mediascopes mediai friday news update - nov 20, 2015

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Market moves this week…

-‐ Match Media picks up NRMA Motoring & Services business

-‐ Market speculaEon of a potenEal merger between Nine Entertainment & Southern Cross Austereo

-‐ UM’s Sam Geer wins the 2015 APG Planning Idol compeEEon in support of charity – Reachout.com



Market moves this week…

-‐ US parenEng site ‘MomtasEc’ launches as ‘MumtasEc’ in the Australian market

-‐ The ABC will join Seven & Nine by live streaming its main channel from December 1

-‐ NewsLifeMedia acquires beauty website – Primped.com.au



SMI release ad spend revenue for October…

-‐  Overall adverEsing spend increased YOY 3.7% to $750.2m -‐  TV + 4.2% to $374.9m -‐  Digital + 11.7% to $151.7m -‐  Outdoor + 19.9% to $81m -‐  Radio -‐.01% to $53m -‐  Newspapers -‐ 20.2% to $59m -‐  Magazines -‐ 14.3% to $23m -‐  Cinema + 24.4% to $4.2m



People moves this week…

-‐ Ewilina Jones joins Carat Sydney as group business director

-‐ Google appoints Kevin Ackhurst as director of agency

-‐ Lion’s Mad Tapper is elected Chairman of industry associaEon AANA



People moves this week…

-‐ Michael Miller & Peter Tonagh take up top jobs with News Corp

-‐ Prue Cox has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer with NewsLifeMedia

-‐ The Australian newspaper’s editor Chris Mitchell steps down ager 24 years

mediascopes mediai friday news update - nov 20, 2015

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