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Mutinex marketing lead departs as MMM start-up resets function

Uber Eats delivers expletive-filled campaign with Special and EssenceMediacom

Solstice Media appoints Dentsu exec as chief financial and commercial officer

BBC rocked as executives quit over Trump speech edit

The pants go flying in Aldi’s 2025 Christmas campaign

‘Scrambling over the details’: Opposition slams lack of clarity around u-16 social media ban

John Laws dead at 90: Tributes flow to flawed broadcasting genius

Unmade Index drops as market punishes Ooh and Nine over trading updates

SCA podcast chief departs: Listnr’s Grant Tothill on why he’s leaving now and what’s next 1

Big Brother is watching again, and Ten has NRL rights in sight

In cost cutting we trust: Nine sounds alarm over soft TV ad market

Ooh Media calls a Red October in trading update

Guardian Australia political reporter takes a step up

News Corp Australia’s ad slump hits global revenue

Atomic 212 CIO Lorraine Woods takes on operations in expanded role

OMG Australia moves pieces into place as Laura Nice shifts to PHD 1

Seven loses some ground on Unmade Index after bad news AGM

‘Biggest exec hire in our 14 years’: Social Garden hires COO

Netflix simplifies its ad viewer metrics

MBCS retains General Motors creative account after pitch

The Daily Aus breaks even on back of newsletter focus 2

Junkee editor-in-chief Alice Griffin departs

Retailers launch $7m reminder to be kind to staff this Christmas

Spark Foundry reshuffles media leadership as CIO Lucie Jansen steps down

Former Howatson+Co ECD Jeremy Hogg joins M+C Saatchi

Experiential agency TBA launches in Australia ahead of Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Unmade Index falls after movements across the board

Mumbrellacast: The $300m Australian content law; Woolies pre-loved Xmas campaign; and SCA and Seven green light upsets investor

Nine wins the Melbourne Cup despite Seven’s swindle 1

Netflix, Disney, and other streamers hit with Australian content quotas 2

Victoria Bitter tells the English how to play cricket in new work with Droga5 ANZ 2

Stellantis reviews Australian creative account for Jeep, Fiat and Alfa Romeo 2

Woolworths recycles 2024 Christmas ad, redirects marketing budget

Austereo’s merger green light fails to impress market as Ive Group’s run up Unmade Index continues

Westfield awakens the ‘Creatures of Christmas’ with AKQA

Bruce Gordon’s WIN records $8.6m loss 1

Merlin Entertainments unveils new senior comms manager

QIC pushes Christmas spirit to the limit

Ad Standards says no to Didi and ‘six middies’ 1

From algorithms to autonomy: Wippa wants teens to have their ‘first best summer’ 3

SCA advisor gives Seven merger the go-ahead

Unmade Index: Ive gains on the back of acquisitions and Dominos contract

Myer reworks Jamiroquai classic for festive ad 2

Rebel Sport and The General Store paint a bleak picture of sports-less Australia in new campaign

Dan Murphy’s stares consumers down in first campaign with BMF 1

Seven West CEO Jeff Howard’s $1.25m pay package faces shareholder revolt

ABC to overhaul its digital front end, consolidate web platforms

Safety is the name of Toyota’s game in latest campaign

AFL beats NRL in overall fan numbers: Deloitte report 6

Unmade Index ends the week on an uptick, but loses 5% across October

‘Unacceptable’: WPP’s Cindy Rose outlines changes after poor third quarter

NSW revives ‘shocking’ 13-year-old UK campaign for new anti-tobacco push 2

‘The gov has listened’: $67.6m fund launches for news publishers 1

Tribal’s David Jackson joins Apparent as ECD

Geely puts Australian media account up for pitch

Yahoo tells advertisers to call off the search

Myer nabs former Coles exec Amanda McVay as chief customer officer

Nine stock drops after Sandilands on-stage Stevanovic revelation

Lyndsey Rodrigues appointed editor of Who

Optus’ head of marketing jumps to pet food start-up 1

Rankings recount: OMD pips EssenceMediacom after review

Telstra leans back into ‘wherever we go’ campaign

Murdoch power player Siobhan McKenna retires from News Corp

Meta’s price per ad up 10% in strong quarter marred by big tax bill

Seven West Media recovers despite down day for Unmade Index

Mumbrellacast: ARN delivers the goods at latest upfront, and a News Corp insider opens up

ARN upfront: Sensible meets madcap with a touch of TV

Ooh Media and Cricket Australia partner to connect brands with Ashes fans

Virginia Hyland starts Squad M&A to guide agency exits

Junkee co-founder slams Australian publishing for lack of ambition 1

Clemenger BBDO’s Lindsay Bennett departs, takes global role at Ideally

QUT ends year-long CMO vacancy with ex-ABC exec Leisa Bacon

Amanda Bardas appointed head of Val Morgan Digital

Network 10 brings UFC to free-to-air in 2026

Creative lead behind Australian ecomm brand The Oodie exits

Unmade Index: Seven and SCA total value falls below $400m as Vinyl prepares to issue share options to boss Josh Simons

Two strong hearts: SCA baits ARN with new Heart Network 3

ARN makes key appointments ahead of upfront

Who Gives A Crap moves global marketing team to Australia

Dan Krigstein to leave the Growth Distillery

TrinityP3 sets up subscription model for its 18-year agency database 1

Mid tier media stocks lift the Unmade Index in positive start to the week

Mumbrella announces first Commscon 2026 sessions

Adelaide breakfast show goes as ARN cull continues

‘Almost double’: Advisor wants mutiny over Nine CEO Matt Stanton’s pay

Shania Twain and Tom Cardy front Uber campaign, via Special 1

Albanese rules out AI copyright law exception

WPP hedges bets on AI to make ‘pixel-perfect ads’, no agency needed 2