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How Disrupt Radio lost nearly $5m in its first year on air; another new low on the Unmade Index 4

Scorecard: How FY24 was the year the bears came after Australia’s media stocks

StW: After media’s meltdown, what comes next?; AI for PR monitoring; Voiceover artists’ existential threat

BotW: The week the wheels fell off

Strategy eats synergy for breakfast: Why SCA rejected Catalano’s bid

There doesn’t seem to be any let up’ former Austereo boss Michael Anderson on the ad market’s accelerating decline

TV’s bloodiest day

Why are so few board chairs actual experts on the media businesses they lead?

StW: Southern Cross Austereo makes up its mind about ACM; New alarm over uninvited AI scraping

BotW: The cricket is behind the Amazon paywall, but does the public care? How Domain became half of Nine’s valuation

What’s the worst that AI can do to our industry (and can we prevent it)? 3

The Unmakers: Chris Wirasinha on how Linkby is helping publishers rework the affiliate marketing game

Are marketers and media agencies as complacent about ad fraud as they seem?

Despite Meta’s claims, the public say they get their news from social media

StW: Why women are rejecting news; Research industry trembles at AI onslaught; Seven’s comic signing 1

BotW: EOFY uncertainty; and the yin and yang of media exits

What PayPal’s retail media pivot means for brands; Media stocks lift from their low

Busting the digital audio fraudsters, and how connected TV is the scammers’ latest honeypot; Seven’s debt milestone