Thinking for a media world in motion.
Analysis and opinion from the Meerkat team on media, technology, measurement and the shifts shaping Australian marketing.
From the Meerkat point of view.
The Warner Bros/HBO Battle & What It Means For The Future Of Australian Cinema
Lee Stephens on the streaming-first shift and what industry consolidation could mean for cinema, advertising and Australian audiences.
Perspective: Media inflation vs media market growth
Lee Stephens examines the gap between headline market growth and the underlying cost pressures shaping 2026 media investment.
Protecting or policing? Australia's social media age ban depends on education over enforcement
Lee Stephens on the role of education, empathy and platform design in Australia's evolving social-media policy.
AI's energy arms race: Who controls the grid, controls the future
Lee Stephens and Per Tinberg on why energy access and infrastructure are becoming central to the next phase of AI competition.
Australian television is at a crossroads
Lee Stephens on the structural challenges facing Australian television and the choices ahead for the sector.
Emissions reporting for advertisers now law
Lee Stephens and Per Tinberg on what changing climate-disclosure obligations mean for advertisers and the media ecosystem.
Lee Stephens launches independent Meerkat Media
Mi3's launch coverage: reach planning out, custom client algorithms and ‘media moments’ in.
Ex-Fairfax, Aegis, Switch Media figure Lee Stephens launches new media agency
Mumbrella's coverage of the Meerkat Media launch and its ambition for independent clients.
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