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Will Nine's scandal over news boss take down leadership? Agencyland's new player; News Corp restructures
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Will Nine's scandal over news boss take down leadership? Agencyland's new player; News Corp restructures


Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday scene-setter for the week ahead. In today’s audio-led edition: Nine’s scandal over behaviour of its ex-news boss threatens to engulf CEO Mike Sneesby; winners start to emerge in the News Corp restructure; and is Cam Blackley’s Bureau of Everything the next stage of agency evolution?

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Tough questions about how much Nine management knew about news boss Darren Wick’s behaviour

The Tele put Wick on the front page

Nine’s CEO Mike Sneesby has returned early from holiday to deal with an escalating crisis over the company’s handling of complaints about the alleged behaviour of former director of news and current affairs Darren Wick towards women who worked for him.

In a key development today, The Australian reports: “It’s understood multiple non-disclosure agreements have been signed by female staff at Nine over interactions they had with Wick in recent years.” The claim about Nine using NDAs is not verified.

This followed the weekend’s reporting by the Sydney Morning Herald - owned by Nine - that Wicks “has been accused of engaging in drunken, lecherous behaviour in what furious staff say was “an open secret” for more than a decade.”

For legal reasons, Unmade should point out that it does not claim that the allegations being made about Wick are true; only that they are being reported.

Also today, former M&C Saatchi executives Cam Blackley and Em Taylor have launched a new creative offering, Bureau of Everything.

And the executive winners in the forthcoming News Corp shakeup are starting to emerge. Reportedly, Nicholas Gray will head up the prestige division; Mark Reinke will lead metro and sport; and Pippa Leary will get the free division.

And what the hell were Canva thinking with their rap battle?



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Today’s episode features Tim Burrowes and Abe Udy

Editing was courtesy of Abe’s Audio, the people to talk to about voiceovers, sound design and podcast production.

Time to leave you to start your week. We’ll be back with more tomorrow with a special post for our paying members explaining all the issues around today’s developments in the SCA takeover battle.

Toodlepip…

Tim Burrowes

Publisher - Unmade

tim@unmade.media


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