Your quick check-in on the Australian media trade press
Headline Numbers
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⭐️ 9%: Growth in OOH sector in Q3
⭐️ $1,340,000,000,000: WARC’s global ad spend forecast for 2026, representing 12% yoy growth
⭐️ >$1,000,000,000: Forecasted size of Australia’s product placement market in 2026, one of only four countries to top $1bn
⭐️ -3.4%: YoY drop in overall AU media spend in August, according to Guideline SMI
⭐️ 34%: Traffic Guard’s worst-case measurement of invalid traffic on ChatGPT ads
Hot This Week: By Category
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What the media industry in Australia is talking about today
Agencies & HoldCos
- HAVAS: Havas Media’s Belinda Miller appointed head of growth at Nunn Media AdNews
- NUNN MEDIA: Havas Media’s Belinda Miller appointed head of growth at Nunn Media AdNews
- PUBLICIS: Zenith‘s Jessica Howse promoted to GM people and culture for Publicis Groupe ANZ AdNews
- S4: S4 Capital ‘just not winning’ pitches AdNews
- TRIO PICTURES: Trio Pictures debuts as hybrid film, production and creative company AdNews
- ZENITH: Zenith‘s Jessica Howse promoted to GM people and culture for Publicis Groupe ANZ AdNews
Industry & General Topics
- BRANDS: Brands bite as horror has its biggest year in Australian cinemas, led by youth audiences AdNews
People & Personalities
- BELINDA MILLER: Havas Media’s Belinda Miller appointed head of growth at Nunn Media AdNews
- JESSICA HOWSE: Zenith‘s Jessica Howse promoted to GM people and culture for Publicis Groupe ANZ AdNews
Updated: Thu 29 Oct 2026, 8:07 am
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