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COMPANY NEWS: Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, today announced the launch of the Media Data Cloud, which unites Snowflake's powerful data sharing technology; cutting-edge standards of privacy and governance; Snowflake- and partner-delivered solutions, and industry-specific datasets. The Media Data Cloud enables marketers, publishers and data and ad technology businesses to unlock their data for identity, insights, activation and measurement across the advertising ecosystem.

The Conti ransomware gang has issued a somewhat hilarious warning to media outlets which reported quotes from ransom negotiations between the ransomware gang and one of its victims, JVCKenwood.

'The 20th edition of the Australian Entertainment and Media Outlook 2020-2024 report from PwC has arrived, showing that to the end of December 2020, total Australian advertising spend contracted by 8.0% to A$15.4 billion, and consumer spend dropped by 1.9% to A$42.5 billion - with plenty more detail to share, so read on!

COMPANY NEWS by Matthew Fowler, Managing Director for Asia-Pacific, VIQ Solutions: According to internal research conducted by VIQ Solutions, approximately 15 percent of the audio recorded by organisations, courts, law enforcement and other agencies including government bodies, is currently being digitised.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released another research report in its ‘Communications and media in Australia’ series, with headline figures showing 8.2 million terabytes of data downloaded, 9.6 billion voice minutes and more.

Global independent platform for ad management, data-driven creative, and unified insights, Flashtalking has appointed former Programmatic Director AUNZ at DoubleVerify, James Whitbread, as its JAPAC Sales Director.

Australian media firm Nine Entertainment is continuing to stay mum as far as public statements on the network attack on its Sydney offices go. It is more or less certain now that Windows ransomware known as MedusaLocker was used in the attack.

Kate Toon is an award-winning powerhouse of energy, talent, business smarts, excellent advice, great courses and more, and it was a delight to talk to someone so switched on about everything digital!

Autodesk has stayed ahead of the curve over nearly the last four decades to become a true powerhouse in products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education and entertainment industries, and we spoke to its Australian MD during the last day of its 2020 conference.

Oh, Canada! Australia's top telco is launching a dedicated Toronto Point-of-Presence to support increasing demand for connectivity into APAC from Canadian finance, tech and startup industries - aboot time!

Australia’s telecommunications regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its research program for the 2020 to 2021 financial year, with its primary focus on consideration of how current and future developments in the communications and media landscape will impact public interest outcomes and its regulatory role.

GUEST CONTRIBUTION by David Frost, PR Deadlines:  Recently, my deluge of overnight emails included one that looked suspicious. I came very close to deleting it.

GUEST CONTRIBUTION by David Frost, PR Deadlines:  Recently, my deluge of overnight emails included one that looked suspicious. I came very close to deleting it.

VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT:  Global media and marketing company Crowd Media Holdings Limited (ASX:CM8 | FWB:CM3) has joined forces with London-based VITAL Innovations Ltd.

VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENT:  Global media and marketing company Crowd Media Holdings Limited (ASX:CM8 | FWB:CM3) has joined forces with London-based VITAL Innovations Ltd.

The attackers behind the REvil ransomware are reportedly demanding an increased ransom from American food distribution firm Harvest/Sherwood Food Distributors after negotiations over the amount to be paid, through incident response company Coveware, went wrong.

New York-based entertainment and media lawyers Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks has been hit by the Windows REvil ransomware, with a small amount of information released by the attackers and a lot more promised.

The telecommunications regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), says it is actively working with the communications and media services sectors to help them maintain critical services while continuing to provide important consumer safeguards during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Australian Greens have accused the Federal Government of dropping the ball in response to the ACCC’s digital platforms inquiry, and say the government must implement urgent media reforms if Australian media is to ”play on” after the COVID-19 crisis.

A year after the commercial rollout of 5G in Australia, private 5G will take off this year, with a prediction that more than five enterprises in Australia will run trials before the end of 2020.