Ogilvy has announced David Fox will be promoted to the role of CEO for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, effective March 1, 2021. Based in Dubai the new role encompasses responsibility for nine countries and 10 offices across the region.  The move to a new regional position follows six and a half […]

Holiday goers leaving Melbourne are being reminded to check Fire Danger Ratings (FDRs) to ensure they are fire safe and ready as they head out of the city and into regional Victoria. As part of the annual Victorian Fire Season campaign, the Victorian Government’s (Vic Gov) latest outdoor campaign harnesses the dynamic capability of digital […]

LinkedIn has unveiled its annual Jobs On The Rise report and – despite the usual suspects – it’s good news for those workers who possess digital skills and can work remotely. You can read the report in full here. As you’d expect, the report was headed by the always in-demand occupations such as health care […]

Henrik Isaksson is the regional managing director at Acast AU & NZ. In this opinion piece, he gives his top prediction on what 2021 will bring for the podcasting world. Despite a volatile media environment in 2020, podcasting has continued to grow from strength to strength. We have seen record listen numbers month-on-month and advertising […]

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Lenovo has released a new campaign that applies a surprising creative twist to reviews of its products, combining them to form death metal songs. Yes, you read that correctly. The works come from Omnicom-owned Swedish agency Ehrenstrale, in a bid to target gamers, which Ad Age reports are an important audience for the brand, and […]

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Bastion Collective launches new arm, Bastion Interactive, which is a specialist interactive experience agency headed up by ex DDB Tribal Managing Director.

Outgoing and twice impeached President Donald Trump released a pre-recorded farewell as he departed Washington. But many of the US’ major networks didn’t show it. Trump was banned from Facebook and Twitter in the wake of his supporters’ attack on the US Capitol on 6 January. His personal account on YouTube has also been suspended […]

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New data from Facebook shows that an initiative aimed at supporting local news publishers is showing early signs of success. Australian and New Zealand publishers participating in the Facebook Journalism Project’s Reader Revenue Accelerator in 2019 and through 2020 secured more than 24,000 new paying subscribers and more than 160,000 new loyal readers (whether through […]

Radio personality and comedian Kate Langbroek has returned from Italy to rediscover Melbourne’s iconic Chapel Street Precinct, which has seen a post-lockdown renaissance of business over summer. Langbroek has stitched the words ‘Support Local’ on her sleeve, making visits to many Chapel Street Precinct businesses with a film crew capturing each of the business owners […]

Sky News Australia to air all of tomorrow's presidential inauguration. Tune in from 4am to see all the gritted teeth.

Nervous about a half pike with twist into the data pool? Tighten the Speedos with this read judged a "perfect 10".

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My Muscle Chef is only surpassed by Carlton Zero as the least stolen item in the B&T office fridge.

Fears this morning Kyle may have dropped dead. Southern Cross Austereo immediately denies any use of KGB nerve agent.

Here's a stern lesson for any email spammers out there. Let's just hope those Nigerian billionaires are reading today.

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Paying homage to the Vincent Desiderio painting ‘Sleep’ and Kanye West’s ‘Famous’ music video, Koala Furniture’s new commercial shows a range of people all comfortably sleeping on their Koala Mattresses. Like the ‘Famous’ music video, the commercial for Koala’s new mattress begins with a close up of a single sleeping person and then slowly pulls […]

News Media Bargaining Code continues to prove proverbial hot potato as Sir Martin threatens his own gratin dauphinois.

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B&T tipping 'Run To Paradise' or anything Barnsey to do the business in Nine's ‘500 Greatest Songs Of All Time’.

This'll be of more interest to MediaCom's clients. For the rest of us, it's more a passing interest/time filler thing.

Dating apps have banned the US Capitol rioters. However, that's not to say there's not plenty of loons & psychos left.

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Pedestrian Group has announced it will be taking the third iteration of its national self-care festival Selfish online in 2021. Selfish Sessions, running virtually from February 24 – 26, will reflect on what self-worth means to young Aussies, focusing on long-term strategies to improve their intellectual, emotional and creative wellbeing off the back of a […]

2020 certainly did bring a reprieve from the myriad of events. Although, B&T does pine for the networking drinks.

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It's the first of the visual trends reports for 2021. And it's not good news for wearers of the polka dot or salmon.

The POPSUGAR team revealed, but not before escaping the wilds of the Amazon Basin judging by accompanying press images.

Outdoor industry praying the locust plagues & pterodactyls stay away in 2021, as COVID shaves 40% off the bottom line.

DDB's Matt Chandler makes immediate shift from Carlton to those wanky Japanese beers following new year promotion.

This week, three A-League clubs will partner with Epic Games to celebrate global football in Fortnite, alongside more than 20 other top clubs from around the world. Starting on Sunday, players can choose from 10 different variants of new “Kickoff Set” outfits to represent their favorite club in-game. Each outfit can be swapped to any […]