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Court rules Wellcom’s takeover by Innocean can proceed

Nine’s Macquarie Media takeover bid is guaranteed as it attains 90% 3

1.866m metro viewers tune into Nine for NRL grand final

Seven West Media in talks to sell Pacific Magazines to Bauer Media 24

Ten’s share slips to 5.7% on Saturday as just 195,000 tune in for Rugby World Cup

ABC secures broadcast rights for A-League, W-League, Socceroos and Matildas matches 2

Studio 10 cleared by watchdog over broadcasting Kerri-Anne Kennerley’s inflammatory Indigenous comments 21

Peter Dutton pressures Facebook over encryption roll-out 5

Taboola and Outbrain merge to create ‘meaningful advertising competitor’ to Facebook and Google 2

Seven narrowly wins Friday night in absence of major sporting events

Paul Merrill farewells Take 5 magazine 4

Bellwether Agency wins the creative account for retailer Early Settler

Dialogue PR wins the public relations accounts for Accolade Wines, HPM and Porsche Centre Willoughby

Pure Blonde reveals the recipe for its new organic beverages in campaign to launch the range 1

Fetch TV expands partnership with BBC Studios with the introduction of two new channels 8

Greyhound Racing NSW celebrates the athleticism of the dogs ahead of the TAB Million Dollar Chase 6

Instagram launches direct messaging app Threads

Seven wins Thursday night, despite Bride and Prejudice slipping to 416,000 viewers

Fitness magazine Strong launches in Australia 4

Alan Jones calls for listeners to boycott Coles 151

The Works announces staff changes including hiring Rebecca Luiters as head of digital 6

Bride and Prejudice returns to Seven with 438,000 metro viewers 2

Thinkerbell nabs The Works’ Paul Swann as executive creative tinker 5

Grant Denyer and Yvie Jones return to radio on the Hit Network 3

Jack Morton promotes Vinny Panchal from director of client services to general manager 2

Your Money’s Kylie Merritt to launch business and finance streaming service, Ausbiz, funded by David Koch 1

Alice Almeida becomes head of audience and data at Ausbiz 6

Volkswagen shines a light on the moments in life that only happen to its drivers in latest series of ads

Naomi Mermod becomes head of healthcare Asia Pacific for Weber Shandwick 1

DDB Sydney promotes Lisa Hauptmann to managing partner for McDonald’s

TAB pays homage to its grassroots horse racing in continuation of ‘Long May We Play’ platform 2

Seven cancels Melissa Doyle’s Sunday Night 20

Seven announces restructure, warns of ‘tough decisions’ to come 7

Ad market posts 12th consecutive month of decline in August, down 8.9% 1

Former Paralympian sues Nine for defamation over A Current Affair segment claiming she ‘might have exaggerated her disability’ 2

Attorney General wades into press freedom debate, says his approval is needed before journalists can be charged

578,000 metro viewers tune in to find out How Australia Got Its Mojo 7

‘Australia can’t afford to allow digital platforms to continue their monopoly unchecked’: Media businesses respond to the ACCC Digital Platform Inquiry Final Report 2

Gordon’s launches integrated campaign encouraging Aussies to clock off over summer with a gin 1

Leading NIDA corporate trainer Les Chantery to speak at Mumbrella neXt

Seven’s head of corporate affairs, Stephen Browning, resigns 1

Amazon specialist agency, Podean, launches in Australia 5

The Works designs a new brand for Sydney Harbour’s Bridge Climb

Apple News+ launches in Australia with News Corp, Pacific and Bauer onboard, but no Nine

Nine sells Weatherzone to US-based insights company DTN

Charles Darwin University launches first campaign from The Royals with brand platform ‘You Make CDU’ 2

‘Donuts for dogs’: CGU helps promote Australia’s small businesses 2

Perth Radio Ratings: 96 FM continues its rise

Ford launches ‘Live the Ranger Life’ platform in first campaign from Clemenger BBDO Australia 1

Brisbane Radio Ratings: Triple M’s breakfast drops to fourth during Robin Bailey’s final weeks on air 1

Seven’s The Real Dirty Dancing premieres to 580,000 metro viewers 3

Melbourne radio ratings: Christian O’Connell helps Gold FM topple Fox FM 3

Airbnb honours the country pub in campaign to push Aussie tourists to regional areas 1

Adelaide radio ratings: Nova 91.9 breakfast remains steady following Dylan Lewis’ resignation announcement 1

Ride Like a Girl tops Australian box office, takes $1.7m in first weekend

Sydney radio ratings: Alan Jones holds onto breakfast crown despite controversy 19

One Green Bean announces Simone Gupta as its new CEO

Praise encourages Australians to be more thankful to the cooks in their lives with new ad

Nutanix appoints Sitecore’s Jordan Reizes as VP of marketing for APAC and Japan

Sparro hires new strategy director Michael Troumbas 1

Rate My Agent names new head of marketing and head of sales

Macquarie Media CEO Adam Lang sues The Daily Telegraph for defamation 4

Kyle Sandilands apologises for Virgin Mary comments: ‘Am I going to quit? No. Am I going to get fired? No. Am I sorry? Absolutely’ 23

1.031m metro viewers tune in for The All New Monty: Ladies’ Night on Seven

Meerkats Aleksandr and Sergei narrowly escape death in latest Compare the Market ad 4

Nine and Seven share weekly ratings honours, as the AFL Grand Final cracks 2m metro viewers 2

Walkley Award-winning cartoonist Jon Kudelka joins The Saturday Paper 1

Auditors raise concerns over financial health of GrowthOps and Pureprofile 31

Google reflects back on the 2019 AFL season in first work from Emotive

‘Don’t feel sorry for Old Mate’s mates’: SATC wraps up controversial campaign for Adelaide

Wendy Moore announces her departure from House Rules after seven seasons 1

‘Prime-time is now personal’: Google’s Mel Silva says YouTube is doubling BVOD’s watch-time 2

Foxtel adds ABC iView to set-top boxes 6

770,000 metro viewers watch the Raiders beat the Rabbitohs in the NRL prelim finals on Friday night

Telstra celebrates women who paved the way to success for the 25th year of its Business Women’s Awards

Chris Ernst appointed to lead Dentsu Aegis Network in Queensland after six months at Media Merchants 3

Dave McClung returns to Perth’s Nova 93.7 as program director

Another Sportsbet ad gets the axe after ‘inciting ridicule’ of women 19

Adelaide’s Mix 102.3 announces breakfast lineup changes as Jodie Oddy heads off on maternity leave 1

Storyation hires Peter Gearin as senior content specialist

History Will Be Kind appoints Lené Ferris as account director amongst list of new hires

Microsoft Advertising appoints Nick Seckold as VP of advertising sales for Asia Pacific region

PRIA admits it didn’t ‘think through’ the ramifications of asking photographer to work for free 9

The Front Bar Grand Final Edition brings 526,000 metro viewers to Seven

Nine’s Lizzie Young hits out at Facebook content partnerships and says an intervention is needed 6

NBL eyes international audiences with Facebook deal 1

VB announces it will be brewed with solar power by 2020 in latest campaign 3

Creative duo Dal Evans de Almeida and Michael Hughes move from London to join Clemenger BBDO Melbourne