With dentsu now seemingly having its executive team in place, Darren Woolley, Damian Francis and host, Calum Jaspan discuss whether a holding group has splashed out on so many senior hires in a single year, and how that will play out moving forward (02:28). Plus, Initiative's chief strategy officer Chris Colter wraps 2022 in TV, who won, what media buyers are looking at, and what's getting ratings next year (27:35).
The good and the bad of SXSW; Deep dive into upfronts season; Latest on ARN's SCA takeover bid
ARN's shock bid for rival SCA; Telstra's agency shake-up; Is marketing dead?; Voice advertising fall-out
Can ads swing Voice votes?; Board shake-up at Qantas; OzTAM's new CEO; What Australia's best journalists have in common
Media CEO pay; Sport still king on free-to-air; 'Yes' campaign gains media momentum; Spotify tackles Audible on audiobooks
What is going on at Dentsu?; Crown's campaign begins brand rehab; Threads & X fail to engage; Mumbrella's State of the Industry survey
Will we see a $200m radio deal?; YouTube & TikTok take aim at TV; pressure on ad companies over fossil fuel links
Adland salaries & how to get a pay rise; cinema advertising is back; Vegemite's insatiable hunger for collaborations
How Qantas can save its brand; why Upfronts are so important; does adland have a feedback problem?
Radio ratings raise eyebrows; Voice campaigns to kick off; can TV unite over BVOD?
Gaffes in advertising; outdoor is on the rise; best work perks in adland; magazines fight back
Matildas fever could be turning point; podcast, BVOD defy market; what we learnt from Seven's results; adland guru comes home
Is Australia's ad spend really on the up? The acquisition of Sefiani, and analysing the Women's World Cup audience
RIP Twitter's blue bird, here comes X; plus, News Corp's Dan Krigstein and oOh!media's Cathy O'Connor
Has Vic Gov made the right decision to dump the Comm Games?; all eyes on the Matildas as WWC lobs; Fear & Greed joins the chat
Drama over media agency billing rank; Thread's first week; plus a glimpse into Nova's latest ratings and Ogilvy PR's B2B influencer play
Will getting Kyle and Jackie O back solve SCA's Sydney problem? Mid-year TV ratings, and Meta's Twitter dupe close to launch
The industry braces for impact as proposed gambling ad ban drops; plus audio campaign review with Tim Collier and Amy Weston
Push for junk food ad ban re-emerges; Pat Crowley's new gig at CommBank; FutureBrand Australia's Rich Curtis joins the chat
Sports codes and betting brands' juicy deals; GroupM's adland forecast; plus The Payback Project's James Greet and Steve Pollack
Vic Gov waves goodbye to print advertising; new indie kid on the agency block; plus what's happening at radio and music industries
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