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Jetstar to give out hundreds of dollars of in flight vouchers at train stations

Nine News Sydney diverts to Melbourne after technical glitch

New food and beverage code for advertising to children

Whispir appoints chief marketing officer based in the US

Design agency DrawHistory rebrands, reveals new hires

Seven News brings in 1.124m metro viewers, HYBPA takes key demos

Foxcatcher hires Nicole Papaz as new growth and partnerships lead

Mumbrella adds depth to editorial team with 2 new hires

SMH remains Australia’s #1 masthead, cross-platform audience hits 8.5m

Local Government Super rebrands as Active Super

Match & Wood wins Curtin University media account from Carat and Longreach

Ten revives Celebrity MasterChef after more than a decade

Lion release true blue Tooheys New campaign ahead of the State of Origin

OPR and Hardhat added to Thursday’s Mumbrella CommsCon program

Foxtel Media promotes Chris Oxley to national head of digital sales

ARN drops music-focussed TVC for 96 FM Perth

Advertising Council Australia appoints new directors and deputy chairs

Next & Co launches new tool to track ad spend waste, suggests 32% of spend currently wasted

Aussie digital ad market remains buoyant in Q1 with $2.88bn in spend

MyDeal appoints its first chief marketing officer from Catch.com.au

Weet-Bix aims to inspire next generation of Australians to ‘Feed the Belief’

Jack Thompson launches ‘Jeep Wave’ campaign for new customer initiative

Celebrity Apprentice debuts with 866,000 metro viewers

Starcom Sydney appoints new head of digital

Facebook draws in $713m in ad revenue but will only pay around $20m in tax

Seven hires former Ten and Optus staffer to lead corporate comms

Squarespace’s Ben Hughes on creating ads for Australians from across the globe

Season two of Emergency returns to Nine on May 24

MasterChef tops key advertising demos but Seven wins Thursday

Former OPR COO Graham White launches his own agency, Pratar

McCafé embraces Aussie coffee critics in new brand platform

DDB Aotearoa NZ senior pair depart to The Monkeys

Cannings Strategic Communications announces new CEO

Sportsbet ad pulled after Ad Standards upholds racial vilification complaint

Hit Network early breakfast show replaced by music and breakfast highlights

Havas and Wellcom Worldwide announce launch of Havas Studios

Flaunter appoints global head of marketing and content

Pizza Hut Australia appoints VMLY&R to creative account

WPP stands Jens Monsees down from AUNZ role

Tourism Tropical North Queensland appoints Pepr Agency as communications partner

Nova’s Kate, Tim and Joel to broadcast live from New Zealand

Fiftyfive5 expands CX capabilities with new hire

iSentia makes 6 redundant as market value hits new low

Budget launches new campaign, ‘taking the hassle out of car hire’

Travel Guides tops entertainment programs as Nine pips Seven

Koala pokes fun at competitor’s products in new campaign

Media and creative division and a lack of clarity on purpose hurting Australian agencies, says Hero COO

Foxcatcher announces partnership with Index Exchange to enhance supply path optimisation

Mumbrella Awards 2021 shortlist, Merrick Watts to host the gala event

Hayu celebrates 5 years in Australia, launches new campaign

Facebook to aid in funding AANA self-regulatory system

Vevo unveils decade-based music video ad targeting

Quantcast announces new managing director for ANZ region

Pinterest expands Sydney office with 3 new hires

SCA reveals senior appointments in strategy and insights division

The General Store appoints first head of retail and design

Bayer Consumer Health appoints Dec PR to deliver range of campaigns

COVID vaccine ads something from a ‘communist government committee’, says ABC presenter

Ten announces Brooke Blurton as The Bachelorette

Campaign Review: latest campaigns from Allianz, Budget Direct & Rams

Origin launches first work from M&C Saatchi

CoinJar scores partnership with Melbourne Demons, in market first sponsorship

Paper Moose appoints James Sykes as head of strategy

Danika Porter appointed head of marketing communications at Federal Group

Snoop Dogg voices new 19 Crimes wines billboard campaign

Mathew Eggleston named content director at 2Day FM

HT&E to offload Soprano stake for $149 million

Tourism Tasmania launches new winter campaign ‘The Off Season’

Defence Force recruiting campaign returns with ‘Your life, plus Army Reserve’

Australian Survivor returns to Ten with ‘Brains V Brawn’ format

News dominates Tuesday, Big Brother best of the rest

Body+Soul goes standalone in News Corp’s Sunday changes

End of an era: WPP AUNZ to exit ASX at end of business today

Streem expands into social media monitoring and measurement

The Gaibo Agency launches app to target locally-based Chinese influencers

Independent agency Hotglue named as digital partner for Garnier

Newly created MediaCom Creative Systems appoints managing partner

Japanese Zespri Kiwifruit characters reimagined for Australian campaign

Lego Masters winner announcement watched by 1.03m metro viewers

PR firm One Green Bean opens Amsterdam office

Milk & Honey PR expands into the US, appoints first North America CEO

Ogilvy announces Liz Taylor as global chief creative officer

Emma Zammit, Dave Hughes & Nova’s Red Room join Carat Couch-ella

AT&T and Discovery to form new global streaming offering

Fintech lender Plenti unveils rebranding through DesignStudio

IMAA adds ten media partners including LinkedIn and Gumtree

UM retains Australian Government master media agency contract

Are Media signs with Taboola