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Lovatts Media relaunches vegan magazine Nourish following near-closure

Kiwibank and OMD Wellington to headline the Mumbrella Finance Marketing Summit

Celebrity manager and promoter Harry M Miller dies aged 84 1

Foxtel picks DDB to ‘reimagine brand’ following pitch 4

Alibaba claims its AI is about to revolutionise copywriting for agencies and brands 6

Vice takes Australian punk rocker Karina Utomo on India trip for AirAsia series

Seven appoints new Sydney sales director Georgie Nichols 3

VMO adds Fernwood to its custom publishing portfolio

LG Australia channels spirit of French arthouse cinema to plug TV launch

Sarah James to lead Dentsu Aegis Network’s bespoke agency for Woolworths 8

Gold Coast eyewear company apologises for using images of World War II death camp in campaign 2

SMH censured by Press Council for stabbing death coverage

Masterchef attracts 848,000 viewers ahead of Prince Charles’ appearance tonight 2

Ten revives Sports Tonight after seven-year hiatus 1

Video and branded content hold hope for journalism’s future, says Nine’s Helen McCabe

ACCC boss reveals four key questions being considered in digital platforms inquiry

ABC vows to remain in Nauru media pool despite being banned by government for ‘false’ reporting 3

The 6AM Agency ECD Nitin Mistry and social head Sarah Bell quit following CEO exit 1

Victoria Teachers Mutual Bank rebrands at height of Banking Royal Commission 1

IPG acquires information services arm of martech platform Acxiom in US$2.3bn deal

Cannings Purple promotes Ruth Callaghan to chief innovation officer

Masterchef helps Ten into second place for Monday night ratings

Victorian Government’s ‘powerful’ Deadly Questions campaign takes home Ad of the Month for June 5

Jurassic World remake keeps Incredibles 2 at bay at weekend box office

Google MD Jason Pellegrino appointed Domain CEO 3

Outsiders presenters apologise for handling of Leyonhjelm’s attack on Sarah Hanson-Young 21

Robyn Sefiani becomes executive chair of Sefiani Communications Group as Justin Clark promoted to MD

Sky News to remain in Qantas lounges as Leyonhjelm outrage continues 15

Nurofen targets ‘burning pain’ of osteoarthritis in latest campaign for painkillers 1

Bastion Collective spins off creative services into new agency Bastion State

Melbourne agency Merchantwise Creative rebrands as Three Scoops 1

Radio leads the way as media agency spend slips back 5

Hardie Grant Media acquires video production company Sherpa

Telstra and The Monkeys show off Apple’s ‘magic’ in latest campaign 7

Paypal woos Australia’s ‘time-poor’ millennials with new campaign 2

Adventures Group merges with Hema Maps to form new business

Nine commissions new drama series, Bad Mothers, starring Jessica Marais

BBC Global News withdraws from Nielsen and calls on IAB to look past big members’ interests 4

Logies delivers lowest audience to date, with 851,000 metro viewers

News Corp, Mindshare and Nova join speakers for Mumbrella’s Publish conference

2018 Walkley journalism awards open for entries

M&C Saatchi promotes Rachael Fraser to strategy head 1

Movie goers to be offered Vegemite-flavoured popcorn 1

Grant Denyer wins Gold at TV Week Logies, as Stan wins first awards 2

Sky News suspends producer over Sarah Hanson-Young broadcast 25

Kerri Elstub to lead editorial output across Nine’s digital sites

Seven wins ratings week despite Nine’s Origin boost

Nine tops ASX media performers for FY18 while Isentia hits bottom 3

Accenture executive Christine Removille returns to Carat after 20 years, as global president

ACCC kicks off reviews of Ooh Media’s acquisition of Adshel, and JC Decaux’s deal to buy APN Outdoor

‘Spooky’ Trivago Girl ads ditched as brand trials refresh in Australia 34

AMPR takes Royal Melbourne Show PR account from Wrights

The Pulse hires chief medical officer to boost healthcare tech

Triple M fires Barry Hall for crude on-air joke 38

Optus dispatches cost cop Ray Meagher to the streets in latest prepaid mobile phone campaign 1

ABC and Screen Australia reveal children’s programming pipeline

Award winning journalist Liz Jackson passes at age 66 1

AFL and The Chase helps Seven win Thursday night

P&G drops Mediacom for Starcom in biggest media move of the year 6

Affinity wins $4m media account with coffee machine maker De’Longhi

Digital publishers’ audiences are millions bigger than we realised, says Nielsen 5

Sorry for our World Cup balls up, says Optus in newspaper ads 7

CHE Proximity steals the show at Mumbrella Awards 5

Dr Andrew Rochford and Mark Humphries to host Ten’s Pointless 40

Farmer’s best friend is not his dog, but his Massey Ferguson, claims 60th anniversary ad 2

Cricket Australia makes the best of its ‘bittersweet’ Foxtel digital deal

Australians distrust Facebook and social media while retaining faith in the ABC, claims survey 2

Optus extends SBS World Cup simulcasts for the rest of the tournament

The Works promotes Nathan Bilton to creative partner 1

Ben Sharp joins Pure Profile as head of revenue and operations 4

Reality dating shows a ‘form of mass therapy’, claims Nine

Gruen wins its time slot in penultimate episode of the season

Initiative wins global Revlon media account

APN Outdoor wins VicRoads tender for Princes and Western Freeways 1

ADMA loses director of comms, Katherine Raskob to charity sector 3

Search Insights acquired by holding company 121 Group 1

Activists, trade unions and foreigners banned as Federal government’s publishers innovation fund opens

ABC stands by Andrew Probyn despite conceding election reports needed more context 3

Rebel Wilson ordered to repay $4.1 million to Bauer 5

Google retires DoubleClick and consolidates AdWords into new Google Ads brand 7

Nestlé dumps Wavemaker for UM 13

Host/Havas loses Red Rooster and Oporto accounts to Leo Burnett 1

Bohemia and M&C Saatchi win full-service account for Plush 1

E! Entertainment Television appoints Ashley Spencer and Winsome Walker to lead local editorial team

842,000 tune in for Socceroos’ final outing at FIFA World Cup against Peru

Interbrand promotes long-running creative director Ben Miles to ECD 1

Marcel and Maggi challenge Australians to cook more in latest campaign

Facebook launches Here Together ad blitz in push against negative coverage 6