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The West Australian becomes highest circulating audited newspaper following News Corp withdrawal 2

Controversial barrister Charles Waterstreet pulls out of Q&A #metoo debate 1

Magazines suffer 42.5% decline in ad bookings, with newspapers not far behind 1

Mumbrella climbs by 14% to dominate amongst trade titles 6

Bauer ditches ‘Xcel’ as Sarah-Belle Murphy returns to take helm of publisher’s digital arm 4

Married at First Sight’s ‘cheating’ scandal pulls 1.13m viewers

APN Outdoor extends Sydney Trains contract

Network Ten appoints Angela Neville as Brisbane’s general manager 1

Tim Collier joins Infinity Squared as strategic planner

HelloFresh launches #DinnerDiaries series

Conversant Media contributes $4.2m to HT&E’s annual revenue, but EBITDA is just $0.3m

Mango Melbourne hires Jessica Allison as head of communications 1

Red Agency launches new experiential agency, Village Blvd

Destination NSW, Big4, News Corp, Taronga Zoo and more join the Mumbrella Travel Marketing Summit

Chris Harrison joins Allure Media as publisher

TV team, including head of TV Homaira Razi, exit in Yahoo7 cuts 1

Mercedes-Benz appoints Publicis Groupe as global creative agency 1

Unlockd CEO Matt Berriman steps down following mental health issues 6

Pacific Magazines promotes Nicole Bence to commercial director 1

Paul Worboys steps down as joint-CEO of WhiteGREY

MediaCom promotes COO Willie Pang to CEO position 8

Twitter pushes brand safety credentials as it expands advertising options and sports content deals 1

Kellogg’s appoints Akkomplice to Be Natural creative

KFC’s controversial ‘naked wrestling’ ad cleared by watchdog 2

Commissioning Love Island for 9Now and 9Go a ‘massive risk’ says Nine’s Adrian Swift

Dentsu reports strong global revenue growth with Australia seeing last quarter recovery

Primo campaign pitches bacon as transformative hangover cure 3

Destination NSW seeks general manager of marketing, following Anthony Laver’s departure 3

Nine’s latest dating show Date Night premieres with 529,000 metro viewers

The Royals launch Facebook Messenger research chatbot, Polly

Ad watchdog dismisses numerous complaints against Mike Tyson Ultra Tune ad

Michael Johnstone joins Medical Media as commercial director

McCann’s GM Nicole Gardner exits for role at Quantcast 6

The Betoota Advocate to launch podcast with Acast Australia 1

Bumble launches ‘Doggy Dates’ Valentine’s Day campaign 3

CHE Proximity promotes Ant White to chief creative officer

Palmer’s appoints Tug to handle media account

Wavemaker’s national director of technology and data Alexander Concannon departs 1

Maxibon parodies police raids in 18th birthday campaign

Aldi issues ‘epic reminder’ for its special buys 1

Allison Lee exits Destination NSW as director of media and public relations

Bauer Media launches ‘Women To Love’ platform and content marketing division Story54 3

‘Qrunchy, quirky’ Qukes target parents and school kids in new campaign 2

Job losses as Southern Cross Austereo and Vevo part ways 1

Married at First Sight tops total people and key demos

Elders Insurance appoints The Core Agency to creative account

Ten’s corporate communications manager Rob Sharpe to depart for fintech role

Neon Black wins PR account for Church & Dwight

Jetstar launches Facebook Messenger chatbot ‘Jess’ 1

Fifty Shades Freed earns $4.6m on opening weekend

History Will Be Kind makes four new hires

Payments platform PayID uses a goldfish-headed man to explain the service

AFR political editor Laura Tingle to join ABC’s 7.30 2

Nicole Sheffield resigns as News Corp chief digital officer 3

ABC Yours rebrand aims to build on Aunty’s reputation of ‘trust’ at every stage of Australian life 8

Mumbrella360 first sessions announced with BuzzFeed, Integral Ad Science, UBank, Warc and more

Westfund shares how a community assisted a woman’s recovery from illness in new brand campaign

Stepping out of silos is essential for connected TV’s success says Nine’s digital sales boss 1

Ten news boss John Choueifate resigns 3

IAG bolsters marketing team with three new appointments 5

Nine’s Married at First Sight edges out Seven’s My Kitchen Rules on first official ratings night 2

TAC out-of-home campaign warns drivers of upcoming drug tests 1

HBF ‘ready for it’ to help customers back to health in latest spot

Mamamia promotes Valentina Todoroska to managing editor

NAB asks Australians what they want out of life in ‘Talk to Yourself More’ campaign

Winter Olympics opening ceremony scores 938,000 viewers 1

APN digital screens to showcase Winter Olympic highlights across Australia

Fairfax rolls out new look Age website promising better engagement from a cleaner design 2

Seven wins ratings week with My Kitchen Rules the most watched program

Angela Tangas joins dentsu X as national managing director 1

PwC CMO Advisory appoints Sunita Gloster as director 7

Stephen Howard to depart Event Hospitality & Entertainment as group PR director

Danny John joins Commonwealth Bank as head of group public affairs and communications 2

As big as television in the 1950s – the ABC lays out plans for the next 20 years 13

Married at First Sight’s controversial dinner party beats Mundine’s I’m A Celebrity exit 1

Cummins & Partners announce series of promotions to form creative leadership team 2

Limelight Magazine looks for buyer as parent company teeters toward liquidation 2

Southern Cross Austereo rebrands Sea FM Bundaberg to Triple M 1

Publicis Groupe returns to profit as global and APAC revenue continues to slow 5

MercerBell launches editorial division appointing Gary Andrews as managing editor

Nova promotes consistency in hosts and fresh music in 2018 lineup 5

Yahoo7 to merge head of sport and head of news roles as scale of restructure emerges

Mizone relaunches with ‘find your zone’ brand positioning

Black Hawk launches website to warn dog owners about their pet’s health 1

AFL appoints Clemenger Melbourne to creative account

Bauer Media reveals key digital appointments with Weight Watchers’ Fiona Baker becoming Now To Love managing editor 2

Goa launches in-house creative offering with Greg Crawford

Brisbane Broncos ‘more than just a logo’ says new campaign