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Switch Media acquires Swedish media systems consultancy

Clemenger BBDO recruits new talent from ‘Exceptions to the Rule’ program

Marie Claire launches WeChat app to target Chinese consumers

SBS Food launches new campaign

QMS appoints Ian Rowden as non-executive director

Sizmek appoints two adtech sales executives for APAC push 1

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 to run on Macquarie Sports Radio 1

Kiis 1065 and Kiis 101.1 launch $5m cash prize 2

Grant Broadcasters appoints Jeremy Simpson as national sales and marketing boss

Wheels Magazine undergoes brand refresh 2

Guardian Australia launches new animal-focused podcast

BBC First signs Cunard as sponsor

Talking Married returns to 9Life tonight following Married At First Sight 4

Goa adds wall mounted billboard to Iconic range

Taste.com.au launches podcast ‘Eat Real Unwrapped’

WS FM’s Jonesy and Amanda to go for Yum Cha world record attempt 2

Pepperjack Wines pairs itself with an Australian barbecue in outdoor campaign

Startups encouraged to enter QUT’s 2019 Collider Accelerator program

Nine Perth appoints programming marketing manager

Gillian O’Sullivan becomes global CEO at The Leading Edge

Mercer Bell adds two new senior staff to strategy team

Pitch Australiana 2019 documentary finalists announced

Financial PR firm Madden & Assoc makes new appointments

Creative agency engineroom celebrates its tenth anniversary

James Dickinson confirmed as Screenrights chief executive

Australian car trading app, CarSwap passes 100,000 user mark 1

Seedooh begins international expansion with New Zealand’s LUMO

Marketing activation company acquires Popcorn Global

Lavender hires eight graduates

AWARD School seeks to increase diversity of applicants in 2019 campaign 5

The Royals launches limited edition zine

Ten locks in partnership with Venntifact

Programmatic platform Adform opens an Australian office 9

Design agency Syfte acquired by Wipro digital practice Designit

Adobe appoints James McCready as APAC boss in regional president reshuffle

Research agency Nature opens in Sydney 1

The Wired Agency makes three new appointments 1

Where To Media expands commercial team

Nature research agency launches Sydney office

Oath launches studio, appoints Emma Metcalf as senior producer 2

Our Watch fellows announced

Video workflow management platform, Studio Bucket, launches

Do-it-yourself PR startup, SUADA launches in Australia

Martech educator Academy Xi raises $3m, plans Asia expansion

Small business AI marketing startup Brandollo launches after successful fundraising

Pinstripe media launches branded small business e-commerce program, Bricks and Clicks

US television series Preacher comes to Victoria 2

Edge and Carat win creative and media for The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Omny Studios to offer Rubicon Project programmatic platform for podcasters

Ooh Media secures long term contract with Brisbane City Council

The Miroma Group set to acquire Way To Blue

JC Decaux appoints Oliver Newton as general manager – sales for Australia 4

UM’s CDO and global brand safety officer, Joshua Lowcock, becomes director of ASX listed Smiles Inclusive

Former Fairfax regional editorial director, Stuart Howie, launches DIY Newsroom book

Switch Media locks in partnership with Telaria

Australian sponsorship platform Sponserve acquired by Kore Software

Special Group and Nakatomi launch ‘Tipsy’ app for award shows tipping competitions 1

VMO extends retail portfolio

Fox Sports streaming service Kayo Sports formally launched

Jean-Charles Decaux named as keynote speaker for the FEPE International 60th anniversary Congress in Dubai

Design agency Cowan grows Australian team

The M Agency appoints head of creative ahead of hiring wave

Ad and media veteran Peter Hunter joins adtech firm Sizmek

Duncan Shields joins Redengine SCC in creative director role 1

Triple M Brisbane’s Scott Menz promoted to music director

Screen Australia announces development of 16 new titles

Real estate film production company Goldeneye Media launches in LA

Sugar Agency wins Fairfax Media’s ‘Ads Are Better Rich’ competition

Bastion EBA wins Garnier’s experiential account for Australian Open

Research companies Fiftyfive5 and GalKal merge 2

Innocean Australia hires Dan O’Connell as creative director

Brandalism appoints Paris Touma as general manager

Former APN sales director Tim Rose launches consultancy

‘Exceptional talent’ Bebhinn Carey promoted at MediaCom 1

SCA’s The Studio partners with Veritonic

PayPal teams with Facebook for its Giving Fund’s Australian launch

AMI rolls out accreditation program for marketing courses and degress

FreakOut appoints Tasneem Ali to lead Australian and New Zealand operations

Havas’ James Wright and two other Australian creatives appointed to One Show 2019 juries

SSROC launches recycling campaign with retro video via Paper Moose

Isentia snares former Yahoo7 CTO in senior management appointments 1

QMS launches ‘The Bayside’ billboard

Local Measure appoints Hannah Milborrow as vice president of product

Columbus hires Rich Conway as group client partner

Martech startup Quizjam completes capital raise and appoints new advisory board members

Indago Digital acquires three new clients

The New Daily turns five

Redballoon parent, The Big Red Group, acquires experience company Adrenaline