Start the Week: M&C Saatchi sale saga continues; directors depart Judith Neilson Institute; Apple visits the Med; a happy Mutiny

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

Today’s topics:

• Four directors depart the Judith Neilson Institute;

• M&C Saatchi sale in doubt; 

• Apple seeks ad execs in Cannes; 

• Successful seed funding round for Mutiny 

Today’s episode features Unmade’s Damian Francis and Pure PR’s Phoebe Netto. Tim Burrowes is on leave. As always, we’d love to hear what you think at letters@unmade.media.

Further reading: 

• SMH / The Age: Directors quit at billionaire Judith Neilson’s journalism institute

• The Guardian: M&C Saatchi pulls support for £310m takeover by Next Fifteen

• Financial Times: M&C Saatchi ejects top shareholder from board after agreeing deal

• Digiday: Big Tech will court adland during Cannes’ comeback week with Apple and Amazon upping the ante

• AFR: Mutiny eyes 200pc expansion after $2.4m seed round

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