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Nadal’s shock Australian Open exit brings 1.075m metro viewers to Nine 1

DAN’s John-Paul MacCormick joins Pedestrian Group as general manager, operations 1

‘We’re Out’: Future Super highlights its stance against investing in the fossil fuels industry with full-page ad in The Age 3

Principals selected by LaunchVic to deliver a brand strategy and visual identity 1

Town Square becomes lead creative agency for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

Christian O’Connell to expand radio show across the country 3

Pitch2Punchline returns as part of The Sydney Comedy Festival

Nine’s managing director of Melbourne, Matt Scriven, steps down 1

Nine appoints Matt Conway as AFL executive producer

MercerBell co-founder Nick Mercer departs the agency and Publicis Groupe, following David Bell 3

Barty, Federer and Djokovic hand Nine another TV win during the Australian Open quarter finals 1

Tom Hanks’ A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood fails to crack the top five in its first weekend at the box office

Expedia global leader and 10 Travlr commercial boss to speak at Mumbrella Travel Marketing Summit

Hamilton announces agency roster for Sydney production: Slingshot, Workshop Creative and Bridges PR 1

Brendon Cook to step down as CEO and MD of Ooh Media 10

Sitchu expands its footprint to include fortnightly print magazine

Matt Sallis replaces Grace Liu as CEO of IPG Mediabrands’ Reprise Australia

Nicole Hetherington and Simon Fowler launch creative consultancy Abel 1

WPP AUNZ announces new leadership team for NZ with MD Sven Baker moving to ‘transitional’ non-executive chairman role 1

Marley Spoon appoints Kate Whitney as chief marketing and growth officer

Craig Cooper departs Spark Foundry to rejoin Carat as chief investment officer 2

More marketers exit Foxtel as it seeks to ‘improve overall efficiency’ 8

Carat and Poem launch first campaign for non-alcoholic spirits brand Seedlip after winning media and PR 4

Kate McClymont and Peter Overton recognised in Australia Day honours marred by Bettina Arndt controversy 1

The Royals’ Michaela Futcher departs for TBWA Media Arts Lab in Singapore, replaced by Tom Donald 1

1.918m metro viewers flock to Nine for the Rafael Nadal v Nick Kyrgios grudge match

Adelaide agency Hybrid goes into liquidation 1

Sydney Olympic Park launches ‘365 Things to See and Do’ brand platform from Bastion Banjo

L’Oréal appoints Social Soup as its social influence agency of record for Luxe brand group

Koala, OPR and PwC added to Mumbrella CommsCon speaker lineup 2

Screen Australia partners with Snapchat on original scripted content

MLA reminds consumers ‘you can’t get realer than real life stuff’ in ‘Lambalytica’ summer campaign 4

ABC News celebrates a decade on air with revamped lineup including election coverage and the return of Barrie Cassidy 1

Village Roadshow caught in potential bidding war 1

Agency leaders and marketers launch Wage For A Wage fundraising appeal to support volunteer firefighters

Bushfire PR Alliance brings agencies together to support bushfire-affected communities

Foxtel moves creative account from DDB Sydney to Saatchi & Saatchi 18

‘No skill, no racquet, no mates required’: Tennis Australia looks to get more adults on the court 4

Charlotte Caslick, Kezie Apps, Lydia Williams, Ebony Marinoff front campaign for Asics’ football boots for women

Sharon Strzelecki takes to the court in Uber Eats’ 2020 Australian Open campaign 1

Nine’s Australian Open coverage hits a high thanks to Nick Kyrgios

Foxtel Media and SportsTG end a six year partnership 3

Hugh Marks and Lizzie Young join Domain’s board as non-executive directors

Mumbrella360 session submissions close Thursday January 30

Roger Federer brings 618,000 metro viewers to Nine on Australian Open day three

Ancestry appoints Publicis’ Performics to performance marketing account 1

DiDi Australia and AWS to headline Mumbrella Automotive Marketing Summit

Woolies named Australia’s most valuable brand despite underpayment scandal, dethroning Telstra

‘Creatives For Bushfires’ registrations open for agencies to pledge support

Four Seasons Condoms encourages parents to have ‘The Talk 2.0’ with their adult children in a bid to end the sex recession 4

Tourism Australia launches domestic ‘Holiday Here This Year’ campaign to support the ‘true heroes’ of the tourism industry 2

PHD Sydney promotes Stephanie Douglas-Neal to GM 3

Ash Barty discovers the taste of being world number one in Vegemite campaign

Frank PR appoints Annalise Brown as first CEO 5

Foxtel Media to continue representing sales for NBC Universal in renewed advertising agreement 1

James Mathison and Luke Toki to host Ten’s Survivor chat show Talking Tribal 1

ABC announces return of Insiders and Q+A with David Speers and Hamish Macdonald 6

Marina Go announced as chair of the Walkley Foundation 1

PHD names Lucy Formosa Morgan and Stuart Bailey as joint MDs following Mark Jarrett’s promotion to CEO 10

GrowthOps launches Seqwater safety campaign, ‘Still water can still be dangerous’, for third year running 3

Another elimination brings 774,000 metro viewers to I’m A Celebrity

Imagination hires Michael Reid as creative director

Renault captures the ‘joie de vivre’ of young families with new ad for Koleos SUV 1

OOH industry grew 1.5% last year despite a persistently weak market

Bonds explores the wonders of sleep in campaign for its Wondercool range

Access PR hires Bethaney Maley to lead its new Darwin office following Charles Darwin University win

ACM creates new Melbourne-based sales team led by News Corp’s Anna Hosking

GrowthOps ANZ CEO Jason Polson exits after three months in the role 26

Eurosport jumps to Fetch after ending relationship with Foxtel 1

KFC slammed for ‘sexist’ ad that ‘reinforces gender stereotypes’ 66

Trivago misled consumers 66.8% of the time by favouring highest-paying advertisers, court rules 5

634,000 metro viewers tune in for the first night of the Australian Open 2

Ash Barty, Rove and Ricki-Lee team up to launch Disney+ DNA campaign 2

Jo Prothero becomes Visit Sunshine Coast’s head of marketing

‘We’re not so good at tennis, because all we do is insurance’: Chubb launches first campaign from 72 and Sunny 8

Commercial radio ad revenue dropped 6.1% over 2019, reflecting a ‘challenging year’

Nine replaces Macquarie Sports Radio with music format 37

Isentia promotes Patricia Kavanagh to head of sales Australia

Bad Boys For Life nets over $5m for its debut, tops Dolittle and Bombshell

President Trump’s former deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters to present keynote at Mumbrella CommsCon 3

Russ Tucker promoted to executive creative director at Eleven and Fleishman Hillard

Tahiti Tourisme appoints Circul8 as lead creative agency

MercerBell replaces agency co-founder David Bell with Vaughan Townsend as ECD 4

GrowthOps’ Salesforce Einstein rebrands to Lightfold as it becomes independent 13

Sunrise ends second week of morning TV programming 62,000 metro viewers ahead of Today 1

Gumtree celebrates buying sustainably and locally in first campaign from Clemenger BBDO Sydney

MKR returns February 2 with The Rivals 2

Tourism Australia will redeploy international marketing and promote domestic tourism thanks to $76m government grant 2