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Around the World: Trump’s media shakeup, 20k sign petition against WFH policy
Antony Young rounds up global news: Trump shakes up the media industry, trust in Coles and Woolworths wanes, Netflix sets sights on doubling its revenue.
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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.
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Around the World: Meta drops fact-checking; Buy your Hyundai on Amazon
Antony Young rounds up global media news: this week he takes a look into Meta’s announcement to drop third-party fact-checking, Australia’s social media ban and Hyundai’s add to cart feature.
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Around the World: Omnicom and IPG merge in major acquisition deal
Following overnight leaks, it has now been confirmed that Omnicom has acquired Interpublic in a deal that will create the advertising industry’s largest holding company.
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Around the World: A TikTok ban, AI innovations and Bluesky
Antony Young rounds up global media news – this week we look at TikTok and the US, the top AI innovations in marketing and Bluesky’s rapid growth.
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Around the World: AI & Christmas, a Temu crackdown and Aussie influencers
Antony Young rounds up media news: this week, we look at Coca-Cola’s AI Christmas ad, the Temu crackdown in Southeast Asia and the fact that half of Aussies aspire to be influencers.
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Around the World: Trump, Google and break-ups
We look at Donald Trump’s winning formula, a big fine for Google and the vexing issue of who gets to keep the social media account.
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Around the World: Netflix, Kamala Harris and screentime
This week in Around the World we look at Netflix’s subscriber jump, the super PAC throwing millions behind Kamala Harris and reducing screen time.
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Around the World: Heinz means scenes
Antony Young rounds up media news from beyond Aotearoa in a new regular column. We begin with US election coverage, a bad wedding photo and too many texts.
Opinion
Why are agencies running away from Generative AI?
Antony Young, Co-Founder of The Media Lab, shares his thoughts on why the ad and marketing industry should embrace Generative AI.
Opinion
Netflix set to disrupt NZ’s television advertising market
Antony Young, co-founder of The Media Lab, explores what Netflix’s announcement to sell advertising will mean for New Zealand.
Opinion
Why brands are snuggling up to media companies
Media agency veteran Antony Young argues that brands stand to gain a lot from working with the nation’s media companies.