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PHD and MEC teams win APN Outdoor’s Outback Wrangler competition

Agent99 PR re-signs Buderim Ginger 5

Outdoor campaign for La Trobe Uni promotes dancing benefits for Parkinson’s sufferers

Deepend adds three clients including Southern Comfort

McCann Sydney handed Microsoft duties from its Singapore hub

Seven secures the swimming rights until 2025

Networking group Motiv set up for young professionals in media companies

APG launches annual Planning Idol competition

Peter Williams to bring a digital edge to PR MasterClass

DesignCrowd named in Red Herring Top 100 list for Asia

Showpony appoints Andy Scott as creative director

Sarah Bailey named managing partner of DDB Melbourne 1

AMPR picks up Danish consumer electronics company Bang & Olufsen

Straight Up PR wins five new clients

ABC’s Ben McLean joins Insurance Council of Australia’s communications team

STW kicks up strategic review hiring former Jack Watts Currie partner Rob Currie as group business director 1

Friends and colleagues unite for charity walk in memory of Helen Filov

Prime Media confirms editorial redundancies

Finalists announced for oOh!’s Million Dollar Pitch contest

BlueChip Communications appoints director of corporate affairs

Michelle Kyd promoted to general manager of Cadreon 1

Digital radio provides Perth service for Print-Handicapped

Victorian agencies recognised at second round of PRIA State Awards for Excellence

Yahoo7 launches new, video based 360-degree mobile ad format

AACTA names Blue Post as official partner of the 5th AACTA Awards

Screen Forever International Partnership Market matches Australian filmmakers to global agents

The Mint Partners adds experiential travel company andBeyond to client roster 1

King Content wins Agency of the Year at the Orange Awards

Aussie Farmers Direct launch virtual shopping app for customers 1

Clemenger launches content production company Flare

Cole Lawson Communications take home two awards at PRIA’s State Awards for Excellence in Queensland

Sling & Stone welcomes new hires to support new clients 1

Bloggers strike deal with publishing company to create branded video content

Malcolm Turnbull to open national radio conference 1

Ogilvy names new executive creative director 3

CAPI joins forces with KiDS to launch ‘feel the flavour’ spring/summer campaign

Compass Global Markets signs naming rights deal with Blue Sox Sydney baseball team

Ikon NZ adds to leadership team with joint managing director appointment

Seven West Media announce new head of digital in WA

Excellence in newspaper media’s creative, sales and marketing teams recognised at PANPA Advertising & Marketing Awards

Wendy Bacon announced as keynote for National Community Broadcasting conference

Precinct appoints Philip McDougall as chief creative officer

Brian Crisp re-joins News Corp to head up News Corp Studios Queensland

Sefiani appointed PR agency for Talent Unleashed Awards

Pacific Magazines appoints beauty and grooming director and editor

Sean Cummins to speak at National Radio Conference

Andrew Baxter joins Sydney Symphony Orchestra board

MediaCom appoints Simon Jarosz as new creative director, Shelby Craig sets up specialist division in L.A

GQ editor Nick Smith to focus on publishing duties as Matthew Drummond joins as editor 4

Liquid Ideas grows client roster with wine company, olive oil brand and coffee specialist

STW board director David Sawicki joins Undertow Media board as agency appoints GM 1

The Atticism signs new clients and hires staff

Commercial radio industry reports growth in metro ad revenue

Waterfront Marketing offering in-house strategy and account service after Brand New Media buys stake

Australian media joins domestic violence round table discussion with Rosie Batty

Oztam release Multi-Screen report for second quarter of 2015

Media joins forces with Rosie Batty and Government to address domestic violence

The Collective launches 25th issue as four separate editions

Straight Up PR expands into people management with Straight Up People

BBC announced as naming sponsors for BBC First British Film Festival

Mediacom Melbourne promotes Anny Havercroft and Brett Elliott

Robert Lang appointed as CEO of Socialbakers

Full-service tech agency Affinity wins three new accounts

Former Edelman director of corporate and public affairs joins Bastion RM

BWM Dentsu appoints new managing director

ADMA hires Craig Wallis for Victoria role

Presto moves to HD, introduces AirPlay for Apple devices and launches new mobile tablet app

Nine programming executive Courtney Gibson appointed CEO of Screen NSW

MediaCom promotes from within for chief strategy role and MD of Sydney office

Screen Producers Australia release plans for a credits register

Site Tour and Roy Morgan collaborate on a new automated trading platform

Adwords switches to HTML5 in line with new creative guidelines from IAB

Adshel appoints two new sales executives in Victoria

CampaignLab wins OPPO Mobile PR Account

Red Agency appoints Grant Richmond-Coggan as associate director

BlueChip Communication director Michelle Ryan joins Buchan Consulting

Carat promotes Joseph Pardillo to Melbourne MD and Catherine Krantz to GM 1

Razorfish buys analytics firm 2Datafish 2

Going postal: Australia Post celebrates the golden age of neon advertising with new stamp issue

2GBs The Garden Clinic radio show celebrates 35 years on air

Zing grows consumer and corporate PR portfolio

Film adaptation of award-winning Aussie novel ‘Jasper Jones’ names cast

AMPR grows client roster with nine new wins

Creative Streets: Winners announced for Outdoor Media Association’s Creative Collection competition

Recruiter Nakama appoints Rob Sheffield as group CEO

Ikon Sydney wins first client since going full service with hair loss brand Evolis 3

Qantas extends naming rights for the Wallabies for another four years

McCann Melbourne appoints Matt Lawson as CD