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Advertising spending jumped in February with outdoor and radio the big winners says SMI

SBS Radio gives listeners a ‘home’ in their pocket with new radio app

2DayFM begins running ad-free daytime schedule 11

Dan Stinton appointed managing director of Guardian Australia 1

Commonwealth Games to overturn ban on Nine after opening ceremony

Media innovation fund hits roadblock as senators argue about overseas publishers 3

Essence appoints Russ Mitchinson to lead strategy 3

Red Agency wins South Australian Tourism Commission PR account

Wine Australia appoints R/GA Sydney as creative agency of record

WPP boss Martin Sorrell ‘unreservedly’ rejects misconduct claim 1

Mumbrella’s Automotive Marketing Summit returns with Mercedes-Benz Vans, BMW and MTA Queensland 2

DDB CEO Nicole Taylor and strategy chief Fran Clayton in double defection to McCann 9

Photojournalist commences copyright proceedings against Daily Mail 2

Seven’s The Front Bar: Gold Coast edition rates just 354,000

Industry super fund Rest rebrands in push to connect with members 3

David Smerdon joins Publicis Brisbane as strategy director

72andSunny unveils first work for Optus, with ‘cultural statement’ urging Aussies to ‘Get splashy’ 12

WPP boss Martin Sorrell under investigation of ‘personal misconduct’ allegation 4

‘Kids Happen’ says Big W 5

Chinese social media agency UMS launches in Australia 2

Steven Spielberg film Ready Player One pulls in $3.9m on first weekend

Monash University urges potential students to change the world

Pamela Klioufis becomes Australian boss of WPP’s newly merged PR agency Burson Cohn & Wolfe 3

Sportsbet naked shave ad banned by Ad Standards Board 3

Campbell Reid to take triple role leading corporate affairs for Foxtel, Fox Sports and News Corp as Bruce Meagher exits 5

Ex HuffPost boss JJ Eastwood to run affiliate marketing agency Rakuten 3

Tiger Beer celebrates creative talent in Uncaged campaign

Ad watchdog reprimands iSelect for showing ‘extreme anger’ and ‘violence’ in ad 2

The Music Network removes paywall

Macquarie Media launches sports radio lineup, with Garry Linnell axed from Sydney breakfast 56

Mark Llewellyn returns to Nine as creative director for news and current affairs 3

Lobbyist Creina Chapman appointed as ACMA chief executive 2

Kyle Sandilands labels Ray Hadley and Pedestrian TV ‘piece of shit’ over Intern Pete attacks 22

Seven’s Australian Spartan finale beaten into fourth place with audience of just 447,000

Former WhiteGrey Sydney boss Andrew Davenport to lead digital consultancy Valtech 11

303 MullenLowe launches PR and content arm, Creature

Nine locked out from Commonwealth Games after ‘mistake’ broadcasting ceremony rehearsal 5

Nine leads the pack in better quarter for the ASX’s media and marketing companies

Young Sheldon helps Nine to Easter week ratings win

Sanitarium officially ditches Steve Smith, but offers mental health support to Australian cricketers 4

Nine sports boss: Tennis and cricket can work together on the one network 1

Wicked Campers narrowly avoids Queensland van de-registration following ad standards ruling 2

Bachelor Tim Robards stars in Handsome video series parodying Croc Dundee and American Psycho

Toyota takes over Gold FM network and Adshel street furniture for full day

Hogarth to service all of WPP’s client production work in ‘horizontal’ strategy 5

Ardent Leisure appoints Philip Hancox as Dreamworld’s general marketing manager

Nine pinches tennis rights from Seven in $300m deal 2

Magellan dumps Cricket Australia naming rights as ethics crisis widens 5

Former Leos COO Josh Grace returns to Australia as Samsung CMO

Facebook shuts down third-party advertiser access in wake of Cambridge Analytica scandal 2

Fantastic Furniture launches new brand identity with ‘Find your Fantastic’ campaign 1

Seven wins Wednesday night TV with Seven News most-watched program

Hotwire wins Hostelworld’s global PR account

R/GA global social lead to keynote the Mumbrella Sports Marketing Summit, plus more speakers announced

South Australia’s Tasting Australia festival seeks creative agency 2

P&G promotes sales director Vivek Gupta to lead Australian operations

Cricket scandal fallout continues as LG discontinues Dave Warner sponsorship 4

Mercedes-Benz launches ‘Tough Conversations’ with Henry Rollins 6

Marketforce appoints Carat Perth’s MD Adam Marshall as CEO in ‘complete management overhaul’ 1

Brand safety risks increase for Australian advertisers, says IAS

Museum Victoria launches campaign to smash Viking stereotypes

Vodafone looks to entice streaming customers with free Netflix trial

News Corp Australia exec Neil Robinson to return in shake up of digital sales team and marketing management 9

Storyation wins Tourism Western Australia’s content account

Guy Sebastian busts myths about Toyota’s Camry Hybrid

DPR&Co wins Race Against Dementia account

South Australian Film Corporation appoints Courtney Gibson as CEO

Seven West Media sells Yahoo7 to Oath, with CEO Ed Harrison to exit 6

Veteran radio sales exec launches online advertising booking platform, My Radio Rates

eBay appoints Amex’s Julie Nestor as local CMO

Chrysler reprimanded for showing people in canoe without life jacket in TV campaign 2

Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon deliver Nine another ratings win

Market City partners with History Will Be Kind to launch new food offering

QBE Insurance launches VR AFL film for Sydney Swans

Amazon will destroy traditional media unless it nails addressable TV, warns Starcom 5

Facebook’s Will Easton apologises to Australian marketers and brands 3

Marketers significantly overestimating their CX abilities and need to rethink media: Starcom 2

SCA adds new Brisbane sales managers in team reshuffle 1

No longer a Weet-Bix kid – Sanitarium scrubs all mention of Steve Smith 2

Kirsten Hodgon exits as Roads and Maritime Services principal manager of corporate comms

Paul Heath resigns was Ogilvy worldwide chief growth officer and non-executive director of AUNZ 1

Wicked Campers banned by ad watchdog for 79th time 8

Former Unruly Australia boss Lance Traore appointed local MD of adtech startup Illuma

Andrew Nobbs promoted to MD of Designate Group

Back with the Ex to premiere on Seven after Commonwealth Games

Daily Telegraph seeks leave to appeal decision as Geoffrey Rush defamation battle continues

Former Adroll marketing boss Cat Prestipino joins startup as CMO

PwC’s Megan Brownlow to present Entertainment & Media Outlook at Mumbrella360, plus more sessions announced