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Fairfax Media staff strike following job cuts 7 years ago

Fairfax Media staff strike following job cuts

Fairfax staff have walked off the job following an announcement it will cut 125 editorial jobs, meaning...

Fairfax pulls back on Facebook Instant Articles 7 years ago

Fairfax pulls back on Facebook Instant Articles

Fairfax is cooling off on Instant Articles after being an early adopter of the format. Facebook admits...

Rejection of NZME and Fairfax NZ merger will lead to job cuts 7 years ago

Rejection of NZME and Fairfax NZ merger will lead to job cuts

“The NZCC has failed New Zealand in blocking two local media companies from gaining the scale and...

Netflix slammed for ‘worst product placement ever’ 7 years ago

Netflix slammed for ‘worst product placement ever’

Netflix and the ABC have been slammed on social media for “the worst product placement ever” in a recent...

APEX’s Pippa Leary joins Nine in senior sales roles 7 years ago

APEX’s Pippa Leary joins Nine in senior sales roles

Nine has lured APEX CEO Pippa Leary to the role of commercial director of digital sales as it plans to...

'Operating at the mercy of its bank'; Media Watch questions if Ten can survive 7 years ago

'Operating at the mercy of its bank'; Media Watch questions if Ten can survive

“Falling ratings and weak advertising revenue aren’t Ten’s biggest problem,” says Media Watch's Paul...

How Facebook Messenger plans to pair 1.2bn people with 60m brands 7 years ago

How Facebook Messenger plans to pair 1.2bn people with 60m brands

We talk brands, chatbots and a tool which scans conversations and recommends brands off the back of it....

'We only eat what we kill', new research agency won't rely on M&C Saatchi parent co 7 years ago

'We only eat what we kill', new research agency won't rely on M&C Saatchi parent co

"The agency has to be self-sufficient. We have a mantra that we only eat what we kill and we will source...

The Australian pulls out of Apple News; Fairfax usage limited 7 years ago

The Australian pulls out of Apple News; Fairfax usage limited

News Corp's The Australian is ceasing use of the Apple News subscription service as Fairfax slows usage...

Amazon to ramp up advertising business 7 years ago

Amazon to ramp up advertising business

WPP CEO Martin Sorrell admitted that it was the threat of Amazon that keeps him up at night and now his...

Cummins&Partners promotes from within to fill Adam Ferrier's CSO spot 7 years ago

Cummins&Partners promotes from within to fill Adam Ferrier's CSO spot

Cummins&Partners Melbourne managing director Tom Ward has stepped up to fill former chief strategy...

Speculation grows surrounding Havas-Vivendi merger 7 years ago

Speculation grows surrounding Havas-Vivendi merger

Is a Havas merger with French multinational mass media conglomerate Vivendi finally happening?

P&G to axe US$2 billion in marketing spend over five years 7 years ago

P&G to axe US$2 billion in marketing spend over five years

P&G plans $2 billion more in global marketing cuts as sales fall. In Australia MediaCom holds the AU$60...

McDonald's and Uber to roll out delivery in Australia 7 years ago

McDonald's and Uber to roll out delivery in Australia

Big Mac to your door? McDonald’s is planning to launch a delivery service in partnership with Uber.

Amazon to help publishers sell subscriptions 7 years ago

Amazon to help publishers sell subscriptions

Retailers are facing the looming threat of Amazon's imminent Australian launch, but the digital giant's...