Facebook Announces Plans For World’s Largest Shoppable Social Media Platform

Independent Media Agencies of Australia (IMAA) announced its inaugural Digi-Byte event to mark the launch of its much-anticipated IMAA Academy ‘Digital101’ e-learning module. The Digi-Byte event, to be held on 21 May for IMAA members and media partners, will include a series of digital panels and speakers followed by an immersive gaming competition. Pip Bingemann, […]

Bowel Cancer Australia launched a compelling new campaign highlighting bowel cancer as a dangerous creature that strikes more than 1,700 Australians aged under 50 each year. Developed by Ogilvy Health, ‘Australia’s Deadliest’ uses a unique approach for a cancer awareness campaign, leaning into the imagery and style of tabloid journalism to tell real and confronting stories about […]

In a fiercely competitive and talented industry the industry bodies bring a sense of unity and togetherness. The heads of these bodies are the careful diplomats making sure that the industry successfully navigates the challenges in our way. This is why for this week’s B&T’s Best of the Best we are rightfully celebrating the advertising, […]

TEDxSydney has unveiled a revised creative program in partnership with the University of Sydney. This will see the TEDxSydney annual flagship event replaced by two specially-curated, intimate events designed to cater to the evolving interests of Australians.  The popular TEDxSydney Youth event will now be supported by two TEDxSydney Salons, an intimate evening event format […]

Channel Seven’s Farmer Wants A Wife was the top entertainment show last night, attracting a total TV national reach of just over two million people, with an average audience of 1.247 million. Farmer Wants A Wife performed particularly well on BVOD, too, bringing in an average audience just shy of a quarter of a million. The […]

Innocean Australia, creators of F*ck the Cupcakes, and B Corp purpose-led agency Paper Moose, have launched a voluntary industry charter –  Love Our Work – that aims to foster more positive conversations among creative communities. Innocean and Paper Moose joined forces last year to take a deep dive into how the industry is interacting with […]

The digital ad industry is rarely standing still but there has rarely been so much hand-wringing in the sector as it faces a near-existential crisis with looming changes to the Privacy Act, third-party cookies and other global regulation changes. Speaking at the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) Data and Privacy Summit, the industry body’s director of […]

Fortress, the ultimate games, culture and experience destination – has appointed Organic, One Green Bean and the Havas Network to handle PR, social and content for the brand. Lead image: from left to right, Laura Byrne, head of content, One Green Bean, Beth Appleton, CMO at Fortress Games, Annabelle Gigliotti, managing partner, Organic Publicity. Primarily, […]

Leading Australian influencer marketing platform Fabulate has revealed the fastest growing Australian creators and brand accounts in April with Married at First Sight brides Lucinda Light and Tori Adams, masked Melbourne band Glass Beams and the Lambro brothers all making the list. Among the most prominent Australian creators to garner global attention last month has […]

ViewJobs has launched Australia’s brand new employment marketplace for regional employment and the first dedicated digital platform connecting job-seekers to career and lifestyle opportunities in Australia’s regions. Lead image: Lewis Romano and Jarrah Kammoora. ViewJob, the online job listings platform with its intuitive, Airbnb-style map-based search functionality aims to address the growing demand for skilled […]

Independent podcast production house Deadset Studios has appointed Madeleine Hawcroft as Executive Producer for its new season of The Solutionists with Mark Scott, produced for The University of Sydney. Lead image: Madeleine Hawcroft. Madeleine Hawcroft is a seasoned executive producer on factual and entertainment shows, having been the executive producer for ABC TV’s AACTA-nominated Kitchen […]

The Australian ready-to-wear brand Zimmermann opens an immersive brand space at Bon Marché in Paris, designed by Amplify Paris. This unique ‘residence,’ started at the end of April and extending until the end of August 2024, offers an exclusive summer experience to its visitors. Located on the second floor of the department store, this 300-square-meter […]

Australian chicken shop, Red Rooster, has united with Four’N Twenty pies, creating a very Aussie brand collaboration by launching a limited edition chicken & gravy pie ahead of the Australian footy final season. The ‘very Aussie’ campaign targets an 18-34 year old demographic, looking for an on-the-go, one-handed eat, lunch solution, aiming to satisfy Australia’s […]

News Corp’s sales proposition to marketers and agency partners is simple: ‘if you want to avoid further signal loss and data fragmentation, come to us’. Pippa Leary caught up with B&T to explain more. There are two challenges that marketers face, but few really understand: the depreciation of third party cookies and how new privacy […]

News Corp Australia today announced significant advancements across its advertising solutions with the launch of Shoppable ScrollX and enhancements to Targeted Time in View (TTIV). By strategically combining cutting-edge data insights with innovative ad formats, News is transforming the way brands can engage with consumers. Managing Director Client Partnerships Lou Barrett said: “Shoppable ScrollX and […]

Samsung Electronics Australia, in partnership with CHEP Network and Livewire has launched clash of commuters, an innovative gaming marketing campaign that merges the virtual world of gaming with the everyday experiences of Australian commuters on ‘Fortnite Creative’. This integrated experience is designed to celebrate the rise of on-the-go gaming and showcase the capabilities of the […]

The creative ads which will air across digital channels for 8 weeks from mid-May until the end of July 2024 were directed by Tim Godsal of Anonymous Content and produced by the creative minds at Anomaly. This campaign marks Revolut’s second above-the-line advertising initiative within the past 12 months, underscoring the company’s accelerated growth in […]

As he approaches his first 100 days working in the out-of-home market, former UnLtd CEO and now group sales director at oOh!media, Chris Freel, shares why this so-called traditional media is anything but. When I made the jump from UnLtd, the media, marketing and ad industry’s charity foundation, to the world of out-of-home, many people […]

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Our judges are working overtime, and our events team hasn’t slept in weeks putting the finishing touches before we head up to sunny Far North Queensland for Cannes In Cairns and the inaugural Cairns Crocodiles Awards presented by Pinterest in just over three weeks. Today, we are celebrating the shortlisted entries in the B2B category, […]

This morning, at the EXPLORE conference at the ARIA Resort in Las Vegas, Expedia announced the launch of Travel Shops, a new storefront on the Expedia app that centralises content creators’ travel recommendations. Lead image: Oneika Raymond This innovative feature saves travellers from the tedious task of scrolling through social media to find past recommendations […]

As a cookie depreciation tsunami slowly approaches, News Corp is sharpening its audience intelligence platform, Intent Connect, with AI tech that enables advanced data collaboration capabilities through planning, booking and measurement. Managing director of client partnerships Lou Barrett tells B&T it’s about future-proofing clients’s digital marketing plans. At last year’s annual D_Coded event, News Corp […]

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The Summit does the business on its return for Nine. Meanwhile, press photo confirms the importance of headwear.

Ellie Rogers says family was a big part in her next career move. Not so B&T, who only comes to work to avoid ours.

B&T's ad of the month is both a worthy cause & worthy winner. Even if KFC's Zinger box can feel slightly hard done by.

If there's an agency that's "so hot right now" it's Howatson+Co. And, yes, B&T's unnecessarily bigged-up this new work.

Brisbane PR agency unveils its Melbourne plans. Still adjusting from the pineapple print to the mandatory all black.

This article contains the location to obtain free KFC burgers. Why not send the workie for real world office experience.

Don't know your Storms from your Wallaroos? At least you'll be sports sponsor aware with B&T's ongoing series.

Tired of fielding prank calls about nougat & caramel, Mars Agency rebrands to the more long-winded Mars United Commerce.

Did your last inter-team marketing brainstorm see 'interactive video' come up more often than not? Read on quickly here.

Were you the wheezy kid that always wagged PE at school? Even more reason not to avoid this lessons-in-sport piece.

Casual dress & motley beards aside, did you join adland to try and change the world? Get tips from those who did here.

Nine calls in Magnite to sort out its BVOD programmatic ads. Not before having to switch the plugs from a Type C to a I.

Special wins Cricket Australia's creative. Here's hoping they don't get Thomas Keneally to do a poem of 'C'mon Aussie'.