News

Amnesty International brands Twitter as ‘a toxic place for women’ 1

Suncorp’s latest Money with Sunny ad takes dad down the insurance slippery dip 1

Karl Stefanovic to leave Today Show 16

Federal government announces companies and universities receiving young journalist subsidies

King and Queen treat fast food employee like servant in fourth No One Deserves a Serve instalment

Ten struggles on Tuesday night with The Project securing just 218,000 viewers 9

Formula 1 director of marketing and comms to headline Mumbrella Automotive Marketing Summit Melbourne

WIN Tasmania appoints Alex Johnston as state director of news

Production house Media Creatures acquired by B.B.E 2

The Hallway becomes Tourism Fiji’s media agency of record 1

Emotive rebrands with new brand identity and positioning 5

Peter Stefanovic to leave Nine after 15 years 3

News Corp’s MD for digital revenue Cameron King to depart after 10 years 6

Owen Wilson appointed CEO of REA Group 6

Top 10 most complained about ads of 2018 revealed 4

Junkee Media and Nine announced as recipients of Google News Initiative funding 2

Honey Birdette handed 14th ad ban of 2018 for implying model was available for ‘riding’ 20

Seven ordered to pay $70,000, ending legal dispute with former employee Lisa Squillace 1

Four Pillars Gin launches first brand campaign teaching gin drinkers the perfect recipe 4

Cricket tournament ICC T20 World Cup has appointed Cummins & Partners to creative account

Maybelline NY assigns McCann Melbourne to digital account

Moviegoers trade analogies to promote Hoyts’ reclining chairs

Founder of The Royals David King moves away from agency but will ‘keep an eye on things from afar’ 2

ABC’s 7.30 interview with Yael Stone on alleged inappropriate behaviour by Geoffrey Rush pulls 547,000 viewers 1

Adelaide radio ratings: Mix102.3 finishes on top for the year while FIVEaa’s decline continues 1

Perth radio ratings: Mix 94.5 back on top despite stiff competition from Nova

Brisbane radio ratings: Kate, Tim and Marty back on top

Melbourne radio ratings: 3AW ties with Fox FM for top drive spot

Sydney radio ratings: Nova FM edges towards Kiis FM 4

Fitch Greater China chairman and PepsiCo consumer insights expert to speak at Mumbrella Retail Marketing Summit

New Spider-Man film earns $2.6m at weekend box office, failing to beat The Grinch

ADZ Collective grows management team with two new appointments 1

Spotify takes aim at Opera House advertising controversy in end-of-year campaign 2

Crown Group appoints Natasha Granath as PR and communications manager 1

ID Collective wins Malaysia Airlines’ PR and digital accounts 1

OMD hires James Lucas as trading director in Queensland 1

Spice News re-designs website with shortlist and search functions

Domain makes first acquisition following Nine takeover, purchasing Commercial View 1

Seven wins Sunday night thanks to news and cricket

Pressure to conform the focus of The Monkeys’ Reach Foundation campaign

Federal government urges Facebook and Twitter to join cyber safety plan

Screen Australia to fund an additional 18 documentaries

Val Morgan names Guy Burbidge MD of cinema as Tristan Wyse departs 4

Second Test boosts Seven’s share, not enough to win the week

Starts at 60 focuses on four verticals in website revamp

Daily Telegraph’s report on protection of mentally ill criminals ‘accurate’ and ‘fair’

Seven attracts bigger audience for Second Test between Australia and India

Surf Life Saving Australia urges swimmers to ‘draw a line’ and think before swimming 3

SouthSouthWest launches publishing division

What to expect from QMS in 2019

Home and Away pulls in 515,000 viewers for season finale

Mumbrella CommsCon Awards first entry deadline next week

iProspect Australia appoints Facebook Singapore exec, Nick Seckold as MD

GroupM promotes Venessa Hunt and Liesa Newland 1

Seven and Foxtel sign four year deal with AFL women’s league

Town Square appoints Lauren Fry as account director

Bondi Beach and Sydney Opera House top Instagram’s most tagged Aussie landmarks for 2018 1

Health Haus Communications’ general manager Linda Reid joins Winc

Mario D’Orazio resigns as MD of Channel Seven Perth

Foxtel’s over-eager telemarketing falls foul of regulator 2

Southern Cross Austereo unveils new websites for Hit and Triple M

Subway asks Australians to ‘fall in love with lunch again’

Affinity wins creative account for NSW Electoral Commission’s 2019 state election

Sue Cook joins Red Agency as practice head for health 2

ABC’s Hard Quiz pulls largest entertainment audience of Wednesday Night 2

ABC and SBS cleared by government’s commercial neutrality review

The Royals scoops creative account for home loan start-up Athena

Jonathan Pease, John Du Vernet and other adland executives launch ‘micro consultancy’ Delorean 8

Pacific puts beauty brands under new network, launches new content studio 2

Luxury Travel Media’s editor Andrew Conway exits business

Conversant Media co-founder Zolton Zavos exits 2

Southern Cross Austereo’s Grant Blackley becomes CRA chair

Shane Warne fronts News Corp’s fantasy sports competition, SuperCoach BBL 1

Seven releases entire 2018 season of Home and Away on 7Plus

Urban List builds on local focus in brand refresh

Stan adds Disney and Marvel to streaming service 10

The Border Mail censured for describing man as ‘the homosexual’

Drinkers serenade designated drivers with ‘You are the wind beneath my wings’ in Queensland government campaign 2

Domain restructures with chief sales officer Tom Ainsworth departing 6

Sorrell slams WPP management over job losses and brand changes 7

JC Decaux’s APN Outdoor extends contract with Perth Airport

Family Food Fight finale down 147,000 viewers from last year

Bank Australia gives media account to Alchemy One 1

More WPP agencies to go as holding company attempts to return to growth 18

Bohemia’s Rebecca Hamilton takes top marketing gig at GWS Giants 1

News.com.au achieves highest unique audience to date

‘The internet remembers’, says Drink Wise in an attempt to combat ‘silly season’ binge drinking 2

BMW shows off its Genius teams in Story Lab campaign 2