Mumbrellacast

It was a big week for Seven, as its plans to sell off Pacific Magazines to Bauer Media and merge with Prime Media both experienced road blocks. The ACCC won't oppose the Prime merger, but, as predicted, The Cat and Bruce Gordon (amongst several other shareholders) stood in the way of the merger and the [...] The post Mumbrellacast: Speed bumps for Seven's mergers and sales, more radio shake-ups and 28 agencies for Tassie appeared first on Mumbrella.

This week, the Morrison government abolished the Department for Communications and Arts, shifting communications into the Department for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications and not acknowledging the arts at all. The Mumbrellacast team talks through what this means for the media marketing and advertising industry, including why some of the biggest media bodies in [...] The post Mumbrellacast: Radio's rough end to 2019, the curiosity of The Cat, and govt axes Department of the Arts appeared first on Mumbrella.

This week, radio company Southern Cross Austereo was forced into mass redundancies, with around 90 roles cut from across the business. It has been a tough end to the year for SCA, after posting a warning to its shareholders on the ASX in October noting weak media and advertising markets, but the Mumbrellacast team doesn't [...] The post Mumbrellacast: Is it all doom and gloom? Plus new boss for IPG Mediabrands and Nine wins the year appeared first on Mumbrella.

This week, Trimantium GrowthOps founder, Phillip Kingston, joined Mumbrella's Vivienne Kelly and Tim Burrowes to chat through the company's share price, and why he remains confident in the business' future. Kingston outlines what the business hopes to achieve with its house of agencies, debriefs on last year's IPO, and discusses GrowthOps' finances and new board.  [...] The post Mumbrellacast: GrowthOps' Phillip Kingston in the studio, plus Tajer out of DAN, and media agency of the decade appeared first on Mumbrella.

This week, Mumbrella's Hannah Blackiston sat down with M&C Saatchi CEO, Jaimes Leggett, to discuss the blowback from 'Philausophy' - the line the agency developed for Tourism Australia - which he says has been taken entirely out of context. Leggett also spoke about the current standard of Australian creative compared to the world stage and [...] The post Mumbrellacast: M&C Saatchi's Jaimes Leggett, Rolling Stone Australia is back and the Disney+ launch appeared first on Mumbrella.

It's almost the end of the year, and that means (more) Christmas ads, GfK's seventh radio ratings survey of the year, and Nine's AGM. What more could we wish for? First up are the cracking Christmas campaigns, with Woolworths, Myer and Australia Post taking their turn. Woolies got 80% of the way there and could [...] The post Mumbrellacast: The ABC's rough week, more Christmas ads, and Christian O'Connell's rise to the top appeared first on Mumbrella.

On this week's Mumbrellacast, the team compares and contrasts the Christmas campaigns for grocery-giants Coles and Aldi. Aldi was first off the blocks, launching its 'Miracle Ham' last week with a message of value. The story of the ham that feeds an entire town taps into the common experience of feeling like your Christmas ham [...] The post Mumbrellacast: Has the Melbourne Cup lost its shine with viewers? Coles vs Aldi, and Optus on the future of sports streaming appeared first on Mumbrella.

On this week's Mumbrellacast, editor Vivienne Kelly sits down with host of Ten's The Amazing Race, Beau Ryan, to discuss if it's possible for the show to generate controversy, clout and column inches without falling back on casual racism. They chat about the diversity of the cast, whether or not viewers will be offended and [...] The post Mumbrellacast: The Amazing Race's Beau Ryan, big changes at Macquarie Media, Foxtel's loyalty program, and what is a 'Philausophy?' appeared first on Mumbrella.

Australia and New Zealand CEO of the Denstu Aegis Network, Henry Tajer, joined the Mumbrellacast team this week to talk through the week in Seven, the MFA EX conference and whether or not he has an 'impossible job' in rebuilding the holding company. Seven's Upfronts took place this week, announcing an unexpected highlight in Mega [...] The post Mumbrellacast: DAN CEO Henry Tajer and all things Seven - Upfronts, Pac Mags and Prime appeared first on Mumbrella.

This week was all about Nine. Powered's Liana Dubois and program director Hamish Turner joined editor Vivienne Kelly in the Mumbrellacast studio to chat about what's to come for Nine in 2020. They discussed the consistency of Nine's 2020 programming slate, how its broadcast video-on-demand service, 9Now, will come up against the streaming giants, and [...] The post Mumbrellacast: All about Nine in 2020, ARN re-signs Kyle and Jackie O, and Foxtel undergoes another restructure appeared first on Mumbrella.