Spark Foundry Appoints IAG’s Caroline Hugall As Chief Strategy Officer

New study reveals humorous ads "entertain and surprise consumers". Here's hoping Julia Morris doesn't get any ideas.

Someone has clearly told Aussie workers AI wont steal their jobs, but might help them get to the pub more quickly.

Mamamia has officially launched Sam, a dynamic AI-powered voice trained on hundreds of hours of Mamamia podcasts. Sam unlocks programmatic audio advertising across the network for the first time with close-to real time turnarounds. With 79 per cent of women trusting recommendations made by Mamamia, according to our latest ‘State of Women’ research – and […]

The Outdoor Media Association (OMA) has announced the appointment of Adam Cadwallader, CEO & managing director at Motio, and David Watkins, Chief Financial Officer at JCDecaux Australia, to its Board of Directors. Their extensive experience will further bolster the OMA’s mission to drive innovation and excellence within the Out of Home (OOH) advertising sector in […]

Bastion Senior Creative Harry Roth has been selected to attend the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and take part in the Creative Academy, a certificate programme designed to catapult younger creatives to the next level of their careers. Lead image: Harry Roth. The Academy, limited to just 30 creatives globally, includes sessions with world-renowned […]

It was all out the News last night, with Seven and Nine taking the top two spots for the night, respectively, and Nine coming in at third place with A Current Affair achieving a total TV national reach of 1,489,000. Behind the news, it was all about Quiz shows, with seven of the top thirty […]

Paramount has urged the Federal Government to come to the rescue of regional TV after Mildura Digital Television – a joint-venture between Seven West Media and WIN Corporation that broadcasts Network 10 channels to the region – revealed it will soon shut down. Lead image: Mildura, located on the Murray River and near the Outback, […]

Its second year running, ‘Loud & Clear’ has provided a valuable resource for artists, the industry and fans around the world revealing royalties generated by Australian artists from Spotify in 2023 reached nearly 275M AUD, up almost 10% since 2022. Who is generating money? How much are they making? And how has that changed over […]

New research from eBay Australia has revealed pre-loved fashion is a dominant trend in the nation’s style landscape, with 70 per cent of Australians surveyed owning a pre-loved fashion item and nine in ten (87 per cent) likely to buy the same or more pre-loved fashion items in the future. Lead image: Maggie Zhou & […]

Singapore-based PR & content agency Bud specialises in disruptor brands, not marijuana ones as the name may infer.

Hats off to Coles for this top work. Now if it could only get its trolleys to run straight & its pears a bit less hairy.

SBS's Alone Australia proving such a hit with viewers, B&T is rather surprised the commercial networks haven't nicked it.

West Australians will now have to rely on That's Life & Iron Ore Weekly for their weekly print fix.

As you'll read here, there's more to Spotify than meets the eye. Or, in this case the ear, it being an audible property.

It's yet further proof the property market is so hot right now. Still not hot enough to save Godfrey's vacuums, however.

iProspect unveils shadow executive leadership team. Staffers warned to be on the lookout when nicking off early.

One thing Aussies love is sport. Yet, one thing they hate is having to pay for it. So, make of this news what you will.

Global digital agency announces Brad Stevens as ECD. Says he's happy to go by 'Braddles' or the unimaginative 'Stevo'.

If a worrying vitamin D deficiency isn't enough to get you outdoors, then hopefully this new JCDecaux installation will.

Surely a simpler way to gay conversion therapy is to remove quiche from the pub's lunch menu.

The game of golf is a lot like Lindsay Lohan, Jägermeister or holidaying in Kuta - you never know if it's cool or not.

Matilda's goalie & coach in conversation at this year's Vivid. Won't be conversing about Sam Kerr's ACL, however.

Be wary of a Nigerian sounding bloke that claims he is Kochie and pimping crypto on a smart speaker near you.

Contiki wants influencers to give up irritating selfies on holiday by funding them to create irritating selfies. Genius.

Natalie Harvey has taken on the Mamamia CEO's chair that B&T hopes sports a mashed pumpkin vomit stain.

It's not been a great day for Australia - out early in Eurovision, crushed by the Yanks in Lego Masters.

GroupM poaches Amazon's Mark Lomas to lead its retail media business. Says he has no opinion on Jeff Bezos' new yacht.

Indie agencies are thriving & it's mostly thanks to these industry leaders. And their delegating to the lackeys.

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It looks like being a top time to be investing in the tech space. Defence industries & missile makers also doing well.

Yoghurt's a lot like online dating, red wine & running marathons - you think it's good for you, but it probably isn't.

Latest study finds the ABs are returning to offices & reveals how brands can cash in. Just not the work from home brands.

Think Mariah's only good for annoying the shit out of colleagues at Christmas? Think again with this new Audible work.

Work with influencers? This webinar's a must. And, thankfully, sporting immaculately white teeth isn't a prerequisite.

As much as B&T wanted to use "chucks it in" in this headline, we didn't want the Chinese government coming after us.