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Hoyts has sold just one pre-sale ticket for Melania Trump film 13

Tegel’s ‘No chicken way’ ad too violent, but cleared of racism

France to implement social media ban as addiction trial kicks off 1

Australian ad dollars ‘shifting directly to creators’

Price tag of The Lumery sale to Accenture was $16m

ARN dumps Southern Cross as merged stock loses 18.5% of market cap 1

Tourism Fiji’s latest campaign asks travellers to find joy and ‘Be Fiji’

Aspermont’s big plans leave the Unmade Index unmoved

BMF and Fiftyfive5 win Dementia Australia education campaign

RMIT puts media account out for pitch

GIO is the safety mat all Australians need in new campaign

Databricks appoints Jeremy Cooper as local VP of marketing

Ashes Tests the winner in cricket vs tennis ratings battle

Google pays up to settle voice-activated ad targeting claims

Karl Stefanovic racks up big audience figures for debut podcast 4

Unmade Index decline caps off a volatile week

Bondi attack pushes news audiences higher in December

303’s René Migliore set to depart Attivo-owned agency

WPP retires Hogarth brand after 18 years 1

Dazn to charge Kayo subscribers an extra $72 a year for 4K sports

Cato & Clive to close, Mathieson moving to mystery job

Karl Stefanovic launches independent video podcast

Relief palpable as Unmade Index breathes out

Former Herd MSL creative joins Museum of Contemporary Art as comms lead

Burson global client lead Michelle Hutton returns to CommsCon 2026

Campaign Lab to head PR for Women’s Asian Cup hospitality experiences

Husband of former Nielsen MD Monique Perry takes analytics company to court

Cummins and Partners retains 15-year Stellantis account

BYD Australia calls media pitch

Mastercard appoints Optus exec as VP of marketing and comms

TV transmission returns to Bendigo after tower fire 4

Clemenger out, Ogilvy and Dentsu in as Qld shakes up creative roster 1

Southern Cross takes a hammering as Unmade Index slide continues

AKQA managing partner Olivia Kaufman departs

Unilever ANZ marketing boss John McKeon goes global

Youfoodz shares the cure to post-holiday work struggles

The ABC rules the podcast charts

Nine is Australia’s most valuable media brand

Pauline Hanson perceived as better communicator following Bondi attack

Vinyl leads the Unmade Index after positive cashflow report 1

Marketing veteran John Casey, ex-TPG Telecom CMO, dies 2

Radio ratings: Who got their programming changes right? 1

Hannah Moore appointed as Newswire editor

Velocity Frequent Flyer raises a glass to loyal customers in new campaign

GPJ’s Marc Iacono heads to US as APAC role shifts to Singapore

Darren Borrino joins TBWA Sydney in new creative role

Sponsors pile in for Australian Open’s 15 days of guaranteed action

ABC appoints Isabella Higgins as AM presenter

Airwallex threatens Nine with legal action over AFR, Herald articles

Top marketing leaders confirmed for the 2026 Mumbrella Awards jury

Back to reality as Unmade Index joins tech in big fall

Arnold Thomas & Becker dystopia reimagines injury law ads

Australian Open dominates ratings on day one

Jonathan Kearsley leaving Nine for Sky News 1

OpenAI brings ads to ChatGPT as low-cost tier ‘Go’ lands in Australia

Former Tip Top marketing director moves to Cartology

Jim Courier finds his true calling in Uber Eats’ AO campaign

Publishers file suit against Google for ‘deceptive and manipulative’ adtech practices

‘I want to win box office’: Netflix boss commits to cinema releases for Warner films

Google Pixel taps F1 star Piastri’s dry humour in new ‘Switch’ campaign

‘I’ve been sacked’: Phillip Adams gone from The Australian 30

Unmade Index chalks up another day in the green with Ooh gains 1

Man of Many names Rob Stott as editor in chief

NSW advertising panel scheme on hold 1

Tourism Australia’s head of media relations moves on

ASICS to host shoe swap activation, via Alt Shift

Growth at Nine pushes the Unmade Index higher

MEAA: Proposed hate speech bill ‘undermines core principles of press freedom’ 1

Dentsu appoints Chris Ernst chief practice officer – media

Football Australia appoints former Stan boss as CEO 1

UM lands $10m federal campaign for cheaper medicines

Intrepid Travel appoints its first local comms and PR manager

Mick Fanning writes a self-help book published on beer coasters for Balter

Netflix preparing all-cash offer for WBD to fend off Paramount

Dentsu shares tumble 11% on reports of global sale collapse

Sydney Zoo appoints new head of marketing

NSW government pulled plug on SXSW Sydney 5

Royalties ruling: Radio’s promo power diminished but no need for new scheme

Placemaking NSW switches agencies in $5m creative and PR shake-up

TV likely out for weeks after regional Victoria transmitter fire

Virgin Active and Montoya’s campaign redefines wellness for the technology era

Raine and Horne opens the vault for 2026 summer campaign

SXSW calls time on Sydney event 5

Man of Many locked out of Instagram after copyright claim

NEC, Ooh and SEG lead the way on Unmade Index

Norwegian Cruise Line banks on history in latest campaign

Toyota leans into family appeal with new EV campaign, via Hero

Visit Victoria calls creative pitch