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ACCC approves SCA and Seven merger

The caveat and the signal on the News Bargaining Incentive

Nick ‘Ducko’ Allen-Ducat to depart Hit Network’s Jess & Ducko show

ARN share price sees massive crash on a bumpy day for the Unmade Index

Woolworths’ marketing GM swaps shelves for burritos

Did the ABC commit the same editing sins as the BBC on Trump speech? 1

8 Things We Learned From Buzzfeed’s Disastrous Financial Results

Menulog shuts down Australian operation 2

Federal Group makes marketing exec redundant while on maternity leave 3

Telstra avoids Christmas cliches for its 2025 campaign 1

TEG appoints iProspect as media agency after eight-year run with Zenith

ARN prepares investors for 27% earnings plummet

One month out from youth social media ban, PM still vague on details

10 breaks its own rules on Big Brother housemate

A good day on the Unmade Index

ABC hunts for new marketing chief

IPG sheds 800 staff ahead of Omnicom’s takeover

Games, trivia, quizzes: Reddit launches interactive ads

HBO Max appoints Australian social media agency

Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1.5 billion

Endeavour Group nabs Qantas’ Catriona Larritt to lead streamlined customer and marketing unit

Ikea launches into New Zealand with a sweet Swede campaign

Financial Review offers text and data mining to business subscribers

FHM publisher Michael Downs in Big Brother house despite media ban

M+C Saatchi faces renewed structural uncertainty as activist investor builds stake

High profile presenters among Nine job cuts

Unmade Index slightly down as Gumtree plunges

Monday.com used AI to patch a missing scene in latest ad

Nine to axe around 50 roles from its TV division

Mutinex marketing lead departs as MMM start-up resets function

Uber Eats delivers expletive-filled campaign with Special and EssenceMediacom

Solstice Media appoints Dentsu exec as chief financial and commercial officer

BBC rocked as executives quit over Trump speech edit

The pants go flying in Aldi’s 2025 Christmas campaign

‘Scrambling over the details’: Opposition slams lack of clarity around u-16 social media ban

John Laws dead at 90: Tributes flow to flawed broadcasting genius

Unmade Index drops as market punishes Ooh and Nine over trading updates

SCA podcast chief departs: Listnr’s Grant Tothill on why he’s leaving now and what’s next 1

Big Brother is watching again, and Ten has NRL rights in sight

In cost cutting we trust: Nine sounds alarm over soft TV ad market

Ooh Media calls a Red October in trading update

Guardian Australia political reporter takes a step up

News Corp Australia’s ad slump hits global revenue

Atomic 212 CIO Lorraine Woods takes on operations in expanded role

OMG Australia moves pieces into place as Laura Nice shifts to PHD 1

Seven loses some ground on Unmade Index after bad news AGM

‘Biggest exec hire in our 14 years’: Social Garden hires COO

Netflix simplifies its ad viewer metrics

MBCS retains General Motors creative account after pitch

The Daily Aus breaks even on back of newsletter focus 2

Junkee editor-in-chief Alice Griffin departs

Retailers launch $7m reminder to be kind to staff this Christmas

Spark Foundry reshuffles media leadership as CIO Lucie Jansen steps down

Former Howatson+Co ECD Jeremy Hogg joins M+C Saatchi

Experiential agency TBA launches in Australia ahead of Brisbane 2032 Olympics

Unmade Index falls after movements across the board

Mumbrellacast: The $300m Australian content law; Woolies pre-loved Xmas campaign; and SCA and Seven green light upsets investor

Nine wins the Melbourne Cup despite Seven’s swindle 1

Netflix, Disney, and other streamers hit with Australian content quotas 2

Victoria Bitter tells the English how to play cricket in new work with Droga5 ANZ 1

Stellantis reviews Australian creative account for Jeep, Fiat and Alfa Romeo 2

Woolworths recycles 2024 Christmas ad, redirects marketing budget

Austereo’s merger green light fails to impress market as Ive Group’s run up Unmade Index continues

Westfield awakens the ‘Creatures of Christmas’ with AKQA

Bruce Gordon’s WIN records $8.6m loss 1

Merlin Entertainments unveils new senior comms manager

QIC pushes Christmas spirit to the limit

Ad Standards says no to Didi and ‘six middies’ 1

From algorithms to autonomy: Wippa wants teens to have their ‘first best summer’ 3

SCA advisor gives Seven merger the go-ahead

Unmade Index: Ive gains on the back of acquisitions and Dominos contract

Myer reworks Jamiroquai classic for festive ad 1

Rebel Sport and The General Store paint a bleak picture of sports-less Australia in new campaign

Dan Murphy’s stares consumers down in first campaign with BMF 1

Seven West CEO Jeff Howard’s $1.25m pay package faces shareholder revolt

ABC to overhaul its digital front end, consolidate web platforms

AFL beats NRL in overall fan numbers: Deloitte report 6

Unmade Index ends the week on an uptick, but loses 5% across October

‘Unacceptable’: WPP’s Cindy Rose outlines changes after poor third quarter

NSW revives ‘shocking’ 13-year-old UK campaign for new anti-tobacco push 2

‘The gov has listened’: $67.6m fund launches for news publishers 1

Tribal’s David Jackson joins Apparent as ECD

Geely puts Australian media account up for pitch

Yahoo tells advertisers to call off the search

Myer nabs former Coles exec Amanda McVay as chief customer officer

Nine stock drops after Sandilands on-stage Stevanovic revelation

Lyndsey Rodrigues appointed editor of Who

Optus’ head of marketing jumps to pet food start-up 1