We know our Women in Media Awards were last week, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still more women to recognise and celebrate. And so our Women in Media Profile Series continues. We’ve still got a few inspiring women to feature – one of which is none other than Tanya Orman, channel manager for Australia’a Indigenous channel […]

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WPP’s former strategy and digital chief Mark Read is now the favourite to become WPP’s new CEO, according to media reports out of the UK. Read became WPP’s joint chief operating officer in April after company founder, Martin Sorrell’s, spectacular departure from the world’s biggest advertising group in April. As reported on B&T last week, David Kenny, the senior […]

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Gold Logie winner and media personality Grant Denyer has been forced to apologise after the former Family Fued host was caught touching his groin in a recent 2DayFM commercial. In the original ad featuring Denyer and his Sydney breakfast co-hosts Em Rusciano and Ed Kavalee, Denyer clutches his groin momentarily while laughing. The ad, which spruiks […]

Australia came tantalising close to a new prime minister early yesterday morning and the leadership challenge certainly proved good news for news programming last night. Of the top seven shows on Tuesday, six were news related, with the ABC’s 7pm bulletin (772,000) beating the likes of Hamish And Andy (699,000) and Survivor (661,000). Seven’s 6pm bulletin was […]

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WPP’s Ogilvy has confirmed its executive creative director for Brisbane, Phil Nobay, has left the agency after two years. B&T understands Nobay has left Ogilvy to focus on the creative consultancy he owns called Philler. David Fox, CEO of Ogilvy Australia, said in a statement to B&T that Nobay had made a valuable contribution to […]

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Women’s Health, Australia’s fastest-growing healthy lifestyle brand, has announced the ultimate workout party, Women’s Health Fit Night Out, is returning for its third year on 31 August with a stellar line-up of sponsors. Haircare brand Garnier has signed on as naming rights partner for the event, while health food brands The Chia Co and Vital […]

Jeff Schwisow (pictured below) is a Melbourne-based strategy specialist, speaker and the author of Projectify – How to use projects to engage your people in strategy that evolves your business. In this guest post, Schwisow says businesses need to take control of the massive change around them… To thrive, and perhaps even survive, in today’s […]

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Swrve, the provider of modern, multichannel engagement for the enterprise, today announced the opening of its Asia Pacific office in Sydney, Australia As well as this, Swrve announced the appointment of Scott Mirabello as regional director of Asia Pacific. The move represents a significant expansion for Swrve, which already boasts offices in San Francisco, London, Dublin, and […]

Customer experience management cloud company Medallia announced that Leslie Stretch has been named Medallia’s president and chief executive officer. Previously, Stretch served as president and CEO of CallidusCloud for 10 years. In his time at Callidus he delivered a 25X increase in value in the public markets culminating in the company’s acquisition for $2.5 billion […]

PPR has recruited  digital and creative strategist Cameron Thorburn (main photo) to head the agency’s integrated offering across Australia and New Zealand. Thorburn will build on PPR’s existing creative and digital work as well as create new opportunities to offer fully integrated communications campaigns for current and new brands. PPR clients include Woolworths, Emirates, Subway, and […]

Independent agency Thinkerbell has unveiled its latest work for domestic violence advocacy group Our Watch called ‘No excuse for abuse’. Non-physical forms of abuse against women are both common and harmful. Yet awareness of the prevalence of these abusive behaviours is low. Violence against women is not restricted to physical violence. There are many different forms of violence against women […]

Public relations and communications agency, opr has released its annual Futures report entitled ‘Futures #4 – Flawed, Hacked, Hard and Slow’ which identifies key trends and insights in technology, culture and content, which will impact Australia and New Zealand businesses and government. opr Futures delivers practical business intelligence distilled from the world’s leading creative and […]

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In this guest post, Engaging.io’s GM Fraser Gordon (pictured below), agrees data can make or break any campaign, but, he adds, it’s the small stuff and not the big that can make all the difference… We hear a lot about big data these days and how it will change everything. But sometimes big data is not the solution, […]

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Leo Burnett Melbourne has unveiled its latest work for Honda’s HR-V SUV. The campaign sees one actor take on eight different roles based on eight different real-life stories. Each is brought to life by young female actor, Krew Boylan, in a tongue in cheek play on the ‘interchangeable 20-something’ women often depicted in the small SUV […]

The way the European Union’s General Protection Data Regulation (GDPR) is interpreted could have a severe impact on publishers, according to one expert. The GDPR was introduced on 25 May 2018 to help consumers protect their data and reshape the way organisations approach data privacy through a consent model. Speaking recently at a roundtable event […]

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Warne actually called Aly an "arrogant cretan"; however, B&T's used the correct spelling so as not to appear a cretan.

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Brother & Co set to look seriously schmick after hiring international stylist. Hang on, no, that should read strategist.

David Jones has upped its agency roster as it continues to struggle to up its actual customer base.

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Acquisition can remove agency growing pains argues this columnist. B&T suggests Aspro Clear & gin for all other pains.

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Paint ads can be a bit like watching paint dry, so this one needs to be commended on pushing the entertainment barrow.

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One need only see the samurai swords and pool of live sharks in the B&T office to realise our fearless culture.

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Kool & The Gangs' 'Celebration' & distinctive sound of a party whistle emanates from Mr Worner's office following this.

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B&T's daily TV snapshot prevents us from going to the gym each night. That & an utter disinterest in the gym each night.

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Feeling the winter chill? Well, these steaming man hunks in their Y-fronts will be like a hot Milo to your frosted soul.

You can read this Bauer study nowhere else other than B&T. More proof we do more good than evil (on most occasions).

This ad is heart-racing, indeed. Even more so if you've just overdone it with tablets containing pseudoephedrine.

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Some 57% of Aussies are now using voice search, although the numbers are skewed by those on a monastic vow of silence.

Ipsos chairman and CEO Didier Truchot has appointed former Nielsen executive Suresh Ramalingam as CEO of South East Asia. Ramalingam’s remit includes Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines, with immediate effect. Ramalingam joins Ipsos from Nielsen, where he worked for more than two decades in various leadership roles covering the Middle East and Africa, South East […]

A new study confirms marketing graduates are evil little bastards. Yes, that's B&T's synopsis than anything credible.

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No one loves the $22 schooners and $18 stale egg sandwiches at Sydney Airport quite like B&T.

The unreachables may sound like the Indian caste system but, as you'll learn here, it's some newfangled marketing term.

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Left exasperated by this morning's leadership challenge? Forgo the ex & find your asperation again with this top news.

Marketing software player Marketo has taken a bite out of Retail Food Group by snaring its digital chief.

The Bachelor's embroiled in its first social media storm. Thankfully, however, the Honey Badger's kept his snout clean.

Tamar Hovagimian to head Ten's new commercial partnership division. And, yes, B&T did check the spelling of that.

JWT unveils new digital agency Mirum which, B&T reliably understands, wasn't named after Miriam Margolyes.

Dentsu Aegis Network's Merkle has acquired marketing cloud specialist Amicus Digital. Make of it what you will.

Bec Brideson snared not one but two Women in Media awards and now boasts an attractive set of matching bookends.

The way people record, share and replay their lives has changed dramatically since the advent of Facebook-owned Instagram. Once a place where only static, filtered photos could be uploaded, Instagram now offers photo and video uploads, shopping features, direct messaging and several other tools serving users and businesses. However, for Instagram head of business Jim Squires […]

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Typically, B&T staff experience AR courtesy of Bombay Sapphire, but as these experts attest, there's much more to it.

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Virtual Reality has been a staple of science fiction for some time, Though, in terms of real-life application, the world is still coming to grips with what the tool can offer us. In recent years, tech experts, doctors, medical students and videographers have used the tool as a way of exploring worlds not normally accessed in […]

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The unparalleled success of Facebook-owned Messenger can be pinned down to its ear to the ground approach with users. Consistently listening to its user base of more than one billion, Messenger’s ability to stay not only on trend but well ahead of it has allowed the app to become a global tool for communication; be that […]

As a warning, this story includes the words "depreciation" & "ammortisation" if those sorts of things give you shivers.

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Kyle Le Geyt appointed OMD Melbourne's digital head and issues brooding press photo to boot.

It's a photo homage to B&T's Women In Media Awards, thankfully sans any embarrassing shots taken on the dance floor.

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One of Ten's pilot programs has this morning been slammed as "offensive in the extreme". B&T's sorry we missed it now.

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Australian of the Year and now B&T's Women In Media Lifetime Achievement Award! Yes, it's the incomparable Ms Buttrose!

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B&T's Women in Media Power List boasts such a formidable line-up it almost needs drums to be beaten while reading it.

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This ad's wonderful on so many levels, but most notably it's for one-minute microwavable cake.

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We're massive Swans fans here at B&T but, admittedly, we lose all interest whatsoever if they start losing.

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With all today's Women in Media coverage it's still refreshing to know people are still monumentally stuffing up too.

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B&T would like to claim we're first with the Darwin news but, in all truth, we're probably not in the top three.

B&T’s Women In Media Awards may appear a boozy knees-up, but there's some serious trophy handing out to be had too.

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Rod Simms has red texta, scalpel and geometry set in hand as he casts a keen eye over Nine's purchase of Fairfax.

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Pulse announces a trifecta of wins. And by that we mean new business and not shameless gambling on the horses.

Qantas unveils new diversity campaign with Hugh Jackman. We just hope Senator Fraser Anning isn't a regular B&T reader.

Vilnius has been named the "G-spot of Europe" which, B&T proposes, is better than being called the anus or testicles.

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UnLtd, the media, marketing and creative industry’s social purpose organisation has announced a total industry contribution of $10.5m to social impact in FY18. The total value of funds, services, inventory and time donated by the media, marketing and creative industry increased by 21per cent compared to the previous financial year due to a growth in […]

Edelman lands two clients that both start with the letter D. Although, admittedly, that's not particularly interesting.

B&T's Women in Media Awards are TONIGHT! Which means you won't have to endure any more of these Women in Media stories.

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The Bachelor was steaming up B&T's screen last night until we realised the television had actually caught fire.

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Kyra Bartley is the latest to star in B&T's mentoree series we're calling both mentoree & series-like in application.

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Are you a hard-working Enero employee? Well, there's probably never been a better time to ask for that pay rise.

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The only thing better than Casey Donovan being the 'Bachelorette' would be Shane Warne being one of the bachelors.

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We'd be headlining Danni Wright's Women in Media profile the "Wright stuff" if it wasn't utterly predictable and naff.

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Posterscope, Dentsu Aegis Network’s specialist out-of-home agency, has promoted Ryan Hedditch to the newly created position of national head of strategy and Samantha Summers to Sydney Group Business Director. In his new role, Hedditch is charged with driving the continual improvement and transformation of the Posterscope offering to clients and partners. Summers’ promotion will see her lead […]

Native discovery platformOutbrain has announced several movements in its regional leadership team, with plans to make more new hires. This comes on the heels of two senior appointments it made in February, after closing a record year in the region with expansion into new markets. Yoav Tourel has been promoted to head of sales for […]

Nine staff quickly learning their double dribbles from their three in the keys after snaring the basketball rights.

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Never seen the original 1984 movie Ghostbusters? Then this could be either brilliant or nonsensical in equal measure.

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B&T stops by for a chat with Trade Desk founder Jeff Green. Here's that very conversation reprinted in handy word form.

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Taste Creative has launched the interactive eBook ‘I Didn’t Like Hubert’, narrated by actor Angela Kinsey – famous for her role in the US TV series The Office. The eBook is part of an initiative to raise $30k in 30 days by donating 100 per cent of the revenue to the Humpty Dumpty Foundation to […]

YouTube EXTRA Gum has launched EXTRA Support Acts, a program created to support Australia’s up and coming musicians by transforming pre-roll ads on YouTube into a digital support stage. It has been created in partnership with Clemenger BBDO Sydney as creative lead, Universal Music Australia and BRING for talent and music strategy and content, MediaCom and YouTube. The […]

Havas Media snares a new client services director as the mystery of the unidentified fridge smell continues to perplex.

The free food and quick nap up the back aside, B&T marks a Cindy Gallop presentation any conference's "must do".

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OMD Australia has taken the top spot for Australia’s Number 1 media agency in size, according to RECMA’s 2018 ‘Overall Activity Volume Rankings’ report released last week. Additionally, the company was named first in profile classification with a dominant profile for the 3rd consecutive year, along with vitality ranking and structure ranking. Furthermore, OMD Australia was also named […]

HubSpot unveils its new APAC managing director. Sadly, via a press release and not a velvet cloak pulled from his head.

Wondering what will become of MCN after its divorce from Ten? Have some (but probs not all) of your Qs answered here.

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Judging by the image, it seems Red Agency may have had no staff whatsoever prior to this hiring spree.

Ten Imagine has hired a creative director who, B&T has been told, is not at all a figment of Ten's imagination.

Such is B&T's love of Bachie, staff called an "urgent" three-hour meeting this morning to recap and spin some yarns.

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Influencer funding is no more. No word yet on whether Instagram will still plug black ink as teeth-whitener, however.

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B&T's editor coincidentally spilled honey on his shirt while typing this. And by typing, we mean copy and pasting.

For once, we've passed on the opportunity to use the infamous stock handshake image, opting for a fist bump instead.

Y&R wins Best&Less amid rumours the clothing shop its changing name to 'Somewhat OK&Reasonably cheap'.

M&C Saatchi has nabbed two top creatives from fellow agencies, though B&T can confirm no catching devices were used.

Tenplay upgrades as B&T staff spend countless hours bludging at work and watching Bachelor and Survivor extras.

B&T attended an intimate panel discussion yesterday featuring a YouTube exec, before making good use of the open bar.

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Vogue Living has polished the floor boards and given the walls a daub of Porter's Paint making the whole sparkle.

Bumble has sadly chosen Georgia Love and Teddy Briggs for the campaign instead of influential Instagram puppy Lil Bub.

FY18 results are in full swing & it appears The Works' parent is happy with how its adopted child is settling in.

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