What the media industry in Australia is talking about today
Agencies & HoldCos
- CUMMINS & PARTNERS: Road Safety Tasmania Launch ‘Confronting’ Campaign Via Cummins & Partners (B&T)
- DEEP MEDIA: Deep Media taps ex-Amazon Ads executive to head retail media push (AdNews)
- DEEP MEDIA: Deep Media taps former Amazon Ads exec Kacie Serls (mediaweek)
- MEDIUM RARE: Medium Rare expands CommBank Connect commercial team (AdNews)
- MEDIUM RARE: Medium Rare expands Commbank connect team amid growing demand (Mi3)
- MEDIUM RARE: Medium Rare expands CommBank Connect team with three hires (mediaweek)
- NIGHTJAR: Love Tilly Group consolidates into a single customer platform via Nightjar (AdNews)
- OMNICOM: Omnicom’s CEO pay was cut to $1 and a lot of shareholders aren’t impressed (AdNews)
- RICHARDS ROSE: In Conversation with Simon Hadfield: Digby Richards at Richards Rose (AdNews)
- WPP PRODUCTION: WPP Production promotes Santiago Sánchez-Lozano to CEO, EMEA (mediaweek)
Companies & Advertisers
- AIRALO: ESIM Provider Airalo Unveils Global Campaign ‘Connection Means The World’ Via Stink Studios (B&T)
- BYD: Boomtown taps BYD and SCA leaders for regional advertising masterclass (mediaweek)
- BYD: BYD media chief and SCA insights expert to headline Boomtown masterclass (AdNews)
- COMMBANK: Medium Rare expands Commbank connect team amid growing demand (Mi3)
- COMMBANK CONNECT: Medium Rare expands CommBank Connect commercial team (AdNews)
- COMMBANK CONNECT: Medium Rare expands CommBank Connect team with three hires (mediaweek)
- COUNTRY PRESS: Country Press warns about dilution of the News Bargaining Incentive (AdNews)
- LOVE TILLY GROUP: Love Tilly Group consolidates into a single customer platform via Nightjar (AdNews)
- LOVE TILLY GROUP: Love Tilly Group unifies hospitality brands with new digital platform (Mi3)
- ROAD SAFETY TASMANIA: Road Safety Tasmania Launch ‘Confronting’ Campaign Via Cummins & Partners (B&T)
- STINK STUDIOS: ESIM Provider Airalo Unveils Global Campaign ‘Connection Means The World’ Via Stink Studios (B&T)
- WESTPAC: Westpac ordered to pay $26 million over hardship failures (mediaweek)
Industry & General Topics
- ACAM: ACAM and Kantar forge strategic alliance to advance AI in marketing (Mi3)
- AI: ACAM and Kantar forge strategic alliance to advance AI in marketing (Mi3)
- FEED: Your feed knows what you like, and that’s the whole problem (mediaweek)
- KANTAR: ACAM and Kantar forge strategic alliance to advance AI in marketing (Mi3)
- NEWS BARGAINING INCENTIVE: Country Press warns about dilution of the News Bargaining Incentive (AdNews)
- OUTCOME-BASED AGENCY REMUNERATION: Why Outcome-based Agency Remuneration Is Having A Moment & What Marketers Should Know (B&T)
- RETAIL MEDIA: Deep Media taps ex-Amazon Ads executive to head retail media push (AdNews)
Media Owners & Content
- ABC: ARIA Hall of Fame to air as standalone ABC special (mediaweek)
- AMAZON: Deep Media taps ex-Amazon Ads executive to head retail media push (AdNews)
- AMAZON: Deep Media taps former Amazon Ads exec Kacie Serls (mediaweek)
- OOH!MEDIA: oOh!media: Digital only OOH is leaving ROI on the table (AdNews)
- QMS: QMS lights up Vivid Sydney with major brand activations (mediaweek)
- QMS: QMS partners with major brands for Vivid Sydney (AdNews)
- QMS: QMS partners with over 20 major advertisers for Vivid Sydney 2026 (Mi3)
- SCA: Boomtown taps BYD and SCA leaders for regional advertising masterclass (mediaweek)
- SCA: BYD media chief and SCA insights expert to headline Boomtown masterclass (AdNews)
- SCA: Gina Rinehart emerges as Bruce McWilliam’s backer in Southern Cross Media (AdNews)
People
- BRUCE MCWILLIAM: Gina Rinehart emerges as Bruce McWilliam’s backer in Southern Cross Media (AdNews)
- DIGBY RICHARDS: In Conversation with Simon Hadfield: Digby Richards at Richards Rose (AdNews)
- GINA RINEHART: Gina Rinehart emerges as Bruce McWilliam’s backer in Southern Cross Media (AdNews)
- KACIE SERLS: Deep Media taps former Amazon Ads exec Kacie Serls (mediaweek)
- MYF WARHURST: ARIA Hall of Fame to air as standalone ABC special (mediaweek)
- SANTIAGO SÁNCHEZ-LOZANO: WPP Production promotes Santiago Sánchez-Lozano to CEO, EMEA (mediaweek)
- SIMON HADFIELD: In Conversation with Simon Hadfield: Digby Richards at Richards Rose (AdNews)
Updated: Wed 27 May 2026, 10:31 am