Mumbrella live blog: Thursday, March 20
Welcome to Mumbrella’s live blog, a rolling diary of the latest happenings in marketing and media. Refresh the page for the latest updates.
Top stories:
- The Guardian has poached Crikey cartoonist First Dog on the Moon
- Blogger agency The Remarkables Group teams up with digital agency to extend reach
- Government Repeal Day reforms gives media watchdog more power over complaints vetting
- Opinion: Is Barack Obama the Influencer in Chief?
- TV ratings: Puberty Blues lifts but MKR dominates, again
- Dr Mumbo: News Corp’s Game of Thrones?
4:40pm – If you couldn’t make it to today’s CommsCon conference Andrew Woodward has blogged about his experiences of the day. He wrote: “CommsCon covered everything… media trends, agency management, stakeholder relations, social media, best practise, yadda, yadda. It was a great day listening to great people telling great stories. In a world of very expensive conferences, this is good value for money for new and seasoned (I didn’t say old) practitioners. I think the communications and PR industry in Australia is alive and well, indeed flourishing.”
4:10pm – Earlier today at CommsCon a group of Australia’s leading PR agencies bosses talked about new agencies structures. During the session they said they are unhappy with the quality of candidates being found by PR recruitment companies and also the level of training in public relations being offered by university course. Story here.
