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Movie director Fred Schepisi says stigma will remain even if Rush wins defamation case

‘Tonight makes tomorrow’ Sheridan says in first work from TBWA 2

Brands need to ditch their fear of emotions to make branded content work says BBC Storyworks head 1

NSW Government unlikely to receive $300,000 Kontented loan repayment, agency in liquidation 1

Northern Territory Government prepares to recruit media agency for $20m account

Wife Swap, Australia’s Greatest Cycle Race, The Proposal and The Super Switch among Seven’s content lineup highlights

Seven to launch fourth multichannel, 7food network 10

Gogglebox’s popularity helps Ten to 16.6% audience share

‘Both is better’ says Optus as customers face chicken salt dilemma in fish and chip shop 99

Pedestrian co-founders make their 2018 AFR Young Rich List debut 2

Ed Sheeran and Peter Jackson star in Tourism New Zealand’s latest #GetNZonthemap campaign

Host/Havas’ Paul Bootlis joins Macquarie Health as chief creative and growth officer

Macquarie Media launches first national program 1

Rush’s King Lear co-star dismisses ‘gutter’ Telegraph, as director denies ‘creepy’ reference

Australian Marketing Institute boss Lee Tonitto to depart in December 2

Seven’s Beach Cops leads entertainment, but Ten’s Bachelorette tops the demos on Wednesday

Elaine Quirke appointed Wavemaker’s partnerships and creative media group director 1

Opr appoints Jacquie Potter as chief growth officer in management restructure 4

Morris Media appoints Katrina Holden as editor of Vacations and Travel magazine

ASICS launches ‘Move as One’ campaign to celebrate Australian cricket

Changi Airport hires AUNZ PR agency, appointing Adhesive 1

Seventh Street Media launches larrikin parenting website The Brag Dad

Sky News boss gleeful at ‘death of Fairfax’ 11

Ugg boot retailer Ozwear fined for ‘Australian made’ claims

‘I have watched him be destroyed’ wife of Geoffrey Rush tells defamation trial 7

McCann Melbourne appoints Aaron Lipson to associate creative director

PR and influencer agency Theory Crew boosts team following account wins

Special Group launches first work for CUB with ‘uncomplicated’ Carlton Dry campaign 11

‘Climate change is real’ declare plants and animals in Water Corporation campaign

Daimler awards global media account to Omnicom Media Group

NZME and Fairfax Media’s Stuff will not appeal rejected merger decision

Ambulance Australia tops Tuesday night’s entertainment TV as Take Me Out struggles

Sky News could return to Melbourne railway stations following review of guidelines 1

‘Find your happy healthy’ says Queensland government in fitness campaign from Publicis

Big Red’s Ted Horton to speak at Mumbrella MSIX

Nine’s director of commercial partnerships and affiliates Ian Paterson to exit business 1

Experiential tourism group Journey Beyond launches magazine

KWP wins Tourism NT’s creative account after losing SA Tourism six months ago 3

The Studio’s Matt Dickson: Worry less about details of a radio campaign and more about frequency 1

Geoffrey Rush quizzed over ‘panting’ emoji as actor rejects ‘pervert’ allegations 5

Wicked Campers ‘sexually explicit’ and ‘inappropriate’ van criticised by ad watchdog 3

WPP AUNZ shares slammed following earnings downgrade and CEO departure 3

Paola Norambuena relocates to Interbrand Australia as chief strategy officer 2

Merkle creates managing director role and promotes Ted Stites 5

Streem launches campaign to highlight its media intelligence credentials

Ten’s Have You Been Paying Attention pulls 778,000 metro viewers as international agreement is announced 4

Blue 449’s Zara Cobb joins online home loan platform, Lendi

MCN rebrands and reveals revamped leadership team

WPP AUNZ’s CEO Mike Connaghan resigns after 12 years 12

VMO Active acquires health club marketing firm, Collective Media

Entries open for the 2019 Mumbrella CommsCon Awards

Lisa Ronson, Rebecca Wilson, Gerry McCusker and more confirmed as Mumbrella CommsCon 2019 launches

DDB’s planning partner Graham Sweet joins We Are Social 3

Kym Pfitzner joins Six O’Clock Advisory as non executive chairperson

New Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper film A Star is Born takes weekend box office

Former Seven WA and OMD bosses launch Perth based media and marketing consultancy

Sony Pictures’ ‘excessively menacing’ Venom movie trailer deemed too violent

Changing consumer priorities are forcing a marketing rethink, says WPP AUNZ study 3

Actor Geoffrey Rush speaks of family distress amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour

Honey Birdette has 20th ad banned by Ad Standards 6

‘Every time you masturbate God kills a kitten’ Wicked Campers van deemed inappropriate by ad watchdog 9

Medium Rare to launch magazine for Bunnings Warehouse

Nine cleans up Sunday night with The Block and news

One brand, synergies and ‘high priority’ contracts: What happens next in the APN Outdoor and JC Decaux merger 4

La Prairie, Fairfax & Roberts, The Origin Agency and TheRight.Fit to speak at the Mumbrella Luxury Marketing Summit

Australian startups crave media coverage but need more marketing skills, report finds 2

Edelman wins Danone’s PR account

AIME appoints Eleven to PR account

BCM hires UM’s Chris Platt as director of media and engagement 2

Nine wins the ratings week as The Block demolishes the demographics

Facebook appoints former UK deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg as global head of communications

Elections and Invictus Games give the ABC a Saturday night boost

GSK picks WPP for Panadol’s global creative, digital and PR accounts

Kate Ritchie, Ben Fordham, Kyle & Jackie O among big ACRA winners, Triple M’s Lee Simon enters Hall of Fame

Ten’s Eleven and One channels to become ‘Ten Boss’ and ’10 Peach’ in network rebrand 50

Seven takes ratings share on a Friday night of gardening shows 1

Reckitt Benckiser has court win over misleading painkiller ads

Think HQ hires Ashley Broadway and Nathan Barrow

Facebook ‘completely hopeless and negligent’: Tracey Spicer 4

Beer brands’ influencer campaigns breached guidelines, watchdog finds 3

Radio suffering from ‘blandification’ and needs new ideas: Kate Langbroek 4

Appetite for #MeToo movement in Australian media ‘drying up’ 8

SBS selects James Taylor as managing director 1

Gogglebox and The Bachelorette win the demos for Ten on a quiet Thursday night

Entries close today for the Mumbrella Next Awards

Steve O’Connor appointed CEO of merged JC Decaux and APN Outdoor business

Complete Mumbrella’s State of the Industry survey for a chance to score $1,000

Alexa to allow listeners to play commercial radio