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WPP AUNZ appoints Kate Walker as group client director 1

Luxury Escapes launches radio show through Facebook Live 1

Air New Zealand named marketing team of the year at Travel Marketing Awards

Rolling Stone creates radio station with Pandora to complement print magazine

CMOs need to take ‘accountability’ for agency transparency says Virgin marketing boss

Reckitt Benckiser cops biggest fine ever after losing misleading Nurofen specialist painkillers appeal 3

‘Ease of use’ trumps loyalty in customer experience says Flight Centre marketer

Travel marketers need to ‘shut up and listen’ warns Flight Centre’s head of CRM

Virgin Australia CMO Inese Kingsmill reveals how agencies can win the airline’s account 2

Cannings Purple appoints Astrid Serventy as director of government relations team

m2m appoints Brian Seal as new head of digital

Australian sportswomen tackle gender equality in VicHealth campaign

‘Intercepting easily distracted audiences’ is a key tourism marketing strategy: Expedia global VP

‘Media agencies need to speak the same language as CMOs’ 1

Fairfax Media to slash jobs as it restructures editorial across metro division 22

Seven’s My Kitchen Rules dominates as Nine’s offers The Big Bang Theory 1

Junkee Media rebrands The Vine as Punkee while it retires FasterLouder in favour of Music Junkee 1

NSW government warns of drowning deaths in new campaign

Carat appoints Yahoo7’s Andrea Rule as chief marketing officer 2

AFR Magazine editor Katrina Strickland moves to Good Weekend

Kreab Gavin Anderson set to pay former employees half of their entitled superannuation

Magnum & Co appointed to Pizza Hut’s social media and PR account

Enero ends the era of Naked in the UK but backs Australian and Japan operations 1

Facebook trials additional newsfeed similar to Snapchat Discover 2

Australia comes fourth on WARC 100 rankings thanks to Atomic212, Affinity and Leo Burnett Melbourne

Influencer website Husskie expands its offering to lifestyle and culture

‘Unsung heroes of public transport’: Public Transport Victoria showcases bus journeys in new work 2

Donald Trump’s data strategist warns marketers to blow up your playbook for new campaigns as the world has already changed 6

Uber pitches creative account

Digital ad spend drops for first time since 2009 as industry wrestles multiple issues 1

Google surrenders with third party verification for advertisers on YouTube but downplays exposure 11

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