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

Triple M launches national on-air talent search 2

Emma Robbins appointed M+C Saatchi CCO as Steve Coll steps down

Vinyl Group ends the week with a 4.4% slump

Clemenger BBDO ramps up media as Omnicom integration takes hold

Political reporter Lachlan Kennedy departs Ten after 15 years

‘Designed to intimidate’: Police investigate targeting of journalist Nick McKenzie’s house

ARN and Seven lead gains on the Unmade Index

Australian Marketing Institute announces new chair and directors

‘It was always about the jeans’: American Eagle CMO opens up about Sydney Sweeney campaign backlash 2

Aussies flock to the BBC during heavy news period

Roblox, Ebquity and Sweathead first headliners announced for Mumbrella360

‘Zoning in on their strengths’: The industry reacts to Seven’s upfront

Mumbrellacast: Seven’s upfront, a new web browser and our new paywall

Seven West Media and Nine have a rough day on the Unmade Index

Seven steers the course at 2026 upfront presentation

OMD wins $1.2m brief for SafeWork NSW’s ‘Irreplaceable’ campaign

Life Uncut’s Laura Byrne and Brittany Hockley sign with SCA 2

Omnicom shells out $196m on severance ahead of IPG Mediabrands acquisition

Warner Bros Discovery officially open to offers

Mediaweek head of content and editor depart, new editorial head appointed 2

Unmade Index: Strong Tuesday for most of the broadcasters

Freshly demerged Webjet unveils major rebrand with ‘Go Somewhere’ campaign

Missing spark: Brand creativity study finds AI models are largely similar

WPP holds top spot in Recma rankings as Publicis overtakes OMG

Tonic Communications promotes Georgia Coleman to managing director

Spotify shakes up APAC creative delivery, moves key role to Sydney

Leading local industry figures to headline Compass 2025

Havas Media ANZ names Mindshare’s Kate O’Ryan-Roeder as CEO

Unmade Index: Seven West Media stock slumps to six-month low

QMS officially becomes biggest out-of-home operator in New Zealand

Fuel thieves left baffled in DDB Sydney’s new Skoda EV ad 1

Instagram introducing skippable ads to Reels

Avis Budget Group begins search for regional marketing boss

UM bags $3.7m deal for new ‘Beforeplay’ STI campaign

Paramount Skydance to start cutting thousands of jobs from next week

AHM hands creative and comms duties to TBWA

We Communications unveils fresh leadership team

News Corp bundles The Australian with Times London and WSJ

‘I have an order of extinction’: Mat Baxter on why the holdcos won’t be around in 5 years 3

Shadow communications minister has ‘serious questions about ACMA’s ability to do the job’

Kobie Dee joins Unlock lineup for ‘Creating Culture After Dark’

UM Australia’s managing partner promoted to Sydney GM 1

Netflix to stream Spotify’s ‘curated’ video podcasts by 2026

‘As hungry as ever’ but no change in the menu: Nine upfront 2

Sustainability takes a backseat as Scope3 plugs agentic AI 1

SCA posts good numbers in lead up to proposed Seven merger

Publicis APAC grows 6.5%, outpacing global performance

Ad Standards flips the bird at Big W advert 4

ABC admission reignites decades-old ABC paedophile interview furore 2

Vinyl sticks to break-even deadline, aims to use AI to increase content 10x 3

‘A significant hire for us’: QMS announces new national sales director for NZ

Prime Creative Media acquires seven B2B titles from Momentum Media

Fiona Johnston gone at Dentsu as structural clean up continues

‘For the good of the kids’: Gov launches age ban campaign 3

Oracle ANZ comms lead exits amid global layoffs

Entries open for 2026 CommsCon Awards as PR claims seat at the leaders’ table

Enero flags leadership change as Hotwire EBITDA tumbles

Major shakeups in Sydney and Melbourne breakfast ratings 2

Liana Dubois appointed ANZ MD at Entertainment Partners

Superhuman’s client portfolio grows with Easterly

Out-of-home operator Gawk ends relationship with Ooh Media, aims to win ‘divorce’ 1

Digitas Australia gains MD from VML Commerce

Foxtel’s plan to bowl over sports fans this summer

Google reignites campaign against under-16s social media ban 6

Nine and Warner Bros already casting The Golden Bachelor Season 2

‘The more we collaborate, the better’: LINA welcomes ABC news sharing expansion

Val Morgan shuts The Latch, Brian Florido departs

Clemenger’s $79m Omnicom payday almost here

Paramount CEO stokes rumours of Warner Bros Discovery takeover 1

Howatson and Co taps Cummins and Partners manager for C-suite role 1

Sports site The Roar reduced to a whisper this week 2

Leo Australia, BMF, Clemenger BBDO among winners at Effies

ABC reveals plan to share regional content beyond emergency broadcasts 4

Google AI Mode arrives to upend Australian publishers

Hero unveils adland’s latest creative duo

Justin Drape moves away from Exceptional Alien, starts new practice

Roy Morgan CEO responds to Mark Ritson, News Corp on “the big steal” and Spotify’s unorthodox offering 1

Newscorp’s Michael Miller on ‘the Big Steal’

Spotify releases songs aimed at teaching advertisers how to advertise

TAC hires DDB Melbourne as lead creative services agency

Ogilvy appoints Kirsty Muddle as CEO for ANZ

Ooh Media launches Melbourne Metro Tunnel ad network 1

‘A fantastic addition’: Intrepid Travel hires new local head of marketing

From data to dancefloors: Unlock’s full program dives into how brands build trust and culture

Network 10 linear channels coming to LG smart TVs

NRL Grand Final beats AFL for the first time in a decade 4

Publicis streaks away, WPP languishes in global new business wins