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Alan Jones breached decency requirements by using ‘n-word’ on air: ACMA 4

‘The media didn’t want our ads’: Philip Morris comms boss 22

WE Buchan bosses critique the crisis management of Elon Musk’s tweet and contaminated strawberries

‘We have over-intellectualised advertising’: Poem’s Matt Holmes

Airtasker launches brand repositioning highlighting the diverse skills of its helpers

Carat promotes Danni Wright to national head of strategy 4

WPP wins The Star’s PR account, creates bespoke agency 1

Media Watch host calls for the ABC to burst out of its bubble to ensure its survival 8

MCN appoints Daniella Serhan as partnerships director

Bachelor In Paradise to premiere on 9 April

Nine beats Seven in the news battle as The Project slips below 400,000 viewers

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne makes two hires in the planning department 1

Spinach appoints Mat Beyer as senior digital media specialist

Crikey, Guardian Australia and Mamamia among five Australian Google News Initiative winners

OMD Sydney restructures leadership team, with two MDs appointed 2

Cancer Council WA appoints Bonfire to its digital marketing account

Carpet Court rebrands with in-house campaign 4

Travel Without Limits, Australia’s first disability specific travel magazine, launches 1

Frank wins language app Babbel’s PR account

Carat Perth appoints strategy director, retains Cash Converters’ national account

Jennifer Shambroom takes CMO role at workforce startup, Deputy

Click Energy fined $900,000 for misleading marketing 3

Swinburne University of Technology appoints Initiative to advertising portfolio

ME Bank wants to ease Australians’ Bank-xiety in new campaign 7

Smeg appoints The Monkeys as lead creative agency

New Zealand advertising industry bodies call for Facebook to remove live streaming

Part one of Al Jazeera’s How to Sell A Massacre brings 595,000 viewers to ABC 1

Frank Digital appoints Glen Jeffreys as head of experience design

News.com.au launches new app 9

Women’s Health Week unveils new brand identity from Clemenger BBDO Melbourne

The Australian gets a website refresh 1

303 MullenLowe’s Mediahub appoints Alisa Van Wyhe as client performance director

Vice and Screen Australia crown Burlesque Blokes as Pitch Australiana winner

Ex-APN Outdoor boss James Warburton enters ‘new phase’ with consultancy business 1

Adgile Media completes $4.5m capital raise for global expansion

Petbarn and Greencross Vets appoints True Sydney to its social media accounts 1

R U OK? launches Indigenous suicide prevention campaign

Bastion Reputation Management adds ABC and UN alumni to senior team

Marketers are behind audiences in recognising and paying for quality content: Guardian

Aussies Rhys Nicholson and Tara Whiteman star in California tourism campaign

Red Agency appoints Amaury Tréguer as Australian executive director of social

Seven reveals cast for The All New Monty including Matty J and George Burgess 1

Bauer Media launches marketing and sales service for SMEs

Atomic 212 reappointed to NT government media account 14

JC Decaux and the City of Melbourne in fight over Telstra payphone advertising

Air Asia apologises for ‘Get off in Thailand’ ad 10

Egg Boy and Jacinda Ardern deliver The Project its biggest audience in nine months

Lego Movie 2 takes $1.91m at weekend box office, well behind Captain Marvel 4

The NRL and AFL launch with over 20 major broadcast sponsors 4

McCann Melbourne appoints Simon McCrudden as managing partner of strategy

Apple announces streaming service and increased news curation plans

RYVL – formerly known as The Marketing Group – sees CEO resign and shares suspended

Digital spend booming, propelled by small business: Zenith

Nine announces new director of sales, and redundancies, ahead of 9Voyager launch 12

Tribe announces US launch off the back of a $10.5m capital raise 2

Vacations and Travel magazine relaunches for autumn

Native advertising platform Triple Lift enters APAC with Sydney office

Senior brand and digital consultant Mikaela Crimmins returns to Orchard, amid list of senior hires and promotions

Grin Creative appoints Carrie Hutchinson as head of content

DDB releases new work for Virgin Australia promoting in-flight WiFi, leg room and inclusive fares

History Will Be Kind wins Etihad Airways Australia account

Married At First Sight finds new series high with 1.685m metro viewers

Learn how to create a killer podcast from the ABC at Mumbrella360 Masterclasses

Ten partners with Screen Australia to launch ‘Out Here’ initiative for LGBTQI+ awareness

Starts at 60 raises further $2.7m from investors and Seven West Media to expand travel business 2

Starcom’s Josh Alvarez crowned ‘Media voice of Sydney’ in karaoke battle

7-Eleven appoints Myer’s Adam Jacka as head of marketing communications

MAFS powerhouse helps Nine win another ratings week 1

Atomic 212 managing director Ian Czencz exits 7

DDB unveils new ‘timeless and timely’ visual identity 5

Our Watch releases new guidelines for reporting on violence against women

Digital marketing agency Impressive opens Texas office led by Russ Macumber

WE Buchan announces leadership restructure, with new executive vice president and CEO

Medibank ad resembling news content breached code of ethics, says watchdog 3

Australian veterans featured in RSL Queensland’s new campaign ahead of ANZAC Day 5

Former Seven Perth MD appointed to Australia Council

Think TV’s head of communications and content, Dominic White, departs 2

Former Buzzfeed political editor Alice Workman joins The Australian 1

Direct-to-consumer contact lens subscription service Dimple launches with Spotify ads

Ten partners with customer engagement platform Braze

Pippa Leary to step down, MCN chief sales director Nick Young returns to Nine 1

BMF and Clemenger BBDO Sydney win Tasmania pitch 1

First AFL clash of the season brings 728,000 metro viewers to Seven

Target was ‘car crash waiting to happen’ says retailer’s head of CX 3

Sustainable retail leaders hit out at supermarkets wrapping veggies in plastic 1

‘There are so many chances to let people down’ in-store, says The Warehouse Group CMO

Look beyond algorithms and learn from publishers’ mistakes, retailers told 1

Signature Media appoints Andrew Conway executive editor of Signature Luxury Travel & Style