Chris Pash

Sydney

Journalist, author, editor. @AdNews, past Business Insider, Content Director Factiva, CEO Asia Pulse, Editor-in-Charge AAP, Chair @asauthors, scuba inst.

Articles

Search and destroy: AI love flips for Google

3 days ago | adnews.com.au | Chris Pash

The $20 billion a year deal making Google the default search in Apple’s browser is looking shaky and AI is to blame. iPhone users are apparently using AI more than Google’s search feature on Apple’s Safari browser. Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, giving evidence at an Google antitrust trial brought by the US Justice Department, said search volume went down last month for the first time in two decades. "That has never happened in 20 years,” he said.
Jobs Intelligence - The latest ad industry roles, May 12, 2025

3 days ago | adnews.com.au | Chris Pash

SEEK is showing 430 jobs in the advertising, arts and media sector. And the following list was compiled by IAB Australia:Have something to say on this? Share your views in the comments section below. Or if you have a news story or tip-off, drop us a line at [email protected] up to the AdNews newsletter, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for breaking stories and campaigns throughout the day.
SCA's ‘short-sighted’ board under attack by activist investor - AdNews

4 days ago | adnews.com.au | Chris Pash

Activist investor Sandon Capital has taken aim at broadcaster SCA, saying the board of directors is in “self-preservation” mode in a tough advertising market. The fund manager has attacked the company’s decision to resume paying dividends, its announcement of an “unrealistic” executive bonus scheme and says SCA needs to further reduce debt levels.
The 'uncertainty' of the US upfront season

4 days ago | adnews.com.au | Chris Pash

The US upfront season for 2025 starting with glittering events in New York this week faces a high degree of uncertainty as marketers puzzle over what will happen to advertising if the tariff war escalates. While the television networks pitch from theatres and other big ticket venues in central Manhattan, the media buyers are trying to determine whether or not advertising spend will hold up against shattered consumer confidence.
WPP’s plans to plug GroupM’s gap in performance

1 week ago | adnews.com.au | Chris Pash

WPP, seeing a growth gap in the performance of its media business, GroupM, is accelerating changes in a bid to ”catch up” to and then “leapfrog” competitors. GroupM, making up 40% of WPP’s revenue, facing a more challenging media environment and with client losses behind it, is a priority for the UK-based global advertising group. One report suggested GroupM would also have a name change to WPP Media. The company would not be drawn. “We don’t comment on speculation," said a a WPP spokesperson.
WPP’s plans to plug GroupM’s gap in global performance

1 week ago | adnews.com.au | Chris Pash

WPP, seeing a growth gap in the performance of its media business, GroupM, is accelerating changes in a bid to ”catch up” to and then “leapfrog” competitors. GroupM, making up 40% of WPP’s revenue, facing a more challenging media environment and with client losses behind it, is a priority for the UK-based global advertising group. One report suggested GroupM would also have a name change to WPP Media. The company would not be drawn. “We don’t comment on speculation," said a WPP spokesperson.
Jobs Intelligence - The latest ad industry roles, May 5, 2025

1 week ago | adnews.com.au | Chris Pash

SEEK is showing 473 jobs in the advertising, arts and media sector. And the following list was compiled by IAB Australia:Have something to say on this? Share your views in the comments section below. Or if you have a news story or tip-off, drop us a line at [email protected] up to the AdNews newsletter, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for breaking stories and campaigns throughout the day.
Media agency ad bookings surge

1 week ago | adnews.com.au | Chris Pash

Data on media agency ad bookings for March, available to SMI Guideline subscribers but not yet made public, reveal a healthy positive trend. The numbers show bookings just in the negative, at less than 2%, with more numbers to come from late digital spend. Analysts see the final count above the line, in the 2% to 3% range, and should keep the calendar year-to-date in positive territory.
Zuckerberg’s AI plans: The next step, minus the steps, in performance advertising

1 week ago | adnews.com.au | Chris Pash

It's a brief but not as the advertising industry knows it. Step aside big brands and big agencies. Let the Meta AI agent do the job, including the creative, and defining an audience, all done in the blink of an eye. The next step, minus the steps, in performance advertising. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Meta, plans to upend the way advertising works. Just tell us the results you want, and the budget you have, and we’ll do the rest.
Amazon vulnerable from smaller advertisers squeezed by the trade war

1 week ago | adnews.com.au | Chris Pash

Online retailer Amazon reported a 18% jump to $US13.9 billion in advertising sales for the March quarter as it prepares for fallout from the trade war. This compared to overall net revenue which increased 9% to $155.7 billion. ”We’re pleased with the start to 2025, especially our pace of innovation and progress in continuing to improve customer experiences,” said CEO Andy Jassy.