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What adland is looking for in 2026
Innovation, collaboration and adaptability.
by Makayla Muscat – Dec 16, 2025
Logic, magic and 4:30am starts: ADMA's Andrea Martens on leading through uncertainty
And why she feels more confident about equine science than software engineering in 2025.
by Duane Hatherly – Dec 10, 2025
Creed, Taylor Swift, and Metallica: CMOs spill their Spotify Wrapped secrets
From power ballads to pop bangers.
by Natasha Lee – Dec 5, 2025
No more 'shiny toys': Yahoo's Maddie Basso rips up the playbook
She’s the ‘bleeding purple’ Yahoo exec who wants to banish ‘rinse and repeat’ strategies.
by Duane Hatherly – Dec 5, 2025
Beverley McGarvey on the new content reality: 'Forget the idea - the deal makes the show'
She pointed to a shift in rights management, shaped by multiple platforms, and emerging technologies.
by Natasha Lee – Dec 4, 2025
‘It’s survival, not growth’: Experts unpack the fallout from the Omnicom–IPG merger
Job losses and market upheaval.
by Makayla Muscat – Dec 3, 2025
Inside Fix The News: how a tiny newsletter built a global audience hungry for progress
Therapists in America are now subscribing to them as part of people's mental health care plan.
by Natasha Lee – Dec 3, 2025
Brand in crisis? Experts explain how to avoid getting cooked like Campbell’s
Can the soup company recover?
by Makayla Muscat – Dec 2, 2025
'Super group or super gloop': Indies react to Omnicom-IPG deal
“The risk is that as scale increases, local autonomy fades.”
by Makayla Muscat – Nov 28, 2025
News Australia's Jess Gilby on why creativity is becoming advertising's biggest growth lever
And the data is there to back it.
by Natasha Lee – Nov 27, 2025
Paul Murray on 15 years of Live: 'It only ends when I do'
'My plan is to do this for the next stage of my life'.
by Natasha Lee – Nov 26, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: How Joe Aston convinced James Packer to sit down and finally talk
The episode is as fiery as it is personal.
by Natasha Lee – Nov 24, 2025
Brave and beautifully simple: Australian creatives' favourite campaigns of 2025
With the end of another year fast approaching, the industry shines a light on their favourite creative work.
by Makayla Muscat – Nov 24, 2025
Social Soup turns 18 and decides it's time to break a few more rules
For an industry built on speed and novelty, Social Soup's longevity is rare
by Natasha Lee – Nov 21, 2025
How Australia's most compelling scripted worlds are chosen
Numbers alone don’t greenlight a show.
by Natasha Lee – Nov 21, 2025
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