RuPaul Charles, star, host and producer of Ru Paul’s Drag Race, has become the most awarded person of colour, and most awarded Black artist, in Emmy’s history. During yesterday’s Emmy’s ceremony, season 13 of the show won the award for Outstanding Competition. It was Charles’ 11th Emmy win. It was not the only record he […]

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Real Crime is the new home of Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist Adam Shand and his acclaimed body of work in true crime podcasts. Three new series will be featured under the Real Crime brand: Real Crime Feature, Real Crime Interview and a brand-new series Real Crime – Australian Detectives. Shand is an investigative journalist, author, […]

Lego's one of those toys that's great no matter your age. Although middle-aged men playing with it can be a bit weird.

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Perkbox, the global benefits and rewards platform, has appointed former Google, Zip Co and Expedia executive Ross McDonald as Country Manager. McDonald brings over two decades of experience to the role, holding key management positions in a number of Australian and global growth and technology companies. The appointment comes amid the global reimagination and launch […]

Esports organisation ORDER has announced the appointment of  Michael Speakman as its new Head of Commercial. As part of ORDER’s expansion, Speakman will help navigate new commercial opportunities by offering a creative space for brands to connect, level up and deliver partnerships across the gaming ecosystem. ORDER continues to sustain its rapid expansion by appointing a […]

Sadly, yesterday's Emmys lacked that certain sparkle that comes from Ricky Gervais getting pissed & insulting everyone.

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Howard Myers has been appointed as Commissioning Editor & Supervising Producer, Unscripted, for Foxtel Originals. In this role, Howard will have oversight across FOXTEL’s signature local productions for Lifestyle & Entertainment content, working with both in-house producers and external production companies to commission, develop, produce and oversee content creation, series and specials. These titles include […]

Fetch TV and BBC Studios today announced the extension of their channel partnership agreements covering seven BBC channels. The deals secure Fetch subscribers ongoing access to the broadest range of premium BBC content available on any Australian aggregation platform, and include BBC First, BBC World News, UKTV, BBC Earth and CBeebies, along with Virtual Playlist […]

Parramatta's Bankwest Stadium rebrands as CommBank. Confirms the pies will remain slightly cold & slightly soggy.

Veteran shows again proving the winners last night. Let's just hope no one gets any ideas about reprising Family Feud.

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Hivestack, the leading global programmatic digital out of home (DOOH) ad tech company today announced a partnership with Clear Channel Outdoor Americas (CCOA), the US based business of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings: one of the world’s largest outdoor advertising companies. Through this new partnership, CCOA will offer advertisers a way to buy DOOH inventory programmatically […]

Guardian Australia has made new appointments in two new states. Nikki Mercado joins as account director in Western Australia and Sophie George joins as a state sales manager in Queensland. With a focus on breaking news, investigative journalism, podcasts and deep content partnerships with Australia’s largest advertisers, Guardian Australia has grown from strength to strength […]

Nothing beats the quality of a German-built car. They're also very good at strudels, beer & pinching the sun lounger.

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UTS launches 360° video tour that thankfully has edited out all dope-smoking arts students wearing Che Guevara T-shirts.

After a long few months in lockdown for Sydneysiders, the NSW Premier announced that gatherings of five double-vaccinated people could go ahead in outdoor areas from September 13th. Pernod Ricard’s Rosé Spritz brand ‘Rosie’ is celebrating this by giving away luxe picnics for 100 Sydney siders throughout the eastern suburbs, inner city and inner west. Teaming […]

Samsung Electronics Australia has this week announced the lineup of five budding recording artists for its UNDSCVRD competition, a TikTok docu-style reality series aimed to bring the spotlight to the rising music talent in the country. The series, presented by Samsung Galaxy, brings together five musical talents from across the country who were hand-picked by […]

Yes, you read that headline right! Tones And I is now flogging the Big Bash cricket in one of the stranger partnerships.

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Independent media agency Kaimera has recruited five new team members to manage its continued growth, following several new client wins including Britbox, Campos and Under Armour. Daniel Miller (pictured above) has joined from News Connect, where he was an associate programmatic trader, in the newly created role of platforms manager. In the role, he will […]

The sexiest singles in the nation (according to Channel Nine, at least) are back on airwaves with Love Island Australia on Monday, October 4, at 9.00pm after The Block on Channel 9 and 9Now. Aussie sweetheart Sophie Monk will return to host (and play Cupid) alongside new addition, comedian Stephen Mullan a narrator, in the world-renowned reality TV […]

Yotpo is officially expanding into Australia, off the back of significant market growth with massive Aussie names, a landmark investment from Shopify and a plan to help local Aussie e-comm explode. Yotpo’s ANZ userbase includes names like Zoe Foster Blake’s $180M Go-To Skin Care,  e-commerce fashion queen Princess Polly, and billion-dollar streetwear brand Culture Kings, […]

This expert takes a look at travel post-lockdown. B&T says just include a 'drinks package' & we don't care where we go.

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Progress has today announced the availability of Progress Sitefinity DX 14.0. This agile, flexible and extensible platform allows organisations to create an ideal digital experience platform (DXP) tailored to their unique needs and objectives with new capabilities for low-code integration and chat-driven engagement, as well as enhanced headless content delivery. The digital world is transforming […]

Amazon Prime Video today announced a ground-breaking new six-episode documentary series, UNHEARD, the first feature produced by LADbible Australia Originals and with production funding from Screen Australia.

These awards are a fitting tribute to the late, great Reg Grundy. And by that we don't mean your underpants.