Start the Week: Are Media moves into ecommerce; shifting sands of streaming; agencies exit Russia

Welcome to Unmade’s new Start the Week podcast, dedicated to looking ahead to the week in media and marketing.

Today’s topics:

• Are Media buys ecommerce platform Hard to Find

• Can the TV industry change the conversation about overnight ratings?

• Is Foxtel’s float dead?

• What does Telstra’s move on Fetch mean?

• WPP and Accenture join the exits from Russia

This is the second episode of Start the Week. Like almost everything involving Unmade, it’s still an evolving format, so please do tell us what you think at letters@unmade.media

Today’s episode features Unmade’s Tim Burrowes and Damian Francis.

Further reading:

• AFR: Are Media acquires e-commerce player as it seeks to diversify revenue

• SMH: Ratings data shows shift in way audiences watch reality TV

• Unmade: Best of the Week: Foxtel's float runs out of road as Telstra switches horses to Fetch

• The Drum: WPP pulls out of Russia as rival holding companies review operations

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