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South Australia welcomes people back as domestic tourism becomes a possibility

Aldi’s ‘precedented’ prices continue through these ‘unprecedented times’ in latest spot 2

Initiative promotes Sam Geer to national MD, Chris Colter becomes chief strategy officer 9

Neil Breen to replace Alan Jones on Brisbane’s 4BC breakfast 1

Foxtel to launch entertainment streaming platform May 25 4

Bauer CEO Brendon Hill insists there are ‘absolutely’ plans to reinstate its eight suspended titles 2

HT&E’s Hamish McLennan joins Rugby Australia board as chairman 1

Seven CEO James Warburton ‘can’t wait’ for AFL’s return on June 11

Thinkerbell appointed by Business Council of Australia to ensure businesses are ‘Good to Go’ as lockdowns lift 1

Suzuki unveils new campaign via Deloitte Digital that doesn’t try to sell cars, but repurposes them 3

Chubb launches $10m COVID-19 relief fund via 72 and Sunny Sydney 1

SCA rolls out $1m Shop Local campaign to support small businesses in a COVID-19 economy 1

942,000 metro viewers tune in for Katy Perry’s turn as a judge on Masterchef

Gold FM’s Christian O’Connell to host new podcast, Stuff of Legends

Google Australia paid over $100m in taxes in 2019, settling its bill with the ATO 11

The Australian apologises to Commissioner of Ruby Princess Inquiry and withdraws criticism 2

Ola ad banned following independent review

Hootsuite appoints Adhesive to its public relations account

7-Eleven and Dylan Alcott honour local heroes with ‘Good Calls’ initiative 1

Masterchef helps Ten stay strong in the demographics, but Seven wins Wednesday night

Jye Smith and Baptiste David launch creative studio Doublestar

Avid Collective nabs Guardian’s James Bannerman for agency sales director role

Dentsumcgarrybowen becomes DAN’s singular global creative offering, fronted by BWM Dentsu locally 11

Industrie appoints Sparro to its digital media account

Mullets, muting and Tiger King: Squealing Pig taps into isolation madness with social media campaign

Mediacom takes over Duracell global media account from Starcom

Job listings for marketing, comms, advertising and media decline by over 60% 5

Hamish & Andy reclaim title of most popular local podcast

Buzzfeed to close Australian news operations 10

Joan Westenberg launches PR and advertising firm Studio Self

Adore Beauty launches its first campaign with help from Cummins & Partners

Carat to host virtual ‘Couch-ella’ festival tomorrow, featuring Roxy Jacenko, Christian O’Connell, and Nova Red Room performance 7

Hotwire promotes Jaime Nelson to MD 1

Warner Media appoints regional head of marketing and brand services, Athreyan Sundararajan 1

Qantas revives ‘I still call Australia home’ campaign as international travel remains a distant dream 7

The Voice returns May 24 with ‘most controversial season yet’ 3

Ray White’s head of marketing Lisa Pennell departs

Miller Genuine Draft celebrates Jeff Staple and Bellroy collaboration for 2020 Design Lab campaign

Black Hawk and Vitapet thank Australia’s pets for keeping people company in lockdown

News Corp Australia forges ahead with major restructure as discussions with Antony Catalano cease 9

Pointless’ Andrew Rochford and comedian Ciaran Lyons join third season of Filthy Rich & Homeless

Campari Australia supports local venues with cocktail delivery initiative

Ooh Media chief customer officer David Scribner exits, deciding it’s ‘best for him and the business’ 1

White Grey named creative agency of record for Danone Nutricia healthy ageing

CHE Proximity makes 35 redundancies due to COVID-19 impact on clients 61

TBWA Melbourne and Clemenger BBDO Melbourne to be reviewed in latest Mumbrella Pro Agency Report Cards

Ten drops Pilot Week for 2020, but says The Amazing Race will still go ahead

Lego Masters hits new season high as 1.238m metro viewers tune in on Monday night

R/GA’s Craig Brooks and Joel Pearson launch creative studio Not Bad Pretty Good 2

Instagram and Facebook add gift card links for small businesses

Alan Jones to step down from radio at the end of May 14

Former Naracoorte resident launches local newspaper after ACM ‘walked away from our community’ 3

Celeste Barber hosts wine-focused content series for BWS

Bench PR hires senior consultants Min Chow and Melissa Mack

Independent magazine Chillfactor crowdfunds 2020 issue

Group business director Ben Epstein departs Clemenger BBDO Melbourne

Former Mediacom chief investment officer, Nicole Prior, starts at UM as chief media partnerships officer 1

Cadbury encourages generosity and kindness in latest ad 10

OOH audiences return after initial COVID-19 free-fall, despite ‘the threat of a fine’: QMS data 1

L&A Social Media wins five new food and beverage clients 1

NZME appeals for ‘urgent government action’ to acquire Stuff for $1, but Nine has ‘terminated discussions’ 1

Edelman makes 15 roles redundant as COVID-19 adds to business pressures 10

ACM’s Antony Catalano poised to buy News Corp’s regional papers 8

Ten to launch a fourth new multi-channel 2

TV Week editor Thomas Woodgate departs 2

Gruen starts planning for return of a ‘very different’ show

World Vision launches news program hosted by Mel Doyle

Regional Life Group launches free local paper for Orange

Former PPR CEO Michael Pooley becomes Westpac’s head of corporate affairs

Jimmy Brings recruits Sophie Monk to promote service during lockdown 2

Menulog provides a glimpse of Snoop Dogg’s ‘spicy’ version of its jingle

Westinghouse promotes new kitchen range in campaign via Connecting Plots

AFL players compete to become Telstra’s Australian Dice Football League champion, hosted by Andy Lee

Seven ends relationship with controversial TV chef Pete Evans 1

Rupert Murdoch to forgo his FY20 bonus as revenues slide at News Corp 4

Woolworths’ Cartology makes four senior hires, including head of marketing and insights 1

ARN points to ratings success as revenue slides 40% in April

Seven axes 50 sales staff 1

‘Landmark’ programmatic investigation finds almost 50% of ad spend disappears before reaching publishers 13

News Corp to close commercial operations at Storyful APAC 2

WPP faces potential $10m loss for H1 2020, plans $70m cost savings with pay cuts and redundancies 1

Optus Sport secures rights to K League, becomes first Australian broadcaster to resume live major football

Therese Hegarty departs as Seven Studios CEO due to ‘transformation’ and COVID-19 1

Indie agency Loud appointed to Lipton’s creative account

UnLtd launches industry-wide Rocket League tournament streamed on Twitch

Good Talent Media adds seven clients to roster and launches podcast

Dettol launches new ads for disinfectant wipes in midst of pandemic

Tourism Australia campaign to live-stream ‘the best of Australia’