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Tattoo Asylum ad banned by watchdog for ‘unacceptable attitudes towards all women’ 1

Yahoo7 launches Be Parenting as a lifestyle vertical for parents

Big Bang prequel Young Sheldon premieres with 1.053m, while Spartan fizzles

Fandom officially launches fandom.com.au 1

Sling & Stone wins four new clients, makes five new hires

Peter Rabbit hops over Tomb Raider and Black Panther on box office debut 2

Westpac adds digital responsibilities to CMO Martine Jager’s role 1

Tabcorp abolishes CMO role in post-merger restructure, with Megan Magill to depart 2

Sportswear company Skins takes out full-page ad in SMH calling for Cricket Australia to take action 8

Michael Pascoe to file last column for Fairfax Media 5

Rugby AU launches #PartOfMore campaign 3

Mazda appoints Alt/Shift as PR agency of record 1

Ben Greenslade joins M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment as general manager 1

Ben Sharp, former managing director at AdRoll, takes helm at ADMA

Sarah Bell joins The 6AM Agency as head of social

Sunshine Coast launches campaign featuring Bindi Irwin ahead of Commonwealth Games 3

Pure Profile chairman Andrew Edwards survives attempt to fire him from board 6

Lisa Messenger to close The Collective Hub print edition 5

VicHealth launches Australian version of viral ‘This Girl Can’ campaign 2

Brands not moving advertising spend away from digital: Zenith

Pulse Communications hires Remy Le Fèvre as director

Bachelor in Paradise premieres with 750,000 metro viewers 1

First Australian Netflix original Tidelands commences production 1

Diageo drops $15m on refreshed Keep Walking Johnnie Walker campaign via Leo Burnett Sydney

Canesten launches Thrush: The Musical to reduce stigma around condition 1

Nine wins the TV ratings week as Ten slips to fourth with just 8.4%

The Royals tap military-grade camera for Strand Arcade campaign

Moët Hennessy Australia appoints The Zoo Republic for below-the-line and shopper work

Tracey Spicer and stars of stage and screen launch NOW initiative to combat sexual harassment 2

Margot Robbie to produce female-led Shakespeare retelling on ABC

Brand partnerships agency Lacuna launches with GM Holden as foundation client

The Bachelor’s Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins becomes face of Volkswagen’s Amarok 2

Greenpoint Media wins five new PR and content marketing accounts

Epic PR relocates from Singapore to Melbourne

Brett Morgan takes top marketing role at Sydney Olympic Park Authority

Kaimera wins media account for property consultancy Knight Frank

Guvera ‘limped’ towards IPO, court hears, as former finance chief defends decision to keep trading 1

Brands warned about risks of aligning with social causes 2

Honey Birdette falls foul of advertising watchdog, again

More than 600,000 viewers tune in for first AFL clash of the season

RhythmOne appoints Luke Bussell as ANZ managing director 2

Last chance for Mumbrella Awards entries as midnight deadline approaches

WE Buchan and Sefiani big winners at Mumbrella’s CommsCon Awards

‘Getting a run on Media Watch is a badge of honour’, says Sportsbet comms boss 1

Anthony Gregorio appointed CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi as Mike Rebelo focuses on Publicis role 8

MLA’s banned religious lamb ad is ‘a great example of creating unity’, says agency boss 8

Facebook’s response to Cambridge Analytica ‘not good enough’ 2

Woman has face surgically turned upside down in latest ‘epic reminder’ Aldi campaign 2

Don’t destroy the reputation of your agency with shonky research, brands told 2

Court throws out media companies’ attempt to join Rebel Wilson defamation appeal 1

Airbnb shifts from mass to targeted marketing as brands urged to confront ‘uncomfortable truths’

Ancestry helps Australians understand ‘why I am like I am’ in new campaign

Micro-influencers are dangerous, and Facebook isn’t going anywhere, says Red Agency 3

Married at First Sight final becomes the year’s most watched show as 1.7m tune in

John Thompson ends six year tenure as Dentsu X’s Victorian government business manager 4

Initiative Perth hires OMD’s Heather Lawson as group account director

Zuckerberg breaks silence as Facebook privacy crisis grows 7

Emily Brooks appointed launch editor of Nine’s Future Women, Danielle Pinkus to edit digital magazine 2

Punkee on the hunt for an editor

AANA CEO John Broome wants media agencies to ‘become cockroaches’ 4

‘Whole industry has lost its way’, says PHD CEO Mark Coad 2

David Richards’ 4Square Media settles ATO dispute following court action

Nando’s ‘misleading’ free lunch ad banned by watchdog

Vice explores cities, dating and love in content series with Babbel

Metamucil brings back Nugget and Meta Mucil back for a video short

Independent media agency The Media Store hires Initiative’s Helen Karambilas to lead Lexus account

Carat wins $10m Beacon Lighting media account

Mumbrella’s Finance Marketing Summit returns with Latitude Financial, CGU, Greater Bank, Zuper and Yell Creative 1

Controversial dinner party hands Nine’s Married at First Sight its biggest audience ever 2

Thinkerbell wins Our Watch creative account

Agent99 PR adds Tribe Breweries, Kohab and CityYield to portfolio

Cox Inall Communications retains Sydney Royal Easter Show PR account 2

Google unveils new publishing tools in olive branch to publishers 2

Third Hemisphere opens investor relations arm

That’s Life deputy editor Stacey Hicks to take helm of Girlfriend

Ultra Tune’s Jean Claude Van Damme ad banned for depiction of violence towards women 9

SMH and The Age take digital ratings hit following Nielsen withdrawal 2

‘Imagine a world where you only hear from men’: Deloitte promotes diversity in campaign via Y&R Sydney 3

TransferWise employs Betoota Advocate to push its international transfer service

Adobe appoints Alvaro Del Pozo to lead marketing in Asia Pacific

Adroll reverses Sydney wind down with new hires

Former Fairfax exec Sean Aylmer labels journalists ‘miserable’ and ‘insecure’, says revenue model is broken 11

Koala uses ‘Want longer lasting sex?’ billboards to promote mattresses 1

Court finds Heinz guilty of making misleading health claims

Fremantle Media appoints Chris Oliver-Taylor as CEO

Federal Court rules against Daily Telegraph in Geoffrey Rush defamation hearing 4

APN Outdoor appoints Jeremy Howe as its first chief strategy and innovation officer

Married at First Sight earns highest Monday night audience of 2018 with 1.525m viewers