BOTW: Exclusive – Inside the The Market Herald’s civil war; winners have parties; Media agencies’ $8bn year

Welcome to Best of the Week, written on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning at Sisters Beach, Tasmania. Between leaving for a trip to Sydney on Monday night and getting home on Thursday, I’m glad to report that summer reached Australia’s most beautiful beach.

I was in Sydney to speak at Financial Services Marketing Club, a new invitation-only event organised by Dianomi.

Along with marketers, were bigwigs from several of the media operations focused on the sector. During the evening, conversation turned repeatedly to the plans of The Market Herald, which still puzzled many of those in the room. In early October, TMH – which also owns investment forum Hot Copper – bought classifieds site Gumtree, Carsguide and Autotrader. TMH Boss Jag Sanger set out his stall publicly for the first time in an interview with Unmade back in September.