News

Budget 2017: Major infrastructure advertising account opportunities and businesses to pay foreign worker levy 2

Viewers prefer Budget over debut of The Last Resort 2

News Corp revenues up partially driven by ARM acquisition, while Foxtel revenues dip 2

Vice and Headspace partner in new content series encouraging suffering Australians to seek help

Hamish & Andy confident split season run of True Story won’t impact audience 1

The White Agency and Grey Group Australia rebrand as whiteGREY 19

Hospital education and entertainment provider Healthily TV launches 1

Kojo opens new office in Perth

‘Boomerangs that can go back to Bali’: Behaviour Change Partners creates campaign to protect authentic Indigenous art

Neale Whitaker steps down as editor-in-chief of Vogue Living 5

Cruise Line Industry Association Australasia appoints Primary Communications to PR account

m2m Sydney hires Bohemia’s strategy director Sean Richardson 2

ANZ Bank group GM of marketing Louise Eyres exits 1

Don Smallgoods shares stories of three Aussie ‘Dons’ following recruitment push 1

The Voice tops the ratings leaderboard, but Ten’s Have You Been Paying Attention? wins in key advertising demographics 2

Ex-Mediacom Melbourne MD Anny Havercoft joins Yahoo7 as head of brand

MLA kicks off autumn lamb campaign with ‘The Currency Kitchen’ experience 1

Shortlist revealed for Mumbrella’s first Sports Marketing Awards

Samsung hunts for a new PR agency

Sling & Stone expands into New Zealand

Media law reforms gift more than a quarter of a billion dollars in value to broadcast businesses 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 tops weekend box office for second week

HCF CMO Jenny Williams resigns ‘to explore new options’ 1

Domino’s fined for failing to inform franchisees about marketing pool spend

Mashable hunts for new editor for Australian operation

Captain Risky moves into crowded caravan in latest Budget Direct ad 2

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten admits new Labor Party ad was not diverse enough 11

ACCC wins world first case against e-cigarette marketing claims

Adshel reminds brands to ‘Shine Brighter’ in winter with new campaign 2

Accenture buys The Monkeys and Maud 38

McCain Foods Australia and TBWA Melbourne part ways as brand pitches creative 1

Masterchef audience down to 767,000 viewers as House Rules recovers

Fairfax Media reveals details of TPG takeover proposal 7

NAB tells story of how the Aussie Bum’s business came to life as part of new brand campaign

VMO looks to redefine outdoor with launch of VMO Programmatic 1

St George Bank introduces animated life coach Little Dragon in latest campaign 2

Drive Network appoints ex-Ten executive Darren Anderson as chief revenue officer 1

Greg Hywood: Fairfax spotted structural challenges early and as result has greater market cap than Seven, Nine and Ten combined 2

Masterchef helps boost Ten’s share but Nine wins in total people and grocery buyers

Private equity firm TPG Capital once again seeking new deal with Fairfax Media 3

AMAA to release newspaper and weekly mag circulation data every six months not each quarter 2

Fairfax Media names Andrew Burke as editor of AFR Weekend

Fairfax Media’s Sean Aylmer: $30m restructure a necessary part of evolving newsrooms

Government proposes to reduce anti-siphoning list by 100 events

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield: All Australian media companies are operating in a very challenging environment

Ten’s The Living Room creeps closer to Seven’s Better Homes and Gardens 1

Turnbull Government to abolish licence fees in media reform package 9

CrocMedia launches AFL Nation Countdown

‘You don’t know me’: Clemenger BBDO Sydney kicks off campaign for 2017 Rugby League World Cup 8

Not-for-profit Global Sisters undergoes major rebrand

The millennial marketers target moves to the world of gaming

DrinkWise locks in three year partnership with the AFL

‘Mr Veggie Truck’ and sunscreen dispensers on beaches: HCF shows Australians ‘A world where health comes first’ 2

Nine MD Amanda Laing resigns

Paul Nagy joins Y&R Australia as chief creative officer 2

PR agency shuts doors in ‘solidarity’ with Fairfax Media journalists 10

Masterchef wins across the demos as Ten wins the audience share 1

Australian children send messages to refugees in new Act for Peace campaign

‘We’re Moooving in a new direction’: Kraft Singles rebrands as Dairylea Slices 59

Fairfax Media forced to cancel SMH Live: 100 Days of Trump due to strike

Tip Top launches ‘Tip Top sandwich thins’ with imaginary creature ‘Fuzzles’ 1

Refraction Media promotes maths based careers launching Careers with Maths magazine 1

Fairfax Media CEO Greg Hywood ‘won’t be dissuaded from making the right decisions’ by strike action 7

BBC Worldwide and Skype launch ‘Doctor Who’ bot

ACCC chair Rod Sims calls for more advertiser feedback as Ooh Media APN Outdoor merger placed in doubt

Uber appoints Special Group as creative agency for Australia and New Zealand 2

Turnbull Government to offer more than $6m to community radio sector in Tuesday’s Budget

Coca-Cola’s ‘Pool Boy’ ad to run locally in Australia 2

APN News & Media rebrands as HT&E 6

Ooh Media APN Outdoor merger in doubt after ACCC warns of competition issues

Junkee Media launches first Junkee Original Series ‘Life Lessons’

Masterchef popularity boosts Ten’s audience share into the double digits 1

Maile Carnegie adds another piece of puzzle to ANZ’s digital plans 2

Initiative Perth picks up Cancer Council WA and Heart Foundation’s LiveLighter campaign

72 and Sunny to work with Google locally and continues recruitment push with Johnny Tan as ECD 4

Dentsu adds With Collective to Isobar group 6

Shed Media expands publishing capabilities, launches ‘The Rub’

Kellogg’s found guilty of running Coco Pops ads in children’s shows 1

Gatorade launches G Active water in new campaign 2

Starcom Melbourne takes Home Timber and Hardware Group media account from Dentsu Aegis

Fairfax Media journalists walk off job for week in response to cuts 21

Dancing aprons cook up a feast in new Ikea ad

Think HQ appoints Chanel Fernandes as creative lead

The Star Sydney turns focus to restaurants and retail with new marketing role 1

Slingshot secures new clients CSR Sugar, Solahart and Guardian Early Learning 1

The Sunday Mail told off for use of ‘knockers’ in article about Donald Trump’s sexual misconduct claims 1

Mumbrella’s Finance Marketing Summit to return in August with Android Pay boss among speakers

The Star gives fanatical NSW fans ‘Smartwig’ for State of Origin game