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Nine Network and Fairfax sent shockwaves through the media industry yesterday after announcing the companies are merging to become Australia's biggest integrated media company.

NAB's former GM of brand experience, Michael Nearhos, has been named Virgin Australia’s new marketing director.

Fairfax Media and Nine Entertainment are joining forces, creating a $4.2 billion integrated media firm that will establish Nine as one of Australia’s leading independent media companies. The merger represents one of the biggest moves in Australian media history.

Andrew Howie is leaving Westpac as head of advertising to take on Amazon Australia's head of brand post.

Brent Smart believes his switch from creative agency chief to first CMO at IAG says as much about the insurance giant as it does about him.

Former NAB CMO, Andrew Knott, is reportedly venturing overseas and taking on a newly created role at JPMorgan Chase in the US as its first-ever chief media officer.

Alibaba has a vision for the future of retail where there is no distinction between online and offline shopping, and the customer experience is enhanced by augmented reality, artificial intelligence (AI) and facial recognition.

Sunsuper has brought on former Australian Super CMO and CEO of Food and Wine Victoria, Georgina Williams, as a new board director.

​If there’s one attribute Martyn Etherington is counting on to realise his ambitious brand transformation plans at Teradata, it’s bravery.

​David Jones’ drive for its Elizabeth Street store to be a global premier retail destination has been boosted by a new partnership with Disney, and exclusive partnerships with iconic, luxury global brands, Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Gucci.

​Digital guru and former KPMG chief digital officer, Anthony Stevens, has launched a new company, Digital Asset Ventures.

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Domino’s has brought on a new local chief marketing officer to support activities across the Australian and New Zealand markets.

Multi Channel Network’s (MCN) chief sales and marketing officer, Mark Frain, has been appointed as the company’s new chief executive officer, effective immediately.

Village Roadshow Limited has signed a group-wide partnership with one of Australasia’s largest beverage companies, Lion Private Limited.

Freeview has nabbed former Foxtel store TV and main event manager, Cameron Crain, as its new head of marketing.

Marketing leaders are seeking to bring more content managers and writers in-house with an understanding of user experience in online, while bumping up temporary and contract staff to assist with digital projects, a new report claims.

Looker CMO, Jennifer Grant, is eager to test machine learning on its website and investigate new martech tools to see how the company can continue to optimise and grow the business.

Large established companies need to take a “best of both worlds” approach to innovation in order to be competitive and meet ongoing consumer expectations, according to Daniela Simpson, a FMCG executive and a newly appointed general manager of a $1.1 billion candy and fruit snacks business unit of Ferrero USA.

​In an era of customer experience and social responsibility, what can marketers do to ensure not only their organisations, but also their brands, are more inclusive and free from stereotypes and bias?

Building a modern-marketing function - and injecting and maintaining ‘cultural’ elements like back-end collaboration - is easier said than done, according to a group of marketing chiefs speaking at the second annual CMO Momentum.