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Tom Dery steps down as M&C Saatchi worldwide chairman 1

Lexus relaunches website with improved user and dealer capabilities

Melbourne startup FGMNT launches VR-based out-of-home buying tool at Cannes

Realestateview.com.au appoints The Sphere Agency to develop new brand platform

Travel at 60 relaunches website following rebrand 1

Refraction Media appoints Tania Pettitt as corporate partnerships manager

The Trish Nicol Agency wins Country Roads PR account

SmoothFM names new program director

Freeview upgrades Freeview Plus Service 3

1stGroup launches MyHealth1st TV & Health Guide

The Monthly increases online art and culture reviews

Telstra offers free hotspot access and lists Australia’s most popular Instagram sites for World Wi-Fi Day 1

Brendon Harrington promoted to GM of M&C Saatchi’s LIDA

Luscious adds director James Cooper to roster

Ooh Media wins South Australian Government tender 1

Freeview adds device streaming in its latest app

Taboola expands its programmatic advertising footprint

Regional TAM completes panel expansion

Buzzfeed Australia appoints Amy McQuire as Indigenous affairs reporter 1

ARN announces partnership with UnLtd and launch of The Goodness Project 1

A celebration of the life of Dr Paul Priday to be held on June 30

The Sydney Morning and The Age win award for ‘Saving The Reef’ project

Getty Images announces global virtual reality partnership with Jaunt

Starcom Brisbane challenges students at QUT to respond to live brief

APN Outdoor launches new XtrackTV screens

Adhesive PR wins KitchenAid account

Nova’s Smooth Festival of Chocolate returns for fourth year

Creative3 Pitch winners given chance to join Virgin StartUps program

NewsMediaWorks announces 2017 PANPA finalists

Emotive announces two new promotions to bolster strategy and video offerings

Pandora launches in-house radio for Carat

GoodFIT PR rebrands to GoodFit Global

Boating Industry Association hands media account to Media & Production Partners 2

Village Cinemas to open additional Vjunior cinema in Victoria

Mamamia partners with Amnet

Co-founder of Goa Billboards and founder of Outdoor Systems take home FEPE Lifetime Achievement Award in Sweden

Southern Cross Austereo partners with Bathurst Broadcasters

Havas Sydney adds Paul Bootlis and Yoaan Bernex to digital team

Bloomberg Media appoints Andrew Benett as global chief commercial officer

AnalogFolk adds 10 staff to team with senior creative, strategy and tech hires

Marc Iacono joins GPJ as director of operations

Pandora moves into custom events with launch of ‘Sunset Sessions’

Khemistry appoints Mark Gregory as group account director

QMS launches two digital billboards in Melbourne’s North

NRMA Kennedy Awards renews Hillbrick Bicycles’ sponsorship

Nova Entertainment names winner of podcast award 1

Kicker Communications bolsters senior team with two new hires

The Story Lab appoints Josh Butt as head of program formats and development

State of Digital Publishing launches new community platform, Seek An Audience

Blackie McDonald wins three new clients

Out of Home advertising reports media revenue of $70.5m for May

Clemenger BBDO Sydney appoints Madeleine Marsh as head of account management

Seven’s House Rules set to return for season six

Jennifer Hawkins returns as Colgate Optic White brand ambassador 2

‘Behind the Voice’ returns to Kiis National Network

Exhibition industry to use Mumbrella360 to take Global Exhibitions Day to marketers

Fans given a chance to win X-Men prizes in new #ThankHugh campaign

Jesse Northfiled joins Think HQ as project lead 1

Dropbox recruits Le Tran as new head of communications 1

Ooh Media reaches 50 New Zealand shopping centres

Universal Pictures searches for Australia’s most ‘Despicable’ creation

AAMI launches SmartPlate Learner driver app in Queensland

Australian Press Council welcomes Dili Declaration on Press Freedom

The Wrong Girl commences season two production

Riot Games Oceania partners with Twitter for live streaming of League of Legends

The Meerkats return for health insurance with comparethemarket.com.au

Zenith’s Media Consumptions study predicts 26% increased mobile media consumption by 2019

Impact Radius joins IAB Australia

Vogue Australia launches Vogue Codes 2017

‘Next generation’ board to focus Publicis Media on the future

A Current Affair to sponsor Outstanding Television Current Affairs Reporting award

Red Agency appoints former PRIA president Terri-Helen Gaynor as head of government

PR agency Kate & Co adds four clients to its portfolio

Abercrombie & Kent reappoints iD Collective to PR account

ANZ Stadium set to sponsor The Kennedy Foundation’s Award for Outstanding Sport Reporting

Elle Magazine shoots both cover and editorial on an iPhone 7 Plus

Havas Melbourne hires eight new people across creative and PR

National Geographic appoints Elie Mansour to newly created position director of consumer products and licensing

Recruitment company Randstad appoints Charlie Stack to head of communications

Former Hotwire PR MD moves overseas as communications lead at IBM

The Royals’ Michaela Futcher set to explore AI creativity at Vivid Ideas

Gourmet Traveller names Australia’s best hotels

Fairfax wins at INMA Global Media Awards

Happn rolls out native and programmatic advertising offering

Leni Andronicos joins The Urban List as branded content director

Havas Group to deliver transparent client facing programmatic solution 1

Plus7 shows 14% month on month increase in unique audience

Shopper Media Group announces four new hires