Optus has announced world-champion tennis player Ash Barty as its chief of inspiration, Barty’s first new partnership since her retirement from professional tennis in March.   The partnership will see Barty feature in a mix of content initiatives, employee engagement programs and community-focused campaigns to connect Australians and inspire them to say “yes” to their dreams, […]

Lisa Ronson has announced she’s is leaving her role at Coles as the chief marketing officer. Ronson is out of the trolley and into the fire, as they say! Ronson announced the news via Linkedin: “It’s with sadness today that I announce I’ve decided to move on from Coles Group to pursue a number of […]

Tourism New Zealand has unveiled its first global campaign in two years, IF YOU SEEK – the country’s invitation to international visitors. Launched today in core visitor markets such as Australia and the United States, IF YOU SEEK explores perspectives unfamiliar to the travel category; enticing audiences to explore Aotearoa New Zealand via glimpses of […]

Following a competitive pitch, retail group Godfreys has announced the appointment of independent creative agency Hardhat. Following two years of growth, with the business now sitting at more than 150 stores and 3 million customers, Godfreys has set about transforming its retail stores to more accurately reflect the business’ category leadership and expertise. At the […]

iHeart announces top ad spenders in podcasts. No word on how many listeners skip through every ad they encounter.

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Defamation laws may finally relax in Aus! Hence, why we are revealing our editor is addicted to gaviscons.

Rural and regional women who have excelled in making their communities better places to live and work are set to be celebrated with the launch of the Shine Awards, a six-year partnership between rural and regional newspaper, The Weekly Times, and Harvey Norman. Readers are being asked to share their stories and nominate the unsung […]

Seven no longer calling it just TV, but "total TV". Preferring you also scream it while doing jazz hands.

The salaries for Seven's top earning execs are in & make for interesting reading. And completely depressing reading too.

If you think seed funding has to do with feeding birds, this article is not for you.

Do you get jealous of high achievers that are younger and have perfect blood pressure? Get ready for your blood to boil.

B&T staff once again bucking the national trend as latest study reveals Aussies boozing less post-COVID.

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The Outdoor Media Association (OMA) has this month welcomed Blue Tongue Outdoor, SureVision and Veridooh as the latest companies to join the Association. Speaking about the three new members, Charmaine Moldrich, OMA CEO said: “We’re pleased to announce our continued expansion includes media owners, suppliers and adtech. Blue Tongue Outdoor is our first South Australia […]

Think Sam Worthington was the most exciting thing to come out of Perth! Think again.

Here at B&T, we won't hear a bad word said about Zoe Foster Blake! She's simply too fabulous.

Data-driven, CX agency Cheil has teamed up with Samsung Australia for the unveiling of Samsung’s latest Galaxy Z Series, the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4, at one of Australia’s busiest shopping centres, The GPT Group’s Melbourne Central. The ‘Unfold your world’ takeover, which consists of a 64sqm pop-up store in the center of […]

The Kiwis again pinching one of our great ideas. Much like the pavlova, Phar Lap and Russell Crowe in Gladiator.

Nespresso is today calling for entries to the Australian StartCup Challenge, a new competition which supports and rewards innovative, circular business ideas. The challenge is open to pioneering start-ups and SMEs from any sector or industry to pitch their circular solutions for review by an expert jury and then via public vote for the chance […]

Australian new car website, CarExpert.com.au has today completed the strategic acquisition of PriceMyCar.com.au, accelerating the company from online publisher to new car marketplace. The acquisition is for 100 per cent of the business at a purchase price of $4 million. This is a mixture of an upfront payment with a two-year earn-out period which will […]

Calling all students, bachelors and couples who probably won't last six months, an IKEA festival is on its way!

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Joanna Fawkner forced to deny any knowledge of Kylie Minogue's back catalogue as she joins the NOVA team.

Georgie Tunny joins 10's The Project full-time. Has been pre-warned about parking in Lisa Wilkinson's car spot.

Digital experience platform (DXP) provider Optimizely has announced it was named a Strong Performer in The Forrester WaveTM: Marketing Resource Management, Q3 2022. The report states that, “Welcome’s legacy in content marketing and editorial shines through in its ample content and people management offerings. And its superior innovation roadmap plans, to employ AI for content […]

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Having racked up over 1 million paying subscribers since the release of Snapchat+, a paid subscription service complementing the communication app, Snapchat has announced a number of new features to further reward its user base. The newly added services include priority story replies, which highlights a users responses to Snap Stars; an option to show […]

It was ear-to-ear grins on 7.30 last night as Big Mal returned to roast and baste the Morrison years.

These vampires make a damn good shake of things. Not as good as Gary Oldman, but far better than Sesame Street's Count.

Few surprises, as The Block names its 2022 sponsors. Well, you could argue a2 Milk is a bit left-of-centre.