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Burger chain Carl’s Jr appoints Dig&Fish as creative agency of record 3

Suzana Ristevski to lead NAB’s merged marketing and customer experience team

Australian Government rallies to cease ‘boys will be boys’ behaviour in anti-domestic violence campaign 22

Whimn announces true crime podcast series, My Father the Murderer

Greg Graham departs WPP to ‘pursue other opportunities’ 5

Seven’s Queen of the World premieres with 691,000 metro viewers on Tuesday night

Choice Hotels appoints Kari Hunter to lead marketing

GPJ becomes Synergy’s experiential agency of record

The General Store wins Freedom’s creative account and launches ‘castaway’ commercial 1

Shopper Media invests in outdoor media planning tool

Night School pulls in $1.698m on first box office weekend

SMI reports newspaper ad spend increase for first time in almost three years 1

Nine axes The Footy Show after 25 years 9

Wicked Campers slammed by Ad Standards for referencing a ‘massive cock’ 9

Agoda positions itself as the ‘no nonsense’ travel site in social campaign

Vice delves into Japan’s northern region in branded content series

Australian sports journalist and presenter Ron Casey dies aged 89 3

‘Expert care for the sun aware’ says SunSense in its latest campaign

Russel Howcroft to host ABC documentary on ad agency Mojo 7

Clemenger BBDO hires Olivier Klonhammer as national group production director

Dave the Goose interviews for Air New Zealand flight attendant job in latest ad

Victoria Police recites pledge to commemorate officers killed in line of duty

ABC News Victoria anchor Ian Henderson to retire after four decades 2

Seven’s Jimmy Barnes special draws 733,000 metro viewers

Google appoints Nic Hopkins as Australia and New Zealand News Lab lead

Dentsu Aegis Network’s Amplifi appoints Lou Romeo and Ivo Kavelj as state general managers 1

Pointless’ Mark Humphries to present comedy segment for ABC’s 7:30 5

Fenton Stephens releases first work for iSelect since winning account from The Royals

Instagram appoints Facebook veteran Adam Mosseri as new boss

Budget Direct’s ‘transfixing’ detective ad wins Mumbrella’s Ad of the Month for making insurance interesting

Former Elle editor Justine Cullen named editor-in-chief of Jones Magazine

NRL Grand Final wins Sunday TV ratings but fails to beat Saturday’s AFL final 5

Broadsheet returns to print in cities across Australia 1

Laura Jayes joins Kieran Gilbert as co-anchor of Sky News’ First Edition and AM Agenda 2

Food Network to rebrand as SBS Food and feature more Australian talent 21

Seven wins the week as AFL Grand Final dominates TV

Pure Profile writes down troubled digital agency, Cohort

Seven signs deal to stream 2020 Tokyo Paralympics

Sir John Hegarty: Ban scam agencies from awards shows like sport bans doping stars 3

Val Morgan Group ventures into digital publishing with Fandom deal

Ooh Media completes $570m acquisition of Adshel

Lingerie brand Honey Birdette has 19th ad banned by watchdog 5

Editors of Bauer Media’s NW and OK to exit 2

Kirstin Ferguson nominated as ABC’s acting chairperson

Ten beats Nine in Thursday TV ratings thanks to The Bachelor and Gogglebox

‘A disgrace to women’: Another ‘exploitative’ Wicked Campers van banned 6

Foxtel relaunches drama channel as Fox Showcase 1

TBWA\Adelaide releases first campaign for the South Australian Tourism Commission 3

Consultancy Maximus launches magazine for Australian leaders

Nine rebrands 9TheFix as 9Honey Celebrity in website revamp

Big W begins summer marketing push with Marco Polo ad 4

Atomic 212 appoints Brian Giesen as director of social 2

Boost Juice throws back to hyperbolic 1980s ads to promote holiday giveaway 2

People define what comfort means to them in Pillow Talk’s ‘For the Love of Comfort’ campaign

‘There’s no place like Priceline’, says brand in campaign via Ogilvy Melbourne

Tyde.com appoints Gemma Croxen as head of marketing 2

Justin Milne resigns from ABC chairman role 8

Tourism Tasmania prepares to pitch creative account 3

ABC’s ratings share remains stagnant as crisis engulfs broadcaster 5

Uber promotes fast pick-up times in ‘See you soon’ brand campaign

Taste.com.au launches new video network

Facebook creative head Andrew Keller forecasts stories will overtake feed

WPP merges Y&R and VML to create VMLY&R 10

Government to launch inquiry into interference at the ABC 5

Justin Milne rejects calls for him to resign as ABC chairman 5

ABC staff unanimously pass motion for chairman to stand aside 7

SCA to outsource Canberra playout services to NPC Media

The Royals wins project work with Spotify, launches Student Premium Store campaign

Commuter paper mX returns to Melbourne metro trains 3

JWT releases first work for Bravecto comparing it to its ‘completely fine’ competitors 1

REA Group chooses Edelman Australia as PR partner

Communications minister Mitch Fifield denies involvement in ABC leadership debacle 4

Calls mount for ABC chairman Justin Milne to resign 20

Former Tourism NT head of marketing Adam Coward appointed CMO of YouFoodz

Dentsu Aegis Network launches platform for brands and independent agencies to buy media directly 17

Seven’s Take Me Out falls below 500,000 viewer mark 1

JC Decaux acquisition of APN Outdoor cleared by Foreign Investment Review Board

IDG Communications boss Davy Adams exits after 20 years

‘Tram Coach’ returns to help the elderly travel safely on Yarra Trams

Australian Women’s Weekly officially launches food website 3

Doctor Who franchise director to headline Mumbrella Entertainment Marketing Summit, plus ABC to discuss reinvention

Fuel Communications appoints Haystac’s national GM Jason Carnew as MD in management shuffle 1

The Australian’s media editor Darren Davidson to depart to head up Storyful 4

Grampians Tourism launches campaign to attract visitors year-round

Why it’s ‘impossible’ to solve the measurement issue 1

Pedestrian co-founder Chris Wirasinha: Don’t do unpaid internships 5

‘The world can wait’, says Melbourne Cup campaign 5

AFL Brownlow Medal broadcast falls below 1m metro viewers, but Seven wins the night 1