Opinion

The world’s best 19 TV ads of the year – 2014 6

What Richard Branson taught me about storytelling 5

Sintras on full service, innovation and why young marketers cannot think like the old guard 6

#Instacannes day 5

John Hegarty on the ‘nonsense’ of Big Data, the ‘abberation’ that is scam and why Cannes is losing focus 9

Cannes media juror Nick Waters on cutting out block voting, why ad agencies are better at entering, and Asia’s Achilles heel

#Instacannes: Day 4

The death of craft? 3

Instacannes: Day 3

A festival of nationalism: the World Cup allows sponsors to divide and conquer

How has Australian Mobile gone from no hoper to world class in two years?

Susana Tsui on her first nine months at the helm of PHD Asia Pacific

Instacannes: Sights from the Cannes Lions

Recommended for you? Don’t bet on it: the ‘native’ ad invasion 1

Optus CMO on plans to digitise the beach, and why they’re moving away from sponsorships 6

OMD global boss Mainardo de Nardis on the definition of innovation, scam in media awards, and why it’s not a media agency’s job to take risks

Kicking goals in ambush marketing 1

Battle of Brazil: What can we expect from World Cup advertising?

What’s turning Aussie marketers soft? 12

The ABCs of hijacking the news with spin king Ryan Holiday 5

‘Got any spare undies?’: Why we need to get more personal at work 5

CIOs and The shotgun wedding marketers have to have 

Advice for the media industry from a P-plate practitioner

How should we be measuring PR value? 6

Answers for Adam: Do you prefer your planner to have a beard? 36

How have football fans’ search habits changed since last World Cup?

While journalists were the victim of the Watch Dogs stunt it is PRs who will suffer 8

Will e-cigarette advertising be allowed in Australia? 10

Hockey’s defamation suit shows need for wider free speech debate 4

The sharing economy is just another status wank 20

Answers for Adam: Are Aussie agencies better with Brits, or without? 78

The Mad Men Industry – Is Australia worse than other markets for gender equality? 5

Crikey, Buzzfeed, Paul Barry and us: What is good digital citizenship? 12

‘A crazy act of will’: The Guardian Australia turns one 13

The Mad Men Industry – attracting and retaining women 5

What the axing of Wake Up says about Ten’s plight 19

The Mad Men industry: Where are all the women? 3

Is the ABC really spread too thinly? 12

Has the John Stephens case actually uncovered TV industry collaboration? 3

Glimmers of hope for paywalls or an optical illusion? 12

Answers for Adam: Should the budget prompt us to be more generous? 7

As Fairfax cuts photographers, what price for a news picture? 4

Consumer print may be dying, but don’t write off the trade press 3

Planning in America: Silos, wanky titles and the accent 7

Answers for Adam: Was the passion shown by Packer and Gyngell a good thing? 21

Why the first brand to brain wins 14

Act your age: why online video buying should not be like TV 4

Alcohol advertising debates need to move beyond content 1

Stop the pirates? Behind Brandis’ copyright crusade 14

Answers for Adam: Should marketers ignore what consumers want? 16

Wicked Campers is showing up the Ad Standards Board 16

Journalism’s future needs entrepreneurial ‘hackers’ 3

The Encore Score: The Logie Awards 1

Behind the screens of the ABC’s China deal

Should agencies return to a full service model? 26

Answers for Adam: Why do agencies struggle to build their own agency brands? 14

Media agency remuneration: It’s the smaller nimbler agencies which will thrive 8

Content marketing moves to centre stage 14

Answers for Adam: Is reality TV the way to tackle climate change? 9

The Tele’s textbook example of how to run a winning newspaper campaign 12

Piracy: At least the Lannisters pay their debts 243

Why hard-to-win awards are good awards 6

Encore Score: The newsreaders 5

Answers for Adam: Should PR agencies and creative agencies be combined? 20

Australia’s class system of brands 25

Answering Adam: Agencies need ideas as their engine 9

PR agencies will not exist in a decade 18

Why you should pull an all-nighter to get to Cannes 1

Answers for Adam: Is creativity still the answer for ad agencies? 16

Making the Mumbrella Awards matter – what you can tell us 11

Is total re-branding the only means left to end Network Ten’s torment? 32

PR isn’t about polishing turds 60

Answers for Adam: Is pitching the right way to choose an agency? 15

Inside CommBank and the CAN campaign 9

MediaCom’s global boss Stephen Allan on standing up to disrespectful clients, what worries him about the future of media, and work-life balance 3

What we can learn from Barack Obama’s influencer marketing 2

Answers for Adam: My guilty obsession with that bacon ad 19

What does the future hold for Mitchell & Partners? 9

PR’s PR problem – all substance and no image 19

Archaic cross-media ownership laws won’t save local content 4

Clock is ticking for Malaysia Airlines in crisis management 10

Why hackers and marketers need each other more than ever 1

Eight surprises in the new Sydney radio ratings 7

Answers for Adam: Should marketers follow Kyle Sandilands’ lead? 4

The media consolidation is coming – and the deals have probably already been done 21

Banning booze ads will just make marketers more creative 23

Why stupid is normal – when smart people make dumb choices 3

What is the most effective method for charity fundraising? 6