Year In Review: July – Kevin Roberts’ gender diversity gaffe; More Lions scam; Nine hires McCabe for digital gig
2016 was another year of major change and transformation in the media and marketing world. Mumbrella provides a month-by-month recap of the most read and biggest stories that affected the industry.
It was far from a slow start to the month of July, with Ikea announcing it would part with Match Media after 13 years.
The furniture giant said it would conduct a local review of two global holding companies, GroupM and Dentsu Aegis, in what was one of the biggest market shake-ups in the market.
Ex-Australian Women’s Weekly editor, Helen McCabe resurfaced after six months, with Nine announcing her new role as head of lifestyle at nine.com.au.
