What the media industry in Australia is talking about today

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Agencies

  • Bastion: Movers & Shakers; WPP, Bastion, Stan, Southern Cross Media, Anthropic ➡️
  • Emotive: ‘Creatives become creators’: Emotive’s Simon Joyce on the agency’s new production arm ➡️
  • Omnicom: Omnicom has already used AI to buy media for a real client ➡️
  • R/GA: R/GA launches book ➡️
  • R/GA: R/GA Releases Book Chronicling Its 50 Years Of Creativity, Technology & Brand Innovation ➡️
  • Tapt Media: Tapt Media launches as Laundy Family Office completes Nine acquisition ➡️
  • Tapt Media: Tapt Media Officially Launches As Nine Radio Acquisition Completes ➡️
  • WPP: Movers & Shakers; WPP, Bastion, Stan, Southern Cross Media, Anthropic ➡️

Companies

  • Anthropic: Movers & Shakers; WPP, Bastion, Stan, Southern Cross Media, Anthropic ➡️
  • Dettol: Reader’s Digest: Dettol tops trusted brands survey ➡️
  • KK Press: Failed Cosmopolitan Australia publisher KK Press has claims of $1 million ➡️
  • Laundy Family Office: Tapt Media launches as Laundy Family Office completes Nine acquisition ➡️
  • Nespresso: VMO brings Nespresso’s ‘Vertuo World’ to life ➡️
  • Roy Morgan: Volvo tops Roy Morgan ‘Best of the Best’ with 96.5% satisfaction rating ➡️
  • Specsavers: Specsavers turns Australia’s longest street poster into a vision test ➡️
  • Under Armour: Under Armour signs Finn Callaghan in AFL first ➡️
  • VMO: VMO brings Nespresso’s ‘Vertuo World’ to life ➡️
  • Volvo: Volvo tops Roy Morgan ‘Best of the Best’ with 96.5% satisfaction rating ➡️

Industry

  • AI: Marketing targets more likely to be hit when combining AI with humans ➡️
  • AI: Omnicom has already used AI to buy media for a real client ➡️
  • creative testing: The startup bringing speed to creative testing ➡️
  • CTV: IAS drops a flashlight into the murky waters of CTV ➡️

MediaOwners

  • Meta: Meta’s Average Ad Cost & Profit Surges As Investment In AI Tech Soars ➡️
  • Nine: Nine completes sale of radio network ➡️
  • Nine: Tapt Media launches as Laundy Family Office completes Nine acquisition ➡️
  • Nine Radio: Tapt Media Officially Launches As Nine Radio Acquisition Completes ➡️
  • Pinterest: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue? Pinterest Reveals Rising Wedding Trends & Stunning Real-Life, Actual Wedding Activation ➡️
  • 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 ➡️
  • Reddit: Reddit advertising revenue surges 74% ➡️
  • Reddit: Reddit Q1 revenue climbs to A$921 million ➡️
  • SCA: Movers & Shakers; WPP, Bastion, Stan, Southern Cross Media, Anthropic ➡️
  • Stan: Movers & Shakers; WPP, Bastion, Stan, Southern Cross Media, Anthropic ➡️

People

  • Finn Callaghan: Under Armour signs Finn Callaghan in AFL first ➡️
  • Jackie O: Jackie O is one of many women who’s suffered at work until she broke ➡️
  • Sarah Murdoch: Sarah Murdoch fronts WISH ‘Impact Issue’ ➡️
  • Sarah Murdoch: Sarah Murdoch Fronts WISH Impact Issue Celebrating 40 Years Of MCRI Breakthroughs ➡️
  • Simon Joyce: ‘Creatives become creators’: Emotive’s Simon Joyce on the agency’s new production arm ➡️

Updated: Fri 01 May 2026, 10:55 am