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Former Bachelorette Angie Kent fronts campaign for dog vitamins brand Daily Dog

Facebook files lawsuit against data analytics company One Audience

Victorian Government takes $101m master media account to tender 8

Atomic 212 wins media account for container deposit not-for-profit, Exchange for Change

News Corp unveils cost-per-completed-view solution for programmatic video 11

‘Hello Possums’: Dame Edna Everage comes to the rescue of Compare the Market’s meerkats Aleksandr and Sergei

Connect PR rebrands to The Connect Agency, introducing talent and creative arms 1

Melanoma Institute Australia campaign shows the importance of putting one foot in front of the other 1

Health insurer HBF launches its new extras products with research-based campaign 1

Former Starcom MD Patrick Doble becomes APAC GM for ad tech company Cartelux

Sunday’s Married At First Sight pulls 1.184m metro viewers 1

Hisense becomes naming rights partner for NRL’s Thursday Night Football

The Courier Mail’s breakup message from Charlotte revealed to be ad for telco Circles Life

Kayo shows that ‘Nowhere is safe from footy’ this winter in first campaign by Special Group 1

Creative agency Paper Stone Scissors works on branding and launch campaign of lingerie brand Underline

Brother & Co and Tribal NZ reveal new brand identity and website for Maven Dental

Online advertising market grows 5.6% to $9.3bn

What ‘Sounds like Triple M’? A giraffe named Bruce dancing in his living room, according to new campaign 8

Cody Simpson stars in ‘We Gots You’ Bonds campaign promoting ‘ethically made’ organics range

Advertisers’ investigation into murky programmatic chain ready to report after fight for data 1

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras brings 275,000 metro viewers to SBS

Andy Lee joins Seven for The Front Bar

AFL State of Origin returns to 607,000 metro viewers 1

Mark Lollback’s big regret as McDonald’s CMO: Flushing ‘$3m down the toilet’ on Salesforce 10

Virgin Australia and Delta send Nick Cody from Bris-Vegas to Las Vegas in new content series

Nine shakes up management, with Chris Janz and Alexi Baker promoted 4

Industry raises $160,000 for bushfire relief at UnLtd Big Clash cricket matches 1

OMD closes Sydney office over coronavirus fears 12

ABC won’t appeal Federal Court decision about the AFP’s raid

Air New Zealand releases safety video to highlight the country’s biodiversity crisis

TV executives defend VOZ over claims it’s been ‘oversold’, noting the soft ad market is ‘not an excuse’ 3

Supercars appoints Innocean as creative partner 1

Bastion Effect’s Richard Chapman and Roxanne Millar take on additional CEO and GM roles for Bastion China

A $26 basic subscription at Foxtel is ‘not a great experience’: CEO Patrick Delany 7

OzTAM’s Lillian Zrim joins PHD as head of research

Popcorn is a ‘guilt-free’ snack in AJF GrowthOps’ campaign for Cobs 2

Acast launches Acast Marketplace, giving advertisers access to podcast titles on a global basis

90% of media buyers placing ads in streaming services, according to a new IAB report

Triple M’s Moonman In The Morning to host domestic violence awareness special on Sunday 8

Rebel Wilson’s Pooch Perfect premieres to 624,000 metro viewers on Seven

Facebook cancels F8 conference amid coronavirus fears

ARN launches iHeartPodcast Network Australia

Absolut encourages allies to ‘make love louder’ and share their love letters for the LGBTIQ+ community

Today slips to 191,000 metro viewers, the same number delivered by Georgie Gardner and Deb Knight’s final outing 5

Snooze launches influencer campaign driven by Publicis Sport and Entertainment 1

Impressive hires Theodora Alex as head of client services Melbourne 4

Landor hires creative director Sam Wall

Domain creates hyper-local campaign for over 60 suburbs

BMF hires Pia Chaudhuri as group creative director

RACQ and Holden to be discussed at the Mumbrella Automotive Marketing Summit as full program announced

TV industry begins push for new ratings system VOZ 1

Isentia appoints Brigitte Guerin as head of client solutions

Signature Media merges Five Star Kids with Holidays with Kids

This is Flow hires Ticketek’s Matt Papasavva as digital lead 1

MAFS drives Nine to another nightly TV win 1

Nine reports a 9% drop in profits, points to growth in digital and $100m of cost removal 5

Starcom makes Graeme Wood’s role – national head of futures and product – redundant

Qantas releases new safety video celebrating its 100-year history 16

Get Up goes after Woolworths for advertising with News Corp 54

Spark Foundry wins Silversea Cruises and My Muscle Chef media accounts

Mumbrella Awards 2020 entries are now open

Prime posts profit after tax of $4.5m, down 56.2%

Telstra demonstrates how 5G can change lives in new campaign 1

Tourism New Zealand shows Australians ‘This is How We Winter’ in snow-filled campaign

News Corp Australia admits to underpaying staff by $1.5m 9

The ABC beats Ten and Seven on Monday night, helped by Media Watch and Four Corners 1

‘There’s still nothing like Australia’: Tourism Australia rolls out international marketing activity in light of the bushfires and Coronavirus 2

Speed wins communications strategy account for energy drink V

Consumer backlash against News Corp having ‘no impact’: Michael Miller 13

MFA reappoints Peter Horgan as chair and announces three directors to replace Leigh Terry and Virginia Hyland

The industry unites in calls to overhaul the classification system

The Call of the Wild isn’t strong enough to topple Sonic The Hedgehog at the box office

72 and Sunny promotes original staff member Whitney Hawthorn to head of delivery 2

Hamish & Andy’s Andy Lee joins Mumbrella Audioland lineup

Swinburne appoints ANZ’s head of marketing, Carolyn Bendall, as CMO

Sling & Stone launches sustainability offering with Alana Theodor at the helm

Optus announces six Olympics ambassadors including Stephanie Catley and Ian Thorpe 3

Susan Massasso steps into new role as chief growth and brand officer at A2 Milk, three months after resigning as CMO

WPP AUNZ’s new strategy won’t involve redundancies, insists CEO Jens Monsees 19

Scoot appoints Edelman Australia as PR agency of record 1

WPP AUNZ ‘significantly changes operating model’ as it posts full-year loss driven by market and account losses 9

MAFS leaps to another season high with 1.2m metro viewers on Sunday night

Pepper Money offers its take on ‘real life’ in Australia with musical campaign

Almond Breeze terminates its creative account with Daylight Agency 1

Profit drops 23% at Ooh Media, but revenues hold strong despite ‘challenging media market’

Huggies takes a stand on parent-shaming in campaign encouraging parents to ‘Be comfortable in your skin’ 3

OMA launches world-first policy to limit the public’s exposure to discretionary food and drinks 2

Simon Reid and Nick Durrant get new roles within IPG Mediabrands’ Initiative and Magna