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Sky News farewells presenter Greg Thomson after charity event rant 1

Nimble Money launches search for chief marketing officer ahead of brand positioning 2

The Bachelor’s Tim Robards joins the cast of Neighbours

RhythmOne completes Australian shutdown with reseller appointment 3

Ten beats Seven in Thursday night TV ratings but Nine wins the night

Pooled Energy appoints Magnum & Co to social and PR accounts

Airtasker creates ‘To-do, Ta-da’ rap featuring proper wizard Wesley Hardcastle 3

Australia helps drag Publicis Groupe down in shock earnings announcement

Peters Ice Cream appoints Spark Foundry to $10m media account 8

Domino’s appoints Melody Livingstone as Australia and New Zealand CMO

Australian Digital Health Agency reveals My Health Record marketing spend details 1

Nine’s Family Food Fight to return for second season

JWT wins Vintage Cellars’ creative account

Lilian Sor joins Clemenger BBDO Sydney as chief strategy officer 2

Seven’s The Single Wives premieres with just 375,000 viewers 3

‘Jumped up copywriter’ Jane Caro and SBS’ Laura Murphy-Oates dominate Walkley night 3

Melbourne International Film Festival uses no words in ad to promote new ways of reviewing films

Defence Force Recruiting creates documentary videos promoting Indigenous development programs 1

Starts at 60 launches Boom Baby marketing consultancy

GQ Australia and NYT’s Adam Baidawi to launch GQ Middle East 1

The Content Division launches new platform for older Australians

Shootsta appoints former Apple creative Amy de la Force to head up UK marketing operations

Seven West-backed user-generated video platform Crowdspark goes into liquidation

Admatic hires two former CHE Proximity Sydney staffers for performance division 1

Commitment-phobe used to promote MyRepublic NBN plans

KPMG’s chief digital officer Anthony Stevens exits to launch Digital Asset Ventures 2

Digital out-of-home agency Posterscope teams up with Seedooh

Healthcare company Soho Flordis International appoints Orchard to digital account

Škoda targets female cyclists in latest car campaign

Kyle Sandilands returns to television with Judge Judy style show, Trial by Kyle 8

Two print centres to close as Fairfax Media and News Corp enter shared agreement 6

MCN CEO Anthony Fitzgerald exits after 15 years 8

Palau Pledge, The Block and blockchain take centre stage at the Mumbrella MSIX conference

M&C Saatchi Group closes retail division 1440 2

‘All memories are hair related’, says star of Schwarzkopf campaign before falling off cliff 9

Home and Away 30th anniversary celebration attracts 605,000 metro viewers

New dramas for Ten, SBS and Stan after one-off investment by Screen Australia 1

Rebecca Alexander-Head named Pacific Magazines’ insights and strategy boss

TBWA opens Adelaide office to service South Australian Tourism Commission account 2

Mercury looks to toughen up cider’s image in Tough Test campaign

Publishers get extended deadline for government innovation fund 1

Lion Beer appoints VML to digital account

HBT promotes Luke Kelly to agency partner

ACCC invites journalists to have their say on digital platforms inquiry at public forum

SBS CEO and managing director Michael Ebeid to step down 3

Freeview’s marketing boss Jennifer Lee departs with Cameron Crain appointed to role

Seven’s House Rules gains 70,000 viewers to tie with Nine’s Ninja Warrior

McDonald’s pushes its coffee and customer service credentials in McCafe campaign 19

Screen Australia’s head of documentary Liz Stevens departs

Publicis Media to create bespoke unit to service Lenovo account 1

Avis Budget Group appoints Red Agency to PR account 1

Grant Broadcasters promotes Alison Cameron to CEO in senior management reshuffle 1

New Dwayne Johnson film Skyscraper cracks $3m on first weekend but can’t beat Ant-man and The Wasp

Deliveroo’s Rebecca Evans joins Hoozu as client services director 1

‘Women are fed up with being told they are the problem’ in the media industry 1

Former PR manager of Parfums Christian Dior launches boutique PR agency

Family surrounded by smiling animals and gnomes in Kia’s ‘Smiles all Round’ campaign 1

Bauer Media joins campaign against ‘unfair and discriminatory’ tampon tax 6

Boy connects to Australia via a tin can telephone in Royal Far West rebrand campaign 3

Tourism WA prepares to pitch creative account

City of Sydney set to extend JCDecaux street furniture contract for another year

FIFA World Cup Final first half pulls 484,000 at 1am

This is Flow wins Cruiseco’s $5m media account

Optus and Telstra up ante on sports streaming with soccer and AFL deals

Medium Rare wins Jetstar inflight magazine publishing account

Ten reveals launch dates for Australian Survivor, Russell Coight and Street Smart 5

Fairfax Media investigates cold case in new podcast series

Ben Naparstek leaves Edelman to join Audible as original content boss 4

Nine nabs weekly win with help of State Of Origin audience 4

Ten to revive Dancing with the Stars Australia 8

Guardian Australia and 2Ser launch podcast series ahead of coronial inquest into David Dungay

Former News Corp journalists launch lifestyle platform 3

Foxtel argues new deal is better value than coffee in new ads 23

Hyundai ends backseat battles offering peace to parents in Santa Fe ads

ACCC creates defective ad to educate customers about rights

19 Crimes winemaker uses augmented reality labels to market to millennials 3

Sons of Catalano and Hywood launch another property marketing service 4

The 10 most complained about ads of 2018 so far 1

England vs Croatia World Cup semi-final pulls 420,000 viewers at 4am 3

Defence South Australia hunts for creative agency

Mystery surrounds sale of data and marketing business 1

Federal Court protects Sportsbet brand, grants injunction preventing Crownbet’s name change 1

Expat adman Jeremy Perrott fired by McCann Health following code of conduct complaints 4

Mini Australia showcases its connected car in digital out of home campaign

Ten promotes upcoming shows in ‘Always On’ campaign 2

AFTRS asks prospective students to find untold stories in ‘Storytellers Wanted’ film

AANA officially amends gender stereotyping guidelines 1

Ogilvy refuses to comment on firing of Tham Khai Meng, its worldwide chief creative officer 1