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Alcohol Beverages Advertising Code sets record number of determinations in 2020

QMS appoints JC Decaux’s David Pullinger to independent agency role

Former Bachelor Tim Robards steps up as the new Tim Tam genie

Taboola to list with $2.6bn valuation following ION Acquisition Corp merger

Woolworths most valuable brand in Australia, retail surges during COVID

Celebrity Cruises appoints History Will Be Kind for Australian comms

Former Clems Sydney duo Josh Aitken and Willy Maitland follow Ben Coulson to McCann

Department of Health launches $23.9m COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Dentsu consolidates CXM with Merkle Australia, folds Accordant into Isobar

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne promotes Georgia Jones to head of business management

Travel Guides launches to 584,000 metro viewers, but Nine still wins the night

Google rumoured to be pressing ahead with Showcase in Australia

Australian Ethical appoints R/GA Australia for innovation and marketing work

Chris Maxwell launches Lution, partners with Nick Garrett and multiple foundation clients

Mental availability and transparency among Carat’s trends for brands in 2021

AFLW players question traditional expectations of women in season launch campaign

Fitness First pushes exercise as self care, launches ‘Put Yourself First’ platform

Code payment impact on journalist roles uncertain says media

Ross Greenwood joins Sky News Australia as business editor

Buzzfeed promotes Nicki Williams to head of region, APAC

Seven appoints former Nine exec Clare Gill to head regulatory and government affairs

Foxtel’s Kayo launches free sport and entertainment offering Kayo Freebies

Seven’s Holey Moley promotes chance to win via interactive billboard

Special Group creative Mark Starmach launches mental health initiative Thoughts for the Dark

Colenso BBDO managing director Scott Coldham departs after 15 years

Google stands firm on media code position; withdrawal a ‘worse case scenario’

Pureprofile reveals record quarterly revenue, up 26% to $8.2m in Q2

Creative industry talent on the move, in search of hybrid working & creativity

OMA announces $3m pro bono campaign for Department of Health

Marketing Academy offers 1000 free spots on Virtual Campus Program

UnDigital and NSW Gov’s Landcom launch digital tender portal

Bastion Collective launches interactive experience agency: Bastion Interactive

Enigma hires CHE Proximity’s Emma Ashworth as group account director

Zenith wins SBS performance media account

Co-founder and group CCO Justin Drape to depart The Monkeys

Endemol Shine restructures exec team with five promotions

Facebook ‘prioritis[ing] other countries for investment’ unless code is changed

Bohemia appoints head of content Chloe Schneider

Victorian Government gives live fire danger ratings on dynamic billboards

Radio’s recovery in full swing, December quarter results reveal

Australian Radio Network makes key content & commercial promotions

Energy supplement Arche targets gamers via Willow & Blake creative

DOA launches social cause challenge worth $5K

ACM and Outbrain announce new 3-year deal

MLA summer campaign Part 2: Feuding political leaders share chops

Ryancap’s Foxcatcher appoints Varun John as head of trading

Kym Pfitzner promoted to CEO at Australian Red Cross

Ogilvy Australia searching for new CEO after David Fox promoted

ESE The Agency launches bespoke athlete division

My Muscle Chef appoints M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment to its local PR

Code contention: CarExpert backs Google & Facebook, others fear the implications

Westpac’s Martine Jager to join BOQ

DDB Sydney promotes Matt Chandler to ECD

VMD unveils editorial team for latest title Popsugar Australia

Epic Games and the A-League bring team kits to Fortnite

The soothing qualities of the Santa Fe make terrors into angels

Audience Precision appoints Lisa Vorster to lead insights division

Outdoor Media Association reports 39.4% drop in 2020 revenues

Boomtown expands regional media education program for 2021

Kogan fined over $310,000 for breaching spam laws: ACMA

‘I’ve always got new leads in the pipeline’: Hipages targets tradies

HeartKids addresses congenital heart disease in new branding from Hulsbosch

Almost a third of IMAA members have recovered from COVID-19 financial impact

Fed Square looks to its architecture in new branding from Interbrand

Press Council rules Daily Mail used misdated photos of Bondi Beach

VMLY&R hires ECD Benjamin Davis and digital director Neil Atkin

Auditor FirmDecisions appoints new AUNZ MD

Taboola leverages stories format made popular by social media

‘Forget what our rivals might claim’: Networks squabble over top BVOD spot

Commercial radio sees 2% growth in metro audience across 2020

RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under to come to Stan in late 2021

Menulog hires Duncan Fredericks as PR manager

Jeremy Drake appointed editor at Grin Creative’s get lost magazine

Google adds A$53bn of benefits to Australia according to new report

I’m a Celeb’s first elimination pulls 816,000 metro viewers

‘Summer starts on TikTok’: Uniquely Australian moments highlighted in new campaign

Virgin Australia announces new leadership team

Group Nine Media raises US$200m for merger via IPO

MKTG leadership changes: Matt Connell promoted APAC MD

MAFS reunion specials to air on 31 January and 7 February

Entertainment appoints FutureBrand for brand refresh

Jane Kennedy announces shock departure from Triple M’s Kennedy Molloy

Media buyers predict a slow start and fickle ratings for new radio programs

Seven pits Holey Moley against The Amazing Race, confirming 1 Feb premiere

Women’s Tennis Association rebrands with Landor Australia

Vamp named official creative marketing partner for TikTok

McCann’s Rob Reilly to become global chief creative officer at WPP

Calvin Cain & Grant Abrahams to head up new Engine Agency business