News

Weight loss brand Jenny Craig moves media account from PHD to independent Nunn Media 1

Bacardi Lion names new marketing director as Kristie Asciak departs after less than 12 months 2

SMI: Ten lifts revenue share in 2014/15 while outdoor cements place above newspapers 3

Media watchdog prosecutes Victorian man over pirate Aussie classic rock radio station 5

Poking fun at ourselves will give us edge over rivals, says new marketing head at ING Direct 10

Virgin Mobile enlists celebrity chef for next phase of #Mealforameal social initiative 1

Masterchef and The Project help Ten beat Nine as Today trumps Sunrise for second day

Morning Update: Airbnb kick of ‘Is Mankind?’ campaign with trans-friendly message; 10 Most Watched Ads on YouTube in June

‘A brilliant mind and a very big heart’: politics and adland pays tribute to Neil Lawrence 4

Creative Neil Lawrence dies suddenly during surfing holiday 44

Private Media editor-in-chief Sophie Black to depart 2

Olympian Jane Flemming to MC Mumbrella Sports Marketing Summit with Cricket Australia comms chief to talk about Phil Hughes tragedy 4

Three contenders emerge locally on $17.9m Daimler/Mercedes Benz media pitch

NRL proposal to go five nights a week receives mixed response from media buyers 1

Family Feud strikes publishing and scratch card deals as brand continues to extend beyond TV

Airbnb asks ‘Is Mankind?’ in new campaign urging users to share Airbnb experiences 2

Coca-Cola pulls Fanta TV ad and app after watchdog rules they targeted children 4

Netflix now watched by 1.42m Australians across 559,000 households, claims Roy Morgan 6

Tourism Australia marketing reflecting demand for experiences as ‘sight seeing’ takes back seat 1

Return of Winners & Losers drops dramatically as Nine’s The Voice watched by 1.598m 2

Mumbrella and NIDA’s popular public speaking masterclass moves to Melbourne in August

Morning Update: Twitter’s shares jump after fake story on company’s takeover offer; Monkeys explore a kitchen in Ikea ad

Google pushes app with new campaign which sees content created for Masterchef 2

Sensis moves its display and programmatic representation from MCN to Yahoo7 6

GSK joins ‘mediapalooza’ with local $27.5m media account in play and Maxus on alert 2

Southern Cross Austereo CEO Grant Blackley vows to restore radio Hit Network to number one 3

#MumboReview: Toby Talbot and Eaon Pritchard on IGA, Energy Australia, Handee Ultra and tourism NT and WA campaigns

Eaon Pritchard joins content marketing agency King Content as Melbourne head of strategy 4

Lotto NZ urges Kiwis to imagine how winning the Powerball could change their life 5

Daily Telegraph rapped for accusing welfare council of helping claimants to ‘con’ doctors 2

Tourism Australia puts focus on indigenous experiences in latest marketing push 4

The Voice and Lip Sync Battle help Nine win the night as Seven’s House Rules slides

Unilever moves $59m local media account from Mindshare to PHD 10

Morning Update: Doctor Who series 9 trailer; Lions Festival CEO defends size of Cannes 1

Family films Inside Out and Minions top box office ahead of second instalment of Magic Mike

Lou Barrett staying with Ten as MCN takes on majority of broadcaster’s sales staff 1

TAC raise awarness of new laws targeting drunk and drugged drivers in new campaign

Mediabrands shakeup continues with Stefan Burford and Andrew Livingston departing 2

Tourism NT uses $1m barramundi as marketing hook in bid to entice visitors to the Top End 9

Online audiences for The Age and Herald Sun drop year-on-year while the ABC sees growth 16

Academics and industry heavyweights to judge MSiX Awards with deadline for entry this Friday 1

Telstra, Vodafone eye closer Netflix partnership as three-month Optus deal comes to an end 3

Diabetes Australia kicks off new marketing push aimed at highlighting dangers of the condition

Comedienne Claire Hooper promotes Optus’ home entertainment bundle in two-minute ad 4

Nine’s The Voice claims series high with 1.824m viewers as 668,000 watch Wimbledon final 1

Morning Update: Hugh Jackman escapes prison in mobile phone ad; Star Wars behind-the-scenes look; The Walking Dead spinoff trailer 1

Blackmores Animal Health uses interactive dog ambassador for its Pure Animal Wellbeing range

Psychology and grandmothers used in latest ‘I bought a Jeep’ ads from Cummins & Partners 4

DrinkWise ‘not out to please public health lobby groups’ says marketing director 7

Junkee Media names Tim Duggan publisher following rebrand and appoints head of video 1

Chris O’Keefe shifts from Perth to run UM Melbourne, Bingwa expands responsibilities 6

2GB and Alan Jones broke broadcast rules with climate change claims, says media watchdog 10

Core unveils first work for Sydney Airport Parking 4

Zoo dips slightly on second outing as Ashes deliver Gem audience share of 11.4 per cent

Peter Vogel promoted to MEC Asia Pacific CEO with James Hier named new Australian boss 3

Morning Update: Syfy cuts Jared Fogle from Sharknado 3; P&G sells chunk of beauty brands to Coty Inc

Press Council calls off inquiry into Daily Telegraph’s ‘Death Cult’ Sydney siege special 6

Andrew Scott departs Whybin\TBWA after eight years, hints at future project with Scott Whybin 2

New advertising push sees Aldi celebrating its range of Australian Made products 8

Nine cops backlash from Foxtel satellite customers unable to access Ashes broadcast 33

Fairfax to cut more than a third of journalists in overhaul of Community Media business 7

Newspapers and Adcorp set to lose job ad revenue as Government revises recruiting rules 2

Mumbrella360 video: Planet Advertising With Ted Horton 2

Latest ads: Ford, Volkswagen, WWF, RACQ, NRMA Insurance, NAB, RAC WA 1

Malcolm Turnbull named on next Q&A panel as ABC publishes inquiry terms of reference 11

Samsung Australia names Phillip Newton as new marketing boss after departmental review

State of Origin decider’s audience drops on first two games as the Ashes sees Gem outrate Ten 1

Government review recommends no timetable to be set on switch off of analogue radio 4

Morning Update: Paramount to fight piracy with early web release of movies; Always unveils next ‘Like a Girl’ ad

‘Ain’t nobody got time for that’ suggests SPC campaign to promote its fruit cups 5

Nine to revive Australia’s Got Talent in 2016 3

Mumbrella to hold Sports Marketing Summit at the MCG with leading industry executives 1

New study puts number of video streaming subscribers at more than 2m in Australia 7

AJF Partnership Sydney retains financial services company Perpetual after pitch 1

‘The Droga5 name has been both blessing and a curse’ admits Sydney CEO Sudeep Gohil 20

Film industry veteran and former head of Screen Producers Australia Geoff Brown dies

Awesomeness TV to give local brands access to teen talent with launch of licensing business

Slingshot wins media account for appliances brand Fisher & Paykel following three way pitch 4

House Rules sheds viewers as The Voice and Masterchef break 1m mark 1

Updated: Droga5 ECD Steve Coll departs to join With Collective with Droga creative chairman David Nobay returning full-time 16

Morning Update: Subway suspends brand ambassador Jared amid federal investigation; Harry Shearer returning to The Simpsons; Piers Morgan’s theme park 1

Sydney just holds off Melbourne as biggest radio market with metro stations adding $35m

Eric Faulkner departs media benchmarking firm he started after 25 years at the helm 2

R/GA handed Twitter Australia creative duties

Bond University appoints MEC and Sapient Nitro as its media and creative agencies 3

Yahoo7 pushes itself as ‘relevant destination online’ in campaign from The Monkeys 7

‘Green shoots’ appear for HitFM as Kiis boss denies taking eye off the ball in Sydney

Soap managing director Ross Raeburn becomes latest senior IPG Mediabrands hire 8