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Amplify launches audio drama series starring TikTok influencers, with major sponsor backing

Why TikTok bans are a ‘good reminder’ for marketers to focus on audiences

Online ads growth flattens year on year amid economic seasonal factors

Adam Ferrier joins Disrupt Radio as breakfast host 6

Two independent creative agencies next to make job cuts

Ad opportunities on Twitch are changing for the better, says Gemma Battenbough

The Trade Desk asks advertisers to ‘fix the internet’ in new campaign attacking Google

Meta’s reported Twitter competitor set to steal Musk’s users: Similarweb

Seven and Nine equal first in overall TV share on Tuesday night

Tonic Media Network shows support of Yes campaign for Voice to Parliament

Latest Jack Daniel’s campaign uses music to enhance flavour, via We Are Different

Mumbrella Travel Marketing Awards final deadline this Friday

Meltwater unveils AI-powered writing, insights and analysis tools

Abel enters a new era as Krispy Kreme ANZ hands over creative

The Evening Mumbo – Tuesday 23 May: Peter Holder leaves DMA, Foxtel and BeIn deal ends, Deloitte Digital new local boss, Stan Grant’s final speech

Deloitte Digital names Leon Doyle as new Australia boss

Foxtel admits defeat in the football streaming battle, cancelling BeIn Sports deal 1

Seven takes overall win on Monday as Farmer reunion tops entertainment

It’s Friday picks up creative for Elmo in first win since Domino’s loss

Daily Mail MD Peter Holder departs after eight years 3

Jane Doe Creation launches ‘A Place For Humans’ campaign for student living provider Scape

Allen’s stroke of good fortune with viral ‘brown snake’ radio campaign 2

Nine adds Paris 2024 Paralympic Games to Olympics broadcast deal

Specsavers celebrates 15 years of ‘Should’ve’ campaign Down Under with new spot

Hero wins Simply Energy creative account

‘If your aim was to hurt me, you’ve succeeded’: Stan Grant’s emotional final Q&A appearance 1

The Evening Mumbo – Monday 22 May: Gov launches Voice info campaign, ABC denies ignorance, Seven wins the week in TV, Esan Tabrizi departs Deloitte Digital

ABC staff in Sydney and Melbourne walk out to protest Stan Grant’s Q&A exit

Deloitte Digital Australia head Esan Tabrizi departs after 13 years

Seven unveils new Dancing With The Stars lineup in new campaign

Tripadvisor and Carnival Cruise Lines join the Mumbrella Travel Marketing Summit lineup

TV Wrap: Farmer Wants A Wife finale tops Sunday entertainment, Seven wins the week again

Australian rock legend Ella Hooper to perform at Mumbrella360

AusPost unveils Pip the Koala mascot, signs partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature Australia

Federal Government launches Voice referendum information campaign

ABC denies explosive claim it ignored research into online abuse of diverse journalists

News.com.au holds number one news traffic ranking in April for fourth consecutive month 2

Stan Grant ‘fed up’ with racial abuse, quits ABC role 3

Nine Publishing journalist Anthony Galloway poached by news start-up Scire

Elon Musk now reckons advertising is ‘awesome’. So why has he flipped?

Marketers must think of Web3 as a long term strategy says SmartMedia Technologies CEO 1

The Chase Australia tops entertainment, handing Seven an overall win on Thursday

Toyota celebrates 20 years of AFL partnership via Gemba

VMO celebrates 20th birthday with a new positioning via Rodeo

Kogan.com launches a new brand platform via Hardhat 1

The Evening Mumbo – Thursday 18 May: HT&E rebrands to ARN Media, Meta could charge for usage, BMF gets new ECDs, Rugby Australia’s stance on the Voice

BMF nabs Google APAC creative head for new innovation and co-ECD role

HT&E rebrands to ARN Media following shareholder vote 1

Travel Guides helps Nine to a tight Wednesday win

Rugby Australia buys full page ads in Nine mastheads in support of the Voice 5

Why a sexy robot with big boobs is media and marketing’s canary in the coalmine

Ecosa gets into bed with Half Dome

‘It’s never coming back’: A full-time return to the office is unrealistic and hybrid is here to stay 1

First entries for the Mumbrella Travel Marketing Awards due this Friday

Charging Aussies to use Facebook and Instagram? Meta won’t rule it out if ‘extreme’ privacy reforms are adopted 5

Leukaemia Foundation calls creative tender for World’s Greatest Shave

HT&E: investments will see digital audio contribute ‘meaningful’ revenues and earnings 1

News dominates TV viewing as Nine takes home an overall win on Tuesday

Riviana Foods hands media account to Havas Media Melbourne

Ceding to cancel culture could see brands ‘paralyse themselves into purgatory’: Initiative’s Geer and Colter 2

Consumers reducing essential spending to prioritise travel while millennials feel the pinch: CommBank iQ

UniSuper, AFR, BBC Studios and more join the Mumbrella Finance Marketing Summit as full program announced

Coles replaces CMO role; appoints first chief customer officer 2

Optus adds more big names to FIFA Women’s World Cup coverage team

The Evening Mumbo – Tuesday 16 May: Clemenger redundancies, Vice goes bankrupt, TV launch blows up, concerns for Gov’s anti-vaping campaign

Casefile bumps Hamish & Andy off its perch in April podcast ranker

Job cuts at key Clemenger Group agencies

Jellysmack APAC managing director Ezechiel Ritchie confirms redundancy

Nunn Media’s performance agency Alley absorbs Innovate Online as it pivots towards ‘precision’

Businesses shouldn’t be scared off by greenwashing regulation: AANA’s Josh Faulks

Burst balloon: Seven’s Blow Up launches to 288k metro viewers 2

Global publisher Vice Media files for bankruptcy with debts of $1.2bn 1

Europcar, Snapchat and ANZ top April brand movers rankings

MFA launches tool to connect uni students with media agencies

Anti-vaping campaign could see millions go up in smoke, experts warn 6

The Evening Mumbo – Monday 15 May: New Snap MD, changes at SCA, Sean Cummins on working from home, Forty Winks appoints indie agencies

Sean Cummins: ‘I’m tired of people saying that working from home is better… it’s not’ 110

Forty Winks appoints indies following creative and media pitch 1

TV Wrap: Seven wins the week as Nine’s The Summit launches to 401k

Changing demographics shift B2B marketing to more emotional, interactive content

Blackley exit won’t impact LiSNTR rebrand as equity in SCA falters

SCA bumps Seb Rennie to chief commercial officer as Brian Gallagher exits

oOh Media hires JCDecaux exec to lead network strategy

Nova elevates Josh Halling to Sydney commercial director

Atomic 212 extends NT Government, Tourism NT accounts

Mooted immigration reforms are a ‘mega win’ for the PR industry, says Thrive PR’s Leilani Abels

Snap Inc. appoints Tony Keusgen as new MD for ANZ

News Corp confirms 5% cut to global workforce, Q3 FY results down 2% YoY 1