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SBS closes Sydney newsroom as employee tests positive for COVID-19

MEAA condemns ‘knee-jerk’ closures of regional titles amid coronavirus pandemic

Former Carat chair Haydon Bray returns to market with a model that ‘no other media agency has even thought of’ 12

Amaysim offers additional data to customers to help them work and study from home 2

WPP AUNZ cancels dividend payment as ‘prudent and cautious’ response to COVID-19 uncertainty 1

Sunita Gloster, WPP AUNZ’s chief customer officer, exits

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics likely to be postponed until at least 2021

Seven’s stars share a message of solidarity and support for Australians during isolation period 3

Ooh Media requests voluntary suspension as it continues to review capital options

Australian Survivor: All Stars finds another season high in its penultimate week

CCO Ben Coulson departs Clemenger BBDO Sydney with Brendan Willenberg and Darren Wright becoming joint ECDs

Supercars plugs coronavirus content gap with esports

Box office takings plummet as the industry prepares for cinema closures

ARN Melbourne staff member tests positive for COVID-19, with office temporarily shut down 2

Sky News to offer audio broadcast stream via ARN’s iHeartRadio 1

Kraft Heinz puts global media account up for pitch 3

‘We all know the market will suffer’: SMI responds to COVID-19 with a range of new features

NRL suspends season, with Nine’s plans for replacement content not yet clear

Seven withdraws earnings guidance, citing COVID-19 and falling advertising market 3

Prime Minister Scott Morrison reveals the latest stage of the coronavirus ad campaign 7

Southern Cross Austereo enters trading halt pending coronavirus impact announcement 1

News dominates on Sunday night as viewers flock to Seven News, Nine News and 60 Minutes

Former Seven Network exec Brad Lyons passes away 1

News Corp Australia offers $8m of print ads to businesses for community service announcements

Johnson & Johnson appoints Omnicom Group to its consolidated account

‘Take me back to the draft’: Sportsbet pokes fun at AFL teams 1

Four N Twenty becomes the official pie of the AFL just before season is suspended 1

‘Meet Billy’: Aged care tech solution launches campaign via Thinkerbell

Sky News to replace Sky News Extra with coronavirus-focused channel

Production ceases on Big Brother after crew member exposed to COVID-19 5

Another ratings week win goes to Nine as audiences flock to news programming amid coronavirus outbreak

AFL’s 2020 season is postponed, Seven ‘disappointed’ but says it supports the decision

Sunrise’s Samantha Armytage lashes out at The Sunday Tele journalist as she takes leave from Sunrise 3

Nine partners with Discovery on new multi-channel 9Rush 10

Enero appoints acting co-CEOs, Brendan York and Fiona Chilcott

Production postponed on Survivor Australia due to coronavirus travel restrictions 3

Ooh Media staff to take leave over Easter as business deals with financial implications of coronavirus outbreak 1

Pooch Perfect slips to 266,000 metro viewers, but Seven still wins Thursday night

Industry body PRIA cancels its upcoming events and moves to develop webinars

Rebecca Bezzina returns to R/GA as SVP and managing director of its London office

Emotive hires business director Monika Vidovic from The Monkeys

Ooh Media enters trading halt as it considers capital raising 2

Mars Australia appoints Edelman as public relations agency of record

Instagram takes measures to promote the Government’s coronavirus information

Nine catches eye of watchdog for gambling ads on streaming service 9Now 2

Bauer Media overhauls parenting brand Bounty

Greens leader calls for $1bn in funding for arts and creative industries if they are to survive the coronavirus outbreak 1

AAP to ‘pause activity on closure’ and postpone redundancies as it enters talks with potential buyers

You Can’t Ask That season five premieres to 390,000 metro viewers

Alpha Digital announces senior hires including Tobey Bower as commercial director 2

Nine withdraws profit guidance for 2020 financial year as market becomes ‘increasingly difficult’ to predict

Hunter Communications hires Jodie Carlson and Hannah Marcuson as senior account managers

Omnicom Media Group wins Diageo’s global media account, including Australian business 2

Tribe launches ‘Marketers in Pyjamas’ series as industry grapples with COVID-19

Redundancies at Fox Sports News as on-air hours cut

Rugby Australia suspends broadcast rights discussion to deal with ‘unprecedented’ coronavirus impacts

CRA CEO says radio is well-positioned to help Australians through the coronavirus outbreak 2

Jay Walkerden ‘devastated’ over departure from Nova Brisbane 2

VMLY&R appoints senior strategist, Dan Brown 1

Publicis adds to Performics CEO Jason Tonelli’s remit, naming him chief product officer 1

State of Origin coach Kev Walters returns to Triple M Brisbane

ABC’s reporting series on criminal priests, Revelation, premieres to 456,000

Nova Brisbane’s GM Jay Walkerden departs following internal investigation

Old El Paso’s ‘Porque No Los Dos’ girl cameos in Koala’s latest ad 2

Supermarkets take out joint print ad calling for consumers to buy less and treat staff better during COVID-19 1

Feminine hygiene brand Moxie pushes to break down stigmas surrounding periods with its educational periodic table 1

Media company Ziff Davis announces new sales team and global realignment 2

Dulux Group appoints Speed as communications strategy agency for B&D brand

Superhero film Bloodshot opens at the top of the box office with $1.4m

Nine wins another night as Nine News and ACA hit 2020 highs

Wheelie bin racing and synchronised dive bombs: Sportsbet reveals its ‘Elite Average Games’ for the winter sports period 3

Peter Franklin appointed as head of commercial for Revolution360 and Captive Vision Outdoor Group

Graham White steps up as first chief operating officer of OPR

Bench PR expands to South East Asia with new clients

Communications Minister Paul Fletcher to host roundtable as creative industry appeals for help recovering from COVID-19

ADMA Global Forum the latest event to be postponed as coronavirus precaution 1

Jim Gall to become CEO of Clemenger BBDO Melbourne Group as Gayle While departs 1

The AWARD Awards gala dinner cancelled due to coronavirus, with all other AWARD Creative Festival events to be rescheduled

Nine dominates on Sunday as the future of the NRL season is uncertain

Epic chase sequence shows St George employee and Little Dragon going ‘above and beyond’ for customer 2

Ooh Media withdraws FY20 earnings guidance due to financial impact of coronavirus

Wavemaker rebrands with new logo and ‘positive provocation’ positioning

MEAA issues guidelines for reporting on extremism and race amid ‘concerning rise of hate speech’

BCM wins the digital and performance marketing account for Travel Associates

Optus offers eligible customers additional data for April in response to coronavirus

Nine News’ promotion of firearm story breached broadcast rules, says ACMA

Starcom names Columbus’ Mark Duffy as national head of digital 6

Four Pillars hires its first director of marketing Jemma Blanch