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Seven wins Thursday as news programming continues to dominate

Tourism NZ launches new Aus-targeted campaign

Netflix ANZ launches Substack newsletter Pause with Junkee

News Corp revenues rise with business ‘vigorously pursuing digitisation’, Foxtel revenue drops

ARN adds national operations manager via internal promotion

REA Group revenue up as Australian property prices sit at record highs

Paramount+ to launch in August with ‘guaranteed pipeline’ of entertainment

Go Transit sets up Sydney office

Global streaming giants push ahead with local content production

Government’s 30% digital games tax offset a game changer for industry

ABC’s Hard Quiz beats Travel Guides, Big Brother, MasterChef

The Washington Post appoints new Sydney bureau chief

Revenue dip for HT&E’s ARN in Q1, but Q2 tracking ahead of FY20

DesignStudio appoints former Sydney based Mark Liney as global CEO

eToro announces multi year partnership with Rugby Australia

iProspect Australia announces multiple new appointments

Kathmandu launches new brand platform in first work from Special Group

SCA reports a better than expected quarter for Q1 2021

Four professors, Walkley winner, Wiggle and Kyle Sandilands join Mumbrella360 lineup

Lumo Digital launches LENS outdoor measurement, calls legacy platforms inaccurate

Epic holidays the new focus in TA’s ‘Holiday Here’ campaign

Ryvalmedia appointed to MYOB Australia media account

Havas Media Group moves Francis Coady to CMO role

Canstar Group acquires fellow financial comparison site RateCity

Poem makes nine new hires after account growth

Foxtel Media and Komo Digital unveil new micro-websites, Victoria Bitter first to launch

Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz media account reportedly out for pitch

CVC & CDPQ set to acquire global agencies We Are Social, Fuseproject & Vision 7 International

Icon Agency opens new office following strong 2020

S4 Capital APAC sees significant growth in latest results

Ad Standards lenient on complaints in 2020 that were pre-COVID norms

Lego Masters takes out key advertising demos as Nine wins Tuesday

MFA EX to return this year in both Sydney and Melbourne

Involved Media expands with 3 new executive hires

Audience Precision announces internal promotions in strategy division

ACMA given $4.2m to enforce News Media Code

Gumtree unveils predictive, first-party data offering for advertisers

ACM signs letter of intent for Facebook news deal

Telstra’s Belong pitches its media account

Have You Been Paying Attention? returns to 732,000 metro viewers

Verizon Media sold to Apollo Global Management for US$5bn

Kojo introduces new creative leadership role, appoints from within

Simon Ryan’s RyanCap announces strategic investment in EMT Partners

Avocados are Australia’s ‘Green Gold’ in new campaign via TBWA Sydney

Volkswagen’s chief marketing and customer officer Jason Bradshaw departs

Campaign Review: Australia and New Zealand travel bubble special

Twitter makes Spaces available to the public

Quantcast names Jacquelyn Cowardin head of account management

Edelman expands leadership team with hires from Starbucks and Microsoft

SCA unveils new digital audio sales leadership structure

Updated: LadBible ANZ launches social content agency with 2 foundation clients

Reprise wins creative account for General Motors Speciality Vehicles

Ad spend back to growth in March, early April data shows bookings surge

Special Group wins ANZ creative account after pitch process

Seven finalises news agreements with Google and Facebook

Ooh Media promotes Dani O’Meara to NSW sales director – independent agencies

Carat confirms return of bespoke virtual festival Couch-ella in 2021

Lego Masters helps Nine take Sunday, but Seven celebrates first weekly win of 2021

Compare the Market’s ‘machine that goes bing’ brings insurance discounts

news.com.au launches new campaign, urging consumers to ‘be on it’

Carsales appoints newly created commercial director roles

Premium digital media creates superior recall and brand uplift, finds TPD report

Tourism Australia pushes ahead on data-led strategy in a cookieless world

CHEP makes 3 senior hires and promotes new managing partner

Seven adds commercial data lead, names Adobe as latest data partner

The true cost of pitching to be revealed in a game show at Mumbrella360

Sebastian Rennie returns to Aus as GroupM chief investment officer

Dedication of many brings Suncorps netball partnership to life

Agencies need to let people set their own mental health boundaries, suggest experts

Former Nine exec Alexi Baker joins NRL as EGM of customer and digital

Zip Co director of marketing Katrina Ang departs

UnLtd’s gaming competition The Big Game returns for 2021

ACMA rules attack footage aired by Seven & Nine breached privacy rules

News dominates Thursday with MasterChef best of the rest

CBA’s marketing & CA head Priscilla Brown to return to the US

Asahi acquires Allpress, maintains all full-time roles

Gaming meets the real world in latest Budget Direct Sarge and Jac creative

IPG’s Kinesso partners with Flybuys for first-party consumer data

Nine unveils new-look Drive platform as CarAdvice retirement approaches

ACM preparing to close Richmond printing plant

UTS calls on future students to ‘invent their next move’ in new campaign

WPP posts small revenue gain for Q1 2021

ACCC green lights CPA members to bargain with Google & Facebook

IGA says ‘Thank You’ to consumers in new TVC featuring Shane Jacobson

Cetaphil forms ‘Influencer Protection Program’ in first work from Emotive

Nine squeezes past Seven as Travel Guides nabs 712,000 metro viewers

IMAA announces trade credit insurance group deal for members

Stan commissions original series Wolf Like Me with NBCUniversal’s Peacock