Today
Why everyone’s mad at Apple’s new iPad ad
Apple’s crushing of human creativity has sparked backlash, but its new iPad Pro ad has also inspired some surprising video responses.
- 48 mins ago
- Will Oremus
This Month
Ellerston-backed video platform draws in big-name investor
The investment from Melbourne emerging companies specialist Acorn Capital takes the total funds raised by Genero to $15 million.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
April
- Exclusive
- Social media
TikTok Australia makes its first stand after US ban laws pass
The US congress passed a bill on Wednesday requiring TikTok to be sold within a year or be banned in the country.
- Nick Bonyhady
Media fury as Albanese government flirts with $400m fast food ad ban
The television industry and large advertisers have slammed a study on restricting ads for “unhealthy food”.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
March
How this CEO cuts hour-long meetings to just five minutes
Justin Graham of advertising firm M&C Saatchi also says he wants to compete on Survivor, but suspects he might be thrown off the reality TV show early.
- Sally Patten and Lap Phan
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Spills and thrills in Australia’s biggest listed radio deal
When nearly half the company’s investors publicly back a chairman’s removal, you can be sure change is coming. In this case, it is a long-mooted M&A deal.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Exclusive
- Funding
Big media names pour cash into ‘cookie-free’ ad start-up
Media boss Antony Catalano and Seek co-founder Matt Rockman are among investors in a new advertising tech start-up, which eschews privacy-invading cookies.
- Paul Smith
February
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
From jousting sticks to selling boats online, eyeballs still rule
Carsales.com.au’s owner made a big bet in the United States. Now it has a new executive whose job it is to make it work.
- Anthony Macdonald
January
Payday for brothers behind nation’s biggest digital indie media agency
Morris and Cameron Bryant started Sparro in 2013. This month, they sold to private equity-backed UK player Brainlabs for an undisclosed amount.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
December 2023
Mattress maker accuses rivals of dodgy marketing with fake reviews
One of the Young Rich Lister founders of Sleeping Duck says the websites are owned by rival companies and are masquerading as review sites.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
November 2023
Labor edges away from gambling ad ban
In a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland noted some sporting codes relied heavily on online gambling revenue.
- Ronald Mizen
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Google is paying someone else $40b to make sure you keep using it
The US government has made its case to prove Google is a monopolist. The Breakdown explains why some of the tech giant’s excuses are tortured.
- Nick Bonyhady
October 2023
Why adman David Droga finds most advertising ‘formulaic’ and poor
The Australian chief executive of Accenture’s digital agency leads a $28 billion-a-year behemoth. And he has plenty to say.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Media’s $100b man says the ad market has room to grow
Christian Juhl, the global boss of media agency GroupM, says the advertising market has been resilient through so much uncertainty.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Unloved and facing regulation, the ad industry plays a $53b card
The three peak bodies for advertisers have united to launch a new pitch to government and consumers that advertising really is a good thing.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
September 2023
- Opinion
- Fashion retail
Public places should serve the public first
When the people who run the Tube allowed an entire station to be renamed after the Burberry fashion brand, they took branding too far.
- Pilita Clark
Amazon Prime will slap ads in movies and shows - unless you pay extra
Australians will be forced to watch ads on Amazon Prime shows starting in 2024 and must pay an extra charge to avoid them.
- Michelle Chapman
Google to require ‘prominent’ disclosures for AI-generated election ads
The policy update requires the advertisers across the tech giant’s platforms to alert viewers when their ads contain images, video or audio from generative AI.
- Davey Alba
Farnham Voice ad a call to Boomer, Gen X nostalgia
Anthony Albanese quoted the lyrics of John Farnham’s classic 1986 song in question time on Monday, saying Australians did not want to “live in fear”.
- Tom McIlroy
Dutton pledges second vote if Voice referendum fails
Peter Dutton says a future Coalition government would hold a second referendum on constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians if the Voice to parliament fails next month.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
