Start the Week: A Seven-HT&E merger?; Breaking Bad wins the Super Bowl; What to watch for in financial results season

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Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday morning scene-setter for the week ahead.

Our first conference, RE:Made - Retail Media Unmade, is now just a fortnight away. We’re really proud of the program. Find out more on the RE:Made website

Today:

• M&A chat: a tie-up between Seven West Media and HT&E?;

• Results season - How News Corp fared and the outlook for SWM, Southern Cross Austereo, Enero and Domain this week;

• Breaking Bad pulls in the Super Bowl attention;

• How Married At First Sight is killing the opposition

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Today’s episode feature Tim Burrowes and Abe Udy

Further reading:

• Australian Financial Review: Seven eyes plan to create Australia’s next $1 billion media company

• Unmade: Wind turns for News Corp

BOTW: Foxtel's streaming numbers fall as News Corp makes job cuts; the Twitter algorithm finally snaps; A big drop on the Unmade Index

• CBS Sports: Super Bowl commercials - A sneak peak at the ads that will air during Super Bowl 57 between Eagles and Chiefs

• NFL Game Pass

• Nine: TV Ratings Week 6

• The Australian: Media Diary - The Project battles after Carrie and Lisa exits

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Have a great day.

Toodlepip…

Tim Burrowes

tim@unmade.media