Unmade: media and marketing analysis

'We are ARN, and we're an entertainment company': Michael Stephenson takes charge

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first Unmade podcast post sent via Substack since last week’s migration of our written content into the Mumbrella publishing stack. F...

Why Matt James backs himself '110%' to monetise NRL if Nine wins all the rights

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade, focused on yesterday’s Nine Upfronts. And further down, the investment market seems to like Vinyl Group’...

'Humble and hardworking': Amazon pitches to be Oz ad ecosystem's full funnel friend

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a midweek update from Unmade, dropping a little later than usual to accommodate the reporting embargo around this afternoon’s Amazon’s ...

'We are going to be the client I always wanted': Mat Baxter on his OOH-only tattoo skincare launch

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led update from Unmade. Today we hear a fly-on-the-wall interview with marketing strategist Mat Baxter in which he unloads on prem...

Make sure you clap

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we explore last night’s Foxtel announcements and a record breaking crash in Nine’s share price.To...

Football, streakers and the SBS content slate

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led update from Unmade. Today, Upfronts season gets under way, with SBS first out of the door.It’s your last chance to sign up f...

'Proudly indie' - Why Caroline Catterall sold Keep Left to Hardie Grant Media

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today, we talk to both buyer and seller in Hardie Grant’s deal to buy PR agency Keep Left, and find out wh...

'Making something people actually want to click on still takes a good idea'; Cuttable founder Jack White on the Meta opportunity

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today, we talk to the architect of AI-led ad agency Cuttable. And Nine’s shares sink as the market awaits...

Christian O'Connell is going national. Or is he?

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we talk to Christian O’Connell about his plans to (sort of) take his radio show national. Plus a bi...

Paul Hamra on Solstice Media's two decade overnight success story

31 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. After this week’s news that Solstice Media is buying Australian Traveller Media, we talk to founder Paul ...

'Media is different' - Will Hayward on why he believes Private Media's Pinstripe purchase will work out

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.We’re a day earlier than usual in our weekly podcast cycle, after last night’s announcement that Eric Be...

'You're not going to get an AI agent to watch TV for you' Samsung's Alex Spurzem on the rise and rise of connected TV

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today we dive into one of the fastest evolving marketing opportunities - connected TV - with Alex Spurzem, b...

'Nothing is more powerful than an authentic host read' - How Earmax is finding a place as Australia's first podcast media agency

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. On the day the annual Infinite Dial results exploring audio adoption patterns in Australia are released, we...

'The moats are gone' Unmade's Compass live at Mumbrella360

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition contains highlights from the finale of Mumbrella360, with our Compass panel reflecting on ...

Clive Dickens on harnessing the AI opportunity as traditional jobs go away

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today, we talk to Clive Dickens, one of media’s innovators, about what he’ll be doing next.To get maximu...

Live from m360: The Unmade-Mumbrellacast crossover episode

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade, recorded earlier today live on stage at Mumbrella360. To get maximum value from a paid membership of Unmade...

Live at HumAIn: 'It's the garden of Eden with no weeds.' How AI is driving a second coming for chatbots

21 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s Unmade podcast was recorded at last month’s AI conference HumAIn, with a panel of practitioner...

'We can sit around and shake our fists like blacksmiths in the 1900s, angry at cars': How creative Chas Bayfield is riding out AI

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. In today’s edition of The Unmakers we talk to creative legend Chas Bayfield about his new venture 21 Madi...

AI slop is putting brand trust at risk, warns Getty Images' creative head

04 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we hear from Getty Images’ global creative boss Rebecca Swift, on the impact and risk of AI on crea...

'A love letter to the ridiculous and wonderful world of agencies': How Rob Mayhew went from adland to creator

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we hear from adland satirist Rob Mayhew about making it in the creator economy, why he loves TikTok a...

How local media remains divided as audience trust evaporates

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an end-of-week update from Unmade.In today’s audio-led post we share the panel discussion from the launch of the Edelman Trust Barometer....

What's holding marketers back from AI?

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio edition from Unmade.Today: humAIn curator Cat McGinn talks to Jodie Sangster about her new co-venture aimed at upskilling CMOs wit...

Here comes Tubi

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a midweek update from Unmade, on the morning after News Corp’s main marketing-industry focused event of the year, D_Coded. Yesterday’s ...

BotD: Live from Compass Auckland; Ooh Media finds momentum; yet another Clems rethink

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a Best of the Day wrap from Unmade.Today: We share the highlights from Compass Auckland, Ooh Media finally discovers some momentum, and big...

'I love winning': Atomic 212 boss Barry O'Brien on staying hungry, and selling to Publicis

02 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade in which we talk to the two key players behind Publicis Group’s purchase of independent Media agency Atomi...

Live from Compass Melbourne: Can adland change for women?; get ready for rage; and 'dumb' cash giveaways in radio

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade, taking in the Melbourne edition of Compass. And below, a down day on the Unmade Index.You should be at next...

StW: Hugh Marks and Matt Stanton firm up for ABC and Nine; Plus our 2024 verdict, and 2025 predictions

15 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today: Hugh Marks firms up for the ABC as Matt Stanton makes an inside run on Nine; Plus, what we learned t...

Live from Compass Adelaide: Fake CMOs; too many pitches and did Campaign Brief deserve the benefit of the doubt?; Vinyl buys Concrete Playground

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s episode of the Unmade podcast features the fifth stop on our Compass tour, when we visited Adelai...

StW: Omnicom set for Interpublic takeover; Should Nine sell its radio stations? Meta's designation decision approaches

08 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today: We analyse the big news that Omnicom is set to take over Interpublic Group in a giant deal which wou...

Live from Compass Perth: Hard truths about the cost of career success; Why publishers are giving Google a free pass; raising the bar on WA's 'lazy' creativity

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s episode of the Unmade podcast features the fourth stop on our Compass tour, when we visited Perth...

StW: Farewell The Monkeys; ACCC to muscle up against platforms; AI content theft;

01 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.In today’s audio-led edition, the government helps the ACCC muscle up against ...

Live from Compass Sydney: 'Weaponised procurement', tax-dodging platforms and the AI gold rush; SEN ready to play

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s episode of the Unmade podcast features the third stop on our Compass tour, when we rolled into Sy...

StW: Remembering Lisa Ronson; High pressure day for SCA; Should Paramount buy Seven?

24 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today: The marketing industry reels at the sudden death of Lisa Ronson; How much more will get done on medi...

Live from Compass Brisbane: 'Best navigator wins', the looming war on social media, and saving television

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition. Today’s episode of the Unmade podcast features the second stop on our Compass tour, where we took the temperature o...

StW: Kochie's Law, Bluesky's week, and Coke's AI Christmas ad

17 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.In today’s audio-led edition, we prepare for a big week of media legislation i...

Live from Compass Hobart: Avoiding invisibility, a burnout epidemic and the foolishness of hustle culture

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we share the highlights from the opening chapter of this year’s Compass roadshow. And further down,...

StW: AGMs, Upfronts, and the first podcast election

10 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.In today’s audio-led edition, we ask whether Donald Trump’s podcast strategy...

'The most powerful lobbyist in Canberra' Joe Aston on how Qantas featherbeds politicians to get its way

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s interview features Australia’s most talked about business writer, Joe Aston, whose book on Qant...

StW: The age of zero click arrives in Oz; Verdict on Myer's Christmas humbug ad; Nine chair faces fight for her seat

03 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.In today’s audio-led edition: Can a loveable monster make Myer’s Christmas?;...

'I’m deeply concerned with the future of the open web' IAB Tech Lab boss Tony Katsur on why he worries about walled gardens

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today, ahead of his visit to Australia for next month’s IAB Leadership Summit, we talk to IAB Tech Lab’...

StW: Seven News boss rails against 'evil forces' summoned by Meta and co as lobbying intensifies

27 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.In today’s audio-led edition, Seven West Media and News Corp lobby for governm...

'It's been cathartic': Foxtel's Mark Frain on parting ways with the TV establishment; Compass Brisbane

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Along with revealing the lineup for the Brisbane edition of our Compass event, we today feature an in-depth...

StW: How Campaign Brief double glazed adland's glass ceiling; Rape claim at Nine

20 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.In today’s audio-led edition: We reflect on the industry’s move against Camp...

'We did kick the door down': Four Pillars Gin co-founder Matt Jones on growing a brand and a whole industry; Compass Sydney

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s edition features a fascinating exploration of how Four Pillars Gin became such a huie brand succe...

StW: Campaign Brief 'misogyny'; AI brings back dead stars; Aldi overtakes disgraced rivals on brand trust

13 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.In today’s audio-led edition: With Campaign Brief under fire for continuing to...

'We are approaching retail media 3.0': Lessons from REmade's leaders

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s edition features one of the highlights of last week’s REmade - Retail Media Unmade conference, ...

The Unmakers: How Mercha is reshaping Australia's promo merchandise sector

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we talk to two of the co-founders of Mercha - Ben Read and Sam Hardy. Plus, the top of town pushes do...

StW: How will ACCC intervention hit retail media?; Succession for Bruce Gordon; More AI magic (and menace)

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. In today’s audio-led edition: We chew over what the ACCC’s concerns over Ca...

The accidental publisher: How Josh Simons ended up running Australia's fourth biggest ASX-listed publishing company

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today: As Vinyl Group this morning announces yet another acquisition, we talk to CEO Josh Simons about the ...

StW: Warburton's media move; LinkedIn scrapes; Telstra's ad blitz; sporting codes lobby against betting ad ban

22 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. In today’s audio-led edition: James Warburton invests in Boost Media; trouble...

'We don't see ourselves as a free to air business any more' - Rod Prosser on Paramount's evolution

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a Tuesday update from Unmade. In the interests of topicality we’re reworking our publishing rhythm this week. We’ve brought forward to ...

StW: Nine moves on from the Sneesby era; Upfronts season: Independents Day and Paramount on stage

15 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.In today’s audio-led edition, we explore what happens next at Nine, the NRL tr...

StW: Privacy postponed; Big fines for scam ads; New AI rules; Unpaid Disrupt Radio staff unready for startup 'rough and tumble'

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. In today’s audio-led edition: The government clear the decks on its policy lo...

StW: Earnings season rolls into Upfronts; Why 7am on Thursday is podcasting's golden hour

01 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.In today’s audio-led edition, streaming audio and video pull in advertising gr...

Bernard Salt on why the pursuit of lifestyle is the key to Australia's consumer psyche

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s conversation features demographer Bernard Salt on what really motivates Australians. Further down...

StW: How agencies are screwing news media with lazy brand safety; Google's biggest AI search rival reveals ad plans

25 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. In today’s audio-led edition: News publishers push back against media agencie...

How Man of Many became more than whisky and watches

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a midweek edition of Unmade.Tomorrow is Unmade’s third birthday and we’ll be sharing a post with some updates on how we’re travelling...

StW: Tech tax door cracks open; ABC's bold Media Watch move; Ooh Media reveals a down half

18 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.In today’s audio-led edition, rumblings about a tech tax get louder; clues fro...

Foxtel's streaming boss Julian Ogrin on chasing 5m homes and winning the ad war

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade (with quite a few written words too).Today, we talk to Foxtel’s streaming and advertising boss, Julian Ogr...

StW: Cosmo's return; Rumblings over Nine's Domain ownership, share buyback and move on Foxtel; the week in AI

11 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. In today’s audio-led edition: The call is coming from inside the house as Nin...

'The loophole in democracy': Crikey boss Eric Beecher on the power of (mostly) unregulated media proprietors

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we talk to author and Crikey proprietor Eric Beecher as he publishes a book condemning the power of m...

StW: Labor backs off on betting ads; Rex regrets; and digital ad levy firms up

04 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.In today’s audio-led edition, the theme of the week is government intervention...

Live at HumAIn: AI Read The News Today, Oh Boy; and relief rally finally lifts Unmade Index back above 500 points

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we recap one of the most talked-about sessions at Unmade’s HumAIn conference. And further down, the...

StW: Infinite Dial 2024; Strike begins to hit Nine's papers; the low nutrition AI content farms spool up

28 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. In today’s audio-led edition: Should Nine’s journos have gone on strike?;Th...

'Starting a business is a creative act' - Sir John Hegarty on applying creativity

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we talk to one of the world’s most celebrated advertising creatives, Sir John Hegarty.Further down,...

'We don't think it's sustainable for them to operate in this market' - News Corp’s Nicholas Gray on the potential to kick Meta out of Australia

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade, featuring an interview with the editorial and commercial leaders of The Australian recorded to mark its 60t...

StW: Is Nine's Olympic balance sheet red or black?; Mediaweek for sale to Vinyl Group? Upfronts partying on hold

14 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today: Is Nine going to make a profit or loss on the Olympics? It depends who you ask, and how you calculat...

'I want the show to be more widely available': Christian O'Connell pushes for networking into Sydney

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we talk to Christian O’Connell, host of Melbourne’s top FM breakfast show. And further down, a sl...

StW: After media's meltdown, what comes next?; AI for PR monitoring; Voiceover artists' existential threat

30 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. In today’s audio-led edition: We look back on media’s most brutal week for ...

'There doesn't seem to be any let up' former Austereo boss Michael Anderson on the ad market's accelerating decline

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today, we talk to one of adland’s most experienced media executives Michael Anderson as he takes on the n...

StW: Southern Cross Austereo makes up its mind about ACM; New alarm over uninvited AI scraping

23 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. In today’s audio-led edition: Which door will the SCA management choose? And,...

The Unmakers: Chris Wirasinha on how Linkby is helping publishers rework the affiliate marketing game

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today, we talk to the creator of Australian media’s most enduring youth media brand, Pedestrian TV cofoun...

StW: Why women are rejecting news; Research industry trembles at AI onslaught; Seven's comic signing

16 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. Today: Why are women turning away from news?; The dawn of synthetic data - good...

Busting the digital audio fraudsters, and how connected TV is the scammers' latest honeypot; Seven's debt milestone

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today, we talk digital advertising fraud with a man who knows where the bodies are buried. And further down...

AI is news media's extinction event: the verdict - our closing HumAIn Great DebAIt

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio led edition of Unmade. Today, we share the closing session of last week’s HumAIn conference, where we invited six people from wi...

StW: Newest retail media network revealed; First ratings clue on K+J; Paramount sale into the endgame; Platforms targeted

02 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. In today’s audio-led edition: A big week in radio; what News Corp’s boss wi...

'If transformation was easy, everyone would do it': New Mutinex CEO Mat Baxter on why adland is stuck in old models

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio led edition of Unmade. Today, we talk to the newly arrived regional CEO of media mix modelling firm Mutinex, Mat Baxter, along wit...

Will Nine's scandal over news boss take down leadership? Agencyland's new player; News Corp restructures

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. In today’s audio-led edition: Nine’s scandal over behaviour of its ex-news ...

The Mamamia transition - In conversation with new CEO Nat Harvey and proprietor Jason Lavigne

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today, as Mamamia’s new CEO Natalie Harvey steps up, she joins co-founder Jason Lavigne to discuss where ...

StW: Epochal days in AI; can ARN's scale logic win the day in the SCA battle?

19 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. Today: ARN refuses to let its Southern Cross Austereo takeover bid die; and Cha...

Lou Barrett on News Corp's sales evolution, and is the industry ready to try again for a local premium content exchange?

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade, in which we talk to the industry veteran in charge of delivering News Corp’s advertising revenues, Louise...

StW: ARN races to rescue SCA takeover as Anchorage wimps out; TV sports rights showdown; Is OpenAI going to take on Google?

12 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our audio-led Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today: ARN Media fights to save its Southern Cross Austereo takeover a...

The Unmakers: Fabulate it - How an Australian tech platform is helping brands manage big influencer campaigns

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we’ve an episode of our series focusing on industry startups, The Unmakers. We talk to the co-found...

StW: Cost cutting on Nine agenda as Sneesby spray goes public; and SXSW unveiled

05 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our audio-led Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today: Nine under pressure from investors as questions are asked about...

Prophet growth: How Jordan Taylor-Bartels is using big math to predict marketing goals

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we’ve an episode of our series focusing on industry startups, The Unmakers. We talk to the latest e...

StW: K+J Day; Cosmo is back; Google hides local ad revenue as Twitter's take collapses

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our audio-led Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today: Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson smash onto the Melbourne a...

StW: TikTok crackdown; Consumers' sauce sacrifices; Free-to-air ads slump 17%; ABC ups its marketing spend

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. Today: TikTok piles the pressure on the television industry as US legislators p...

Anthony DeCeglie on the Nightly: 'There's a demand for quality journalism that's free, mainstream middle'

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we talk to Anthony DeCeglie, the editor-in-chief of Seven West Media’s Perth-based news masthead op...

StW: The Bondi Junction attack - How 2GB led the way as the ABC went missing; Lehrmann verdict; Fast food ads next

14 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. Today: How Nine’s radio and TV operations shone in the aftermath of Saturday’...

How Daniel Kahneman, the grandfather of behavioural economics, changed marketing

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today we discuss how psychologist Daniel Kahneman changed marketing thinking with his work on behavioural ...

StW: James Warburton set to leave Seven next week; Bad pitches; How AI is driving copyright dodging

07 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. Today: Warburton set to depart Seven West Media next Thursday; a failing grade ...

'It's fear that stops men standing up. They don't want to rock the boat'

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s conversation offers a depressing picture of how little progress the communications industry has made compared to other industries in making ...

As Paramount+ preps its local ad tier, ANZ boss Beverley McGarvey and global chief Marco Nobili talk strategy, speculation and sport

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s conversation features the boss of Paramount’s Network Ten, Beverley McGarvey, in one of the fir...

StW: Google tells agencies AI will eat their jobs; What was Accenture thinking?; Smart TV app verdict imminent

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. Today: New AI developments in agencies, search and film production; an odd job ...

Voice of the indies: Sam Buchanan on the rise of Independent Media Agencies Australia

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s edition features Sam Buchanan, boss of Independent Media Agencies Australia, the fastest growing ...

StW: ACCC takes aim at search; SCA board spill gathers momentum

17 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. Today: The ACCC sets put how it plans to examine the search ecosystem; and the ...

'Every question was being answered the wrong way' - Erik Jensen on ten years of the Saturday Paper

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s edition features The Saturday Paper’s editor-in-chief Erik Jensen, the only person in Australia...

StW: Countdown to Kyle; 'AI will do 95% of agency jobs'; Will Nine buy back Catalano's papers?

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today: OpenAI’s Sam Altman predicts 95% reduction in agency jobs; Melbourne ra...

'The slog is relentless': Claire Kimball and Kate Watson on the marathon of email publishing

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s edition features the story of how Claire Kimball and Kate Watson grew The Squiz from a daily news...

StW: Media's coming war with Meta as Facebook turns its back on news; TV Fight Club convenes

03 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.MetacrisisToday:* Facebook pulls of of the news ecosystem, setting up a confront...