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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

Ten trails ABC again as Seven nudges past Nine for weekly win 1

Chandon puts F1 drivers at wheel of toy cars in latest campaign

Former One Nation deputy David Oldfield and radio host Sam Frost star in Seven’s Hell’s Kitchen

Better Home & Gardens tops AFL and NRL in Friday night battle

Swisse rolls out first ad as part of Ferrari sponsorship 1

Victoria Bitter abandons cricket sponsorship after two decades

Grays Public Relations appoints Michele D’Aloia as general manager

The Tangello Group to publish Diabetes Australia’s magazine

Nine signs deal with Phil ‘Gus’ Gould to provide ‘exclusive’ content across Wide World of Sports 1

Media warned about dangers of pre-roll ads on live streams

UberX customers receive surprise Porsche ride in new campaign 6

Hill+Knowlton Strategies appoints Tanya West to senior leadership team

Cosmopolitan editor Claire Askew to leave Bauer Media 1

New PR agency Prosper Public Relations launches in Brisbane

Instagram calls for kindness with four new features 2

AFL returns to television with 591,000 viewers 3

GroupM and media auditor legal dispute over ‘misuse’ of confidential documents concludes

Powerade launches ‘Powerscore’ competition featuring Billy Slater

Family trades in pet dragon for ‘instantly better’ natural gas in new Jemena campaign

Peters Ice Cream unveils bespoke Maxibon app 2

New Australian drama series launches exclusively on Instagram 1

Australia takes home five golds at Festival of Media APAC

IAB links with Coalition for Better Ads in a bid to improve online ad experience

Talking Aldi foods arrive home, meet new foods in latest work

Alan Jones set to return to 2GB on Monday 1

Daily Telegraph grabs ninth place in Nielsen news rankings as News.com.au builds on lead position 3

9Honey officially launches mums content play as Helen McCabe eyes off video and finance expansion

Seven’s My Kitchen Rules claims top spot for Wednesday night’s ratings

Isentia CFO and company secretary Nimesh Shah resigns

Cat stares down men for their burgers in new KFC work 8

Advertising Week to launch in Sydney in 2018

Jaywing re-brands Australian agencies in official launch down under

Advertiser backlash over poor performance of The Biggest Loser 10

PPR picks up social media account for Colgate-Palmolive

TUH Health Fund appoints Brother & Co to creative duties

Former Diageo marketer Matt Bruhn returns to Australia, takes on new CMO role 2

ANZ reviews its public relations account

Programmatic ‘simply not working’ for brands or publishers 31

Design agency Creative Co aligns with United Yeah to create integrated offering

Ten’s Biggest Loser: Transformed pulls lowest audience of the season 1

Yahoo7 partners with Mastercard for data offering aimed at improving ad effectiveness 10

Phillip Island Nature Parks showcase ‘Penguin Parade’ in tourism push

Woolworths increases focus on cheap prices in latest ad targeting families 3

Leo Burnett appoints Jason Williams as national chief creative officer 3

Storage King fixes everything from moving stress to facial rashes in latest campaign

Massive scented Tic Tac boxes used to promote Berries flavour outside supermarkets 4

The M Agency appoints Marcus Seal to bolster Melbourne presence 1

Lotterywest uses UV-sensitive paint to show how quickly a lottery ticket can change people’s lives

‘I can’t find any men to hire’: chief marketing officer 18

The Biggest Loser axed from Sunday night television 1

Married at First Sight dominates Monday night ratings as The Biggest Loser continues to struggle 1

Havas acquires shopper marketing agency BD Australia 1

Merv Hughes learns ‘The Man Shake’ to get rid of beer gut in new weight-loss supplement ad 1

School janitor says ‘Shut up and take my money’ in latest KFC ad 14

Indecisive punters and previous betting winners focus of new TAB ‘We Love a Bet’ ads 8

Oracle hunts for new public relations agency

Kong proves to be massive money monkey movie at weekend box office 2