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The Brag Media CEO on investing in print despite expecting heavy losses

Country Racing Victoria turns campaign jingle into a full-length song

iProspect wins account for Flight Centre corporate travel brands in QLD

Afterpay appoints Initiative to national media account

Arnott’s, Officeworks and Rebel join State of Originality comp for Origin III

Warner Music Australia bolsters marketing team with 3 new hires

Australia the third highest growth market for ad spend in 2021: Dentsu

Zenith promotes two key staff to strengthen investment and operational capabilities

Val Morgan reports biggest opening weekend since January 2020

MasterChef 2021 finale fails to deliver on 2020 numbers, but wins all demos

Gizmodo editor announced as Finder’s global reviews editor

Verizon Media promotes Rachel Page to general manager sales AUNZ

Ten announces new Working Dog show The Cheap Seats

AAMI launches Tokyo Olympics-themed sponsorship campaign

FutureBrand reveals internal promotions including GM and head of strategy

Dentsu Media promotes Sue Squillace as CEO, Gayle While joins as chief digital officer

Annalect CEO Darren Stein to leave Omnicom, replaced by Dentsu talent

Havas Media Group promotes Michaela Aguilar to head customer experience and analytics

SBS adds women’s Tour de France broadcast rights to cycling line-up

A-League clubs to offer discounted Paramount+ subscription with membership

Guide Dogs launch campaign designed for those with differing levels of vision

Jimmy Brings and Balter Beer breach ABAC standards in Q2

CRA’s Smart Audio Report urges advertisers to tap into smart speaker habits

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne wins creative account for Swisse Wellness

BMF promotes Pia Chaudhuri to executive creative director

Autotrader launches new ‘Feel like A Car person’ campaign via Saatchi & Saatchi

Omnicom retains PepsiCo account with new purpose-built agency, Trio

MasterChef finale part one tops entertainment as Ten almost beats Nine for share

Danone names replacement for A2 Milk-bound Edith Bailey

Hearts & Science appoints ex-Mindshare talent as business director

Ogilvy Australia expands its strategy team, with two new promotions

Podcast downloads stay high at 49.9m following a month of lockdowns

Samsung partners with Amplify and TikTok for docu-series competition: Undscvrd

Olly Taylor promoted to Havas Creative Group Australia chief strategy officer

Seven admits ‘regrettable mistake’ in post on Euro 2020 racial abuse

Mumbrella Awards 2021 shifted to a virtual ceremony, remains on 29 July

Nine names new executive editor to oversee key mastheads

Former SATC marketing boss Brent Hill’s next role confirmed

Foxtel makes big hires as news streaming service draws closer

McDonald’s celebrates 50 years in Australia with new integrated campaign from DDB

NRMA Insurance heroes its workers in latest campaign via The Monkeys

iSentia to be acquired by Access Intelligence after shareholder approval

TV Wrap: Beauty and the Geek launches to 808,000 metro, Barty’s Wimbledon win brings 1.393m

Australian Government vaccine campaign attracts wide criticism on launch

Telstra reveals new brand campaign, Australia Is Why

Chris Janz departs Nine as James Chessell and Alex Parsons are promoted

Reddit expands into Australia and appoints David Ray as country manager

San Remo announces new CMO replacing SATC-bound Erik de Roos

McDonald’s Optus, Toyota and Woolworths back Seven’s olympic coverage

OMG agency Annalect hires Liesa Newland from GroupM

Seven wins Thursday as the ABC almost pips Ten

Prime Creative Media acquires Trader Industry group of titles from Are Media

More brands pinged by Ad Standards for distinguishable advertising breaches

Adhesive retains Sony Electronics PR, content and influencer account

Mediacom makes several promotions to Brisbane leadership team

CRA targets SMEs in ‘We’re All Ears’ campaign via Eardrum

Junkee for sale: Ooh Media announces plans to sell youth-focused publication

Beauty and the Geek to air with Aldi, Fantastic and KFC integrations

Friends compete to earn the most Velocity points at 7-Eleven

MyState Bank appoints Neville Anitelea to strengthen customer delivery and broker capabilities

Farmer Wants A Wife tops non-news but Nine wins Wednesday

Death of the high street? What role will AR play in the future of commerce?

Toyota launches 2020 Tokyo Olympics ‘Breaking Point’ campaign via Saatchi & Saatchi

Love Island contestants head to The Block for new ‘Fans v Faves’ format

Declaration puts sexual harassers in adland on notice

Clive Dickens on Optus Sport leaning into content investment as other telcos pull back

Concrete Playground appoints new leadership team

M&C Saatchi launches new marketing sciences practice – Precision

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne appoints Jaclyn Currie executive director, retail

Ninja Warrior winner announcement brings 918,000 metro viewers

Hinge wants users to ‘break-up’ with their profiles in latest global ad campaign

Flybuys launches inaugural Flybuys 50 list via CHE Proximity

Esan Tabrizi promoted to lead Deloitte Digital, Steve Hallam promoted

Dexus and The Hallway launch ‘Before Day One’ to promote commercial real estate

SCA invests in SourseAI to improve listener insights and avoid ‘gut decision-making’

IAB finds programmatic DOOH uptake grew during 2020 despite COVID

Rugby AU launches campaign for test series against France, first Wallabies game to air on Stan Sport

Telstra failed to inform customers of under-delivering internet speeds, finds ACMA

The Bachelor returns to Ten on 21 July

Nova’s Paul Jackson on putting survey 4 into perspective

Mindbox appoints ex-Ikon staff as general manager

ABC’s head of marketing to join The Guardian Australia

Reflections Holiday Parks calls Aussies to holiday in first campaign

First campaign from BMF for Petbarn since winning creative account

IAG moves media to IPG agency

Domino’s Pizza names new ANZ chief marketing officer

Brisbane radio ratings: Nova still #1 but the battle for breakfast hots up

Ninja Warrior tops entertainment as Nine wins Monday