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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

I’m A Celebrity hands Ten another advertising demographic win as a second star is booted from the jungle 3

SATC’s Book Them Out campaign asks domestic tourists to support bushfire-affected Kangaroo Island and Adelaide Hills 2

ARN unveils new marketing campaign for 2020 breakfast lineup

MSIX full program is announced, including Facebook’s head of marketing science

The Trade Desk nabs Seven’s James Bayes to lead ANZ operations 5

Sydney is ‘powered by magenta’ in BBL team Sydney Sixers’ latest campaign starring Moises Henriques

Robin Bailey returns to 97.3FM breakfast, three years after being dumped, to revive the Robin, Terry and Bob show 4

Victoria Bitter thongs – the ‘ultimate Aussie fashion accessory’ – released ahead of Australia Day 7

Former marketer Chris Meredith launches the ‘Be More Friday’ study into attitude change at the end of the week

Suzukis talk thanks to singing birthday card technology in latest Deloitte Digital campaign 2

Regulator zooms in on advertisers’ influence on news, with 8 in 10 Australians concerned

745,000 metro viewers tune in for I’m A Celebrity’s first elimination

‘Grandkids moved to Canada?’: Flight Centre pokes fun at royal scandal with cheeky print ads 1

Nine expands its Melbourne publicity team including promotions for Michelle Stamper and Terry Stuart 4

Google insists ad-supported web will remain ‘healthy’ despite plan to phase out third party cookies 3

Furniture brand Berkowitz stresses family links as antidote to ‘faceless corporates’

Jac Taylor named editor of Morris Media’s Vacations and Travel 1

Samsung drops other agencies in favour of a consolidated account with CHE Proximity 8

The University of Sydney shifts its creative from The Monkeys to M&C Saatchi

PHD names Google’s Liam Pook as head of digital for Melbourne office

Publicis Sapient makes two senior additions to global experience team

Taboo promotes Nick Jamieson to executive creative director

AWARD School launches enrolment campaign featuring creative designed by alumni

The Queensland Fire and Emergency Service asks people to ‘Back It Up’ and not risk driving through floodwaters

Jennifer Atilemile, Jessica Quinn and Steph Claire Smith star in the latest campaign from Bras N Things 2

Rebecca Tos, Merkle’s ANZ MD, steps down, with iProspect’s MD to lead both DAN businesses 11

530,000 metro viewers tune in for Nine’s 2020 Australian Open Rally for Relief

Schwartz Media’s 7am and TOFOP’s Wilosophy podcasts leap into top ten for monthly podcast ranker debut 4

Storyful expands Sydney team with senior editorial appointments

Alcohol advertising watchdog reports record number of breaches with social media the key culprit 6

News Corp yet to discuss climate change attack amid Murdoch boardroom rift 13

Mumbrella co-founder Martin Lane leaving in March to set up publishing and events consultancy 14

ABC surges in December 2019 Nielsen figures as Australians hunt for bushfire coverage 3

Guardian Media Group names Annette Thomas as CEO

Simon James-Williams, Carat’s former MD, becomes head of audiences at Finder

The Queensland Government urges people to care for their mental wellbeing with GrowthOps campaign 2

Ogilvy Australia hires Peter Galmes as lead social creative 2

Clemenger BBDO Sydney wins the creative account for Demazin

Nissan names Blanca Garcia as VP of communications in Asia and Oceania

Ten’s Paul Anderson expands remit to include ViacomCBS in ANZ 1

Sunrise re-establishes morning TV dominance as it widens the gap with Today 1

Ed Kavalee, Claudia Karvan, Angie Kent and Beau Ryan named in the lineup for Ten’s Dancing With The Stars in 2020 8

Spark Foundry’s Max Broer takes up Bohemia national strategy director position 6

Pedestrian Group appoints Rachel Tikey as commercial director 1

Optus opens creative account to pitch for projects 18

Former DAN veteran Nick Swifte joins Rapid Media as senior account director 1

Alison Ray becomes general manager at Town Square

Coca-Cola announces special edition ‘Share a Coke with the Firies’ cans alongside a range of initiatives 20

70% of advertising and marketing execs want to internally restructure and ‘consolidate’, says new EY report 1

I’m A Celebrity drives Ten to the top of the demographics 1

Go behind the scenes of Gruen at Mumbrella MSIX, plus the Behavioural Insights Team MD confirmed to speak 4

UnLtd’s Big Clash cricket to return in February with expanded Ladyballers match

Paul B Kidd to join John Stanley for Weekends with John and Paul on 2GB and 4BC 24

Plush koalas appear in New York City to raise awareness and funds for the bushfires in initiative by Cummins & Partners NYC 14

Easier recipes and convenience celebrated in budget meal-kit service Dinnerly’s first TVC

Bauer Media launches #RebuildOurTowns campaign to support bushfire affected communities

REA Group promotes Kul Singh to chief sales officer as Joseph Lyons departs

Sunrise wins the first week in breakfast TV as 299,000 metro viewers tune in on Friday morning 1

Mumbrella CommsCon Award entries due this Friday

Natalie Jenkins named as CEO of Perth agency Block, as Tanya Sim steps back as MD

Goodman Fielder and Initiative respond to Slingshot’s claim that account win was driven by price 3

777,000 metro viewers tune in to watch magician Paul Cosentino enter the jungle on I’m A Celebrity