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Around the World: Spotify wants you to listen to magazines
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global media news. This week, Spotify wants people to start listening to magazines.
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Antony Young
Antony Young is Co-Founder of The Media Lab, Wellington’s largest independent media agency, and The Digital Café, an AI advertising agency servicing SMEs. He ran agencies in New York and London, and was a regular writer for Advertising Age.
International
Around the World: FIFA chases Super Bowl magic
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global media news. This week, FIFA is giving the World Cup final its first-ever halftime show.
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Around the World: The Devil Wears Prada 2 brings in the brands
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global media news. This week, The Devil Wears Prada 2 has become a full-funnel playground for brands.
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Around the World: Meta expected to overtake Google this year
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global media news. This week, Meta is set to dethrone Google as the world’s biggest digital ad player.
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Around the World: The great KitKat heist
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global media news. This week, the great KitKat heist – or was it just a marketing stunt?
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Around the World: PetSmart fumbles viral gift
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global media news. This week, PetSmart’s response to viral joke called “buzzkill”, rather than brand win.
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Around the World: Burger CEOs bite back
Media expert Antony Young rounds up news from beyond Aotearoa. This week, burger CEOs bite back after a Macca’s video was roasted online.
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Around the World: Zuckerberg grilled at trial
Media expert Antony Young wraps up global media headlines: Zuckerberg on trial, UK agencies’ staff exodus and new Valentine’s Day campaigns.
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Around the World: Fallout from Washington Post newsroom cuts
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global media news. This week, The Washington Post leadership calls recent jobs cuts a “strategic reset”.
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Around the World: BBC partners with YouTube for original content
Media expert Antony Young rounds up media news from beyond Aotearoa. This week: BBC partners with YouTube for original content.
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Around the World: CES 2026 says the car is the next great media platform
Media expert Antony Young is back! He rounds up industry news from beyond Aotearoa in his first column for 2026.
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Around the World: The top 10 media stories from 2025
In his final column for 2025, media expert Antony Young rounds up the top 10 industry stories that made headlines around the globe.
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Around the World: Amazon blocks ChatGPT
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global media news. This week: Amazon blocks ChatGPT and retailers gear up for Green Wednesday.
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Around the World: Watch out Netflix, micro dramas could threaten
Antony Young’s Around the World column looks at global media news. This week, micro dramas are rapidly gaining popularity worldwide.
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Around the World: Halloween overtakes April Fools’ in marketing weirdness
Antony Young’s Around the World column looks at global media news. This week, Halloween becomes marketing’s favourite excuse to get weird.
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Around the World: The AI issue
This week, Antony Young goes all in on AI stories – because there’s no denying its pervasive effect across media and marketing.
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Around the World: US TV stations break Jimmy Kimmel boycott
Antony Young’s Around the World column looks at global media news. This week local US TV stations end their boycott of Jimmey Kimmel Live!
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Around the World: Why Do It? Nike switches it up for Gen Z
Antony Young’s Around the World column looks at global media news, including Nike’s changing brand statement.
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Around the World: American governor Newsom employs a Trump-inspired social strategy
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global media news. This week, US governor Gavin Newsom’s team go viral with Trump-inspired social content.
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Around the World: Orange is the new gold as brands jump on Taylor Swift’s album reveal
Media expert Antony Young rounds up media news from around the world. This week, brands jump on Taylor Swift’s reveal of her latest album.
Opinion
A seismic shift on the small screen: Sky TV’s purchase of Three reshapes NZ’s media landscape
Antony Young, co-founder of The Media Lab, shares how Sky TV’s purchase of Three is reshaping New Zealand’s media landscape.
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Around the World: Sydney Sweeney has great jeans ad sparks controversy but boosts stock
Media expert Antony Young rounds up media news from beyond Aotearoa. This week, he covers the controversial ad that boosted stock.
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Around the World: Canadian towns invite US tourists to “hug it out” in new ad campaign
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global media news, covering Canada’s new tourism ad, Google’s partnership with Instagram and more.
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Around the World: Cannes controversies leads to tighter rules and AI safeguards
In media expert Antony Young’s global news roundup, Cannes’ organisers have pledged tighter rules and AI safeguards for future festivals.
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Around the World: International praise for Motion Sickness’ Cannes winning campaign
In media expert Antony Young’s global news roundup this week, international praise flows in for Kiwi indie agency Motion Sickness.
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Around the World: Mainstream news traffic plummets due to Google AI tools
Media expert Antony Young rounds up media news from beyond Aotearoa. This week, he explores media industry shifts, global ad trends and more.
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Around the World: Lynx invites pedestrians to scratch and sniff and Meta plans to replace agencies with AI
Media expert Antony Young rounds up media news from beyond Aotearoa for StopPress. This week: Lynx’s scratch-and-sniff ads and more.
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Around the World: Streaming TV on the rise and Trump lawsuit sees CBS execs resign
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global media news: including the rise of streaming TV and the Trump lawsuit that saw CBS execs resign.
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Around the World: Substack’s subscriber surge and Google’s tough week
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global media news, covering Substack’s growth, Google’s tough week and a restructure at WPP.
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Around the World: Meta could be forced to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp
Media expert Antony Young rounds up media news from beyond Aotearoa, covering recent tech tensions, media moves and marketing shakeups around the world.