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CarExpert CEO stands down, remains on board

Japanese icons feature in dancing Suntory Boss Coffee ad via Bounce

Apparent wins competitive pitch to snap up media duties for Active Super

Mumbrella360 2022 dates set, super earlybird tickets on sale now

HT&E sells stake in Ooh Media for $49m

Best&Less shows off Christmas range in ad via 99c

AAT Kings rebrands and releases first work from Thinkerbell

Domain makes another senior hire with appointment of chief product officer

Parental Guidance premiere draws in 629K metro viewers and wins entertainment

Vice creative agency Virtue names new APAC chief as MD Aaron Pearce departs

Val Morgan Digital adds 8 to editorial and commercial teams

Tourism Fiji declares ‘Fiji’s open, mate!’ via The Hallway and ‘Steve’

Aerogard pays tribute to dead bugs in Oscars-style In Memorian

Trilogy Funds reappoints MediaCom as its media agency

Mother finds Christmas gifts at Big W for the family in latest M&C Saatchi campaign

PR executive Ant Kelaher returns to Australia to rejoin Ogilvy in senior role

Hotwire expands senior team following ‘robust’ start to financial year

Surfer Julian Wilson’s step back from WSL center of new Oakley campaign

F. Whitlock & Sons launches AR portal via Because and Unbnd

Ad market grows in September buoyed by TV and digital spend

Aus Gov releases cyber safety campaign as 2.8m Aussies fall prey to cybercrime each year

Sefiani Communications appoints Mandy Galmes as its MD and partner

Annual Young Rich list sees Finder and King Kong founders make the cut

The PR Group secures US tech brand Podium as part of international client roster expansion

TV Wrap: The Block wins Sunday as Nine wins the week

Seven and Prime Media deal set to rationalise costs and challenge ‘global behemoths’

Kevin Rudd chairs bid calling for full scale investigation into Murdoch’s media empire

‘I’ve Gotta Be Me’ soundtrack to Mitsubishi Outlander ad via Richards Rose

Bespoke Woolworths radio stations from iHeartRadio to offer brands targeted marketing options

GroupM’s head of e-commerce Roger Dunn departs after 6 years

News Corp Australia launches new magazine in its Saturday mastheads

Zenith, Kantar and The Works to feature in Mumbrella Finance Marketing Week

Changes to AANA’s F&B Code in effect from today

Ten’s national sales director talks sponsors and diversification for The Melbourne Cup

The Core Agency appoints new head of strategy

Local creators with 50m subscribers join Jellysmack as platform launches in Australia

Seven set to acquire Prime Media

ACCC gives authorisation for CRA to negotiate with Meta and Google

Seven West Media refinances debt facilities

Home And Away wins entertainment as Seven takes Thursday

Prime Media chairman steps down, 8 months into the job

Hey Hey We’re 50 special and Seven News tops VOZ week 42

Australian Geographic acquires 50% in Insight Travel, launches tours

Recent Woolies campaign displays power of distinctive brand assets, finds Forethought research

WPP’s 2021 Q3 reveals strong second-half and surpasses pre-pandemic results

HT&E to settle 2018 ATO dispute for $71m

18-35 year-olds set to spend big this holiday season online, reports Outbrain

Domain reintroduces CMO role following departure of Jason Chuck

Moonsail reveals agency’s first campaign for Watches of Switzerland

Facebook rebrands to Meta: ‘We’re going to be metaverse first’

Seven’s stake in CarExpert more than just a traffic play, says Alborz Fallah

Family celebrates Christmas from other side of world in Kitchen Warehouse ad

News Corp sees interest in international travel double, adds 3 new commercial products

Digital media spending is weaponised says M&C Saatchi chief data officer

The Block continues to top entertainment as Nine wins Wednesday

Google’s user dominance stifling innovation, says ACCC as it flags search engine choice screen

Twitter posts 41% rise in advertising revenue but lawsuit hits profits

Dentsu’s Woolworths Group digital head takes senior role at Wavemaker

Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne promotes Joe Heath to first head of strategy

MKTG Sports and Entertainment makes several hires including former Cricket Australia exec

We Are Social adds 2 new recruits

An echidna is the star of Rest’s latest campaign via BMF

ARN develops planning tool to help advertisers hit consumers ‘at the right time of day’

Amplified Intelligence to launch new attention trading tool, Hatched Media to onboard

ACM launches joint venture insurance brand, View Insurance

Thrive PR appointed as Airbnb’s sole PR agency in ANZ

Snap’s share price is the consequence of cookie removal, says Lumen MD

Foxtel’s 2022 content: NRL, NBA, Selling in the City, and Game of Thrones prequel, House of Dragon plus more

Foxtel launches Foxtest ad experimentation platform

Seven West Media appoints first head of convergence audience trading

The Block dominates entertainment as Nine wins Tuesday

Creative work not fit for purpose without media thinking and the problem could get worse, says Hero COO

The Works hires creative Iggy Rodriguez from R/GA California

KPMG customer experience report puts retail brands at the front as finance brands drop back

Former CHEP creative director duo join The Monkeys

Specialist agency The Cru appoints GM Shannon Blanchard as new partner

Snap launches Creator Hub to connect brands and creators

Olympian Kyle Chalmers fronts campaign for razor company Wahl

Google advertising revenue climbs 41% as growth exceeds expectations

News Corp cites Foxtel and REA Group as stand-out assets following record year

Facebook partners with AAP to launch media literacy campaign via Momentum

Dom Megna departs CHE Proximity after 15 years to join funeral care company

Shell Australia appoints new head of corporate relations

Ryvalmedia awarded full MyDeal media remit

The Block tops entertainment again, as Nine wins Monday

IMAA: Indies primed for post lockdown boom, NSW media tender under investigation

Facebook sees 33% lift in ad revenue and pledges huge investment in ‘metaverse’ vision

Travlr taps Catalano’s ACM for capital raising as it signs new deal with BBC