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Nine wins final week of summer as Seven takes Sunday

VMG merges media agency Frontier Media with creative agency Yakkazoo

UniSuper launches campaign after opening to all via Hive

Stake releases first campaign inspired by old school cartoons

ABC and SBS to get funding boost with new SVOD measures also coming into play 1

Publicis Groupe ANZ appoints Will Koukouras to lead Publicis Sport & Entertainment

Tourism NT encourages holidays with meaningful connections in new campaign

Dentsu continues CEO appointments with Dentsu Solutions ANZ CEO

TV up 20% for $4.1bn in 2021 as BVOD continues growth

Publicis Groupe continues growth, with ‘stronger than expected’ FY2021 results

Love Media appoints Stan’s Meredith Graham as head of media

Foxtel Group’s streaming products up 66% in total customers

CHE Proximity teases rebrand ahead of ‘new agency model’ launch

Nielsen’s list of the most valuable brand exposure and assets in sports broadcasting

MAFS continues to top entertainment and key advertising demos

SCA picks Lucia Elliott for the national trade marketing director job

MAFS sponsors in happy union with Nine for new season

Vevo launches app on Google TV and other Android TV OS devices

Facebook whistleblower tells Senate Inquiry polarising ads are cheaper to run

Meta’s advertising revenue climbed 15.6% in Q4 2021 financial results

HCF launches first campaign with Clemenger BBDO

Stan adds to Australian motorsports line up with Speed Series partnership

MAFS wins entertainment 3rd night in a row as Survivor audience drops

Alt/Shift opens Queensland office and wins Metricon Homes

Commercial radio audience up 1.3% to 11.2 million in the five metro capitals for 2021

OOH industry bounces back with 24% media revenue growth in 2021

Nick Bell launches digital agency, says NFTs aren’t a fad 2

Smirnoff Seltzer names winners of Ads for Artists, launches campaign

Nova names Lucy Formosa Morgan commercial operations officer to replace Michael Duncan

Facebook facing criminal case from Twiggy in Australia over crypto scam

Havas’ head of new business exits to rejoin TrinityP3

Archie Rose Distilling Company appoints Speed as media agency partner

Mutiny hires ex-McCann MD and marketer as GM for customer

Telum Media finds new region head for Australia and New Zealand 1

SunRice head of marketing departs, replacement search underway

Catalano: Listing digital with traditional media means you focus on the first at the expense of the second

MAFS wins entertainment as Nine takes Tuesday

Airtasker launches first campaign under new CMO via Thinkerbell 3

Alphabet (Google) reveals US$12.73bn revenue in Q4 2021 APAC financial results

Originality the beginning in first Microsoft Surface ad via Hero + McCann

Caught in a web: Spidey eclipses market with cinema back in full swing and ad spend up 153%

LADbible Group’s outdoor campaign via Ooh Media celebrates everyday ‘LAD’ heroes

Jellysmack doubles down on ANZ appointments 1

DDB Sydney named one of world’s top eight agencies by Contagious

Ad market storms out of lockdown, says SMI’s ad spend report

Nando’s names creative and strategic agencies of record

LJ Hooker Group names its new head of marketing

Andrew Beecher departs newly branded Wheels Media, with Christian Clark stepping up as CEO

VCCP finds creative director, Adnan Lalani within its ranks

Sydney Water launches two new spots with Shane Jacobson

Cartology picks ADvendio for its national omnichannel retail media ecosystem 1

Insurance brand Youi searching for CMO replacement

Pinterest expands its AR tools with new shopping product

Resolution Digital wins media account for The Travel Corporation

MAFS launch lowest audience in 4 years on FTA, but beats premieres of Survivor and The Voice: Generations

Twitter’s Angus Keene appointed chair of IAB Executive Tech Council 1

The Monkeys awarded $1.1M Federal Govt departmental contract

74% of Aussies plan to watch Beijing Winter Olympics on live TV, finds Toluna

Endemol Shine Australia makes key executive promotions

Basketball fanmade logos featured in Footlocker OOH campaign

Outdoor industry launches second annual health and wellbeing campaign

QMS signs eight launch partners for City of Sydney network

Hero integrates Magnum Opus Partners into national offering

Spotify commits to doing more to mitigate COVID-19 misinformation

Hardhat launches campaign for FutureMe following appointment

Seven’s Cricket Fourth Test – The Ashes Day Five tops Week 3 VOZ report

Realestate.com.au launches new campaign with Brand + Story & Thinkerbell

WPP appoints Rose Herceg as president in Australia and New Zealand 5

It’s Friday – Bosilkovski, Lagana and De Villiers launch agency with founding client Domino’s 3

1.6M metro viewers tune in to watch Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev’s Australian Open finals match

Business Insider Australia to close in reported ‘global strategic decision’

Dan Murphy’s mythologises its founder in Thinkerbell campaign 1

Channel 7 Perth anchors achieve Guinness World Record

OMA makes it easier for agencies and clients to buy and measure OOH

Toyota LandCruiser 300 drives its users home in latest ad 6

Landor & Fitch Australia’s brand refresh for nib health funds 2

News Corp and Google launch Digital News Academy for young journalists 1

Mike Whitney departs Sydney Weekender after 27 years

Red Balloon partners with Destination NSW to refresh local tourism

CHEP appoints Alex Roper as director of strategy, Melbourne

Australian comms industry mourns passing of PR great Peter Lazar AM 1

Ash Barty’s semi-final win at the Australian Open 2022 draws in 1.3M metro viewers

Facebook and YouTube top potential reach for Australian ads online

Gaming app ad on Facebook taken down for domestic violence

Dentsu predicts 6.1% growth in ad spend for 2022 in Australia

Ten execs talk Australian Survivor sponsors and its MAFS match-up

Final call: Mumbrella360 2022 session submissions closing today

2022 influencer marketing trends across TikTok, Instagram and YouTube: Hype Auditor