Verizon Media’s talent program has come to an end for the third year, closing with a hybrid pitch-off event for Musicians Making A Difference (MMAD). The Verizon Media Academy class of 2021, made up of 44 emerging leaders from across Australia and New Zealand media, advertising and marketing industry, were given just one hour to […]

Facebook has announced the expansion of initiatives focused on increasing transparency and controls around social issues, electoral, and political ads in Australia. According to a blog post from Facebook, while political ads play an important role in every election, customers have said they want the option to see fewer of these on their Facebook and […]

Social purpose organisation UnLtd’s Big Games competition has raised a combined $85,000 for children and young people at risk. Running over five weeks, the competition involved 32 teams from across the advertising, marketing and media industries battling it out virtually for a chance to qualify for the Rocket League final. The tournament culminated in a […]

Stan has announced that the Stan Original Film Transfusion commenced filming in Sydney earlier this week and will premiere on Stan in 2022. Transfusion is a taut, muscular thriller starring Sam Worthington (Avatar) as Ryan Logan, a former Special Forces operative, who is battling to cope with life after the loss of his wife and is thrust […]

Celebrity Cruises has appointed its new marketing chief who, it turns out, isn’t all that famous.

According to a decade of data collected by iStock, Australian brands turned to imagery depicting outdated gender stereotypes during the pandemic. Tracking the keyword ‘women’, iStock by Getty Images found that in 2020, ANZ brands and businesses reverted to gender stereotypes. Images of mothers home-schooling were used at almost twice the rate of images of […]

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Schwartz Media is congratulating Maddison Connaughton on her three years as editor of The Saturday Paper. Connaughton has decided to finish up her editorship this month. “It’s been an honour to edit the paper,” Connaughton said. “The Saturday Paper is one of the brightest voices in Australian media and I have been happy to see […]

As domestic travel booms, AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC has partnered with Tourism Australia. Together, they have produced a special edition that reveals the nation’s best-kept secret locations across all states and territories. The collaboration highlights the hidden gems on our roads less travelled, expanding tourism into many places that will no doubt welcome a boost to local […]

On Thursday night’s MasterChef ep, the chefs were tasked with cooking with classic culinary staple two-minute-noodles. Instead of serving them with a handful of shredded cheese and plenty of watery, dubiously beef-y ‘soup’ (as is the B&T preferred method), the chefs had to use the noodles to make something new. To a bonafide two-minute-noodle lover, that […]

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Research from EdBbirdie using Spotify data has identified the most popular songs to study to. After analysing thousands of studying and homework playlists on Spotify, American singer Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘drivers license’ came out as top song to study to. It featured on 48 study playlists, while other top songs included ‘Ophelia’ by The Lumineers, ‘Falling’ […]

Oasis want to sell their back catalogue to advertisers. And to be fair, you'd pick up their last few albums very cheap.

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Nine has announced a record six major sponsors for the 2021 season of adrenaline charged Australian Ninja Warrior. Leading health insurer AIA Australia joins Nutri-Grain, ALDI, Energizer, KFC and Bendigo Bank. Season five of Australian Ninja Warrior premieres Sunday June 20 and will feature innovative, bespoke in-show branding that compliments both the editorial of the […]

Cannes Lions has published its entry numbers ahead of Cannes Lions Live, which will run from June 21-25. 29,074 pieces of work have been entered from 90 countries, with entries spanning two years after the awards were paused due to the global pandemic in 2020. Simon Cook, managing director, LIONS, said that this was a […]

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Dayna Stewart is the Business Director – Digital Marketing, Media & Creative Services at The Nudge Group. Here, she discusses the challenges that come with building a successful marketing team when working remotely. Before COVID-19 changed the way businesses work, most marketing teams spent their days together in a meeting room collaborating on the next […]

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The line-up for the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival has been announced as the legendary event returns live in Las Vegas in September. This year, the epic two-day lineup for the iHeartRadio Music Festival main stage will feature performances by Billie Eilish, Cheap Trick, Coldplay, Dua Lipa, Florida Georgia Line, Journey, Khalid, Lil Baby, Maroon 5, Nelly, […]

Shop! ANZ is calling on shopper and retail marketing professionals from all retail related disciplines to participate in the first ANZ Shopper and Retail Marketing Industry Survey in four years. This important research provides a guide of where the retail marketing industry in Australia and New Zealand has come from and what is anticipated to […]

In this guest post, Ania Kubiak (main photo), A/NZ country manager at Lucid, offers her tips on how to align your brand with customers’ fast-moving expectations… In today’s digital world, the speed at which consumers’ perspectives and opinions on political and social environments is changing faster than ever before. Consumers are inundated with new information […]

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Woolies' media business Cartology unveils new appointments. B&T notes it also had a good deal on Tim Tams at the moment,

The broom continues to go through WPP's local operations. Yet, not where it's most needed - the dusty skirting boards.

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In a further blow to the Catholic Church, the CNN masturbator has returned to work and has reportedly not gone blind.

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For your reference, Hansen Yuncken is a construction company and not some weird European ice-cream brand.

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