IVE Group Launches $5.5m Investment Into Personalised Communications Offering

Infamous radio personality and former Rugby Union and Rugby League coach Alan Jones has been accused of indecently assaulting young men – using his position of power to grope or inappropriately touch them without consent. Please note: This article discusses themes of sexual assault that may be distressing to some readers. In a significant investigation, […]

Innocean CEO Jasmin Bedir and B&T‘s Imposter-In-Chief found themselves both fighting some pretty serious battles this week on B&T. Industry legend Bedir, famed for being the brains (and fire) behind the F*ck The Cupcakes Movement, recently turned her attention to the dangers of anonymous comments on the website of trade rags. Whilst Bedir champions constructive […]

Kmart is always B&T's one-stop shop at Christmas. Particularly for people we don't overly like.

James Boardman amps up his Dungeons & Dragons creds as he's named Wavemaker's chief strategy officer.

Other than a Cannes Lion, there's arguably no greater honour in advertising than getting your ad banned by a watchdog.

Time magazine has named Taylor Swift as their Person of the Year for 2023. The 33-year-old singing phenomenon was called a “source of light” in a “divided world” by the magazine’s editors. The accolade goes to the person that Time deems to “who most shaped the headlines over the previous 12 months, for better or […]

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Imogen Hewitt ascendancy at Publicis continues apace. Not that she's to be known as Dame Imogen Hewitt.

Following a period of rapid growth, independent Icon Agency has announced the appointment of Michael Knox (lead image) as executive creative director as part of its ongoing commitment to creativity and refreshed brand positioning. In this newly created position, Knox will oversee the creative output across the whole agency. Icon’s group managing director, Joanne Painter, […]

Warburton steps down from Seven and the stationery cupboard is already empty.

Following a period of significant client growth, leading auto marketing agency, DBC2 has appointed Jason Fisher (lead image) to the newly created role of CEO. The appointment is part of DBC2’s long term growth strategy ahead of the agency announcing a brand refresh and expanded proposition in early-2024. As a new shareholder of the business, […]

The ACCC has provided an update on the next steps in its ongoing work to scrutinise misleading online reviews and influencer endorsements. Two short reports, outline details of the findings of the ACCC’s recent internet sweeps of social media influencers and online reviews. “The next steps in our continuing scrutiny of these important parts of […]

Havas' Alastair Baker has a spring in his step and a song in his heart today following work promotion.

Extra pressure on Amplify's Nescafé Blend 43 catering tin today with the arrival of three new recruits.

GQ Australia has celebrated the 15th GQ Men of the Year Awards in association with BOSS. Fifteen awards were presented last night at a black-tie event at Bondi Pavilion ahead of the special GQ Men of the Year collector’s edition magazine being released exclusively inside The Australian on Friday December 8. The GQ Men of […]

Last night, Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion played host to the 2023 TikTok Awards in front of 1,500 celebrities, VIPs and creators. Ten awards were handed out at the event hosted by television presenter and former AFL player Tony Armstrong, media personality Abbie Chatfield and last year’s Creator of the Year, Kat Clark. The top title of […]

We're certainly not young, talented and trendy but you likely are, so enter the TikTok Young Lions comp!

Don’t treat regional media as a charity, but a real growth opportunity: That’s the message from Boomtown’s final masterclass of 2023, attended by almost 100 media industry representatives from across the nation. The masterclass was part of a series of educational sessions, delivered by Boomtown, the media collective championing advertising in regional Australia. The sessions […]

DIJGTAL launches ‘The Art of Car Care’, an exciting partnership between renowned LA street artist and icon, Mister Cartoon and Turtle Wax in Australia and New Zealand.

This trailer marks great news for spotty teenagers and socially awkward people around the world.

Wish Mr Lehrmann would simply disappear from your TV screens and newsfeeds? Alas, B&T's not seeing it anytime soon.

Do you fume every time the phone bill arrives? Take the rage 'next level' with this dodgy Telstra news.

Typically, B&T likes to champion the best & the brave. However, today we're honouring 2023's most memorable calamities.

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McDonald's famous menu item, the McNugget, turns 40 this year. And cardiothoracic surgeons everywhere are celebrating.

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Yahoo Advertising has launched Yahoo Blueprint, a central AI suite that powers performance-based solutions within the Yahoo DSP. Fuelled by over 335 million logged in Yahoo users globally, Yahoo Blueprint enhances decisioning, makes AI more accessible, and serves as a results-driven guide throughout the campaign lifecycle to deliver better outcomes for advertisers. This new AI […]

Counting the days down till Christmas by doing as little as possible bar a spot of online shopping? This will resonate.

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Haven't managed to shift the winter pudding? You'll lose two kilos just watching this Foot Locker campaign.

With a passion for redundancy stories, we can't see the Mumbrella team being too happy over this monster hire.

Meta unveils its new local PR agencies. So be warned if you plan to publicly say anything unsavoury about Mr Zuckerberg.

Publicis Sapient, a digital business transformation company, today announced the launch of a new joint venture with Tquila called PS Hummingbird. Lead image: Nigel Vaz CEO of Publicis Sapient The partnership with Tquila, with whom Publicis Sapient has collaborated on several other ventures, will extend Publicis Sapient’s generative AI offerings powered by Microsoft Azure, Microsoft […]

Planning on getting boozed up at the oOh! Chrissie bash? Beware, a new chief people & culture officer is in town.

It's 10 quick ones with UM's Anathea Ruys. Even quicker if you've recently completed a speed reading course.