Mediaweek Newsmakers - Ryvalmedia's Kenny Stewart and Sam Cousins

We used to ask a mate what to buy. Now we’re asking ChatGPT. So how does a brand get a look-in when AI is writing the shopping list? Helping to unpack that are Sam Cousins, Ryvalmedia’s newly appointed National Head of Strategy and Product, and Kenny Stewart, its National Managing Director, who br…

Mediaweek Newsmakers - Mamamia CEO Luca Lavigne

Now, if your parents run a restaurant or they're tradies and you join the business, that's a lovely family story. But if your parents run a media company, well, apparently we need to talk. My guest today is Mamamia CEO Luca Lavigne, son of co-founders Mia Freedman and Jason Lavigne, and yes, we're …

Mediaweek Newsmakers - Sam Armytage

There’s something reassuring about talking to someone who’s spent years on television and still sounds like good company over a very long lunch. Samantha Armytage is one of those people. She’s curious, quick with a laugh, and you get the feeling you’d want your story straight before trying to slip…

Mediaweek Newsmakers - Tapt Media's Brian Gallagher

When Brian Gallagher first walked into the offices of what’s now Tapt Media, it was a Tuesday and the sales floor was empty. His verdict? “Culturally bereft.” A lot’s changed since the Laundy family bought the business. Tapt Media is building a bigger digital audience; its YouTube channels are pul…

Josh Simons and Tim Burrowes 2026

Mediaweek and Mumbrella have spent years covering Australia’s media industry while becoming one of its juiciest stories. The latest argy-bargy centres on Vinyl Media's plans to use AI to dramatically scale its publishing output. The debate has since come down to AI publishing and, somehow, the wor…

Mediaweek Newsmakers - Gogglebox's Matt Fahd

You probably know Matty Fahd from the Gogglebox couch. But before he was critiquing TV for a living, he spent 18 years working behind the scenes in media, from the agency trenches to helping build TikTok Australia. Then he did something many of us have probably fantasised about: he walked away fro…

Mediaweek Newsmakers - SCA's Group Digital Commercial Director, Olly Newton, and SCA’s Head of Digital Ad Product and Operations, Kim Loasby

Google gets the click. Meta gets the conversion. But did either of them actually create the demand? New research from SCA and Seven suggests that by the time a consumer searches, clicks, or buys, much of the hard work is already done. The research looked at almost $73 million in media investment …

Mediaweek Newsmakers - Kyle Sandilands

We here at Mediaweek wanted this chat to be a little bit different from our usual ones. We all know about the bust-up with Jackie, the court case and the new show, Kyle Sandilands Live, which launched today. And while we touch on some of that, I wanted to go somewhere else. Full disclosure: I’ve …

Mediaweek Newsmaker's - Seven's director of sales, Katie Finney and Prophet CEO Jordan Taylor-Bartels

If you've ever wondered whether marketers are giving far too much credit to the last click, this episode is for you. In this episode of Newsmakers, I’m joined by  Seven's director of sales, Katie Finney, and Prophet CEO Jordan Taylor-Bartels to unpack why the industry is moving beyond last-click a…

Mediaweek Newsmakers - RyanCap's Simon Ryan

Simon Ryan has seen this industry from both sides of the table. He used to run things inside a legacy global holding company - now he's the one building a business, giving those same networks a headache.  Kind of poetic, honestly. He's the founder of RyanCap, which he built fast and sold to Cosmo…