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SCA IQ launches, the radio company’s media research and insights unit

Government reveals recipients of Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund 2

TV advertising market falls back 22.1% in first half of 2020

Perth agency Firefly introduces media offering led by Anna Ambrossimova

Nestlé names Australia’s first Milkybar ‘kid-ult’ ambassador

Australian Ninja Warrior helps Nine win Tuesday night

Snapchat highlights its unique users in first global B2B campaign

AAP sale finalised as consortium of investors becomes newswire’s new owner

‘It doesn’t matter how we got here’, says Judo Bank in ad targeting locked-down Victorians

Lotterywest ad pulled for showcasing behaviour which breaches COVID-19 safety regulations

Wentworth cast advised to ‘stay below the radar’ about filming in Victoria during stage-four lockdowns 13

Google implements new ad policies ahead of US election

Mumbrella launches Automotive Marketing Virtual Summit with Volkswagen, GPC and more joining speaker line-up

News coverage spiked 300% following Melbourne COVID-19 outbreaks, according to new Fetch data

Mark Humphries debunks 5G conspiracy theories for Telstra 5

Adrian Farouk takes on second Publicis CEO position, adding Epsilon to remit 1

WPP AUNZ agency Team Red disbands, but group continues work with Vodafone 4

University of Tasmania appoints indie Pivotus to media account 2

CQ University appoints Brother & Co as creative agency of record

Ad spend has ‘worst [financial] year in living memory’, and dropped 35.7% in June

The IMAA launches first national campaign with ARN

OMA supports National Missing Persons Week with outdoor campaign

‘Phone, Sportsbet, Biden $1.53’: Trump’s cognitive test gets the Sportsbet treatment

AFL journalist reinstated after being stood down over COVID-19 tweet

Fetch TV rolls out new features and an updated interface 3

Docusign appoints OPR to its comms and content

PRIA launches the Australian Communications Advocacy Group in response to proposed university fee hike 1

Seven commissions The Chase spin-off

IAA calls on marketing, advertising and comms students to enter Big Idea challenge 1

Google ad revenues falls 8% as company grapples with economic headwinds

Multimedia Junkee content to feature on screens across venues, universities and TAFEs 7

GrowthOps reveals Holden’s exit from Australia and COVID-19 have taken their toll on its bottom line 4

Hatched hires Andrew Pascoe as strategy director 7

Nine closes Map and Page, but senior execs set up new PR agency, Finchco, in its place

Reality dominates Sunday night as Seven’s drama Between Two Worlds struggles 1

Bonds pitching creative account 1

Ego Pharmaceuticals expands its relationship with Channel T

TAB launches its app in space with help from M&C Saatchi

Harold Mitchell ‘stepped over the line’ in handling of Australian Open TV deal, but is unlikely to face corporate ban 2

Introducing Mumbrella360: Reconnected – Australia’s biggest media and marketing conference reimagined

Facebook’s advertising revenue soars 10.2% to over US$18 billion

James Murdoch resigns from News Corp board 2

‘Tiktok is not the enemy’: Tiktok CEO slams Facebook for ‘maligning attacks disguised as patriotism’ 4

ACM confirms closure of three print centres, resulting in undisclosed number of redundancies

Australian media to bargain with tech giants for payment if new ACCC mandatory code is adopted 9

Ikea seeks expressions of interest for its PR account ahead of tender

Foxtel signs new content deal with Entertainment One

Melissa Matheson named head of editorial at Pedestrian Group 1

Seven renegotiates its $750m banking facility, lessening the pressure of its debt

John Burns says goodbye to breakfasts on 3AW

Country Road honours community heroes of Glen Alice in spring campaign

Sarah Keith departs as MD of Publicis Media Exchange, replaced by Anthony Ellis

TV ratings wrap: Bachelor In Paradise finds a series high while Farmer and Ninja slip

ABC News Breakfast hosts self isolate following crew member’s exposure to COVID-19

Two Palms wins PR account for resort business Club Med

Caredent reappoints Inside Out PR to its public relations account

New Zealand is put on display in ‘the perfect vehicle’ of a video game 2

Junkee will no longer publish journalists’ bylines on some stories to protect them from ‘harassment campaigns’ 2

IPG profits tumble 127% for Q2 as holding group concedes there’s more cost cutting to come 2

TV ratings wrap: Australian Ninja Warrior premieres to 1.040m, ahead of Farmer Wants A Wife’s 908,000

TV ratings wrap: Seven wins Thursday, Friday and Saturday

Nine revives and restructures regional bulletins, resulting in around 12 redundancies 3

Bachelor in Paradise contestant Jamie Doran ‘commencing legal proceedings’ against Ten and Warner Bros 5

Westpac pitches media account 8

Hyland appoints Maria Casas as head of social

Cricket Australia’s executive general manager of public affairs, Karina Keisler, to depart

Modibodi appoints Emotive to its global creative account 1

TV ratings wrap: Big Brother finale brought in 876,000 metro viewers 1

Omnicom results reveal it cut over 6,000 staff in Q2 as profit tumbled almost 90% 7

Indie agency Akkomplice wins the creative account for truck and bus brand Fuso 2

Ten shakes up The Bachelorette format, revealing Elly Miles and her sister Becky as this year’s co-stars 5

IVE announces senior staff changes 1

Moccona jumps on upcycling trend with collectable jars 1

Bega launches initiative to save ‘Australia’s hardest workers’, bees 1

‘Calling all Karens’: Domino’s looks for ‘nice’ Karens as part of free pizza promotion 8

ABC podcast boss Kellie Riordan exits after 18 years 1

Google staff to work from home until at least June next year 5

Coles kicks off new collectables campaign featuring miniature books from Andy Griffiths 1

Danny Lakey moves from the Hit Network to Triple M

Ben Lilley acquires JSA creative, with agency to be absorbed into McCann Brisbane 18

Bauer Media launches female-centric car insurance brand Stella 6

Woolworths’ Cartology hires Nancy Veart as head of client partnerships and sales 5

Victorian Government ramps up COVID-19 advertising campaign, stressing disease is real

Marketing and comms marketplace Publicist expands to Australia as the industry adapts to a freelance-based model 1

Poem retains the PR account for Place Management NSW

The Masked Singer Australia returns August 10

The Australian announces new podcast series from The Teacher’s Pet’s Hedley Thomas

Spotify appoints Melissa Circosta as head of comms 2