Mumbrella live blog: Tuesday, May 20
Welcome to Mumbrella’s live blog, your rolling diary of everything happening in the media and marketing space. Refresh the page for the latest updates.
Top stories:
- Mumbrella Awards 2014 shortlist is revealed
- Kiis FM defends Kyle and Jackie O telling listeners to call pre-recorded show
- The Monkeys’ Jay Gelardi departs for digital role at CP+B
- TV ratings: 24 sinks as Seven edges closer to Nine
- Fairfax’s Nic Cola to depart as head of local and regional press
- Opinion: Is the ABC really spread too thinly?
- Telstra announces ambitious wi-fi hotspot plan
- Latest creative: Ssangyong; Nescafe; RateCity; iSelect; Australian Frontline Machinery
5:21pm –Some breaking news this evening, with Treasurer Joe Hockey set to sue Fairfax for its Treasurer for Sale article last week. More here.
3:16pm – Sticking on a Mumbrella theme we’ve also just announced our latest session for Mumbrella360, and it’s another belter, with bosses from The Australian newspaper, including editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell, on a panel discussing the paper and its impact in its 50th year.
1:51pm – So here it is. We flagged it at 8am, but now we can reveal the shortlist for the Mumbrella Awards 2014. There are a lot of agencies, media outlets, campaigns and individuals recognised in this list.
1:34pm – Yesterday Kyle and Jackie O were encouraging listeners to call in to their show, even though it was pre-recorded as they were in the air on the way to Dubai. ARN has defended the practice as “industry standard”.
12:52pm – Last week we reported on Skyfii doing a deal with companies to get more ad-funded wi-fi hotspots. Now Telstra has jumped on board with the telco looking to offer 2m hotspots across the country creating one of the world’s biggest wi-f networks. See the full story here.
11:46am – It’s time for another media industry body to float on the stockmarket, with media monitoring body iSentia valuing itself at $400m as it looks for investors for its IPO.
11:01am – A harrowing tale being reported on News.com.au as a Taiwanese newsreader struggles to fight back tears when she learns as she is reading from the autocue about the suspected suicide of her colleague.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qRFgQiAwzA
10:28am – Some new creative around today includes this piece from RateCity on the joy of saving, Cake Wines urging music lovers to support the support acts and the return of Mr iSelect spruiking end of financial year deals:
9:57am – TV ratings are in and it seems the delay on the new series of 24: Live Another Day may be hurting Ten’s audience with just 345,000 tuning in for the third episode, which went to air last week in the US and UK markets. However Seven managed to edge closer to Nine with a better outing for House Rules.
9:21am – Studio 10 are celebrating the old adage the sun is always over the yardarm somewhere:
9:05am – Yesterday The Australian ran a piece noting the hashtag #morepopularthanabbott was trending on Twitter, so we thought we’d share a few of the more recent posts throughout the day with you. First up, we all know this pain:
8:28am – Ever wondered what TV presenter get up to in their ad breaks? Well, now we know courtesy of Larry Emdur:
8:20am – And there’s also recruitment news coming out this morning with The Monkeys’ digital creative director Jay Gelardi moving to the US to join CP+B in Boulder as executive digital creative director.
7:54am – Morning all. Today we’ll be unveiling the shortlists for the Mumbrella Awards 2014, which are just under three weeks away. Check back this morning as we reveal which agencies and work have been recognised as some of the best in Australia and the Asia Pacific region by our expert judges.