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Andy Lee panel show The Hundred gets launch date

Sky News Australia YouTube account suspended, digital editor labels it ‘disturbing attack’ on free thinking

Tourism’s digital ad spend resilient despite COVID, finds Pathmatics

TikTok video advertising beer snorkel breaches Ad Standards

Foxtel and Amazon strike deal to integrate Prime Video as an app

Australian Radio Network rebrands as ARN with new trade-facing campaign

Tim Burrowes to work with Diversified Communications and Mumbrella on new project

Olympics coverage continues dominance as The Bachelor struggles

A-League season start date, airing on Ten & Paramount+

Original sketch series The Moth Effect drops today, takes aim in part at media and marketing

State Of Origin Game III tops second 7 day VOZ report

Online fashion retailer Shein appoints Australian marketing agency

Ellie Cole, Madi de Rozario & Ian Thorpe star in Optus campaign via TBWA

Radio ratings delayed: GfK requests additional time due to lockdowns

Opr rebrands back to Ogilvy PR, aligns with global strategy

Initiative take home Media Agency of the Year while Thinkerbell win Creative at the Mumbrella Awards 2021

Independent vaccine ads more impactful than government’s, study shows

Facebook sees ad dollars surge in Q2 2021, as it looks to develop under 13’s offering

Walkley Foundation CEO steps down, Michael Brissenden new awards chair

Tony Sesto on BMW’s strategy amidst COVID, and EV adoption in Australia

Refinery29 Australia launches with Getty Images partnership

Are Media’s acquisition of Ovato Retail Distribution not opposed by the ACCC

Tokyo 2020 helps Seven’s network share climb above 50% on Wednesday

TEG announces merger of data, insights & marketing platform

Fanta brings the colour back with playful new campaign via Ogilvy Sydney

Enero digital agency Orchard appoints new CEO in leadership shuffle

SCA appoints Maryanne O’Sullivan head of agency sales, Sydney

Campaign Review: AAMI, Asics, and Toyota compete in Olympic special

Aimee Buchanan takes on GroupM CEO role

ABC to air new panel show with Wil Anderson from the team behind Gruen

Harvey Norman dominates radio’s most aired ads in first half of 2021

Pinterest introduces new ways for creators to earn money and partner with brands

Ooh Media appoints Raechel Gavin as chief people & culture officer

Airtasker appoints former Facebook exec as CMO

Olympics coverage dominates Tuesday, helps push Seven News to 1.478m metro viewers

Klarna taps Zip Co for new ANZ marketing director

Foxtel enlists Herd MSL for PR duties

First Australian campaign for Whitlock sees vegetables go on adventures

QMS unveils live cryptocurrency feed in campaign for BTC Markets

Octagon appoints managing director amongst 3 promotions

Queensland creative agency, Khemistry appoints its first ECD

Facebook defaults teen accounts to private on Insta and adds new advertising limits

Nielsen and IAB stalemate sees clients take to Twitter to share digital rankings

PHD New Zealand hires 2 directors returning from London

JC Decaux promotes Bronwyn Clementson to general manager – commercial

ViacomCBS confirms former Seven and Fox Sports exec as new sport sales director

Browny interrupts family breakfast in new Dairy Australia campaign

QLD tourism ups spend post Olympics win, finds Pathmatics

Koala releases ‘Sleep it simple’ campaign via The Royals

Town Square wins Journey Beyond brand work for full portfolio

ESPN and Foxtel extend broadcast contract with NBL for 3 more years

Olympics Evening session tops Monday entertainment and advertising demos

S4 Capital’s MightyHive expands in APAC with Salesforce specialist Destined

Ryvalmedia appointed digital media agency for Mydeal.com.au

SCA ties podcasting duo Hamish and Andy to new deal

Hyundai Tucson gets inspected by futuristic robots in new campaign via Innocean

Wavemaker hires new lead for Vodafone account

TBWA Melbourne wins NAB creative account

V Energy brings back the bugs to spread positivity via Clemenger BBDO Sydney campaign

Former Ten and ViacomCBS ANZ head joins Byron Studios

Sefiani research finds 6 key trends for brand and corporate reputation management

Seven drops air dates and teasers for post Olympics content line-up

Optus ‘pauses’ #SignYes campaign after accusations of appropriation

Seven trumps ratings with Tokyo Olympic Games pulling in 1.585m viewers

Foxtel appoints new head of pay per view division

Google releases detailed timeline for third party cookie alternative FLoC

QLD launches domestic tourism push post Olympics win

Zenith report finds e-commerce and online video to fuel recovery in global ad spend

Cummins & Partners appoints head of media along with new hires and client wins

Ads in news found to outperform social, but youth not seeing news – studies find

Mumbrella Awards 2021 winners to be announced today in a virtual presentation

Free night school program D&AD Shift with Google launches in Sydney

SCA ramps up LiSTNR offering with 10 new music stations

Fintech Beforepay launches first brand campaign via Zoo Republic

Twitter records a US$65.6 million profit in Q2 2021 results

Carnival Cruises Australia makes senior promotions, VP leaves to start new brand

Optus launches TikTok sign language filter with Ian Thorpe

Lorna Jane to pay $5m & costs over false ‘anti-virus activewear’ claims

Criteo finds 20% of Aussies willing pay for basic video streaming subscription to watch content with ads

The Voice Australia to air on August 8th

Wild Turkey launches new global campaign in Australia first

627,000 metro viewers watch the Olyroos beat Argentina as Seven wins Thursday

VMLY&R adds PwC talent as new director of marketing and business development

Report finds 9% of Australian internet users feel represented in ads

First consolidated 7 day VOZ report gives Ash Barty’s Wimbledon win top score

Publicis Groupe exceeds 2019 results in Q2 2021

Wisr talks to people’s smart parts in first campaign

Government needs to think like a retailer in vaccine campaigning, says Russel Howcroft