TODAY’S TRADE PRESS: Times tough as branding agency sacks its barista; Clear Blue Day founders depart; Ninemsn puts axe to mobile and video sales teams; the News Corp profits plunge

Tim Burrowes

February 6, 2009 4:15

Digital Media

Top story from this afternoon’s edition of the Digital Media newsletter is redundancies at Melbourne branding agency Belong. Digital Media reports that up to ten staff – including the in-house barista – have been made redundant from the Photon agency this week.

The newsletter also has more information on the cuts at Ninemsn, which is says has seen 20-25 redundancies including most of the mobile sales team and the video sales team.

And digital agency Clear Blue Day has lost two of its founders with MD Peter Bray and client services director Justine Marino leaving today.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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3 COMMENTS

Gordon Whitehead 6 Feb 09

bugger…I’m the barista at Sticky Advertising.

Please Media Hunter don’t let me go!

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Don 6 Feb 09

In house barista? No wonder they’re in trouble. Sheesh.

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JG 9 Feb 09

We’ll know that times are really tough when a large Sydney law firm has to cut back on their in-house butlers. Mind you, it was a lovely cuppa!

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TODAY’S TRADE PRESS: Times tough as branding agency sacks its barista; Clear Blue Day founders depart; Ninemsn puts axe to mobile and video sales teams; the News Corp profits plunge

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