader’s Digest: Reader’s Digest drops Australia’s Trusted Brands winners for 2026 ➡️
  • Readly: New owner of digital subs platform Readly says it has bigger ambitions for Australia ➡️
  • Reddit: Reddit advertising revenue surges 74% ➡️
  • Reddit: Reddit Q1 revenue climbs to A$921 million ➡️
  • SCA: Major Southern Cross Media investor pushes for chairman to be dumped ➡️
  • SCA: Movers & Shakers; WPP, Bastion, Stan, Southern Cross Media, Anthropic ➡️
  • SCA: SCA picks up the slack as Ooh Media’s charge up the ASX eases ➡️
  • Scentre Group BrandSpace: Andrew Cook joins BrandSpace ➡️
  • Scentre Group BrandSpace: Scentre Group BrandSpace announces key leadership appointments ➡️
  • Screen Forever: Producer Kate Separovich wins inaugural Screen Forever Simpsons pitch prize ➡️
  • Seven: Seven rolls out Glasgow 2026 campaign with Baker Boy anthem ➡️
  • Simpsons: Producer Kate Separovich wins inaugural Screen Forever Simpsons pitch prize ➡️
  • SRN: ‘News to me’: SRN CEO shuts down Chris Smith claims they’re returning to ratings ➡️
  • Stan: Movers & Shakers; WPP, Bastion, Stan, Southern Cross Media, Anthropic ➡️
  • Stan: Stan’s Dan Taylor exits to become Melbourne Football Club CEO ➡️
  • Stan: Stan’s Dan Taylor resigns ➡️
  • Tapt Media: Tapt Media launches as independent audio company under Laundy family ownership ➡️
  • Tapt Media: Tapt Media launches as Laundy Family Office completes Nine acquisition ➡️
  • Tapt Media: Tapt Media Officially Launches As Nine Radio Acquisition Completes ➡️
  • The Hundred: TV Ratings (28/4/2026): Albo’s Guest Appearance On The Hundred Wins The Night ➡️
  • TikTok: TikTok Trends: Bieberchella, Horror Films & Air Pods Are So Hot Right Now! ➡️
  • TV Ratings: TV Ratings (28/4/2026): Albo’s Guest Appearance On The Hundred Wins The Night ➡️
  • TV Ratings: TV Ratings (30/4/2026): Women’s State Of Origin Edges AFL In Thursday Night Code Clash ➡️
  • Val Morgan: VMO brings Nespresso’s ‘Vertuo World’ to life ➡️
  • WISH: Sarah Murdoch fronts WISH ‘Impact Issue’ ➡️
  • WISH: Sarah Murdoch Fronts WISH Impact Issue Celebrating 40 Years Of MCRI Breakthroughs ➡️

People

  • Ambassadors: The Experience Advocacy Taskforce appoints four ambassadors to tackle ageism ➡️
  • Andrew Cook: Andrew Cook joins BrandSpace ➡️
  • Anthony Albanese: Tech Companies Slam Albo’s New Bargaining Code Incentive ➡️
  • Anthony Albanese: TV Ratings (28/4/2026): Albo’s Guest Appearance On The Hundred Wins The Night ➡️
  • B&T: B&T’s Editor Picks His Top Cairns Crocodiles Sessions ➡️
  • Bably Negi: Young Guns: Bably Negi at Havas ➡️
  • Baker Boy: Seven rolls out Glasgow 2026 campaign with Baker Boy anthem ➡️
  • Brent Clarke: ‘Backing The Underdog’: Thomas Tearle & Brent Clarke Launch Transformation Consultancy ➡️
  • Chris Smith: ‘News to me’: SRN CEO shuts down Chris Smith claims they’re returning to ratings ➡️
  • Craig Laundy: Craig Laundy wants to tap Tabcorp, CUB, Lion to boost new radio empire ➡️
  • Dan Taylor: Stan’s Dan Taylor exits to become Melbourne Football Club CEO ➡️
  • Dan Taylor: Stan’s Dan Taylor resigns ➡️
  • Dee Madigan: Sherilyn Shackell, John Sintras, John Steedman & Dee Madigan Unite At The Experience Advocacy Taskforce ➡️
  • Finn Callaghan: Under Armour signs Finn Callaghan in AFL first ➡️
  • Graham Mott: ‘News to me’: SRN CEO shuts down Chris Smith claims they’re returning to ratings ➡️
  • Hugh Marks: ABC boss Hugh Marks says Bluey blunder was a $300m rights miss ➡️
  • Hugh Marks: Hugh Marks: The ABC will trade risk for speed and local IP ➡️
  • Isabella Biffi: The Social CliQ merges Content CliQ as Isabella Biffi steps into GM role ➡️
  • Isabella Biffi: The Social CliQ Merges Its Content Agency & Appoints Isabella Biffi To Look After The Unified Group ➡️
  • Jackie O: HR influencer needed at the (former) home of Kyle and Jackie O ➡️
  • Jackie O: Jackie O is one of many who claims bullying until she broke ➡️
  • Jacqueline Ingram: QMS’s Micheal Whiteside & WPP Media’s Jacqueline Ingram Join IAB Australia’s DOOH Council ➡️
  • Jamie Dunn: Agro ice cream returns as KIIS 97.3 honours Jamie Dunn’s legacy ➡️
  • Joanna Barnes: PHD’s Joanna Barnes jumps to Bastion ➡️
  • Joe Stevens: Atomic 212’s Joe Stevens Hops To Match & Wood ➡️
  • Joe Stevens: Atomic 212°’s Joe Stevens jumps to Match & Wood ➡️
  • John Sintras: Sherilyn Shackell, John Sintras, John Steedman & Dee Madigan Unite At The Experience Advocacy Taskforce ➡️
  • John Steedman: Sherilyn Shackell, John Sintras, John Steedman & Dee Madigan Unite At The Experience Advocacy Taskforce ➡️
  • Kate Separovich: Producer Kate Separovich wins inaugural Screen Forever Simpsons pitch prize ➡️
  • Katie Clift: If you want media coverage, start seeing stories through a journalist’s lens ➡️
  • Kyle Sandilands: He’s back: Kyle Sandilands teases new project ➡️
  • Kyle Sandilands: HR influencer needed at the (former) home of Kyle and Jackie O ➡️
  • Lachlan Murdoch: Lachlan Murdoch sets aside millions to settle ATO’s Nova Radio probe ➡️
  • Laundy Family: Tapt Media launches as independent audio company under Laundy family ownership ➡️
  • Mark Coad: Former IPG Mediabrands CEO Mark Coad joins Hatched ➡️
  • Mel Robbins: ‘Your Brain Will Resist It’: Mel Robbins Challenges Marketers To Overcome Fear Of AI ➡️
  • Michael Jackson: Michael Jackson Biopic Secures Second Biggest Cinema Opening Behind Oppenheimer ➡️
  • Michael Jackson: Michael Jackson movie records second biggest biopic opening ➡️
  • Micheal Whiteside: QMS’s Micheal Whiteside & WPP Media’s Jacqueline Ingram Join IAB Australia’s DOOH Council ➡️
  • Nat Taylor: ‘I Could Hardly Breathe’: Poppet’s Nat Taylor Recalls Emotional Win As B&T’s Women In Media Awards Returns! ➡️
  • Nick Smith: Industry Profile: Nick Smith at Havas PLAY ➡️
  • Olivia Altavilla: Exit films signs Director Olivia Altavilla, known for emotional storytelling ➡️
  • Opposition Leader: PM, Premier & Opposition Leader To Headline Future Western Sydney Summit ➡️
  • Peach PRC: Pandora launches Peach PRC charm edit with BRING ➡️
  • Peter Agnefjäll: WPP appoints Peter Agnefjäll to its board of directors ➡️
  • Peter Freedman: Microphone billionaire Peter Freedman down another director ➡️
  • PM: PM, Premier & Opposition Leader To Headline Future Western Sydney Summit ➡️
  • Premier: PM, Premier & Opposition Leader To Headline Future Western Sydney Summit ➡️
  • Sarah Murdoch: Sarah Murdoch fronts WISH ‘Impact Issue’ ➡️
  • Sarah Murdoch: Sarah Murdoch Fronts WISH Impact Issue Celebrating 40 Years Of MCRI Breakthroughs ➡️
  • Serena Williams: Heineken Names Serena Williams As Global Brand Ambassador ➡️
  • Sherilyn Shackell: Sherilyn Shackell, John Sintras, John Steedman & Dee Madigan Unite At The Experience Advocacy Taskforce ➡️
  • Simon Joyce: ‘Creatives become creators’: Emotive’s Simon Joyce on the agency’s new production arm ➡️
  • Stephen Fry: Stephen Fry sues tech conference after falling off stage ➡️
  • Taika Waititi: Taika Waititi Directs An ‘Epic Love Letter’ For Vue’s New European Brand Campaign ➡️
  • Taika Waititi: Vue unveils ‘Feel it Forever’ brand film directed by taika waititi ➡️
  • Theo Hourmouzis: Anthropic opens in Sydney and appoints Theo Hourmouzis GM ➡️
  • Thomas Tearle: ‘Backing The Underdog’: Thomas Tearle & Brent Clarke Launch Transformation Consultancy ➡️
  • Trump: Foreign extortion’: Trump administration reacts to News Bargaining Incentive ➡️
Updated: Sat 02 May 2026, 11:45 pm