Unmade: media and marketing analysis

'We couldn't get a pulse back' Patrick Delany on the rationale behind Foxtel's pivot to streaming

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s edition features an in depth interview with Patrick Delany, the mastermind of Foxtel Group’s pi...

StW: Media's 'extinction level event'; What to expect from SCA's financials; Another Google AI brand blunder

25 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.If you’ve been thinking about upgrading to an Unmade membership, this is the p...

Can the radio industry persuade marketers to rethink their media buying strategies?

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s edition features highlights from last week’s gathering of the audio industry’s commercial pla...

STW - Hubbl revealed; Earnings season in earnest; Ten boss Jarrod Villani exits

18 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.If you’ve been thinking about upgrading to an Unmade membership, this is the p...

How Vinyl, Australia's only ASX-listed music company, got into publishing by buying The Brag Media

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade. Today’s edition features a conversation with the key players behind the deal for Vinyl Group to acquire T...

Start the Week: Vale Harold Mitchell; Australia's new paper; Google's bad AI brand strategy

11 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today’s topics: Remembering Harold Mitchell; latest on how AI is changing mark...

Start the Week: Paramount in play?; ABC's big commercial hire; Amazon Prime Video's Aussie surge; Radio 'smears'

04 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today:* What will it mean for Ten staff if Paramount changes hands?;* Commercial radio heavyweight Mike Fitzpatrick set for ABC switch;* Amazon Prime ...

How Gai Le Roy steered the IAB from spruiking digital to industry consensus

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Le Roy’s IAB agenda: Setting standards, building investment confidence, creating communities (and directing a panto)Covering the shenanigans of the ...

Start the Week: Is Nine trying to sell Domain?; New TV ratings system launches today; Is arcane ABC ready for Kim Williams?

28 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:Nine tries to interest private equity in Domain stake;The TV ratings reset...

Live at Compass: Rethinking TV measurement, creativity, and adland's declining influence on culture

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features the Melbourne panel from our 2024 industry predictions event, Compass.Further dow...

Live at Compass: Is WFH about avoiding work?; Will better reporting mean ad dollars?; Why won't trade press tell readers what they know?

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features the panel discussion at Unmade’s Sydney Compass event, featuring Simone Gupta f...

Connected: How Scott Lorson steered Fetch TV to Australia's prime streaming aggregator

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features an intriguing conversation with one of the most connected executives in the telev...

Start the Week: Big moves in publishing at Nine, Schwartz and LadBible; The year of carnage, AI and retail media

17 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:Ben Shepherd quits Dentsu after less than a year for Schwartz Media gigNin...

'I don't even think we're at the early adopter stage': AI agency founder Jeremy Somers on the disruption ahead

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features Jeremy Somers, founder of AI creative agency Not Content.If you’ve been thinkin...

Start the Week: The year of the ad streamers; Retail media's $1bn grab; ABC podcast data at last; What now for Seven?

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Retailers to snatch $1bn+ away from media* The streaming ad tiers are co...

‘You're all battering each other’ - Why LBB’s Matt Cooper wants to focus on the positive in adland

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features a conversation with Matt Cooper, founder and CEO of global advertising archiving ...

Start the Week: Bed wars; Ten's off season Bachelors strategy; Sky News' streaming play

03 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Mattress brands go to war over dodgy review sites, but why isn’t the A...

Nick Smith on taking the helm at News Corp's content agencies Medium Rare and Storyation

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features a conversation with Nick Smith, managing director of arguably Australia’s most ...

Start the Week: Media redundancies; End of the Millionaire era; Nine closes in on Melbourne Cup

26 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Crikey publisher Private Media makes eight roles redundant;* Media stock...

Nick Rynne on leading Seven's new streaming bet with community sports service Streamer

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features a conversation with Nick Rynne, one of the architects of Seven West Media’s new...

Start the Week: TV lobbies at war; ACCC's Plan B if Meta drops news; Hamish McLennan and OpenAI boss in the exit lounge

19 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Free to air TV lobby goes to war with the pay TV lobby;* How the News Me...

The hour that decides an agency's fate: Jonathan Pease on how to win the room

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features a conversation with Jonathan Pearse, author of book Winning the Room, designed to...

Start the Week: Seven gatecrashes the radio war; Google plots cutting off search in Australia; Michelle Rowland gets cosy with gambling lobby

12 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Seven grabs ARN stakeToday:* Seven takes a 20% chunk of ARN in weekend raid;* Go...

Final word on Upfronts season: Investment bosses give their verdict; and SBS boss James Taylor sets out his stall

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.After the most gruelling Upfronts season yet, we wrap things up with the people whose verdicts matter - the ...

Start the Week: Nine retains The Ashes; Media bosses step up platform lobbying; Consumers cut their streaming spend

05 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* The big media beasts kick anti-platform lobbying into gear;* Nine retain...

'Still massive advertising dollars in linear': How Paramount is balancing a streaming future with Ten's broadcast present

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features a conversation with Paramount bosses Beverley McGarvey, and Jarrod Villani.Austra...

Start the Week: Curtain closes on Upfronts season; what's to come at SBS?; Catalano enters SCA bidding saga; Seven's new masthead

29 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* The curtain closes on Upfronts season;* What we learned at Foxtel and Oo...

The Unmakers: 25 years of Abe's Audio

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition of The Unmakers features Abe Udy, the founder and owner of one of Australia’s longest es...

Start the Week: SCA seeks alternative buyers; SXSW Sydney report card; Performative good

22 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* We discuss the first outing of SXSW Sydney;* What we learned at the Seve...

Bonus: The Unmade x TV Blackbox crossover - Live at the Seven Upfronts

21 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a bonus audio-led edition of Unmade. Below, we discuss Seven West Media’s plans for 2024 with the team from TV Blackbox.'We weren't expec...

(Re)defining retail media

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features a particularly impactful panel from last week’s retail media conference, REmade...

Start the Week: SXSW kicks off; ARN closes in on Kyle & Jackie O deal; end of Upfronts season

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Getting set for South by SouthwestToday:* South by Southwest hits Sydney;* Kyle ...

'Know my role, play my role': Russel Howcroft on learning his new craft of radio

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features adman and radio host, Russel Howcroft, riding high after another 3AW ratings win....

Start the Week: Seven claims the year; News publishers ask for more cake; Market Herald chases rebrand

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Seven lays claim to the ratings crown;* News publishers ask for a bigger...

'The world's most secretive democracy': Peter Greste on Australia's press freedom problem

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features journalist and press freedom advocate Peter Greste, who became a global figure of...

'It's not doing what I aspired': How programmatic pioneer Brian O'Kelley is trying to fix his mess

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition of The Unmakers features Brian O’Kelley, founder of Scope3, which attempts to measure th...

Start the Week: Foxtel loses patience with anti-siphoning; Ads come to Amazon's Prime Video

24 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* News Corp prepares for life under a new boss;* Foxtel rails against medi...

'Setting up an ad network is the smallest part': Retail media evangelist Colin Lewis explains how Australia took the lead

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition of the podcast features Colin Lewis, retail media evangelist and global marketing consulta...

Start the Week: Kyle and Jackie O push for $200m deal, Amazon tries to siphon TV ad revenue

17 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Only Unmade’s paying members get full access to all of our content and archive...

'Brief once, personalise everywhere': How Avid Collective is trying to become a native content engine

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.In today’s edition of the Unmakers, Unmade’s Tim Burrowes talks to Luke Spano, founder of Avid Collectiv...

Start the Week: Countdown to Facebook news oblivion; Dissecting Nine's Upfronts: Retail media, AI ads and the price of Olympics sponsorship

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.STW: How Nine’s pitch ranges from $500 self service ads to $12.5m Olympics spo...

'We were doing AI before it was sexy': Sonnant's Tony Simmons on revolutionising audio content

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition of The Unmakers features Tony Simmons, founder of audio technology startup Sonnant. Anyone...

Start the Week: What to expect from Upfronts season; payday for Clems shareholders; How much is online news worth to Google?

03 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Upfronts season arrives - what to expect from Nine, Seven, Paramount, Fo...

'Just a little too arrogant and authoritarian': Barrie Cassidy on how the ABC reacts to criticism

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s episode features an interview with one of Australia’s most storied media figures - former Inside...

Start the Week: Harsh words for TMH management; Telstra's second streaming horse; Ita's farewell and Anderson's second term

27 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. Today: Streaming battles; Dodgy dealings at the TMH; and the verdict on Ita.* R...

'It will create tons of new jobs': Marcel's global president Arpit Jain on AI's impact on agencies

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s AI-centred edition of the Unmade podcast features an interview with Arpit Jain, global president o...

Start the Week: A rubbish start to earnings season, Ooh's profit fall; and a twist in government's anti-siphoning laws

20 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* A rubbish start to earnings season;* The week in results;* A twist in th...

Start the Week: Matildas mania; Uplift in Tassie tourism; Is outdoor company QMS in play?

13 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Matildas mania;* Is the uplift in Tassie tourism because of the ads?;* C...

Thinkerbell's Jim Ingram and Adam Ferrier on the measured magic of life after PwC

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s episode features an interview with Adam Ferrier and Jim Ingram, co-founders of full service agency...

StW: TV lobbying machine hits Canberra; earnings season predictions; Editor suddenly exits Mumbrella

06 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Our thoughts on Advertising Week APAC;* TV bosses lobbying in Canberra;*...

The Great DebAIt: Is the rise of AI a threat to marketing jobs, or merely a useful tool?

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Last month, Unmade held our humAIn conference, focused on the impact of AI on the marketing world.We ended the day with the Great DebAIt, in which our...

Start the Week: Foxtel's next move; DDB doubles down on digital; ARN woos Kyle and Jackie O; Seven's Logies gamble a hit

30 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today:* Foxtel drops more hints about Project Magneto;* DDB doubles down on digital with RAPP;* ARN’s cryptic message for Kyle and Jackie O;* The Lo...

Private Media's Will Hayward on the chase for growth, information niches and the mental health cost of fighting Lachlan Murdoch

26 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.In today’s podcast conversation with Unmade’s Tim Burrowes, Will Hayward, CEO of Private Media, discusse...

Start the Week: Grim outlook for marketing industry; Media's 'biggest horror decisions'; Netflix loses local grip

23 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today:* Flat landscape ahead for Australian marketing industry;* ‘Biggest horror decisions’ in Aussie media;* Is Netflix losing its grip on the re...

'I love to prove the naysayers wrong': Scire founder Chris Janz on launching a subs-led business publishing challenger

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features an interview with Chris Janz, co-founder of Australia’s biggest media launch of...

Start the Week: HumAIn highlights; ABC loses under-55s; New start for Clems; Scire's hires; World Cup sponsors revealed

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* ABC management to overhaul troubled radio stations;* Optus and Seven rev...

'The critics are saying they're going to give us six months': Trying to make sense of Disrupt Radio

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features an interview with Disrupt Radio’s chief commercial and innovation officer, Rob ...

Start the Week: Will the market support a Credlin-Abbott podcast?; The intriguing thing about Domain's Review reboot

09 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Only Unmade’s paying members get full access to all of our content and archive...

'It would have been annihilation' Nick McKenzie on Nine's high stakes defamation battle with Ben Roberts-Smith

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s edition features an interview with one of Australia’s most storied investigative journalists, Nine’s Nick McKenzie. It coincides with th...

Start the Week: Will Kyle and Jackie O move?; ABC board gets to grips with radio woes; Twitter meltdown

03 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Could Kyle and Jackie O be on the move?;* The pressure is on for Radio N...

The Unmakers: An adland return for Justin Drape and Michael Canning, with Exceptional Alien Studio

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s edition of The Unmakers features adland royalty Justin Drape and Michael Canning, co-founders of travel platform Exceptional Alien. This mon...

Start the Week: Recriminations over ARN's SCA share raid; Call for total betting ban looms; Australia's platform laws get global pickup

25 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Recriminations around ARN Media’s raid on SCA;* Parliamentarians prepa...

What to expect from the new CEOs at Havas as James Wright and Gayle While take charge

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features an interview with the new leadership team at Havas Australia, creative network CE...

The first AI radio host?; Fast food ads under threat; the ABC job cuts; a key appointment for SBS streaming

18 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Disrupt Radio announces the first AI newsreader;* Fast food advertising ...

'It's like addressing the United Nations of the creative industries': Colin Daniels, the man bringing SXSW to Sydney

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s edition features an interview with Colin Daniels, managing director of the first SXSW Sydney.Colin Daniels, the man bringing SXSW down under...

Why JCDecaux's Steve O'Connor is bullish that programmatic will make a difference in outdoor

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features an interview with Steve O’Connor, chief executive of outdoor giant JCDecaux and...

Start the Week: Melbourne Cup in play; Business groups launch ad war; Cultural issues at the side hustle hurt Kochie's lap of honor

04 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Tabcorp set to auction rights for Melbourne Cup;* The Market Herald awai...

How Zenith boss Jason Tonelli is tripling down on client ROI, and wants to return the Audit Bureau to relevance

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features an interview with Jason Tonelli, boss of media agency Zenith and the new chair of...

Start the Week: D-Day for defamation laws; TV revenues under attack; Kochie leaves Sunrise

28 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today:* Scandal-hit PwC’s tech clients get nervous;* A crucial week for Australia’s defamation laws;* TV network rivals circle to snatch gambling ...

Ten years of The Guardian in Australia: Finding a niche next to Fairfax and News Corp

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features the story of the first ten years of The Guardian Australia .Tim Burrowes talks to...

Start the Week: A new Twitter clone from Meta; Coalition promises TV networks $46m tax cut; new hires at Scire; No love for subs

21 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today:* Coalition proposes $46m TV tax cuts;* Survey reveals public support for government gambling ads ban;* Children’s commercial programming take...

Start the Week: Google in the frame on PWC's tainted tax advice; Albanese turns up temperature on gambling ads; new local leaders for Snap

14 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Did PWC tax workarounds help Google offshore its profits?* Crackdown on ...

Start the Week: Qantas goes to war on the AFR; Jules Lund returns to radio; ABC addresses digital leadership deficit

07 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Qantas goes to war with the AFR;* Jules Lund comes back to radio;* ABC l...

Start the Week: Why it was time for Grant Blackley to go; a new start for the TV industry; Twitter's monetisation plans for publishers; Coles Radio up for grabs

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Grant Blackley to leave SCA* OzTam (re)launches new TV ratings system, V...

Start the Week: Total TV finally approaches; Eddie for 3AW drivetime?; How streaming quotas will work; Google's speaker blunder

16 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* TV industry finally gets its 3D view - but will it be enough for Foxtel?...

How Kirsty Muddle is making the single-brand holdco a local reality, even if that means taking creativity off its pedestal

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features an interview with Kirsty Muddle, boss of Dentsu Creative, the biggest holding com...

Start the Week: HBO to stream locally from next year; Nine's killer quarter; Betting ads crackdown Is AI just a toy?

02 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* A launch date for Warner Bros to stream in to Australia* How Nine killed...

The Unmakers: Simon Hakim on building an incubator for challenger brands; Plus, a dip on the Unmade Index

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Could Rightful incubate the next big brand?Today’s edition of The Unmakers features Simon Hakim, CEO of creative agency Hunter and co-founder of foo...

Start the Week: TV industry's ratings system red faces; 69% think there are too many betting ads

26 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Public opposition to betting ads on the rise* Details emerge on Chris Ja...

News Corp's Michael Miller on reaching 1m subscriptions, negotiations with Facebook, the economic challenge of AI, and navigating advertiser boycotts

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s edition features one of the big beasts of Australian media - a rare, full length interview with Ne...

Start the Week: ABC to review its radio ratings decline; Dan Sinfield moves on from Meta; Anti-siphoning deadline approaches

19 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* The ABC wakes up to its radio ratings crisis* Another anti-siphoning del...

What the retail media industry needs to do next

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade in which we share the final session of last week’s RE:Made - Retail Media Unmade conference. Last week’s...

Start the Week: How the TV networks are planning a premium video exchange; Web rankings redux; The rise of subscription video

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday morning scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Australia’s TV networks plot a BVOD exchange* Introducing Aust...

Nearly time to turn off the transmitters. The viewing shift is happening faster than you think

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.TV’s inflection point is coming. Any time now (or maybe it happened in the last few weeks), the proportion...

Start the Week: Local podcast spend revealed; Another HBO lifeline for Binge; What results season told us

26 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday morning scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Australia’s podcasting spend revealed* Another HBO extension f...

Start the Week: Meta launches paid verification; Results season unpacked; How media companies are prepping for a downturn

19 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday morning scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* Meta launches paid verification (but that’s not the bit worth ...

Spinach's Ben Willee on the meaning of Nine's Olympics win, why it's okay to say the R-word, and loyalty in a fickle industry

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an interview-led edition of Unmade. Today’s primary focus is Melbourne media veteran Ben WilleeFor a second week in a row, Unmade’s pod...

Start the Week: A Seven-HT&E merger?; Breaking Bad wins the Super Bowl; What to watch for in financial results season

12 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday morning scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:* M&A chat: a tie-up between Seven West Media and HT&E?;* Results ...

Ben Shepherd on why retail media is up with adwords as a media invention; how sales people can get his attention; and the 2023 outlook

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an interview-led edition of Unmade. Today’s primary focus is Ben Shepherd’s first in depth interview since joining Dentsu as chief inve...

Start the Week: Catalano and Janz both make moves; What to look for in the News Corp results; TV ad revenue falls

05 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday morning scene-setter for the week ahead.Today:News Corp gears up for results week, and weighs cuts with ‘Audie...

The year in review: CMO moves; brand crises; a Netflix U-turn; war for the Market Herald; the madness of Musk and ABC's audio audience collapse

18 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the final Start the Week podcast of 2022, in which Tim Burrowes and Abe Udy look back on the ten biggest stories of the year.Brand PR crise...

Start the Week: Ten swings for the cricket; Musk goes after Twitter alumni; Paul Barry closes on Media Watch record

11 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Start the Week podcast, looking at the agenda for the week ahead. Today:* Ten closes on cricket rights* Another chaotic weekend inside ...

StW: Brand trouble from the bondage bear; The Twitter files; TMH's bloody boardroom coup

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Start the Week podcast. Today:* Anti-siphoning lobbying goes into overdrive* Will TikTok and YouTube be pulled into the News Media Barg...

StW: New faces at Today and A Current Affair; Winners of the TV ratings year; Molloy in Sydney

27 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Start the Week podcast, recorded first thing on Monday, looking at the agenda for the week ahead. Today:* Winners and losers of the TV ...

Marketing in 2023 with Nick Garrett, Naomi Johnston, Richard Curtis and Andrea Dixon

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s edition features highlights from last week’s live event in Melbourne where our panel discussed the year just gone, and the outlook for mar...

StW: The journo departure lounge; Return of Twitter's most toxic; The readership sausage

20 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Start the Week podcast looking at the agenda for the week ahead. Today:* Lisa Wilkinson leaves The Project* Chris Dore leaves The Austr...

The Unmakers: Jamie Harding, CEO of Theatrix - the new streaming platform for the arts

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode of The Unmakers, Unmade’s Tim Burrowes talk to Jamie Harding, founder and CEO of streaming platform Theatrix.Theatrix targets art...

Start the Week: Why 2GB split with Jim Wilson; Closing in on a cricket deal; Mega Meta cuts

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Start the Week podcast, looking at the agenda for the week ahead.Today:* Cricket, Olympics and tennis rights play out* Who won the TV r...

Start the Week: Musk's 'thermonuclear' threat to advertisers; Nine to extend tennis deal as cricket bidding begins; ABC shakeup

06 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Start the Week podcast, recorded first thing on Monday, looking at the agenda for the week ahead.Today:* Twitter lays off half its staf...

Why Ooh Media's Cathy O'Connor has been anything but bored with outdoor

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to an audio-led edition of Unmade.Today’s interview features Ooh Media boss Cathy O’Connor reflecting on her first two years with the comp...