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ARN Appoints Ex-TikTok Executive as First Director of Video and Social
ARN's new Director of Video and Social will lead the broadcaster's pivot toward entertainment. The hire signals aggressive platform expansion beyond traditional radio.
Leighton Cosseboom
Founder of Mission Media. A marketing entrepreneur and veteran operator in Southeast Asia, leading corporate comms at Dunkin' Indonesia and PR & IR at DailyCo. Ex-CMO at ACV Capital, founder of C2 Media, and former Tech in Asia senior editor.
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ARN Media Share Price Gains Mask A$182M Legal Exposure
ARN Media's share price surged on thin trading volumes, but the company faces A$182M in combined legal claims from Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson that exceed its market value.
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M&C Saatchi Australia Reports 31.9% Revenue Collapse in FY2025
M&C Saatchi Australia's 31.9% revenue collapse in FY2025 signals a structural shift as major clients defect to consulting-led rivals like Accenture Song's Droga5.
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OpenAI Appoints Jennifer Lien as APAC Marketing Head
OpenAI names Figma's Jennifer Lien as APAC Marketing Head, signaling a shift to structured regional operations across consumer and enterprise markets.
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Why Agencies Are Pivoting to Operating Model Design—Not Just Execution
Omnicom Oceania creates new role focused on marketing transformation, not just execution. Agencies must help brands redesign operations for AI-driven environments.
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How Netflix Executed a Decade-Long Leadership Transition
Reed Hastings steps down as Netflix chairman in June 2026, completing a three-decade tenure. The company posts record Q1 results amid a carefully orchestrated succession plan.
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Anthropic Launches Claude Design for AI-Powered Marketing Assets
Anthropic's Claude Design converts text prompts into marketing assets and landing pages. Asia-Pacific adoption is surging with 25% of Claude Code users now from the region.
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Agency AI Anxiety Triples as Client Budgets Stall in 2026
AI disruption fears have tripled among agencies while client budgets freeze, forcing leaders to maintain staff through 2026 on uncontracted promises of 2027 growth.
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Omnicom Advertising Asia Names Six Regional Leaders to Unify Creative Networks
Omnicom Advertising Asia consolidates creative and strategy functions under six regional leaders reporting to President Sean Donovan, unifying TBWA, McCann, and BBDO networks across Asia-Pacific.
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Mondelez Hires Global Lead to Navigate AI Shopping Bot Era
Mondelez is building a dedicated team to compete in agentic commerce, where AI bots autonomously purchase products. With retailers projecting 30% bot-driven traffic by 2028, CPG brands must act now on product data strategy.
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Why CPG Giants Are Turning to AI for Real-Time Market Decisions
Elixirr and Pilot Lite partnership compresses CPG product launches by 90%, enabling real-time data decisions across 30 markets. Incumbent giants face execution gaps as insurgent competitors capture 40% of growth.
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WPP Media Wins KFC and Pizza Hut Singapore Media Mandate
WPP Media displaces Havas to win consolidated media mandate for KFC and Pizza Hut Singapore, with AI platform WPP Open cited as the decisive factor in the competitive pitch.