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KFC’s Bucketheads, Diamonds star Caitlin Bassett, Commonwealth Games and top brands among new sessions for Sports Marketing Summit

Married at First Sight finale pulls largest audience on record as Nine wins the night 5

NAB unveils new Sydney branch offering as it builds focus on consumers

Ben & Jerry’s teams up with Pedestrian, Facebook, Ooh Media and PHD to distribute free ice-creams

Vida Scott exits APN News & Media for communications role at Westpac

Defence Force Recruiting ‘humanises’ Army in major recruitment push

Beauty and the Beast dominates weekend box office

Bauer Media appoints ex-Famous editor Keshnee Kemp to edit Cosmopolitan

Dreamworld complicated crisis when Ardent Leisure CEO ‘appeared to be ducking for cover’: PR boss 2

The Conversation founder Andrew Jaspan resigns for new role with RMIT

Australia’s Steve Smith and England’s Stuart Broad walk the world in first teaser for The Ashes 2

Woolworths appoints PPR to its public relations account 5

News Corp looks to capitalise on digital brand safety concerns in new campaign 7

Deliveroo appoints Frank PR to its consumer PR account

Toyota launches life-sized Tonka HiLux 2

News Corp’s Gold Coast Bulletin slashes journalist positions as it ‘updates’ newsroom 6

Married at First Sight records highest ever audience

Stan to create pop-up Los Pollos Hermanos restaurant to promote Better Call Saul

Property group Dexus unveils new brand identity created by Hulsbosch 1

Telstra showcases the future in new technology campaign

One Green Bean founder on smashing culture, clients setting tight briefs and content versus stunts 4

Coles MKR-themed sauce sells out in just 24 hours 10

Droga: Sydney office was paralysed by early success, but trying again is still on the radar 1

Guy Turner joins Community Newspaper Group as insights and strategy director

Ten hits new weekly low as MKR continues to build Seven share

Saturday TV ratings: Seven does the double in Perth

Bulldogs win helps Seven to Friday night ratings victory 1

Ten bumps Biggest Loser to lunchtime after fortnight of ratings failure 24

Sky News drops Outsiders from schedule after sacking of Mark Latham 125

GPY&R Brisbane wins QSuper ahead of superannuation changes

Alice Manners departs 303 MullenLowe after two weeks, joins client they just lost 8

Beyondblue appoints Clemenger BBDO and TBWA Melbourne to creative roster

HCF tests fitness of everyday Australians against Sydney Swans in new work 2

Cyclone Debbie sees news dominate Thursday night TV

‘Multicultural is the new digital’, says MultiConnexions CEO

Nine breached rules by airing gambling ads during children’s film says ACMA 2

Former Comms Council chair and Droga5 CEO Sudeep Gohil takes Publicis India strategy role 2

Traditional media outlets still wield immense power, Isentia research finds

Samsung head of digital warns lack of trust in agencies will cause them to ‘choke’

News Corp appoints Damian Eales publishing COO and Nicole Sheffield digital boss 1

Brands not thinking about community engagement early enough, Quiip boss warns

Host wins Oporto and Chicken Treat

PR agencies told to swoop on clients while media agencies are weak 2

Pizza Hut gets ready for major brand revamp after appointing The Monkeys 1

Brands need to steal consumers’ attention from someone else: Faris Yakob 2

Ten’s share falls to 8.6% with only two shows in top 20

Red Agency wins Large PR Agency of the Year at CommsCon Awards

Loud wins creative duties for Zespri Kiwifruits 1

Ad watchdog censures Doug Moran National Portrait Prize ‘Pussy Magnet’ photo 1

Sky News sacks Mark Latham and refuses to say whether Outsiders will remain on air 50

Ikon launches first creative work for Australian Apples 8

Mediacom GM Brett Elliot departs of two decade stint 2

Spirit Telecom positions itself as NBN competitor in ‘Think Again’ campaign 1

Fairfax shares hit five year high as takeover speculation grows 4

University of Queensland gives advertising account to Ogilvy

Twitter launches pre-roll ads on live video content 1

303 MullenLowe’s 10 year relationship with Cash Converters comes to end

HCF brings digital media in-house amid growing transparency debate 7

International and local speakers tackling transparency at Mumbrella360

Magnum ad promoting marriage equality cleared by ad watchdog 21

Biggest Loser continues downward dive, pulling 275,000 viewers 2

Communications agency Blueprint opens first Australian office with David Ducker at helm

Evolve Media splits operations to focus on millennials and mums 1

Bauer launches new offering Reinvention targeting 45+ women 6

DDB/Track’s Craig Bailey joins Five by Five as ECD 2

Futuro Brand positions joint pain sufferers as ‘everyday heroes’ in new campaign 1

SCA sells northern NSW television assets to WIN for $55m 5

Lion locks in XXXX deal with Cricket Australia after VB exit

Foxtel breached rules with marriage equality promo says ACMA

My Kitchen Rules beats Married at First Sight for first time in three weeks

NAB asks customers to look at their photos in new ‘More than Money’ campaign 2

Nine appoints The Australian’s Simon King as network homepage editor 1

Deepend appoints Kim Verbrugghe head of planning 2

Beauty and the Beast takes top spot at weekend box office

Baby Boomer travellers ignoring print as online and word of mouth dominates, survey finds 7

Magnum & Co wins Voss Water PR account

Sultana Bran’s camp goldfish cleared of vilifying the gay community 12

Bench PR expands client portfolio with two new wins 1

Woolworths makes sure footy fans aren’t hungry in AFL ad

The 6AM Agency wins Hemps Food Australia account

Bauer Media announces immediate closure of Shop Til You Drop magazine 12

Creative marketing teams challenged to crack a charity brief and win an XBox

Kia and Holden lead retreat of Australian brands from YouTube as undesirable content crisis grows 14

Married at First Sight most popular program for Sunday Night television 1

Bouncing football causes havoc at AFL in new QBE sponsorship campaign

Private equity bid for Fairfax ‘as early as this week’

Ogilvy Melbourne boosts creative team with eight promotions and appointments

Fetch TV rebrands kicking off $10m marketing drive with Ross Creative Counsel