News

Masterchef only entertainment program to crack 1m metro viewers on Tuesday night 5

Commercial radio revenue tumbles by 47% 3

Former Mumbrella CEO Martin Lane launches medical cannabis platform, Cannabiz 11

Carsales appoints Mark Cripsey as its new chief product and data officer 1

Church & Dwight expands relationship with Hyland, appointing it to social and content account

Tech business Thedocyard hires WPP AUNZ agencies

The Connect Agency launches micro influencer division Connect Engage

Sauce Communications offers help to struggling rural businesses with comms services competition

Cox Inall Communications promotes Justine Pirie to general manager

Lise Carlaw and Sarah Wills to leave Hit Network’s Gold Coast breakfast team

Bras N Things celebrates the multi-faceted personalities of women in new brand platform

Joseph Pardillo to helm Ryvalmedia, first of Simon Ryan’s agencies under new holding group 24

News Corp to launch more than 50 digital-only regional titles 16

Emotive and AJF GrowthOps join Mumbrella Pro’s Agency Report Card

Crime Stoppers targets family and domestic violence in new campaign

The Hallway appoints Lyndell Sawyer as its first head of media 3

The Australian knocks The Daily Telegraph from Nielsen digital news top ten 10

The Kyle and Jackie O Show jumps back into the Australian Podcast Ranker top five 6

Pureprofile appoints new CEO Martin Filz 2

Prince Harry and the Queen reunite for a Domino’s Half ‘n’ Half pizza 3

Open Colleges appoints The Monkeys as lead creative 1

Nine Radio brings traffic reporting in-house, returns 3AW to regular programming 4

Seek and Spotify team up to help lull anxious workers back to sleep 10

Transport for NSW seeks creative agency for behaviour change campaign 3

Seven’s news investigation Murder in the Outback brings in over 1m metro viewers 6

ARN’s iHeartRadio launches on Apple TV 1

Parkinson’s NSW simulates the symptoms of the disease in a ‘No Escape Room’

Toyota, IGA and Bupa among sponsors for Seven’s Farmer Wants A Wife

NAB asks consumers ‘What is money for?’ 3

Woolworths partners with News Corp Australia for the annual Feed Appeal fundraiser

Sharri Markson moves to The Australian 3

Paul Colgan joins political communications consultancy CT Group 3

Purpose-driven marketing to be debated at final session of The Big Ideas Store

Chairman and CSO Ian Rumsby departs Weber Shandwick 3

Ten to launch new multi-channel 10 Shake: ‘There’s no other offering like it on commercial FTA’ 6

Daily Telegraph article on wind farm breaches Press Council guidelines for accuracy 1

Ben Shepherd joins Thinkerbell as general manager of media

Former politician Scott Emerson to take over 4BC Drive program in Brisbane

Brands told to tone it down and stop ‘COVID-vertising’ 1

‘If you get involved in a fandom, it has to be long term’: Why commitment is important for brands tapping into Australia’s $4.3bn fan industry 3

Victorian Government offers up $534m as ‘survival support’ to businesses

Redundancies at OPR as it battles COVID-19 impact 1

Victoria Bitter releases festive sweaters to mark a ‘hard-earned’ Christmas in July 3

Tradie releases body sprays with help from The Inspired Unemployed 3

Seven sells Seven Studios UK to Beyond International 1

Quality of radio ads poor because ‘advertisers are greedy’ 3

Nine CFO Paul Koppelman steps down

QUT focuses on real world experiences of students with new brand platform 1

P4 Group and Ruby Communications merge to become a ‘one-stop-shop’ for clients

Seven begins the countdown to the delayed Tokyo Olympics with 2000 Olympic Games specials 1

Binge and The Iconic launch range of ‘inactivewear’ backed by campaign from Thinkerbell 8

Non-profit organisation Global Sisters calls on Australia’s ad industry for support

George Savvides announced as new SBS chair

Ten scores just 9.1% audience share in absence of Masterchef

Tourism and Events Queensland appoints Rumble as master creative agency and kicks off domestic campaign 2

Twitch expands sales team with the addition of Hamish McPhee 5

Elders Insurance campaign targets small businesses looking for consistency 1

SBS unveils suite of diversity measures following disclosures of racism 2

Walkley Foundation gives $134,000 in grants to 11 projects

Urban List and Didi partner in campaign to reignite city life

WPP AUNZ’s CEO of PR, Kieran Moore, to leave business 13

Facebook nabs Pedestrian’s head of editorial Jen Ryall for news partnerships team 1

Ben Shepherd to depart CHE Proximity 3

ACM announces plans to close four regional print centres 2

The Monkeys hires artist Thomas Marcusson as creative director

Which-50 sold to Boardroom Media

CEO Richard Curtis takes ownership of Futurebrand Australia 4

‘I’ll take any type of audience I can get’: Ben Fordham on radio’s ‘sticky’ fans and working with brands 3

TAFE Victoria pushes its GOTAFE program to help regional students get back into the workplace

My State Bank showcases the importance of financial balance in campaign from The Royals

Former NRL players Bryan Fletcher and Nathan Hindmarsh reconnect in campaign from Nescafé 1

GSK expands its relationship with White Grey

Seven West Media signs with new mobile location data partner

Masterchef dominates prime-time, but Nine wins Tuesday evening

Carat retains Tip Top account, extending 12-year relationship

DOA, a new consultancy backed by Thinkerbell and Ebony Gaylor, launches 47

Earned media budgets on the rise, says PR Newswire

Today’s Brooke Boney addresses Pauline Hanson’s axing: ‘I am so happy to see her gone’ 9

34 roles ‘at risk’ of redundancy as Publicis Groupe exhausts other cost-cutting options 12

Masterchef and Have You Been Paying Attention? win the demos on Monday night

JC Decaux appreciates its own essential workers in next iteration of ‘Thank You’ campaign

Edge expands its remit with Bupa, adding optical and hearing to its responsibilities

Mumbrella Pro’s Agency Report Card adds Leo Burnett and The Works

The industry’s mental health hasn’t improved, and almost half are drinking at risky levels 4

Mumbrella announces new event dates for remainder of 2020 including revised Mumbrella360 2

Nine drops Pauline Hanson following ‘controversial’ comments about Melbourne COVID-19 lockdown 15

Ultra Tune and KFC dominate the most complained about ads of 2020 so far 2

Isentia launches non-English media monitoring service following divestment from Northern Asia