Mediaweek (Australia)

SONARR Awards have named 91 finalists across podcasting, radio, audiobooks and voice-over for its inaugural Australian audio awards. The finalists span 34 categories across five pillars: Sound, Narrative, Voice, Impact and Vision. Entries were divided into Commercial and Indie streams. Finalists are now competing for category awards, the SONARR of the Year title and a share of a $10,000 prize pool.

SavourLife has launched a new brand platform ‘For pet parents who give a woof or meow’ including an accompanying campaign, that puts a new expression around the kind of pet parent the Australian purpose-led pet food brand was created for.

By Sophia Warren, Head of Sales, ANZ, DV Today's marketers face no shortage of challenges. From demonstrating return on investment to navigating an increasingly fragmented media landscape, Australian brands are under pressure to maximise every advertising dollar. That creates a clear tension: move quickly, but spend effectively. Unfortunately, under that pressure, decision-making can become short-sighted.

By Published Sep 10, 2026 The Forbes 30 Under 30 campaign in 2025 delivered 9.4 million social views, 195,000 likes and 12,000 shares — Forbes Australia's biggest day on the website since launch. The mammoth results are something the magazine hopes to surpass this year.

Carrie Bickmore is tipped to replace Will McMahon and Woody Whitelaw in national Drive at ARN as the network prepares a major overhaul of its KIIS line-up. Multiple sources have told Mediaweek that Bickmore is set to leave Southern Cross Austereo and join ARN, ending her current partnership with Tommy Little on the Hit Network. ARN CEO Michael Stephenson is understood to have personally orchestrated the deal.

Will McMahon and Woody Whitelaw will leave KIIS at the end of 2026 as ARN prepares to overhaul its national Drive lineup. The pair joined KIIS in 2019 and built a national audience across radio, digital content, social media, podcasts and live events.

According to Instagram boss Adam Mosseri, I have one of the most “positive algorithms” he’s come across “in a long time.” Well then, looks like I can cut back my therapy sessions to once a fortnight. Or, maybe not. During an Australian media roundtable, Mosseri also admitted Instagram does not really know what users want to see. Instead, it watches what they do, assigns value to those actions and makes an expensive guess.

ARN has announced it's strengthened its senior leadership team in Brisbane, appointing highly respected media executive Todd Dickinson to the newly created role of General Manager ARN Brisbane and Director of Sales. The appointment marks a strategic investment in ARN Brisbane, with Dickinson joining in a senior market leadership role with a clear focus on accelerating commercial growth, market engagement and business performance.

If Karl Stefanovic is in the market for a new sponsor, he could do worse than giving R.M.Williams a call. The broadcaster’s independent podcast lost major sponsor Ringers Western this week, and Stefanovic has previously made his enthusiasm for another Australian bootmaker abundantly clear. Talking about his love of Yellowstone, he once revealed he dresses for the occasion in cowboy gear, right down to “the RMs”.

Serenade has been named among seven global vendors and manufacturers whose Smart Media Albums will count toward Billboard’s US album charts. From 2 October, eligible physical music products made by the UK-based music technology company will be recognised in Billboard’s chart calculations. Smart Media Albums use technology such as QR codes to connect a physical product with digital album content.