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John Laws’ suicide comments breached radio code, rules ACMA

Gogglebox wins time-slot, but Seven wins night

Acast research validates media buyers on podcast engagement

Twitter’s head of communications Stewart Russell departs

Carat Perth announces new hire, retains three clients

City of Melbourne taps FOMO in the ‘most significant’ campaign for the decade

ACM set to launch post-pandemic travel website, building on print insert

Moccona offers ‘Me-time’ in latest brand campaign

Dairy Australia appoints Haystac to its PR account

Linear audience drop ‘doesn’t keep me up at night’, says Foxtel Media’s Frain

Number of Australian adults with a subscription service increases 11 percentage points

Outbrain launches content referral network for publishers

Binge and Grill’d launch limited edition lamb brain burger

MAFS tops night with 932,000 metro viewers, The Cube falls to 351,000

WINR unveils first-party data platform for Aussie publishers

Ten unveils ‘best Bachelor ever’, pilot Jimmy Nicholson

ADMA adds seven industry leaders to advisory committee

Tourism Australia pushes major cities as Hamish Blake and Zoe Foster-Blake return

Google commits to removing identifiers from Chrome – for good

Simone Gupta promoted to CEO of Havas PR, adds Red Havas to OGB remit

Havas Media appoints Danni Dimitri as Sydney head of strategy

Marcomms & PR agency Aruga adds new clients and staff

News businesses can now register for the Media Code

Mumbrella Sessions video: Laura Aldington, Henry Innis and Chris Savage on leadership

R/GA’s Nicky Bell named global VP of Facebook’s Creative Shop

Enero sells stake in Frank PR as part of management buyout

Documentary on Britney Spears draws 484,000 metro viewers to Nine

Virtue’s former creative director joins MASH

The Squiz launches Sport Today podcast sponsored by Kayo

Edelman names Neeraj Khanna as head of marketing for Asia-Pacific

Jamie Gilbert-Smith named business partnerships director at Hogarth

Nova and Fox Sports launch commercial podcast partnership

Nine names Mike Sneesby as CEO

Disney+ Star launch caters to all, even zombies

Nine expected to announce new CEO today

Bickford’s appoints Our Revolution to consumer branding account

Cole Lawson adds former News Corp talent and new GM

CHE Proximity replaces Ant White with Ogilvy’s Gavin McLeod

Storage King unveils rebrand via The Garden Agency

Initiative boosts Perth team with five new hires

Common Ventures releases first work for Bank Australia

MAFS adds metro viewers, Under Investigation With Liz Hayes launches to 755K

Nine board member Patrick Allaway resigns ahead of new CEO appointment

Cancer Council NSW appoints Archibald Williams for UX strategy

JC Decaux launches new proprietary creative effectiveness tool OPTIX

The Hallway hires creative director Iain MacMillan

DAB+ digital radio stations get 15% audience bump to 2.35m in 2020

Kantar’s head of advertising joins Cubery as general manager

Initiative promotes Mat Baxter to chair, Amy Armstrong to global CEO

Ad spend falls 7.3% after 2 months of growth, TV takes a hit

Andy DiLallo and Steve Jackson launch Milk + Honey United

SCA’s Luxe Walls campaign capitalises on broadcast and digital audio

Seven and Cricket Australia arbitrator’s impartiality called into question

WE Communications promotes CEO Gemma Hudson

OMD wins Victorian Government’s $100m master media account

SCA’s Hit Network announces new national Saturday night show

UM appoints Anathea Ruys as new CEO following Fiona Johnston’s departure

Mark Wahlberg fronts Ladbrokes campaign as chief entertainment officer Mike Iceberg

MAFS dominates with 898,000 metro viewers, Nine wins the night and the week

Emma Montgomery appointed CEO of Leo Burnett Sydney

Sally Kissane named CEO of Ogilvy Agency as WPP AUNZ forms Ogilvy Network

Tourism NT encourages Australians to ‘Seek Different’ in national campaign

Bundaberg founder to appear in Amazing Race activation via Carat

Journalists’ award updated: digital staff entitled to penalty rates and overtime

Apparent adds to growing media team

Mumbrella360 returns in-person across three venues – Jens Monsees, Susan Coghill, Lisa Ronson and more confirmed

ING reveals refreshed logo and new ‘do your thing’ brand positioning

Moet Hennessy reappoints EVH to the PR account for its spirits portfolio

Ebay’s posties return to launch weekly deal day Ebay Tuesdays

Mumbrella founder Tim Burrowes to publish Media Unmade book in July

WPP AUNZ moves into second phase of ‘transformation’, campus model extended

MAFS’ 773,000 metro viewers tops Gogglebox’s 517,000

Houston Group promotes Joanna Lilley to managing director

Thrive PR + Communications announces four new hires

Facebook signs deals with Private Media, Schwartz Media and Solstice Media

Isentia reports a 20% reduction in revenue for first half FY2021

IAG’s Brent Smart calls for agencies to put more effort into current clients

JC Decaux appoints new state sales directors for Victoria

Cummins & Partners joins with PR agency Romano Beck

BVOD consumption grows 39% in 2020, adds 5% to linear TV audience

AdFlow, AOSCo, Think Outdoor and TOM join the OMA

WPP AUNZ delivers $71m in cost savings post transformation plan

Partnership automation company Impact announces two promotions

SCA reports rise in profit and EBITDA amid 15.9% dip in revenue

Ten’s The Cube launches to 567,000 metro viewers

Seven’s Samantha Armytage launches first podcast with News Corp’s Stellar

AnalogFolk promotes Jonny Sycamore and Emily Entwisle

CNH Industrial Australia appoints Leo Burnett as creative agency of record