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Triple M’s Jane Kennedy hospitalised with head and back injuries after fall
Radio presenter Jane Kennedy has been hospitalised in a serious accident, Triple M has revealed. Kennedy – co-host of the radio station’s national drivetime show with Mick Molloy – slipped and fell...
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‘Inspiring’ Urban List wins Mumbrella’s Business Boost competition
Publisher Urban List has been selected as the winner of Mumbrella’s competition Mumbrella Business Boost, a competition aimed at helping small businesses in the sector navigate the COVID-19 downturn....
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Aussie Home Loans has launched a brand campaign focusing on the changed living conditions of working from home. The ad, created by CHE Proximity, is aimed at connecting with Australians reconsidering...
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Paul Merrill departs Who magazine to write ‘lovely words’ for clients
Who magazine executive editor Paul Merrill has exited Pacific Magazines ahead of the company’s likely takeover by Bauer Media this coming Friday. Merrill – a veteran of the consumer magazine industry...
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WPP reveals astonishing 30% monthly revenue fall in first region hit by...
The global impact of the COVID crisis has been laid bare in a market update from the world’s biggest marketing holding company WPP. The quarterly update – covering the beginning of the year until the...
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Good riddance to the Bauers, the family that wrecked Australia’s magazine...
It says a lot about how far – and how fast – the Australian magazine industry has fallen that when Bauer’s press release arrived on Tuesday morning, it didn’t come as a surprise. Eight of the country’s...
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Mumbrella restructure brings journalists together into single team
Mumbrella has announced a restructure which sees all of its journalistic output brought together as part of a single, enlarged team. Journalists on the Mumbrella website and newsletter, subscription...
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Mumbrella is 12: The year we turned off the comments
This week marked Mumbrella’s 12th anniversary. My first post was on December 9, 2008, and every year since then I’ve written something about the journey. You can read my previous updates here: Our...
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The Reckoning: What price will mainstream and social media pay for what...
There are certain television moments that will always stay with me. Bucks Fizz winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. Coming home from school and watching the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster in...
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Mumbrella founder Tim Burrowes to publish Media Unmade book in July
Mumbrella founder Tim Burrowes’ first book will be published in July by one of Australia’s most respected independent book publishers Hardie Grant, the company has announced. Media Unmade will tell the...
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Four professors, Walkley winner, Wiggle and Kyle Sandilands join Mumbrella360...
Four professors, former Yellow Wiggle Greg Page, radio presenter Kyle Sandilands and Australia’s most trusted health commentator Dr Norman Swan are among the speakers announced today for the media...
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IPG sells creative agency 303 MullenLowe to NZ company Attivo
Interpublic Group has sold a majority of its stake in Australian creative agency 303 MullenLowe and a minority of its stake in sister media agency Mediahub, Mumbrella can reveal. The purchaser is the...
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Shock Australians out of vaccine hesitancy, urges Grim Reaper mastermind...
The man credited with creating Australia’s most powerful public health campaign of all time has urged a “hardcore” message to overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Siimon Reynolds became a household...
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Get Kyle
In Sydney there was a big decision to be made by Southern Cross Austereo. The contracts for Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson in the 2Day FM breakfast slot were up for renewal at the end of 2013....
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How Chris Janz’s Blue Team saved The Age and The SMH
Sydney office space offers some intriguing media echoes. In Pyrmont, Google took over what was once Fairfax Media’s Sydney headquarters. In Surry Hills, online youth publisher Junkee Media was run from...
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The honeymoon ends for Nine’s Mike Sneesby
Nine’s new boss Mike Sneesby learned yesterday how fickle the share market can be. Despite presenting a decent set of numbers, investors turned against him. The market did not seem to approve of...
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How Australia’s media companies are preparing for the media consolidation to...
When the media ownership laws finally changed in 2017, it was widely anticipated that a wave of media consolidation would follow. But after Nine’s blockbuster merger-takeover of Fairfax Media in 2018,...
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It’s time to look again at Mamamia
Hamish Blake and Andy Lee have a game on their podcast, which is a good idea with a terrible name. “Tell Us Someone We Haven’t Thought About For A While” challenges listeners to call them up and do...
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‘Never say never’ to us buying Prime or SCA’s TV stations, says Ten’s Jarrod...
The commercial chief of Network Ten has indicated that the company is open to taking over either Prime Media or the TV division of Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) to create a national operation if a deal...
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Streaming platform Pluto TV set to launch in Australia ‘soon’
A major new player in the TV streaming wars is set to launch in Australia, Mumbrella can reveal. Pluto TV, owned by Network Ten US parent ViacomCBS, will launch locally in 2022 or 2023. Pluto: Coming...
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