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Julie Goodwin to depart Star 104.5 breakfast show

Nine.com.au signs five new columnists including Antonia Kidman and Sami Lukis

Drinkwise and OMA highlight the importance of setting a good example this Christmas in $1m campaign

University of Wollongong prepares to pitch media account 4

ACCC voices concerns over Bauer’s $40m Pacific Magazines buyout 17

Work Safe Victoria seeks creative agency 1

VMLY&R Melbourne announces additions to its creative team with Shane Geffen joining as associate creative director

Anthony De Ceglie promoted at The West Australian Newspapers

Matthew McConaughey comes to Australia to launch Wild Turkey’s sustainable cabin, The Reserve 2

Chris Smith returns to 2GB 13

Ten launches co-branded travel marketplace with Travlr

Heidi Anderson leaves Perth’s Hit 92.9 breakfast team

Music magazine Blunt to relaunch in 2020 under new owners

UK music and pop culture publication NME launches in Australia

ACCC will not oppose Seven’s Prime merger, but deal is blocked by Prime shareholders 4

Pamela Anderson to front Ultra Tune’s 2020 ad campaign 13

DDB’s chief creative officer Ben Welsh and chief strategy officer Carl Ratcliff join MSIX lineup 2

ACM’s Penny Kaleta joins Nine as director of sales for radio 3

Nine reveals full Today and Today Extra line-up as it gears up for launch on 6 January 2

Griffith University pitches creative and PR account

Omnicom Media Group’s Resolution promotes Benton Goodbrand to Melbourne general manager 2

Tasmanian government appoints 28 agencies to $6.5m account 19

OMD appoints Nicholas Chin as head of digital in Sydney 6

Seven appoints Jeff Howard as new CFO

Outbrain names Nathan Jackson as APAC head of sales as Taboola merger looms 6

Medium Rare acquires Storyation 2

19 Crimes plays on Brexit with convict campaign

DDB and the Red Cross partner to raise funds for the bushfire crisis with a burnt Christmas tree 2

The Monkeys promotes business strategy director Hugh Monro to head of planning 7

Keep Left wins the PR account for the Melbourne Star Observation Wheel

Perth Radio Ratings: Mix 94.5 surges into first place overall, but Nova holds on to breakfast and drive

Adelaide radio ratings: Mix back on top thanks to drive-time surge from Will and Woody

Dentsu Aegis Network to cut 11% of jobs in seven markets, including Australia 33

Brisbane radio ratings: 97.3’s Bianca, Mike and Bob win their final breakfast battle

Alan Jones, MAFS, The Teacher’s Pet and Kyle & Jackie O: Initiative releases list of 2019’s top 100 cultural moments 7

An unbeatable Frozen 2 brings in another $3.6m at weekend box office as it tops US$1bn globally

294,000 metro viewers tune in for Christmas with The Australian Women’s Weekly on Ten

Melbourne radio ratings: Nova’s Chrissie, Sam and Browny take the top spot in Melbourne FM breakfast as Gold FM falls 4

Seven faces backlash over MKR contestants reportedly filmed during a sex act without their knowledge 5

Sydney radio ratings: Kiis’ Will and Woody take drive-time crown 5

Macquarie Media names Your Money’s Brooke Corte as the new host of Money News

Communications Collective appoints Jess Mulquiney as general manager

Think HQ adds to its PR and content teams, hiring Johanna Hanley and Lauren Everett

Instagram expands its anti-bullying tools with its new Feed Caption Warning feature

Nova appoints former Hit Network music head Irene Hulme as music director

Kite Communications appointed as No 1 Lounges’ Australian comms agency

The Perth Mint targets shoppers with fussy relatives in ads that showcase its jewellery collection

Royal Lifesaving WA appeals to ‘Mermates’ to help save their drunk friends from drowning

Nine announces Wide World of Sports radio programming for 2GB and 4BC in 2020 5

Medium Rare launches over-50s magazine with Greenstone 3

Complaint over ‘misleading’ KFC ad upheld by industry watchdog 5

News Corp partners with Polar to allow social media posts to be turned into display ads

Seven closes multi-channel 7Food, moves content to other channels 11

SCA appoints Dave Cameron as chief content officer

Test cricket delivers Seven a big weekend in TV, concluding with 33% network audience share on Sunday 1

Ten places last on Saturday night with just 5.3% audience share

72 and Sunny develops a digital gingerbread house generator for Google Nest 1

Wavemaker and Ogilvy create Smoggys, a brand of P2 masks, to raise money for RFS 4

Edelman Australia names Susan Redden Makatoa as group managing director

Triumph International appoints Wavemaker as its ANZ media agency

Australian Grand Prix names Michelle Greco as sales and commercial GM

ABC on the hunt for new head of comedy as Rick Kalowski departs

Jason Hodges dropped from Better Homes and Gardens after 15 years 507

Inskin Media appoints new CEO as Hugo Drayton steps down 6

Nicole Waudby appointed general manager of sales for The Australian and News Corp Prestige 2

Steve Price exits 2GB, Deb Knight to replace him 10

Sefiani Communications appointed to the Australian Beverages Council’s public affairs account

A ‘long-overdue’ big step forward: Media agencies respond to ACCC ad tech inquiry

The industry (mostly) welcomes the government’s response to ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry 4

Luminary becomes Cancer Council Australia’s digital agency

BMF adds five new members to its creative team

Elisa Adams and Stephen Prendergast launch research and insights agency Future EQ

Ross Greenwood leaves Macquarie Media 5

Day one of the Australia vs New Zealand test hands Seven a win

Mango becomes the PR agency of record for British Paints

A new monitoring unit, an investigation into the power of digital platforms and a privacy review promised in government’s response to ACCC DPI

Government gives green light to media agency inquiry in response to ACCC’s Digital Platforms Report 16

The final world in David Attenborough’s Seven Worlds One Planet brings 503,000 metro viewers to Nine

Suzuki looks back on ‘iconic’ 2019 moments in plate-clearance campaign 2

Hamish and Andy back on top of monthly podcast ranker as more independent publishers join the system

News.com.au cracks 11m unique audience in November 18

Today Tonight’s Monika Kos joins Ten 5

Dentsu Aegis Network’s Sarah Herrod becomes Tennis Australia’s head of communications 2

Consultation process begins for the Morrison government’s new Online Safety Act

Principals launches experience design arm Alpha Lab with new hire Dan Bradley at the helm

VMLY&R Melbourne retains the creative account for Monash University

SCA refinances debt facility for further three years

Rebecca Ludbrook departs Tabcorp to take up REA Group senior corporate comms role