Opinion

‘Really hard to fathom’: Calls for government to intervene on Meta’s news ban as industry reels from redundancies 9

Just like BRAT: A lesson in branding from Charli XCX 3

If you want to win, kill your content calendar

Cheat Code: Why challenger brands should target the untargeted

In honour of Toadie – the longest, mightiest soap opera runs in Aussie TV history

Seven’s Olympic-sized rebuild following major shake-up 1

Dynamic Duos: A case of the ‘rivals to friends’ trope

So, have people been watching Wimbledon?

How brands can make accessibility a bigger part of their customer strategy

‘This isn’t just going to happen by itself’: Where will the ‘magic’ come from as major CMOs move on? 4

Star Power: Space is the new sport when it comes to brand storytelling

It’s time to re-imagine the Aussie Bloke in ads

Radio? Politics? Media Watch? Where to next for Julian Assange? 2

Dynamic Duos: ‘It’s what makes us different that helps make it work’

Former Junkee writers angry at work being wiped 6

‘There’s nothing to hide’: Implications of Seven shake-up and redundancies 2

PART 2 | Get into the Game: A simple framework to get your brand started

Why is Free TV making Albanese attack ads? 8

Robert Irwin (and Meta) have a bigger problem than Pauline Hanson… Influencers are here to save them

News.com.au just clinging to top spot as editor-in-chief exits 5

Cheat Code: Unfashionable yet super effective strategies that get challenger brands noticed

This year in Cannes was all about making friends

Remember when you only had to buy things once? Subscriptions are killing us in a cost-of-living crisis 1

Dynamic Duos: ‘This partnership has shaped so much of our lives’ 1

Don’t discount the GOAT: Why the changing TV landscape demands a new approach to advertising strategy 2

Staying relevant in a $43.47m market: Podcasters must catch up to the big industry players

Why ad creative is the new way to target customers 1

Why principal media deals work against clients, not for them

From food to moth flocks: What rocked Vivid 2024, and who?

Great name, pity about the timing: The rollercoaster ride of launching an agency 6

PART I | Get into the Game: If you’re not in gaming, you’re behind the curve 1

Let Paul Barry put Media Watch to bed 6

Dynamic Duos: A friend and a confidante, a work wife

What happens when doing what you love burns you out?

Google search: Almost as good as a crystal ball 

Push or no push, Costello’s exit from Nine ‘had to happen’ 3

Cheat Code: Why claiming new cues is crucial for challenger brands

If marketers seize back control, what does that mean for agencies and media owners? 1

On resilience: Everything that’s gone wrong in my career… so far

Is Nine’s new chair just a stopgap? 3

Now is the time for marketers to seize back control. Here’s how they do it

Can engagement, creativity and compliance co-exist?

ARIA Charts: Guess who’s back, back again (Clue: It’s Eminem) 1

Essential strategies for marketers adapting to a potential US TikTok ban

The deep, depressing irony of Michael Miller’s Press Club address 6

Dynamic Duos: Love at first pint 1

Sneesby’s CEO position safe – at least until upcoming Nine annual results?

Calling time on social washing when it comes to investing in corporate culture and CSR

Monster vs. UFC – where is the line? 8

Mumbrella360: Only 1% of creative agencies are founded by women, why don’t more people care? 1

The traditional marketing funnel is dead. All rise the marketing (hyper) loop

Steak, vodka… and board games? Here’s the Trump goes directly to jail edition

The sports anti-siphoning model is under pressure and global sports codes show us why 

Spotify CEO says cost of making content ‘close to zero’

Dynamic Duos: ‘We’ve become like family’

Mumbrella360: How do you win in youth culture when you’re not a young brand?

‘It doesn’t look that way’: Can Sneesby and the Nine board get on the same page?

AI and ads: The future of selling

It’s now a principal media trading world, but how do marketers live in it? 2

Why this Shark Tank judge thinks Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS is a world class e-commerce business

Why we need to level the internet playing field

Cheat Code: Why challenger brands need extreme proof

ARIA Charts: Billie Eilish hits the charts hard (and soft)

The drive-thru PR apocalypse, or, why agencies must learn to strengthen their ‘no’ muscle

Time to retire, industry veteran? 6

What’s the point of something like Mumbrella360, anyway?

Dynamic Duos: The farsiight brothers

Beyond confidence workshops: Closing the agency leadership gender gap 1

The progrennaissance is here 1

‘CEO mentioned “connectivity” multiple times, yet human connection was glaringly absent’: Reacting to Telstra’s staff cull

Becoming a remarkable speaker: Simplicity, messaging vehicles, and pacing

Australians aren’t as sports-mad you think: The benefits of TV shifting to other entertainment

Do you need an entire rebrand or just a quick freshen up?

Walk the walk: You won’t solve company culture with a giftcard

The questions Accenture’s raid on Initiative’s leadership raises for agencies and marketers 3

ARIA Charts: Post Malone and Morgan Wallen bro their way to the top of the chart

‘To make sh*t happen, you need to excite people’: A few things I learned at Naked 1

Power to the people: #blockout, boycotts, and the #digitine

Wanna make the world a better place? Watch the footy on TV

The US ban on TikTok is hypocrisy at its finest… So, could Australia follow suit? 2

‘It ain’t over ‘til it’s over’: We could finally be getting to the pointy end of ARN’s SCA takeover bid 2

What the budget means for indie agencies 2

The case for independent, locally held agency relationships 3

ARIA Charts: The song of the summer hits #1… just in time for winter 2

It’s time to stop whitewashing comms

Why Australia is following major international publishers into the Middle East’s flourishing market

The Bachelor hands out roses, but reality TV audiences want thorns

Are Spotify’s royalties truly ‘Loud & Clear’? 1