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Coles Local appoints Keep Left to creative and content account 1

Vice’s creative agency Virtue officially launches in Sydney

Former Unruly boss, Lance Traore, launches new consultancy with influencer app deal

20Four fails to pay former staffers

JWT Melbourne announces redundancies

Lotterywest appoints Initiative WA as media agency for 12 months

Former ABC boss Michelle Guthrie denies attempt to sack journalist and accuses Justin Milne of inappropriate touching 5

Adelaide radio ratings: Mix 102.3 retains lead

ABC beats Nine and Ten as Four Corners’ inside story of the broadcaster’s corporate meltdown scores 719,000 viewers 1

Melbourne radio ratings: Fox increases FM drive lead with 11% audience share 2

Brisbane radio ratings: Hit 105 knocks Nova’s Kate, Tim and Marty off top drive spot

Sydney radio ratings: 2Day FM Breakfast climbs to 4.6% 1

Perth radio ratings: Nova 93.7 back on top 3

Another car ad falls foul of ad watchdog, with Ford in trouble for showing ‘reckless’ driving 9

Haystac unveils new national leadership team

Delicious launches travel vertical with Helloworld as partner 1

Fairfax Media’s SMH returns to digital content rankings with unique audience of 7.386m 3

McCorkell sets up Melbourne office following Australia Post win

Another $6m added to Bohemian Rhapsody’s earnings over the weekend 2

‘Don’t just turn up, arrive’, says Holden as part of its ‘brand rejuvenation’ 8

Pepper Group appoints Sefiani to PR account

Compare the Market appoints Louisse Brady as head of brand 1

More than 20 staff affected by News Corp’s latest redundancy round

Nine’s Queen documentary tops Sunday entertainment

Intermedia Group acquires major stake in Esprit Magazine

Bendigo Bank positions itself as an alternative to the ‘four big banks’ in AJF campaign 4

ACMA: West TV breached rules through slow response to Russia Today ‘propaganda’ complainant

Santa gets lost in the Australian outback in ALDI’s Christmas campaign 28

What Verizon’s Oath will look like in the Australian market 5

Melbourne Cup coverage helps Seven to a weekly ratings win

Charlie Sheen to front next Ultra Tune campaign 3

Diabetes WA explores symptoms in new work from &Partners

Blue 449 and Adshel wrap stations in strawberry-scented Beefeater Gin signage 1

Messaging app Slack launches first Australian campaign 6

Federal government floats Pacific scheme for commercial TV networks 1

Rush hearing closes as Daily Telegraph insists there is ‘no evidence’ for seeking ‘millions of dollars’

Calypso Mangoes poses a cruel dilemma in Elevencom campaign 2

ACMA clears Sky News over Adam Giles’ interview with Blair Cottrell 1

Seven and Ten unveil new comedies, but ABC’s Q&A proves more popular on Thursday night’s TV

Fox Sports launches beta version of Kayo sports streaming service 4

Facebook launches automotive marketplace in Australia 1

Paul Nagy named as chief creative officer of VMLY&R Australia 1

Energy Safe Victoria urges locals to ‘know the drill’ before they ‘grill’

Small business lender Prospa appoints Mediahub to media account

Thinkerbell adds Georgie Cavanagh to its PR team

Perth’s The Brand Agency boosts its creative team

ABC backs journo after sexual harassment claims rock NSW Parliament

Tourism operator Journey Beyond appoints OMD Adelaide as media agency

Mumbrella NeXt Awards finalists revealed

Rush barrister savages actress as Telegraph journalism is branded ‘reckless and cruel’ 1

ACCC: No objections to the Nine and Fairfax merger 1

Ogilvy appoints four new MDs to Sydney and Melbourne offices 7

ABC’s Hard Quiz pulls 776,000 viewers, beating the commercial networks’ prime-time offerings

The Manly Daily editor Steve Howard to retire

Screen Australia extends CEO Graeme Mason’s contract for five years

OMD appoints Penny Shell as national head of planning and Melbourne head of product 8

TorchMedia retains Sydney Trains advertising contract, expands offering

Former Foxtel marketer Rob Farmer joins Mamamia 4

Senator Leyonhjelm remains defiant in Hanson-Young defamation case despite court setback 3

Greenpoint Media wins PR accounts for three property businesses

AMP says ‘life is better in 3s’ in launch of Bett3r banking account

The One Centre acquires digital media agency Effilab Australia

Judge ‘perplexed’ by Rush claims as actress is heralded an ‘honest and brave’ witness

Ten tweaks 10 Boss logo after Fairfax complaint 8

Seven’s last year of Melbourne Cup coverage pulls 1.836m viewers, up from previous year

Writers’ groups settle royalties legal fight with Screenrights

Capi, Deloitte, Isobar and IdeaWorks confirmed to speak as Mumbrella Retail Marketing Summit launched

The Monkeys and Havas Melbourne among NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards winners

Art Series Hotels invites guests to spray paint walls 1

Everyday painters feature in 10 Feet Tall’s Paintback recycling campaign

Clare Creegan becomes Google Australia’s corporate communications and public affairs lead

Judge in Rush defamation trial throws out evidence from ‘Witness X’

Sheridan positions itself as the antidote to ‘disposable’ Christmas presents 6

‘It’s Kiwi Safety’: Air New Zealand remakes ‘It’s Tricky’ and ‘In the Neigbourhood’ with 600-strong cast 3

US comedy God Friended Me premieres on Seven with 528,000 metro viewers

Community social network Nabo farewells users as it prepares to shut 5

Future of sports site 20Four in doubt following departure of executives, website closure and defaulted payment to WeThinkMedia 2

Judgment in Ikon court victory says TV ads’ effectiveness is ‘subjective opinion’ 10

Red Agency wins FFA’s FIFA Women’s World Cup PR and social account

News media advertising dips 6.3% in the third quarter of 2018

BWM Dentsu team up with Swinburne University for Indigenous internship program 4

Bohemian Rhapsody takes the lead at weekend box office 2

Animals return rubbish to owners in latest ‘don’t be a tosser’ campaign

Apple appoints NRL’s Rebekah Horne as Australian head of services and music 5

Conversant Media’s Sorrel Osborne to exit 3

Sunrise’s David Koch extends contract for another two years

Foxtel’s cricket one day international averages 205,000 viewers 3

Kyle & Jackie O executive producer Bruno Bouchet to depart