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Macquarie Media’s national executive producer Michael Thompson to depart

Triple J announces new presenter lineup after departure of Linda Marigliano, Gen Fricker and Tom Tilley 1

Jeep puts creative account out to pitch 22

617,000 metro viewers tune in to watch MAFS’ Cam and Jules get married on A Current Affair

Poem wins PR account for Shop Back and launches reality star-studded TVC 1

Esther Wilson, Hyland’s GM of content and creative, steps down ‘in pursuit of a new challenge’

Google, Mercedes-Benz Vans and more confirmed as Automotive Marketing Summit – Melbourne returns

Val Morgan announces programmatic platform and new group position for 2020 1

Val Morgan launches The Latch, a publishing platform aimed at ‘affluent over 30s’ 17

Havas Media Group names Mike Wilson as chairman and Matt Houltham as CEO 13

Clemenger BBDO Sydney, Finch and Facebook release documentary about sexism in the tech industry based on 1970s Playboy shot ‘Losing Lena’ 2

Showpo appoints Sparro to its digital marketing account 7

Kia Motors showcases the features of the Sorento Black Edition in sleek new ad

Digital agency Elephants Can Dance expands to Melbourne with digital analytics and data insights lead Jack Hobbs

Aussie reindeer Dunder guides Santa to Stockland in a time of crisis in Christmas campaign

Immigration, identity, homelessness, addiction and domestic violence on the slate for SBS in 2020 6

DDB Sydney hires new head of integrated content, Renata Barbosa

SCA promotes Nikki Clarkson to CMO, and seeks chief content officer 4

History Will Be Kind wins the communications account for Seven Miles Coffee Roasters

551,000 metro viewers tune in for Australia Talks

Seven expands deal with Facebook to include new Facebook Watch shows

Lotterywest highlights how Australians celebrate with new-look Oz Lotto ads

Optus follows up its ‘5G explained by 5Gs’ with five video game characters explaining bandwidth 16

AFL Trade Radio knocks Hamish and Andy off the top of the monthly podcast ranker 3

Stephen Beers returns to 3AW 2

Ausgrid appoints head of CX and corporate comms lead

Rolling Stone Australia to relaunch with The Brag Media

Enthral hires Nat Burcul as PR account director and Jodie Fisher as producer

Ford v Ferrari shoots to the top of the Australian box office, trumping Charlie’s Angels reboot 1

Hotwire hires program directors Caroline La Rose and Krissie Vitasa to lead its evolving tech business unit

PR agency Liquid Ideas hires client services director Laura Pietrantonio and announces a list of new clients

Swisse taps into the adventurous nature of children to launch kids range of vitamins

Dijgtal announces Canadian expansion, led by News Corp Australia alumni Adam Natiq 2

General Pants celebrates individuality and non-conformity with ‘Led by None’ platform 6

BBC Studios appoints two APAC general managers

Belle Stewart joins Ten Daily as commercial lead

‘Captain’ Paul Shepherd announces retirement from Perth’s Mix 94.5

Hamish and Andy’s Perfect Holiday premieres to 881,000 metro viewers

ING champions sustainable gift giving this Christmas with ‘give me something good’ Dreamstarter campaign

R/GA appoints LIDA’s Victoria Curro as Sydney MD

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Stan launches four original productions with ‘biggest ever summer lineup’ 3

Triple J’s Tom Tilley to step down from Hack hosting role after eight years

Stan CEO Mike Sneesby says Disney+ launch is ‘going to be terrific for everyone’ 13

Tony Jones farewells Today after he ‘got the arse’ 19

The Block helps Nine narrowly win the week, edging ahead of Seven by 0.1%.

99,000 metro viewers tune in for Sonia Kruger’s final Today Extra

Former 2GB broadcaster Chris Smith joins Sky News as part of 2020 lineup 34

WPP settles Carmel Williamson court case, says it has a ‘deep commitment to diversity’ following ‘boys club’ allegations 12

Dentsu announces new structure as a ‘pure holding group’, says there are ‘no green shoots of recovery’ in local market 6

The City of Perth shows it has everything you want for Christmas in first campaign from 303 Mullen Lowe

Vogue Australia redesigns website to bring digital luxury to readers and advertisers

The final moments of The Bachelorette crack 1m metro viewers

V promises to save millennials from ‘The Procrastination Place’ 5

Sonia Kruger confirms departure from Nine 1

PHD wins global media account for LG Electronics 2

829,000 metro viewers tune in for the penultimate episode of The Bachelorette

Mumbrella360 launches for 2020 with Grey Group global leader and Meatless Farm Co’s CMO, plus session submissions now open

The Guardian Australia announces its New Zealand coverage and lifestyle offering led by Alyx Gorman 2

Val Morgan Digital appoints Amanda Bardas as executive editor 1

Latitude launches ‘Partners in Money’ brand platform with musical campaign via CHE Proximity 16

PR agency Blackie McDonald and the Brands 2 Life Global Network begin working pro-bono with Tree-Nation

Tonic Health Media partners with Healthline Media

Bastion Effect hires Shirley Tat as group business director and promotes Roxanne Millar to national general manager 7

A game of Duck, Duck, Goose takes a dark turn in Save the Children campaign

Six Black Pens appoints Joe Mayock as head of creative

Fleishman Hillard wins the PR account for Vivid Sydney 2020

Energy Safe Victoria targets the DIY man with ‘Don’t do it yourself’ campaign

Accenture to undergo round of redundancies, with up to 70 underperforming MDs on the chopping block 19

ABC and production company apologise for ‘devastating error’ in Tracey Spicer #MeToo documentary 12

A2 Milk’s global CMO, Susan Massasso, to step down in February

Home and Away most popular entertainment program on a quiet Tuesday night in TV

News Corp appoints Del Fordham as head of audio 1

The Idea Shed makes three senior hires including Adrian Moore as head of digital 8

Affinity wins full service account for fintech startup Joust

ABC faces backlash following decision to cut live radio coverage of Tokyo Olympics 8

Torch Media opens advertising on Sydney’s new light rail 1

Nine admits Alan Jones boycott hurt Macquarie Media, denies editorial interference on bushfires coverage 4

Redundancies as GrowthOps announces restructure to enter ‘next stage’ 87

Accenture’s Justin Baird becomes APAC head of technology for experience agency Imagination

Huon Regional Care rebrands with campaign to positively position the transition into aged care 3

Chrissie Swan fronts Priceline’s ‘Chrissie’ campaign as new ambassador 1

Coopers ends Australian Open sponsorship 2

Nine falls behind Seven, ABC and Ten without The Block on Monday night

Perth radio ratings: Kate, Tim and Marty continue drive-time dominance

OzTAM announces two new appointments and internal promotions as it prepares for VOZ

Peter Fray named managing editor of Crikey and editor in chief of Private Media 3

Mutiny launches Warchest, a platform to analyse and predict creative work and media spend 7