Podcast

Spinach’s Ben Willee on the meaning of Nine’s Olympics win, why it’s okay to say the R-word, and loyalty in a fickle industry

What would a blockbuster merger between Seven West Media and HT&E look like?

Start the Week: A Seven-HT&E merger?; Breaking Bad wins the Super Bowl; What to watch for in financial results season

Ben Shepherd on why retail media is up with adwords as a media invention; how sales people can get his attention; and the 2023 outlook

More execs on the move; Mark Richardson’s new gig and AKQA’s Ajaz Ahmed

Start the Week: Catalano and Janz both make moves; What to look for in the News Corp results; TV ad revenue falls

Winds of change at Clemenger Group; MAFS gets jump on competitors plus AANA’s Josh Faulks

Hosting a single market is ‘much more fun’ says Mick Molloy as he takes on Sydney

The year in review: CMO moves; brand crises; a Netflix U-turn; war for the Market Herald; the madness of Musk and ABC’s audio audience collapse

Celebrating 10 years of NITV, but what challenges lie ahead for an under-resourced First Nations media sector?

Are best practice pitch guidelines being used? Few and far between, says Publicis boss Rebelo

Start the Week: Ten swings for the cricket; Musk goes after Twitter alumni; Paul Barry closes on Media Watch record

Election coverage, commercial models, Bargaining Code, privacy challenges and embracing TikTok: Wrapping 2022 in news media 2

StW: Brand trouble from the bondage bear; The Twitter files; TMH’s bloody boardroom coup

Is dentsu’s leadership team finally complete? 4

StW: New faces at Today and A Current Affair; Winners of the TV ratings year; Molloy in Sydney

Marketing in 2023 with Nick Garrett, Naomi Johnston, Richard Curtis and Andrea Dixon

Is sport becoming advertising’s problem child? Plus Dentsu’s new top creatives

One year on at GroupM: Clarity in the agency lineup, embracing Buchanan’s chaos and cautious optimism

StW: The journo departure lounge; Return of Twitter’s most toxic; The readership sausage

Should Christmas be Australia’s Super Bowl moment?

The Unmakers: Jamie Harding, CEO of Theatrix – the new streaming platform for the arts

Start the Week: Why 2GB split with Jim Wilson; Closing in on a cricket deal; Mega Meta cuts

A Good Different approach: How Aldi became a Special Buy through creative advertising

Upfronts season: As two BVOD markets emerge, is Netflix and co’s entry a validation of SBS’ premium strategy?

Start the Week: Musk’s ‘thermonuclear’ threat to advertisers; Nine to extend tennis deal as cricket bidding begins; ABC shakeup

Why Ooh Media’s Cathy O’Connor has been anything but bored with outdoor

Victoria saves the day for Netball Australia; and building a global tourism campaign with Justin Graham

Upfronts season: Why oOh!media’s new Reooh is ‘more than just retail’

Start the Week: Elon’s Twitter bloodbath begins; Mutiny’s new start; the Rebel Wilson verdict

When attention becomes disruption as QMS and City of Sydney reviews its street pylons

What good is doing good? Leo Burnett’s Catherine King on what the public expects from brands

Upfronts season: Why 2023 is the year to ‘bounce Seven into the future’; plus a warning shot to social media’s slice: ‘we’re coming after theirs’ 1

StW: Hi, Bayo: Foxtel set to merge Binge and Kayo; Will Nine swoop for early tennis deal? ABC shifts priorities

Can Ruby the Roo lure 9M tourists back to our shores? Plus, creating truly sustainable strategy with Salterbaxter

The Unmakers: Sinorbis founder Nico Chu on helping western marketers crack Asia

StW: News Corp’s merger; Stan to lose its NBCU deal? A disastrous media launch; Frankly’s ratings stinker

Mumbrellacast: The Guardian serialises the Ben Roberts-Smith trial, plus launching WeAre8 with Lizzie Young

The Unmakers: How Storipress founder Alex Pan wants to reinvent digital publishing

Upfronts Season: ‘Never say never’ to Paramount+ ad-tier; Pluto plans; and Netflix’s impact on BVOD

StW: F1 shambles; Dodgy government ad spend; Ita doubles down on missing ABC audience; Networks lobby on CTV 2

Paramount Upfront: How the Pluto FAST channels will change the game 2

Mumbrellacast: Is there room for another streamer? Plus Cummins & Partners’ Michael McConville

The Unmade podcast: Rich Curtis on the biggest names on the FutureBrand Index, election campaigning and Meta’s reputation recovery

Start the Week: Seven closes on Peacock; Lachlan Murdoch’s Nova profits revealed; what to expect at Ten’s upfronts

Mumbrellacast: Audio Campaign Review with Thinkerbell and Akkomplice; Plus F-List sparks conversation

The Unmade podcast: Jag Sanger of The Market Herald on buying Gumtree and Carsguide, and launching a newspaper

Start the Week: Forbes and Inc in Aussie head-to-head; the Optus hack; underwhelming AFL ratings; blood on the ASX

Upfronts season: Michael Stephenson on why we won’t see ads on Stan, and Nine’s upcoming slate

The Unmakers: WeAre8’s Lizzie Young on why she wants exactly 6.5% of social media budgets

Start the Week: Most watched TV; a perfect AFL lineup; Ten’s Saturday problem

Mumbrellacast: Nine kicks off upfronts season; plus evolving the Royal brand

The Unmakers: Richard Baker’s plan to build ‘the best independent premium audio storytelling house in the Southern hemisphere’

Start the Week: Reporting the biggest Royal story; TikTok the espionage machine?; NRL holds out its hand for Foxtel cash

Mumbrellacast: A cashed up AFL, a new Clemenger BBDO Australia, and Cartology’s Mike Tyquin

Start the Week: How Woolies is Australia’s most trusted; TV networks abandon kids’ content; Netflix’s Aussie ad play

Mumbrellacast: Reporting from Publish Conference; plus James Chessell on Nine Publishing’s digital transformation

Start the Week: ScoMo’s Tourism Australia mystery (nearly) solved; lessons of media mergers; The Cat’s masterplan

Mumbrellacast: Radio ratings, plus Eric Beecher and Peter Fray

The Unmade podcast: Nigel Marsh

Start the Week: Qantas says sorry (again); Is AFL’s D-Day finally here?; New owner for Carsguide; Results season

Mumbrellacast: Lisa Ronson in surprise Coles exit, financials, back to work, and Crikey vs Murdoch

Start the Week: Lachlan goes legal; The Block puts Nine back on top; Foxtel’s anti-siphoning push

Mumbrellacast: Foxtel’s streaming future, new social media booms; plus Hatched on winning MAOTY

Start the Week: Fast food marketing under attack; TikTok grabs $70m slice of ad market; Meta goes missing again 1

Mumbrellacast: Agency ins and outs; plus Livewire’s co-founders

Start the Week: AFL TV rights bids land; new streaming subs fall; the prolonged radio recovery 3

Mumbrellacast: Will Nine’s journos strike? Plus, Mark Green

Mumbrellacast Live: Mim Haysom, Nick Garrett on the evolving CMO; why we should be playing a ‘bigger game’

Start the Week: Ten’s ratings turnaround; Has AFL missed the boat? Making space for introverts

Mumbrellacast: Thinkerbell looks east, Network 10 rises, Woolies shops + key voices from Mumbrella360

The Unmakers: Troy Townsend and Jack Byrne of Zitcha – turning retailers into publishers

Start the Week: Return of the pirates; AFL rights bidding heats up; Will Nine journos strike?

Mumbrellacast: H+C, BMF for audio Campaign Review; plus ACA talks Create Space

Start the Week: Are we running out of PRs?; Musk pulls out of Twitter deal; Catalano’s new real estate play 1

The Unmakers: Austin Mackell of Stone – using technology to improve journalism transparency

Mumbrellacast: Integration, sports rights fights, and positioning a brand sustainably

Start the Week: TrinityP3 urges agencies to be upfront about harassment, bullying and assault; Ten’s bold AFL bid; Meta’s bargaining code outburst

Mumbrellacast: Sir Martin Sorrell, Half Dome on unlimited leave and no media Royal Commission

Start the Week: Broadcast legislation review flagged; the Stan / Foxtel tie-up that never happened; more on the metaverse

Mumbrellacast: Dialing in from the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity

The Unmakers: Mutiny’s SaaS bet to reinvent marketing analytics, and how it wants to reshape the industry

Start the Week: M&C Saatchi sale saga continues; directors depart Judith Neilson Institute; Apple visits the Med; a happy Mutiny

Mumbrellacast: Cannes nears, Aussies on data sharing, and Rod Prosser

Start the Week: SMH’s Rebel Wilson debacle; Are Media refocuses on content marketing (again); World Cup bonanza

Mumbrellacast: Will Google push back on its defamation ruling? Plus, Mat Baxter

Start the Week: Blood on the trading floor; Eddie Elsewhere; Vale Peter Harvie; See ya, Fletch; Top moments of reality telly

Mumbrellacast: Reconciliation week, sports streaming stings wallets, and Lisa Davies on AAP