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April 2025

The verdict on Cathy O'Connor
Just a few weeks ago, I did a brief interview with Cathy O’Connor, CEO of Ooh Media. It coincided with the exit of marketing and retail media boss Neil…
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Tim Burrowes
BotD: Domain deal into extra time; Jackie No Show; Facebook signs off another low tax bill; Welcome to the Lamestream
Welcome to Best of the Day on a day Facebook’s low local tax bill was revealed, Kyle Sandilands had to fly solo because his co-host was still in the…
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Tim Burrowes
Vinyl story rolls on; Google's AI contradiction; and Uncle Clive pays for everything
Welcome to the end of a very short but interesting week where the lid was lifted just a little on Australia’s fastest-growing media business, Google…
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Hal Crawford
Vinyl's cunning plan to make a buck; Unmade Index recovers
Welcome to Unmade on a day when our eponymous Index, along with the rest of the financial world, saw the glass half full.
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Hal Crawford
Could Google lose Chrome, and how bad would that be for advertisers?
Welcome to best of the day with me, your Unmade learner driver.
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Hal Crawford
BotW: AI takes the mic; Netflix gets serious about ads; SCA spikes; and a Google breakup gets a little closer
Today: A Rubicon-crossing moment for Australian radio as ARN Media turns to an AI presenter; as anti-competition laws threaten to catch up with the…
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Tim Burrowes
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'A love letter to the ridiculous and wonderful world of agencies': How Rob Mayhew went from adland to creator
Today we hear from adland satirist Rob Mayhew about making it in the creator economy, why he loves TikTok and LinkedIn, and how Facebook is just too…
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Tim Burrowes
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BotD: Aussies fall for US podcaster; Seven West Media capitalisation falls to $200m; SBS sense of humor failure over streaming glitches
Welcome to Best of the Day on a day when Seven West Media took a market hit; and podcast data suggested that 1.9m Aussies downloaded a podcast from a US…
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Tim Burrowes
BotD: Rapping the election; declaring the influencers; and Stepho's next hire
Welcome to Best of the Day, on a day when politician Monique Ryan decided she had an opinion about influencers after all; Albo declared his love for the…
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Tim Burrowes
The sad cobbler
Today: What’s with all the Facebook ads for businesses you’ve never heard of going out of business?
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Tim Burrowes
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BotW: Will Trump's trade war trigger an advertising tax?; A wobbly week on the Index; and do TV debates still matter?
Today: Has the Trump slump killed the Domain deal?; Do TV debates still matter in elections?; and the EU’s big potential move on taxing the platforms.
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