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SCA and Seven West Media propose merger

Sky News cancels Freya Fires Up after Islamophobic bacon stunt

SMH and The Age campaign ‘a rallying cry for reason’ 1

WPP Media wins Suncorp with new agency model 1

AFL Grand Final draws biggest TV audience since 2016 1

QMS signs ex-SCA creative leader as outdoor company’s first CD

Cloudflare introduces cryptocurrency for publisher payments

Mistake or stunt? Nova’s bus ads are turning up in the wrong cities

Snoop lookalike causing chaos in Melbourne

Optus pulls Droga5 brand campaign after triple 0 crisis

Fashion site pulls ‘unhealthily thin’ image after Ad Standards ruling

Digidirect Group launches retail media network 1

Medium Rare, The Local Project among winners at Mumbrella Publish Awards 2025

‘Uncover Chapel St’: New campaign calls for rediscovery of iconic Melbourne strip

Endeavour Group makes deep cuts to marketing team

Class action brewing against Seven over underpayment allegations

Albanese takes social media ban to the UN as gaming platforms targeted 3

Ex-Linkedin executive lands at Snap

Nominees for ARIA’s adland award revealed

Amazon hammers full funnel future in first upfront

Catherine West steps down as Nine chair

CRA permanently cancels the Australian Commercial Radio Awards 6

Mumbrellacast: Remade revelations, the Murdoch Tiktok deal, and unpicking Optus’ latest PR nightmare

‘This is hate, pure and simple’: Muslim pork ad pulled from awards 5

How Commonwealth Bank slowly became a national media network

ABC ordered to pay Antoinette Lattouf $150k in penalties for unlawful sacking 4

ASX-listed Lifestyle Communities launches new brand platform 2

Paper Moose creative lead takes up CD role at Those That Do

Feedback wanted on draft industry guidelines for ethical AI use

‘No plans’ to roll out Facebook Dating in Australia as Meta launches AI ‘dating assistant’ in US

M+C Saatchi Group hires divisional managing partner

Disney reinstates Kimmel after widespread protest

FHM print magazine returns to Australia 2

US DOJ wants to force sale of Google Ads Manager

Elle Macpherson’s Welleco taps Superhuman as Australian media agency

Cummins and Partners appoints Ben McCallum as CEO

ACMA launches investigation into Optus over emergency call outage

Nova stations now streaming on Apple TV

Trump claims Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch will help buy Tiktok in the US 1

‘Crown-of-thorns starfish bleaching Australian content’: Michael Cordell blasts tech giants 4

Gamer fury as Discord begins age verification checks 6

ABC News leads the pack as The Australian jumps 45% 7

Ogilvy PR wins Specsavers’ earned communications work

Celebrated copywriter Craig ‘Moose’ Moore has died, aged 56

Behind the shot: The making of Emotive’s CCO announcement 1

Mutinex leadership shake-up: Danny Bass departs, John Sintras returns to Australia

Clemenger BBDO wins MFA Grand Prix for Samsung campaign

Former TBWA and Whitegrey leaders open ‘creative practice’ Tightknit Studio

SCA’s Georgie de Visser promoted to lead in-house creative

Channel Seven sanctioned for on-air domestic violence jokes

Medibank appoints new chief marketing officer

IAB Australia unites the MMM world for how-to guide

Today the Brave acquires independent experiential agency

Amazon’s new agentic AI will plan and create an entire ad campaign 1

US ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live off air over Charlie Kirk comments 4

Former Havas Media exec Michaela Aguilar joins Helium as head of growth marketing

Mumbrellacast: Mat Baxter’s tattoo skincare venture, inside Mumbrella360 2026, and marketing death successfully

Nova axes Ben, Liam & Belle show 3

Urban List promotes Jacqui La’Brooy to CEO following Ben Naparstek’s departure

Elmo Software appoints new CMO

ABC dominates podcast ranker, ‘Top Publishers’ dropped 1

What makes an ad iconic? Vegemite and ‘Not Happy Jan’ top new list

The Pistol announces new CEO as Jaime Nosworthy resigns

Oporto targets late-night cravings with new campaign and menu

ESPN has quietly become a major Australian TV network 1

Trump unleashes on the media, berates ABC journo and sues NY Times

The business of death: How funeral directors think about marketing 1

Government tells digital platforms the right way to ban under-16s 3

Gavin McLeod joins Emotive as its first chief creative officer

Vinyl Media announces promotions as it looks for ‘operational efficiency’

Agent99 dives into the tech game with AI film festival client win

OMD wins Freedom media account

Tropfest founder John Polson to headline Unlock

SCA signs deal with major US podcast studio

Jack Daniel’s knows everyday dads are the real influencers

Radio host Bianca Dye and Abbie Chatfield’s mum to compete in Nine’s The Golden Bachelor

HBF signs Starcom as lead media agency

Guardian Australia appoints new political editor

‘You can’t taste the gin through Instagram’: How Weave developed Four Pillars’ new label

Nine held secret investigation into Liz Hayes’ bullying claims

Matt White and Michael Wilkins launch sports media advisory

Mat Baxter launches luxury tattoo skincare brand 4

French health-tech brand appoints Australian agency

‘We knew we had to refresh it’: Dulux brings back nostalgic Jelly Bean campaign

Foxtel leans into sports and new advertising models at energetic upfront 1

Havas wins challenger telco media and PR accounts

New ‘culture-led, results-driven’ PR agency launches

Living dead: Foxtel CEO says Hubbl in ‘maintenance mode’ 7