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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

M&C Saatchi introduces flexible working policy for women, ‘WFH. Period.’ 8

Seven reveals Olympics broadcast team, confirms event will go ahead despite coronavirus fears 3

Government finally releases COVID-19 education campaign across print, radio and video 5

Vivid, Walkleys Mid-Year Dinner and Melbourne International Comedy Festival among the events to fall over due to coronavirus

Nine runs away with the ratings week once again

Seven wins Saturday night as people switch on the news

TV networks prepare for tentpole programs to go ahead without live audiences

433,000 metro viewers tune into Friday night’s NRL match as sporting codes ready for empty stadiums and postponed matches

Mumbrella postpones the Automotive Marketing Summit Melbourne

Buzzfeed’s VP of business partnerships, Andrea Ingham, to depart

Spotify on the hunt for an MD as Karen Lawson departs

Pooch Perfect slips to 388,000 metro viewers for episode three

The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age expand podcast library with three new titles and a relaunch

Roy and H.G. return to ABC for footy season 1

Cars destroyed by baseball bat in WA Road Safety Commission’s safety push

Fox Sports announces its partners for the upcoming AFL and NRL seasons

Brown Brothers aims to change the meaning of the colour brown in latest campaign

Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision appoints Town Square to its creative account

Tourism NT and G Adventures win big at Mumbrella’s Travel Marketing Awards 1

IBM Singapore CMO Jodie Sangster to take up the role in Australia

The Australian Government’s $30m coronavirus education campaign to launch on Friday 13

The Amazing Race Australia won’t travel internationally in 2020 amid coronavirus fears 1

Nine orders Today Extra staff to self-isolate after guest Rita Wilson tests positive for coronavirus

Samsung launches hunt for ‘Microcodes’ in smartphone competition from CHE Proximity

Married At First Sight hands Nine another win

ANZ appoints Kjetil Undhjem as head of marketing and brand strategy 3

AFL legend Kevin Bartlett returns to radio with 3AW

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne hires new ECDs Jim Curtis and Ryan Fitzgerald from Droga 5

McCann hires client services director Simon Gawn 2

Spotify a ‘frenemy’ to podcast publishers 1

Fox FM forced to cancel listener party in wake of coronavirus 2

Bendigo Bank reveals refreshed branding, designed to appeal to a younger customer base 11

Publicis Media CEO Toby Barbour to depart

Canva hires ex-journo Jonathan Harley as lead for media and newsrooms

Digital publisher Where To Media rebrands to Avid Collective

WPP announces state leaders under new campus model, and appoints head of corporate strategy 5

Nine nabs another ratings win despite a slip from MAFS

Tony Paykel steps down as managing director of Paykel Media, becomes head of agency partnerships

Australian Beef signs on six Olympic ambassadors and launches a contents series following their journeys to the Games

Hulsbosch launches Coles’ new skincare brand Koi, pushing its natural ingredient credentials 1

PR agency Cole Lawson acquires marketing and branding group Ruby 6

Nature’s Own reveals its new ‘Body Smart’ brand positioning and signs three ambassadors

Facebook faces $1bn fine for breach of Australian privacy law over Cambridge Analytica scandal 2