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APD Australia appoints head of digital product and strategy to growing local team

Nova Entertainment builds on events strategy with launch of Exp 1

Experiential agency 4Horsemen launches with a ‘biblical apocalyptic’ vision for campaigns 1

1.7m tune in to final State of Origin game losing 714,000 viewers from last year

The Urban List appoints Sammy Preston as Sydney editor

WA’s Department of Education seeks agencies for creative roster 1

Nextmedia appoints Simon Sharwood in IT editorial leadership shake up 2

Nielsen swings continue as publishers seek to improve measurement coverage 3

Steggles encourages Australians to ‘Host a Roast’ for charity

Havas Group acquires traffic converter company Catchi

Swan Valley uses talking coffee beans and grapes in ‘Speaks For Itself’ campaign

Transport for NSW awards $1.4m Chatswood to Epping Station Link information campaign to Emotive

WE Buchan promotes Gemma Hudson to managing director 2

Bedshed reveals what Australians really do in bed in latest campaign

ABC chairman Justin Milne calls on Australians to choose if they want a national broadcaster 16

League legend Wally Lewis tells Australians how to ‘Eat Breakfast Like a King’ 2

PayPal, Bureau and Gyro confirmed to speak as the full program for Mumbrella’s B2B Marketing Summit is announced

Village Roadshow looks to piracy blocking and new cinemas to boost flagging earnings 7

Lavender’s Jade Clark joins Clemenger Sydney as head of customer experience

Sustainability Victoria urges people to embrace electronic waste recycling in animated campaign 1

Optus Business re-appoints Ogilvy to creative and PR accounts

Nine wins the night but Ten’s Masterchef Australia dominates the demographics

Nathan Rogers joins WhiteGrey as head of strategy 2

APN Outdoor celebrates the ‘powder capital’ on Melbourne streets

BBC acquires The Ghan slow documentary 1

James Wright to take global and North American Havas leadership roles 6

Former BuzzFeed director Brad Arnold launches content media agency, We’re in Cahoots 6

Jimmy Brings and Spotify pair wine with music in new campaign

Seven unveils plans to use cricket to dominate summer and win back the demographics

Kate & Co appoints Kate Evans as group account director 2

TV veteran and former Nine boss Sam Chisholm dies 2

Lorna Gray promoted to Cosmopolitan editor across both print and digital 2

Micah Walker joins 72andSunny Sydney as executive creative director 1

Adelaide radio ratings: Will & Woody drive Mix102.3 recovery

Ninja Warrior beats Masterchef by 1,000 viewers, with 831,000 tuning in for episode two 6

Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney names Toby Aldred general manager 3

Perth radio ratings: Nova FM takes lead thanks to a two point ratings boost in breakfast and drive

Brisbane radio ratings: Macquarie Sports Radio begins to shed its Talking Lifestyle past

Melbourne radio ratings: Gold FM breakfast boosted by Christian O’Connell 1

Sydney radio ratings: WS FM increases margin over Kiis as leading FM station 18

Nine in talks with ITV about Love Island season two, as programming boss rejects claims show was a failure 3

Vizeum managing director Travis Day resigns, with Stephen Deane to replace him 1

Sling & Stone working with 86 400 to launch ‘new bank’ in Australia 1

Finance marketing agency Yell hires Helen Harris as first general manager 2

Fairfax Media accuses ABC of threatening the sustainability of commercial news journalism 18

Marvel’s Ant-man and The Wasp collects $5m on its first box office weekend

Pernod Ricard Winemakers appoints Darryn Hakof as global marketing director

Digital agency Get Started rebrands to Luminary

Volley’s ‘Fuck off’ campaign censored by ad watchdog for the second time 3

University of Queensland encourages school leavers to dive into the unknown 1

MCN relaunches its programmatic TV advertising service

Bupa, Medibank, National Heart Foundation and Mahlab complete the Health Marketing Summit program

Seven wins TV ratings week thanks to House Rules and news

Ninja Warrior premiere down 45% on last year, with 929,000 tuning in 14

Better Homes and Gardens updates digital platform to provide a ‘simplified content journey’

VMO launches new brand identity and ‘engage active consumers’ positioning

Ten promotes its programming credentials in ’10 reasons to buy’ campaign 1

Dentsu X retains Australia Post media account

City of Sydney relaunches out-of-home advertising and street furniture tender 2

Sweden vs England World Cup match draws 528,000 metro viewers for SBS 1

AFL wins the Friday night TV ratings sports battle

Lack of visible role models and cyber bullying contributors to esports’ gender gap 4

News Corp launches True Crime Australia vertical across all metro mastheads 1

Jon Steel to retire from WPP AUNZ board and executive life

Triple M announcer Lee Faulkner apologises for ‘locker room talk’ about female colleagues 4

Schwartz Media recruits former The Conversation deputy editor Charis Palmer to lead new energy publication 1

Thrive PR aligns with WA agency Hunter Communications

The Checkout producer slams ABC’s decision to suspend show 12

Mediacom wins global Adidas media account

Bridging the Gap Foundation highlights Indigenous health gap in launch ad

Broadcast-centric sports betting ad rules don’t address the full issue, warns Nine boss

Love Island final draws 197,000 on TV, plus 25,700 live streams

ABC staff urged to stay out of politics as fight over broadcaster’s future ramps up 7

WPP denounces Martin Sorrell’s bid for MediaMonks as ‘unlawful’

Nine signs Mazda as new sponsor for Ninja Warrior

Former Yahoo7 boss Ed Harrison to lead Isentia 12

TLA wins big at the Mumbrella Sports Marketing Awards

Queen Victoria Market moves media account to Spinach

Seven adds Glenn McGrath to test cricket commentary lineup 5

AFL marketer Julian Dunne on the battle to overhaul sport’s branding

Media companies have ditched convergence for cost savings, claims EY

Former King Content managers launch Context agency 1

News Corp’s WHIMN network and Screen Australia launch second Doco180 series

Victorian Transport Accident Commission seeks new creative agency 2

Bonzai appoints Ogilvy & Mather’s Tresa Paul as global head of marketing

Agencies risk being ‘cut out’ from sports marketing as brands and players ditch ‘middlemen’

FreeTV Australia cries foul over ‘political’ Facebook ads

Final episode of Gruen season brings in 688,000 viewers 1