Microsoft Australia seeks creative director for generative video push

Microsoft Australia is revving up production of generative AI-powered videos as it looks to achieve “quality at scale” across ...

Ex-Edelman client chief Amber Scotto Di Perta joins Optus

Former Edelman Australia chief client officer Amber Scotto Di Perta has joined Optus in a communications leadership role, ...

Editorial catnip: The richest 250 list driving engagement at the Australian

The Australian publishes its annual lift-out magazine The List on March 20. Subtitled Australia’s Richest 250, the annual ...

When does persuasion become manipulation? The new unfair trading practices law marketers must be across

Most marketers have had their eyes fixed on the Privacy Act. This is completely understandable: the Tranche 2 Privacy Act ...

‘Shocked and repulsed’: ACM leaders back vote of no confidence in Catalano

Australian Community Media executives have backed a vote of no confidence in the company’s co-owner Anthony Catalano from its journalists, following his alleged assault on a woman last ...

Radio ratings: ARN’s big changes may need a little time

It seems that Jonesy and Amanda’s Sydney fans didn’t stay locked into Gold 101.7 to find out what this new Christian O’Connell bloke is all about, with the station’s breakfast show dropping 3.6 points ...

Normal service resumes with Unmade Index slipping, SCA hit hard

The first radio survey day of 2026 was not a good one for our audio-dominated media stocks, with Southern Cross Austereo and ARN both dropping.Southern Cross was hardest hit, falling 7.5%, to a market ...

Snap names Georgie Wilson as ANZ comms lead

Snap has turned to the agency world for its new Australia and New Zealand communications lead, Georgie Wilson.Wilson joins ...

Mumbrellacast: It’s the end of the (stupidly big salary) world as we know it

The highest paid radio host was officially terminated from his job this week, after his equal-highest-paid co-host Jackie Henderson was let go a few weeks back. We’re talking about Kyle Sandilands of ...

Bad briefs, not budgets, are why your campaign fell flat

If you work in marketing right now, you don’t need yet another person telling you it’s a challenging environment.Budgets aren’t just tight, they’re dissected at every line. You’re expected to deliver ...

When does persuasion become manipulation? The new unfair trading practices law marketers need to watch

Most marketers have had their eyes fixed on the Privacy Act. This is completely understandable – Tranche 2 Privacy Act reforms program, and the Privacy Commissioner’s newly active enforcement stance ...

PR needs its own PR — and it should start with our clients

I’ve long believed the PR industry needs its own PR. For an industry built entirely on communication, messaging and storytelling, we are surprisingly misunderstood. Ask friends or family what you do ...