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Facebook expands Local News Accelerator to Australia with 11 publishers on board 1

The Mint Partners wins the public relations account for Crystalbrook Collection

DAN’s Carat and Columbus extend partnership with L’Oreal 1

Greyhound Racing NSW recruits Tim Cahill to raise awareness of retired animal adoption

Stellar adds Coco Chocolate and Bistro Manly to its client list

Ray White creates city-wide hide and seek game for latest advertising push 1

NBA star LeBron James stars in new campaign for Sprite 3

The Sir David Martin Foundation appoints Adhesive to its PR account

Alt/Shift wins the PR account for the Queen Victoria Building

760,000 metro viewers tune in for The Bachelor’s penultimate episode

Wavemaker promotes Cat Wolkers to national head of research and insight

Hardie Grant Media-owned Tide PR appoints Stacey McArdle as director

Haystac appointed to launch US meal delivery service Door Dash in Australia

Elyse Knowles, Daisy Pearce and Nikki Van Dijk join the fight to de-stigmatise periods for TOM Organic 1

Nine axes Married At First Sight companion show, Talking Married 1

Ex-Wallaby and Bachelor Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins to front BCF campaign

Clemenger, Pulse, Glue Society and Special Group sign up for Rare intern program which seeks to pay ‘full living wage’ 2

Charles Sturt University launches ‘It’s What We Do’ brand platform via BWM Dentsu 2

Google says if the ACCC plans to ‘directly intervene’ with the Android operating system it should do the same with Apple and Microsoft 1

ADMA acquired by Australian Computer Society 9

WPP AUNZ merges PPR into BCW 4

Ten teases the return of fan favourites for Australian Survivor: All Stars

ACMA receives over 100 complaints about Alan Jones’ Jacinda Ardern comments 19

1.04m metro viewers tune in to see Australian Survivor crown its winner for 2019

Moonee Valley Racing Club appoints Frankly as its lead marketing agency

We Are Social appoints Edu Pou as executive creative director

Australians are watching almost 26 hours of video per month, a 5% year-on-year increase 1

Red Engine SCC wins social media and content for Princess Cruises 1

303 Mullen Lowe hires creative duo Chris Berents and Tom Johnson from BMF

Carat wins global Vodafone account, but Team Red remains as local agency

Medical Observer drops print product as ‘doctors move online’ 2

Libra’s #bloodnormal campaign becomes most-complained-about ad of the year, but Ad Standards dismisses claims it’s ‘offensive’ and ‘degrading’ 57

Nova Entertainment mourns the sudden passing of Jamie Martinovich

Business bank Tyro appoints Bench for its programmatic marketing

Seven’s The All New Monty: Ladies’ Night to premiere September 29 21

Mango hires Rhian Mason as head of social and content for Melbourne and Sydney

Seafolly launches ‘Own Your Folly’ brand platform in first campaign from Thinkerbell 11

News Corp Australia launches education-focused editorial campaign across all metro, major regional and local titles

Downton Abbey narrowly tops the Australian box office with $3.2m in its first weekend

Ten kicks off its ‘biggest week of the year’ with 926,000 metro viewers for the penultimate episode of Survivor

Former employee’s court case against DAN over chronic pain dismissed 1

‘There’s a special place in hell for people who work at Woman’s Day’: Sam Armytage doubles down on tabloid attack 10

Earth Choice lifts the curtain on environmental damage of chemical cleaners in new ad 2

Foxtel pushes mobile users from Foxtel Now to Foxtel Go for an ‘even better mobile experience’ 17

DAN’s Scorch iProspect names Scott Abbott as GM

Inside Out PR adds The Embodied Present Process to its client list

Marketing magazine closes print operation 3

9Gem lands a 12.7% audience share on Sunday night as Nine broadcasts its final Ashes Test

Facebook claims the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Report relied on ‘speculative analysis’ and conflated Facebook and Google 9

Nine and News Corp end newsagent home delivery for Sydney metro market 7

Google to back ‘original reporting’ with algorithm change

Ladbrokes highlights the seen and unseen moments behind horse racing in Spring Carnival campaign 3

The Coca-Cola Company appoints Imperfect Circle to Sprite’s integrated brand experience account 2

Noble Oak positions itself as ‘noble’ life insurance alternative 2

Atomic 212 named media agency of record for Greater Bank 3

Sunrise’s Samantha Armytage calls for consumers to boycott Woman’s Day and The Daily Mail 31

Lisa Messenger’s The Collective Hub returns with another print edition

Ten’s Pilot Week delivers an 11.7% share for the week

The AFL helps Seven to another nightly win, with 723,000 watching the Giants defeat the Lions

Robin Bailey to depart Triple M Brisbane’s The Big Breakfast this week 1

Pilot Week wrap: I Am Roxy proves most-popular program for Ten 3

AFL semi brings 850,000 to Seven, giving it the edge on Friday night

Macquarie Media recommends shareholders accept Nine takeover bid 5

The Mark Agency hires Lisa Portolan to lead its new Sydney office 2

Workwear Group appoints Paper Stone Scissors to Hard Yakka and King Gee creative account

NRL and Bundaberg Rum team up for responsible drinking campaign during finals series

Agent 3 expands operations to Asia Pacific and hires Roger Marshall as APAC partner 1

Nightingale Communications rebrands to Nightingale Advisors, announces new hires

The Ashes helps Nine to another nightly win, with 755,000 tuning in for session one

Tourism Australia promotes Phillipa Harrison to managing director 2

Tourism NT repositions from ‘Do the NT’ to ‘Different in every sense’

KFC offers up six ‘Ultimate KFC Weddings’ in new competition 4

Destination Canada and Air Canada launch an OOH campaign to entice Australians north 1

Ooh Media appoints public policy expert Siobhan Marren as director of government relations

Ikea launches slow TV program of its products travelling from Sweden to Australia 4

Sendle creates stickers of Aussie animals wearing gas masks to challenge Australia Post’s carbon offset announcement 4

OMD Brisbane appointed to Sealy account

Macquarie Media apologises to Alan Jones’ advertisers and commences review of 2GB’s content 29

Aaron Achurch joins Myer as head of media 8

PPR’s CEO Michael Pooley departs after 12 years 2

News Corp Australia enters strategic data partnership with Productreview.com.au 4

Bench PR adds Dynatrace, Carbon Black and Elenium to its client list

Almond Breeze uses puppies and kittens to state ‘Sweetness isn’t our thing’ in ads for its Barista Blend

Roxy Jacenko’s I Am Roxy attracts 399,000 metro viewers for Ten 5

The Works and R U OK? create a Google voice action to help people navigate tough conversations 1

Apple’s TV streaming service will launch in November and be cheaper than Disney, Netflix and Stan 2

Thinkerbell wins creative and PR for Royal Caribbean Cruises 1

Mediacom’s ECD Gemma Hunter becomes Myer’s general manager of marketing 7