Just ad tunes - the death of music sales?
How would you feel if you heard commercial breaks while listening to your favourite album? It could happen.
View ArticleOur fading past
Most people would wander straight past a fading sign for a business that no longer exists, but not Anthony Malloy.
View ArticleFormer Storm CEO calls for public inquiry into rugby league salary cap rorts
Former Melbourne Storm CEO Brian Waldron rejects the depiction of him as the sole architect of the salary cap rorts affair. He says salary cap cheating is widespread in the NRL and wants a public...
View ArticleNews Limited denies conflict of interest
News Limited denies there's a conflict of interest in the National Rugby League. A spokesman says the NRL's salary cap audit system works well and denies claims made by the former CEO of the Melbourne...
View ArticleMorgan Spurlock talks about selling the Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Morgan Spurlock has made a film about product placement, funded by product placement
View ArticleRadio station sin-binned for rugby league coverage
A Darwin community radio station has been forced to abandon its live coverage of National Rugby League games because of advertising that ran throughout the program.
View ArticleChicken Welfare
The ACCC is taking some of Australia's biggest chicken producers to court saying that ads claiming chickens are 'free to roam' should be banned.
View ArticleCampaign starts to remove 'nightmare' bushfire shock ads
Some Black Saturday survivors are calling for shock-tactic bushfire ads to be 'removed or revamped'.
View ArticleAdvertising Awareness Campaigns
How successful are advertising 'awareness' campaigns? Tony Arthur discussed this with Dee Madigan, advertising commentator and ABC TV's Gruen Transfer panellist.
View ArticleGeneric brands let down Australian farmers
The advertisements for the major supermarkets often include images of farmers producing an abundance of fruit and vegetables. These are designed to highlight the commitment Coles and Woolworths have to...
View ArticleFood industry warns health labelling laws may drive jobs offshore
The Food and Grocery Council is warning that new food labelling standards could hinder innovation and push manufacturing jobs offshore.
View ArticleBhutan aims to increase national happiness by being world's first organic...
The small, landlocked country of Bhutan is aiming to increase its national happiness by becoming the first country in the world to completely shift to organic farming.
View ArticleBhutan to boost Gross National Happiness with organics
The small, landlocked country of Bhutan is aiming to increase its national happiness by becoming the first country in the world to completely shift to organic farming.
View ArticleGhost sign hunters snap fading ads on Melbourne's walls
Hobbyists are taking photos of aging advertising signs in a form of 'commercial archaeology'
View ArticleHuge demand for organic meat
Demand for organic meat is predicted to increase by eight times in the next three years.
View ArticleBillboards and Marketing
What are the rules when it comes to billboards and outdoor advertising?
View ArticleVictorian Government demands removal of giant gambling ad
A giant ad which has been described as crass and inappropriate will remain on display for a few more days. The ad for a sports betting agency is on crown land and it's what visitors to Melbourne will...
View ArticleVictorian Government demands removal of giant gambling ad
A giant ad which has been described as crass and inappropriate will remain on display for a few more days. The ad for a sports betting agency is on crown land and it's what visitors to Melbourne will...
View ArticleInterview with John Durkan
Chris Clark talks to the Chief Operating Officer of Coles, John Durkan about why Coles thinks animal welfare is such a big issue.
View ArticleFootball giants make grab for hearts and hip pockets
Two of the world's biggest soccer clubs, Manchester United and Liverpool, have been locked in a commercial battle that could be more important than their on-pitch achievements while on tour, so what...
View ArticleRevolutions with Jon Faine
Wednesdays at 10am Jon Faine looks at the revolutionary changes sweeping our world. Catch up on past segments here.
View ArticleHealth groups calling for stricter marketing and availability of sugary drinks
Major health organisations will meet today to discuss the impact of sugary drink consumption.
View ArticleThe Power and Influence Of Colour
Why can it be misleading to view the world through rose coloured glasses and other hues? Is it better to see things in 'black and white'? Or should you colour my world with sunshine yellow each day?
View ArticleBeyond the hype of liveable Melbourne
Melbourne has yet again been given the title of world's most liveable city, but what does the accolade actually mean ?
View ArticleSky high price for vertical real estate as Melbourne CBD wall sells for $3.05...
It seems Melbourne's booming real estate prices are not restricted to homes, with part of a wall in Melbourne's CBD with an electronic billboard selling at auction this week for $3.05 million.
View ArticleLives in advertising
Jane Caro and Russel Howcroft on the lessons learned from an advertising career.
View ArticleMcDonald's shamed by Australian parents as 'worst of the decade' for junk...
Fast food giant McDonald's is named worst of the decade when it comes to advertising junk food to children by anti-obesity group Parents' Voice.
View ArticleUp, up and away in Australia's only blimp
Thirty-nine metres long and 11 metres wide, this imposing vehicle is the only blimp in the southern hemisphere. Filled with helium and stretched taught, the envelope (the balloon bit) of this air ship...
View ArticleCalvin Klein photo: Melbourne photographer Jack Hawkins accuses fashion giant...
A Melbourne photographer believes a major fashion label may have copied his image in an advertising campaign.
View ArticleMeat and Livestock Association defends not mentioning Australia Day in latest...
There's been a huge reaction to the latest television advertisement released by the Meat and Livestock Association, encouraging people to eat lamb on Australia Day. The often-controversial ads are...
View ArticleCan Dame Edna convince Australian women they're better on beef?
Meat and Livestock Australia enlists Dame Edna Everage to push its latest advertising campaign aimed at getting women to eat more beef.
View Article'Brandalism': Is Melbourne's street art being taken over by corporations?
Long-time Melbourne street artists are worried the rebel, anti-establishment movement has sold out as corporations are increasingly using the form to sell products.
View ArticleNorthern Territory tourism ads roast Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney
A new ad campaign from Tourism NT pokes fun at pretentious Sydneysiders, cold and boring people from Adelaide, and those in Melbourne who sit around on filthy beaches and drink coffee from avocados.
View ArticleHisense Arena: Electronics giant gets 'free advertising' at Australian Open...
Giant Chinese home appliance company Hisense is receiving major advertising and international brand exposure at one of the Australian Open's major stadiums, despite its name rights contract expiring...
View ArticleCake shop owner in Melbourne CBD fears Telstra payphone will sink his business
A cheesecake shop owner in Melbourne's CBD says a payphone which includes a billboard over 2.5 metres high is blocking his shop front, and should be moved down the street to sit in front of Telstra's...
View ArticleChina's expanding middle class targeted by Australian quality food exporters
Companies exporting Australian produce target the refined tastes of China's rising middle class.
View ArticleInstagram influencer wins money from Melbourne cafe after promotional deal sours
A Melbourne tribunal orders a cafe owner to pay Instagram influencer Chloe Roberts more than $1,600 after finding the business did not lose value when Ms Roberts deleted old posts of herself at the cafe.
View ArticleSocial media influencer wins case against client after verbal contract breaks...
Last week, Melbourne cafe owner Con Katsogiannis was ordered to pay $1600 to social media influencer, Chloe Roberts for her Instagram posts which promoted his eating establishment. Con Katsogiannis...
View ArticleAustralian abortion advertisements pulled from Google without explanation
Abortion clinics across Australia have had their advertisements on Google blocked for more than a week, with no answer from the internet giant as to why.
View ArticleRight destination, wrong photo: How tourism is plagued by misleading advertising
When photos of the wrong destination appear in tourism ads, is it humorous or a ploy? Esperance in WA has become Hawaii and Melbourne the Gold Coast, but false advertising is being exposed.
View ArticleAfter the horrific crash that killed her son, lawyers' marketers wouldn't...
Internal documents seen exclusively by the ABC reveal top law firm Slater and Gordon is paying out referral fees to 'partners' including telemarketers and a car rental company to get new personal...
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