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Cochlear and CHE Proximity launch plugin that calibrates the internet to users’ ears

Cadbury introduces ‘There’s a glass and a half in everyone’ brand platform to Australia 25

Samsung collaborates with paper engineer for Galaxy S9 launch installation 1

Tasmania’s Mercury issues apology to readers during election coverage ban

Macquarie Media’s Talking Lifestyle to be replaced with sports format 112

Marketforce looks to stamp out the word ‘retard’ with the ‘R Word’ campaign 3

Woolworths reprimanded by ACCC for ‘deceptive’ advertising on eco picnic products

Tinder calls for interracial couples emoji in new campaign

‘We need to communicate better what we do’ says Pureprofile CEO 5

AppNexus pledges to purge adtech’s bad actors in ads.txt push

Tourism Australia extends Crocodile Dundee campaign with ‘Why Australia’ content series 1

Bauer Media sells Australian Geographic to Northern Pictures

Jackie Frank to exit Pacific Magazines after more than 20 years 3

R/GA Sydney launches first work for NRL to create a stronger connection between the fans and the game

Publicis Worldwide CEO and chairman of Publicis Communications, Andrew Baxter, resigns 1

Fairfax Media pulls out of Nielsen’s digital content ratings 38

Ad industry veteran Rachael Lonergan launches cancer support app, CanDo

SBS launches influencer campaign for Safe Harbour launch

I’m A Celebrity and Gogglebox boost Ten’s share to 17% 1

Post-it sends note into space to prove how sticky it is 2

Ten’s Sandra Sully appointed managing news editor of Ten Daily 4

Type + Pixel wins creative account for Baskin-Robbins

Westfield targets mums in campaign it says ‘steers clear of stereotypes’ 9

FORWARD Agency wins PR account for Dry July

Red Agency rebrands to Yellow Agency for the month of March

Toyota ad banned for showing woman standing with her arms outside the vehicle 3

J Walter Thompson creates first work for John West, reviving ‘It’s what John West rejects’ brand positioning 3

CarAdvice appoints Stuart Parker national sales director

McDonald’s ‘Go Full Summer’ ad cleared of being ‘paedophilic’ and showing ‘disturbing’ shots of kids 51

Video-on-demand viewing swells with biggest audiences from connected TV, Screen Australia report shows 1

Air New Zealand unveils ‘World’s Coolest Safety Video’ 4

Nine wins Wednesday television with Married at First Sight continuing to draw in viewers 1

Pure Profile sees half year losses widen after ‘challenging and transformational’ period 2

AWW editor Juliet Rieden moves to editor-at-large position, news editor Michael Sheather to depart 1

Mumbrella Travel Marketing Awards shortlist announced

Fox Sports’ Andrew McKinlay returns to Ten as sports editor

Al Jazeera English’s Ross Dagan returns to Ten as director of news content 1

Customers now search for the ‘worst’ brands ‘to avoid’

Marketers need to start conversations around human truth, not strategy, says The Iconic’s CMO 1

News Corp shuffles digital leadership again with Julian Delany and Dominic Hatfield expanding roles 1

KFC acting CMO labels Family Food Fight sponsorship ‘total disaster’, with brand preparing for end of free TV 18

South Australian Film Corporation shifts to grant funding model

Consumers becoming more promiscuous with brand loyalty: The Works’ Paul Swann 4

iSelect on hunt for new CMO following Geraldine Davys’ departure 1

Nestle launches media agency review 2

WPP merges Burson-Marsteller and Cohn & Wolfe

Press watchdog clears news.com.au terror threat story, despite Classification Board censorship

Tania Kullmann resigns as Kantar CEO, Jon Foged promoted

The Good Doctor and MKR boost Seven’s Tuesday share

Jaywing set to acquire Frank Digital

Seven to axe Broadcast Centre jobs in joint venture with Nine 3

Nicola Lewis to become GroupM’s chief investment officer 2

Pedestrian TV launches awards for ‘trending moments’

Macquarie Media locks in five year NRL radio deal, Crocmedia acquires regional licensing

Mumbrella Sports Marketing Summit and Awards return with West Tigers, M&C Saatchi Sports & Entertainment and more

Former ARN commercial director Matt Granger joins Nine as sport sales boss

Marketforce loses second CEO in six months with Paul Everingham to depart 3

AncestryDNA launches Life Stages series delving into family trees

Carsales offers second-hand car sellers personalised ads to promote their vehicles 9

Tim Ferguson, Paul McDermott and Richard Fidler apologise for ‘vile and obscene’ 1990s harassment campaign 28

Dancers show off their best moves in Vice Absolut equality video 1

SBS World News’ Janice Peterson advocates for smashed avo in new tongue-in-cheek ads 4

WhiteGrey CEO Miles Joyce exits 2

Emotive hires Rory Pearson as director and senior creative

Kate Ritchie, Amanda Keller, Fifi Box, Dee Dee Dunleavy and Angela Bishop join Mumbrella360 lineup

Subaru says ‘Do More Australia’ in ad inspired by family holiday photographs 1

Nine wins Monday night with help of Married at First Sight and Travel Guides 1

Sarah O’Leary joins Havas Melbourne as business director 1

AdRoll appoints new president, Scott Gifis, and repositions brand 2

NewsMediaWorks consolidates awards program, creates News Media Awards

Former BMW marketer Stuart Jaffray moves to Starcom as MD Melbourne 1

Peter Bosilkovski departs as Leo Burnett Sydney CEO 2

FleishmanHillard wins three new accounts, makes five new appointments

Publishers’ Google Accelerated Media Pages traffic going unrecorded by Nielsen 7

Marvel’s Black Panther takes another $7.5m in second box office weekend

EY restructures Australian tech, media and telecommunications practice, promoting Jenny Young as local head 3

SCA’s digital strategy boss Chris Derrick departs

John Croll resigns as CEO of Isentia 7

Macquarie University appoints Vizeum as marketing communications agency

Australian Spartan debuts with half the audience of Ninja Warrior 1

ACCC to include focus on digital and programmatic advertising in media inquiry 1

News Corp, Fairfax and TV networks join Bauer in fight against $4.5m Rebel Wilson defamation payout 6

IBM AI expert to present exclusive webinar on Mumbrella

‘Those who know use Moro’ says olive oil brand in ad from Publicis 2

Sports intelligence company Gemba launches sponsorship evaluation tool Turnstile

News Corp launches ‘We’re For You’ TV push with ad inspired by Beatles’ A Day In The Life 11

Apple Australia celebrates same sex marriage with ‘First Dance’ 29

Tribe ramps up sales efforts with hire of Nick Randall and Sammy Lewis