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Target launches the festive season asking ‘who makes Christmas special?’ 57

NBN asks if businesses are ready for high speed broadband in latest push 4

Ikea furniture comes to life once again in new ads by The Monkeys

Phillips ‘unhaunts’ Q Station to show the power of its lights

Seven Adelaide breached accuracy provisions with online florist report, finds regulator 1

OMD retains Beiersdorf media account, extends 14 year relationship

Government kicks off $175m master media account pitch 1

Commercial radio looks to ban gambling ads during live sports coverage

ABC’s doctor-based shows collect largest Sunday night audiences

Press Council clears The Australian of causing distress or prejudice in Medicare fraud story

GroupM’s chief investment officer Seb Rennie resigns

MCN to trial SIA addressable TV and programmatic advertising service

Starts at 60 unveils new website with focus on new article page formats

Former Diageo marketer Matt Bruhn leaves Australia to return to alcohol marketing in US 1

Visit Victoria’s communications and media manager Emma Watts departs 2

6AM Agency names Adam Washington as CEO

Sunday Age reprimanded for refusing to correct story of suspect’s strip search 1

Seven and Nine sit on 18 weekly wins each as closest ratings battle in years goes to final four weeks 2

Australia’s Rugby League World Cup triumph over France helps Seven win Friday’s ratings

ARN finalises Kiis national line up, replaces Thinkergirls with Celebrity HQ 5

Screen industry’s ‘criminal network’ of men needs to be dismantled, researcher suggests 12

Cuba Gooding Jnr gets excited about Apple’s Iphone X in latest Optus ad 9

Optus rolls out new in-house creative agency ‘Yes Agency’ 10

Free TV Australia appoints Seven West Media’s Bridget Fair as new CEO

Union slams Isentia move to shift up to 30 media monitoring jobs offshore

Peter Helliar’s CRAM premieres with 558,000 metro viewers, beaten by Nine’s RBT

Virginia Pracht joins Ogilvy Melbourne as head of strategy 5

Keep Left wins Domaine Chandon PR account

Content marketing, social advertising and demystifying big data to be addressed at last Mumbrella Digital School of 2017

Seven West Media appoints new directors and WA group sales manager 2

Wallabies’ 2017 UK Spring Tour to be shown on SBS

Pernod Ricard launches new I Am George brand with ‘cinematic portraits’ 1

Gambling site Neds pulls tradie ad after watchdog criticises excessive wagering 5

Seven’s Kerry Stokes presses pause on media acquisitions 5

Monash University launches five part documentary series ‘A Different Lens’ 1

One Green Bean’s Nicole Thurston joins Zeno Group as GM

Uber launches global agency roster review, Special Group retains lead local account

Nova Entertainment restructures national news team, bulletin to be delivered from Sydney 9

Seven to make $25m worth of job cuts in two year cost cutting plan 10

Fairfax shareholders approve Domain split as Hywood flags further cost cuts 8

ABC’s Gruen collects largest non-news audience for Wednesday night TV 1

IPG plans new entity following Amazon win

Andy Cairns joins M&C Saatchi as Melbourne MD 1

Haier TwinTasker features ‘friend zoned’ roommates in new film series

PopJam, the social content platform targeting kids, launches in Australia 2

Financial services firm Dixon Advisory ‘breached Australian road rules’ in ad, says ASB 4

With Collective picks up place on Foxtel roster 2

Host/Havas launch first campaign for Lion’s James Boag

Nine launches 9News mobile app with geo-location technology

WPP reports further stagnant revenues, but Sorrell downplays threat of consultancies

‘Those poor snowflakes’: Fox FM pulls Milo Yiannopoulos ads 20

ISelect enlists Beau Ryan and his pet chicken in social media campaign 3

‘Fail’ compilation ad by Ozmosis branded ‘irresponsible’ and banned by ad watchdog 5

The Guardian joins IAB push for publishers to ‘clean up’ programmatic ad chain 1

Initiative’s René Migliore appointed as Mediahub Perth GM of media

Boost Mobile tells Australians to ‘get more’ in Summer campaign

Seven’s new drama The Good Doctor cracks 1m metro viewers to win the night

Digital news ad revenue climbs 8.5%, but print falls 14% 4

Tim Bishop joins Channel T as creative director

Dentsu Mitchell’s national MD Adrian Roeling named as Amplifi president 2

KPMG Acuity continues its expansion with three new hires

Australian Rugby Union rebrands to Rugby AU as it attempts to become a game for everyone 13

‘Drinking, diving, heavy petting and digging for swag’: Cummins&Partners NY creates brand identity for Moxy Hotels 2

Australian TV is a snowfield of white faces, hears Sydney launch of Media Diversity Australia 4

‘Voice activated technology is the future’: News Corp offers subscription service with Google Home 3

We Are Social appoints an editorial director, Suz Tucker

CMOs remain suspicious of programmatic advertising, warns the latest IAB playbook

Bondi Hipsters front new campaign for US city Portland 2

Out-of-home industry will benefit from James Warburton’s ‘wider view of life’, says APN chairman Doug Flynn

Seven’s The Wall defeats Nine’s Family Food Fight 4

Entries now open for the 2018 Mumbrella CommsCon Awards

Booking.com appoints Red Agency to PR account

Stayz seeks new public relations agency

The Simpsons will not return to Ten as 21st Century Fox officially terminates deal 8

Australian drama film production spend up 45% but children’s drama falls 27%, Screen Australia reports

Thor: Ragnarok collects more than $10m in earnings at first weekend box office, while Suburbicon struggles 1

Cricketer Chris Gayle wins defamation case against Fairfax, but publisher claims it ‘did not get a fair trial’ 2

Father and daughter bond over Cabot’s deck protector in latest campaign 6

Horses gallop along Brisbane highway in Goa activation with Ladbrokes 2

Hit 92.9 reveals Heidi, Xavier & Ryan as new Perth breakfast show

Contiki launches a ‘Escape Room’ to bring Southern India to Sydney

ARN launches instore iHeartRadio for Business app

Starts at 60 partners with St George Bank for financial content series featuring grandparents and their grandkids

AAMI extends ‘not very insurancey’ campaign promoting its repair services 1

Facebook Messenger launches new discover service as the service claims 13 million Australian users 1

Mumbrella’s Secrets of Agency Excellence returns with practical workshops to better your business

The Block achieves largest audience since 2014, with 2.462m tuning in for winner announcement 1

Sky News Business to move into News Corp HQ as broadcaster announces 2018 plans, including the return of Outsiders 28