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Finalists for the 2018 Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism revealed 1

CRA unites ABC, SBS and commercial radio with podcasting group launch

Commercial Radio Australia to pilot hybrid ratings methodology with smart watches and phones

Facebook and Instagram launch $1m school ambassador campaign with Project Rockit to fight bullying

‘We’re slaves to our devices’ RAC WA says encouraging drivers to ‘look up’

APN Outdoor boss James Warburton to exit business

Ipsos expands operations with GfK and Market Pulse International acquisition

Michelle Guthrie launches legal action against the ABC

Yahoo Finance launches first Australian consumer campaign 1

Heineken hands media duties to UM 1

Viewers given seven seconds to stop sexist behaviour in interactive OurWatch ads 9

Government introduces beefed up copyright amendments to block pirate websites

Independent agencies CJ Worx of Thailand and New Zealand’s Method to headline Mumbrella SAGE

Seven’s Beach Cops and Ten’s The Bachelorette pull in same number of viewers

Amazon extends music streaming service to Australian Prime members

Telstra’s tech dream dies as management buy out the Ooyala streaming platform

Paul Swann and Tom Harber become managing partners at RXP’s The Works 3

Bauer Media’s Fiorella Di Santo resigns 2

Tourism Australia invites travellers to see the Dundee movie ‘set’ 13

Nine reveals 2019 content plans, including the return of SeaChange 1

Nine to launch ad platform for small to medium businesses 1

Realestate.com.au joins with See Want Shop’s Lisa Hamilton to launch travel vertical

‘Deporting refugees is not the Spirit of Australia’, crowdfunded billboards tell Qantas 12

Sydney Olympic Park searches for PR agency

ABC director of local and regional, Michael Mason, steps down after 34 years 2

Mars Food Australia appoints Bronwyn Powell as marketing director 2

Adhesive wins PR account for e-retailer The Iconic 1

Ten’s Ambulance Australia premieres with 582,000 metro viewers, beats Seven’s Take Me Out

Google uses bush poetry to promote Google.org Impact Challenge

Fox Sports highlights evolution of cricket in campaign led by ex-Foxtel CMO Andy Lark 1

Officeworks’ national marketing manager Karl Winther joins Australia Post as CMO 6

Pauline Dellit joins PR agency Flourish as head of creative

13cabs and Thinkerbell showcase taxi driver culture in Nine cooking show 4

Peter Cornelius to take helm of Ebiquity Australia following Richard Basil-Jones’ promotion

Mamamia appoints Howard Wilbury as head of partnerships

Bauer Media closes Cosmopolitan Australia 16

Andy Lark out at Foxtel as Kieren Cooney appointed CMO 28

Former Suncorp marketer, Kristi Woolrych, takes KFC South Pacific role

Ten’s Blind Date returns to screens with 487,000 viewers 2

Kieran Antill leaves JWT as ECD to focus on family and ‘outside interests’ 4

Aldi takes aim at competitors by poking fun at loyalty cards in latest ‘Good Different’ ad 3

Over 100 industry leaders join Mumbrella NeXt Awards live judging panel

Nine appoints Jonathan Fox as its first head of effectiveness 1

AWARD School offers Indigenous scholarships for creatives 2

Media monitoring service Meltwater appoints Cimon Constantine to lead ANZ in regional reshuffle 3

Haystac wins two new PR accounts, Dexus and RateSetter 1

First Man achieves $2.328m on opening box office weekend

ACCC boss warns digital platforms about conduct as inquiry continues

Legendary: Game of Heroes promotes ‘epic-ness’ of game in bid to win new players

Mumbrella climbs another 7% to 830,019 page impressions in latest audit figures

Transport for NSW hires Anthony Meere as director of media and communications 1

‘How fireproof is your plan?’ asks NSW Rural Fire Service in lead up to bushfire season

The Student Housing Company positions itself as a ‘student utopia’ in outdoor ads

RSPCA Pet Insurance shows Australians ‘That RSPCA Feeling’ 2

Former WIN boss George Papadopoulos launches ad trading platform, Adfomo 2

Akkomplice wins launch campaign for tea brand Madame Flavour

Royal Caribbean asks adventure seekers to come on a cruise in Hulsbosch campaign 3

APN Outdoor shareholders approve JC Decaux deal

‘What would Jesus do?’ asks provocative organ donation ad 223

We Are Social becomes BBC Studios’ social agency 4

Host/Havas wins Oroton’s creative account 1

Ten’s Sunday night struggles continue as it secures just 9.1% of the audience

Nine to beef up 9Now content and advertiser products over summer

Myer brings back ‘My Store’ campaign after four years to pay homage to its heritage 13

Starcom retains Snooze’s media account

IAB Australia confirms Gai Le Roy as CEO 4

Group M launches addressable TV agency Finecast in Australia 5

NewsMediaWorks reinforces trust in print campaign targeted at agencies and advertisers

Fairfax and Nine to cut sales teams and offer improved advertising products following merger 4

Seven edges out competitors achieving weekly ratings win with help from Royal wedding

Visit Victoria creates tourism ad for dogs 6

Tailor Maid Communications wins PR account for lookfantastic

Princess Eugenie’s Royal wedding attracts 1.060m viewers

Yasmina Pinto departs HCF as head of brand

Beyondblue appoints Jilly Charlwood as head of marketing and digital

The University of Newcastle promotes its global impact in ad inspired by university project 1

Allianz Australia’s GM of communications Julie Delvecchio joins Ausgrid

Cuba Gooding Jr gets unsuspecting actors to spruik imaginary iPhone in Optus campaign 1

WPP loses third global account in one week as United Airlines switches to DAN 1

Matt Farrugia resigns as Y&R Melbourne’s managing director 18

‘You’ve got to laugh’: Farewell to veteran ABC newsreader Ian Henderson goes awry 1

Berlei’s ‘offensive’ bouncing breast ad cleared by watchdog despite over 130 complaints 9

Andrew Mudgway, Fairfax’s agency sales director, joins SBS as national sales manager 3

Gogglebox tops the demos as The Bachelorette slips to 539,000 viewers 2

First entry deadline for Mumbrella Next Awards today, final entries due October 19

Blind Date will not be compared to other dating shows, says Ten’s Stephen Tate

Air New Zealand debuts Magic Leap virtual reality game 1

Nigel Marsh’s Sydney Skinny announces new sponsors, ends Nudie partnership