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Cannes Lions racks up over $60 million in entry fees 1

Mumbrella Publish conference rides again as industry faces ‘rewritten rules’ 1

State Of Origin series pulling biggest TV audiences in a decade

Commbank buys Socceroos naming rights in six-year Football Australia deal 1

Sling & Stone launches deep tech specialism, appoints Australian lead

ABC refocuses on in-house creative team with senior appointment

Landmark deal brings TV to Netflix in France

‘Very much up for payola’: Alex Cullen joins the Christian O’Connell show

Hubspot spells out Linkedin, Youtube audience strategy 1

Boomtown chair and ‘driving force’ Brian Gallagher steps down

Initiative expands remit on Australian Unity media account

‘A little like hallucinogenic wallpaper’: Campaign Review dissects Amaysim spot

Mumbrellacast: Aussies win big at Cannes, the trouble at Clems, and are women avoiding news?

‘Our strategy for every station is on track’: SCA crows over 25-54 numbers 1

Kaimera wins $5m Nando’s media pitch

Mushroom trial dominates the podcast ranker

Canva to buy Sydney-based adtech start-up Magicbrief

TBWA launches all-AI film festival 1

‘I’m genuinely speechless’: Telstra and BMEOF take home Grand Prix at Cannes

More changes at Clemenger Group as CEO Les Timar steps down

Stephen de Wolf returns to Clems as national CCO

Dentsu Creative wins Chery creative pitch 1

Radio ratings: Nine continues to dominate as ABC falls further

Gender news gap widens, Australia warms to AI news: Digital News Report 2025 1

The Marketing Club officially launches in Australia

Meta brings advertising to Whatsapp

Mumbrellacast: Greg Hywood’s view from the riverbank

Tab fined $4 million for spamming customers

Ben Shepherd joins the NRL

Henry Tajer gone as Seven’s sales boss after five months 3

Nick Garrett tipped to lead combined Omnicom group

Ooh Media creates product sales and partnerships team

‘Traditional media owners to struggle’ amid more economic uncertainty 1

WIN to cut Seven programming in regional markets

Job cuts at Kayo under new ownership 4

Team behind Lost Paradise festival launches B2B offering 1

Edelman Australia makes chief client officer redundant 1

Bastion signs Clemenger’s Anna Cherry to lead media offering

Skint LINA asks members to write to minister

Example locks in three new hospitality clients

Women ‘still underestimated by brands’ despite spending power 1

Journalism the answer to AI ‘age of abundance’: panel

Jacob Greber to replace Laura Tingle as 7.30 political editor

‘Nine and Fairfax hasn’t worked’: Hywood’s view from the river bank 5

Leading retailers fined for misleading Black Friday promotions

Socceroos dispute the end of the ‘golden generation’ in new brand platform

Human talent numbers dwindle at CADA as Jake Powell takes breakfast

ABC boss says 50 jobs to go in first big change

Marketers under pressure ‘like never before’: Wingmaven study

Amaysim launches entirely AI-generated television commercial 16

Webjet appoints Oonagh Flanagan as new chief marketing officer

Disney and Universal sue AI image generator Midjourney

Schwartz Media to sell 7am podcast 1

Mumbrellacast: The Project and Q+A get the boot; Challenges women face in media; and Greg Hywood’s thoughts on Nine

Ten names The Project’s replacement news show 3

M+C Saatchi retires Bohemia brand

Adam Sadler lands at Scentre Group’s Brandspace

Australian-led benchmarking study puts AI’s creative chops under the spotlight

Simon Lee poaches The Hallway creative director

Starcom appoints Matt Houltham as CEO

Wieden+Kennedy Sydney’s first work for Macca’s launches

Q+A gone as Marks moves to streamline ABC 3

Nine continues shift to Washington bureau despite shooting

Agencies still want unified TV and video currency: IAB report 1

Kleenex takes emotional high ground in campaign from Thinkerbell

Mudgee Region Tourism announces new comms partner

Mills&Co makes second hire following initial launch growth

‘She was targeted’: LAPD to open inquiry into Nine reporter shooting

Women in media ‘more dissatisfied than ever’

WPP Media appoints chief creator officer

WPP’s Mark Read to step down as CEO this year

Ross Berthinussen departs 72andSunny

Ten axes The Project after 16 years, goes for 6pm current affairs 2

Seven secures rights to US T20 Major League Cricket

Levande aims to break stereotypes in first work from 303 Mullenlowe Sydney

Mamamia gears up for Youtube podcast push

Danika Johnston joins The Guardian as head of commercial

News outlets and ‘mummy blogger’ warned over mushroom trial coverage 2

ABC sued over fixed-term contracts for Play School worker

R/GA appoints Ben Cooper to lead global AI products team

Clemenger Group chairman Robert Morgan retires 3

Reddit suing AI startup for stealing content

‘Break the taboo and check your poo’: Kleenex partners with Bowel Cancer Australia for awareness campaign

Linkedin launches new advertising tools

Big W takes on live video shopping with Bread Agency partnership 1

Commbank goes against the flow to become Australia’s most valuable brand 1

Paramount ends 20 year relationship with WPP Media

Cartology sales leader joins rival Reo