Brendan Coyne

1 week ago | mi-3.com.au | Kalila Welch |Paul McIntyre |Brendan Coyne

Awkward customerAdvertising effectiveness veteran James Hurman is awaiting a response from Professor Scott Galloway after delivering a clinical counter to some of the professor’s broadsides against brand and advertising – while simultaneously creating a piece of effective B2B content marketing.

1 week ago | mi-3.com.au | Kalila Welch |Stu Carr |Sam Shedden |Brendan Coyne

What you need to know:QMS chief John O’Neill thinks Australia’s out of home publishers can take a 20 per cent share of the ad market within five years after OOH players took 17 per cent in a bumper Q1. Per O'Neill, Quadrant-owned QMS held 14.5 per cent of the total outdoor market and 18 per cent of digital OOH sales in the first quarter, with a "north of 40 per cent" YoY surge in April potentially putting the vendor ahead of the market.

3 weeks ago | mi-3.com.au | Kalila Welch |Brendan Coyne |Stu Carr |Andrew Birmingham

What you need to know:Warner Bros. Discovery says its Max platform is powering ahead of forecast weeks into its Australian launch. ANZ senior revenue director James Hole touting strong advertiser and subscriber uptake, despite keeping audience numbers under wraps. Agencies suggest a "textbook" launch, per one investment chief, with buyers praising the outsourced sales model via Nine.

3 weeks ago | mi-3.com.au | Stu Carr |Sam Shedden |Brendan Coyne |Paul McIntyre

What you need to know:Pinterest has commissioned new research from IPG Mediabrands’ Magna to demonstrate the impact a positive advertising environment has on performance. Findings include that users were 20 per cent more emotionally engaged with content on platforms they perceived as positive and spent 15 per cent more time looking at ads – and the same ads were seen as twice as trustworthy, twice as interesting and 1.5 times more likeable compared to when they were viewed on other platforms.

3 weeks ago | mi-3.com.au | Paul McIntyre |Brendan Coyne |Andrew Birmingham

What you need to know:In a landmark study, researchers, GPT-4-equipped individuals matched the output of full human teams and completed innovation tasks up to 16.4 per cent faster, often with higher-quality results. AI flattened the expertise curve. Junior or inexperienced staff using AI performed at near-expert levels, effectively collapsing traditional learning curves and levelling up organisational capability. Cross-functional silos smashed.