Opinion

New bill would make Australia worst in the free world for criminalising journalism 1

Google’s July mobile update could affect your brand’s SEO 2

Transparency is the advertising industry’s most dangerous buzzword 12

Media planners should embrace the rise of slow TV 6

Super funds should be spent on sports sponsorship, Royal Commission or not 4

The PR industry’s unpaid internship problem must stop 37

Why the rights to broadcast cricket could be worth $1 billion 2

Why is pro bono such a pain in the butt?

What we can learn from the NSW government’s Sydney Trains crisis 4

Putting your job description in a box is the best way to kill creativity 3

New parents returning to work are primed to solve PR’s problems 3

We are only starting to figure out the value of sponsoring sports

The biggest financial f*ckups made by creative businesses 6

Deconstructing ‘Why David Ogilvy must die’ – a lesson for fake marketers 6

Why brands should think twice about celebrating Australia Day 59

Why your business needs to be more like The Betoota Advocate 4

There’s a gap in the global podcast market, and it’s called Australia

In The Post, Hollywood reminds us what true news should look like 2

When it comes to fighting crises, Google Alerts just won’t cut it anymore 4

Hold onto your thoughts: Nissan is planning to access our brainwaves 3

By banning fuel-only cars, Volvo has future-proofed its ‘safety first’ strategy 2

How a green, climate change-denying blob became the perfect case study for binning your brand bible 2

Why I changed my LinkedIn profile from Andrea to Andrew 19

The esports bandwagon is showing no signs of slowing 1

It’s finally time to weed out the digital advertising industry’s bad actors

Violet Crumble is quintessential brand-driven nostalgia, but do millennials care? 9

Advertisers need to quit funding mainstream media’s promotion of hate speech 24

‘Block and move on’ isn’t the right response to LinkedIn harassment 25

Prepare your business for its ‘natural’ crises

Why Apple buying Disney is pure fantasy

KodakOne could be the start of a new kind of intellectual property

Facebook’s newsfeed change is the kick in the arse brands need, whether they like it or not 5

The intricacies of advertising in a post-Weinstein era 13

How women in media won some pay equality in the 1970s, and why they’re still fighting today

Logan Paul is a reminder of the responsibility social influencers have towards their audiences

’24 hours with…’ is the most exhausting read on the internet 7

Why Facebook’s news feed changes mean your brand will need to get people talking

It’s time to get ready for augmented reality 1

Advertising has lost the art of showing, not telling 3

Australian podcasting bosses on why now is the perfect time to start that podcast 2

What AI can teach us about our attitudes towards creativity

Why we should care about Coca-Cola’s new font 11

It might finally be time to get readers to pay for website content 10

EU privacy laws won’t mean the end of cookies – but they bloody should 1

The PR industry needs to work harder to build authentic relationships with journalists

Why I’m quitting LinkedIn 46

Jumping on the bitcoin bandwagon underestimates new technology’s long-term potential 4

Out of home in 2018: The Sydney tender, brand safety and a return to print 1

Why 2018 is the year branded podcasts will finally go global 3

Case study: How Bespoke turned BBC Global News’ upfronts into one of the most talked-about events of 2018

Brands must stop pestering us for ‘feedback’ – it’s irritating, worthless and buys no loyalty 17

#MeTourism: the hidden costs of selfie tourism

Why there will be fewer people working in PR in 2018

Let’s avoid ‘eye-rolling’ AI predictions in 2018

In 2018, there’s no room for anything other than authenticity 2

The state of transparency in 2018: We’re in for a bumpy ride

Are the robots coming for us in 2018? (Spoiler: they’re probably not) 1

Our predictions on what will matter in 2018: Amplification, voice, AR and… structure 3

Something is missing from the public interest journalism debate

Mumbrella’s best opinion pieces of 2017

Amazon, ageism and automated trading: Predicting the future of media agencies

We’ve sold Mumbrella 99

Men’s mags stand on the brink of extinction, but what they do matters 18

Fairfax’s Matt Rowley: ‘When you’re finished changing, you’re finished’ 1

Don’t bin your brand’s social media presence over the holidays

The 5 social trends that will be big business for marketers in 2018

Design thinking isn’t dead, it’s just no longer adland’s shiny new toy 3

My wish for the new year? That brands stop sucking at social 12

Observations from the PR industry after two years as a Sydneysider 6

Multicultural marketing needs more than a tokenistic approach 10

Brand purpose isn’t the problem, it’s our abuse of it that is 5

Why Alibaba is the giant Australian retailers should really be worried about

Racist reporting still rife in Australian media 7

Advertising jargon has become a smokescreen for people who don’t know what they’re doing 14

Plain packaging could wipe billions off the FMCG sector 3

Strategists have failed the advertising industry 26

Programmatic outdoor advertising: An essential next step or necessary evil? 1

Ad blockers are going mainstream, meaning marketers must adapt or fail 4

Why postcodes don’t define great PR 4

Simplicity is key: An exile’s look at PR in Australia

Mumbrella is nine – We’ve joined the two commas club 11

Transparency is digital marketing’s buzzword of the month

Australian tech start-ups stand to lose out in proposed copyright reforms

Post-awards, post-purpose: Will purpose focused work win out if there aren’t awards on the line? 4

New foreign interference laws will compound risks to whistleblowers and journalists

The challenges comms agencies face when going national 2

Chasing leads not likes: Why no one cares about how many Facebook followers you have 5

More eyeballs on more sites does not mean more customers 2