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Aussie adtech MagicBrief secures $2 million in pre-seed funding

TV Wrap: The Ashes hands Nine another overnight and weekly win

Carpet Court celebrates 50 years of ‘Living It’ in new spot

4×4 brand TJM launches first-ever national brand campaign

Meta to fund fact-checkers for Voice referendum

Wahl launches its first women’s shavers range with Olympian Kaylee McKeown

Matildas join forces with music megastar Tones And I

Australians have their eyes on near and far destinations – and will quit their jobs to travel

Shortlist unveiled for 2023 Mumbrella Sports Marketing Awards

Big weekend for Threads: 98 million new users and a cease-and-desist 2

Gordon Legal will ‘get you back to solid ground’ in new campaign via By All Means 1

Tony Abbott to launch new podcast with former chief of staff, Peta Credlin 4

TV stars rush to deny explicit images allegation

COMvergence investigating its media agency billings report after complaints 5

Third test of the Ashes begins as it wins Thursday FTA entertainment

The General Store bolsters creative team with two new hires

Australians love to explore streaming content – but get impatient easily

Meta’s bold call on advertising on its new social media platform Threads

CommBank honours grass roots football in new Matildas brand sponsorship campaign

UM wins Upfield media account in a global appointment 1

VB’s hilarious clapback at ‘bitter’ English cricket team

WPP confirms redundancies post ASX-delisting 4

Snap Inc appoints new PR agency of record in Australia

A very close race for Seven and Nine in Wednesday ratings

Foxtel picks exclusive launch partner for ads on BINGE

More social and better for business: Meta stares down TikTok in short form video battle

Yahoo Academy’s 2023 class announced

A suitably sparkly OOH for Barbie 1

Village Cinemas opens the door to retail media via Zitcha

Threads: Everything you need to know about Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Twitter killer’

delicious. serves up record audience numbers for May

Campaign Review: Heaps Normal and Club X’s blasts from the past

Major job change for ABC star David Speers

Trouble for Nine as its upcoming Gordon Ramsay format tanks overseas

Coles champions product quality in latest campaign via Smith St 6

Time for a ‘big fat holiday’: PR vet Stuart Gregor sells Four Pillars Gin to Lion 1

The AFR is launching a luxe watch fair 1

The Chase Australia keeps top entertainment spot; Seven wins the night

OOH revenue steadily growing in Q2 2023: OMA

Marketing heavyweight Chris Taylor moving on from Movember

Green OOH network JOLT appoints NSW sales director

ABC resets its diversity targets – some of which it’s meeting and some it’s not

Australian Olympic Committee to speak at Mumbrella Sports Marketing Summit

Australian Payments Plus appoints full-service media agency This is Flow

oOh!media lands its second government tender in a week

Former Citibank Aus talent to lead Lution’s new martech practice

Entain Group mega account up for grabs – but does anyone want it? 1

Ogilvy PR promotes internally for head of consumer PR and influence 1

A Rush to go… nowhere: Nine’s big new format off to a very slow start

JCDecaux and IR Department take environmental, social and governance action

Better Beer launches bitcoin treasure hunt

Below Deck’s Jason Chambers stars in new tongue-in-cheek campaign for Bonds, via Special

Superhero promotes Chris Whitnall to CMO 1

Australian ad spend cools down in May as political dollars depart: SMI

What happens if SCA gets Kyle and Jackie O back? 1

Bolster Group unveils moving History Is Calling social campaign for The Voice

Is the traditional TV launch an endangered species? A new dawn of experiential media activations looms

Herd MSL appoints new chief creative strategist

Aussie exec appointed Uber’s global agency lead

Real estate giant Ray White unveils new branding for commercial division

Bendigo Bank launches NAIDOC Week podcast miniseries

Mondelēz Europe’s marketing leader Ben Wicks returns to Australia

TV Wrap: Second Ashes Test ends with the crowd’s ill feeling but an entertainment win on TV 1

Tourism Australia’s ‘Come and Say G’Day’ launches in China with new assets

Report: Kyle & Jackie O in talks with old network SCA about comeback 2

Most Aussies support a ban on gambling ads, polling finds 1

Country Road appoints external creative agency for first time since 2014

News Corp Australia hires new general manager for commercial operations

Edelman makes senior executive redundant as part of global directive

‘Fixed’, ‘fuxed’ or ‘f***ed’? Athena Home Loans pinged by Ad Standards 1

This creative agency pitted an AI vs its human creative. Who came out on top? 5

Don’t take law advice from your Uber driver, says Carroll & O’Dea in new campaign

Industry rallies to support Atomic 212’s Emma Macey and daughter Bella

Now’s the time for adland to take a good, hard look in the mirror, gambling ad ban supporters say

Menulog and Wu-Tang offer ‘Dolla Dolla Deals Y’all’ in new brand platform via Thinkerbell

Mumbrella Publish Awards final entry deadline today

QMS gears up for gold as it presents Paris Olympics OOH offerings

Aussie MMA star Jack Della Maddalena takes on ‘quick finishers’ 1

Four expert agencies appointed by The Cheesecake Shop

Nine appoints its first chief data officer

Nine’s Ashes coverage wins Wednesday night, tops all advertising demos

Bonza, Safari, TrafficGuard and more complete Mumbrella Travel Marketing Summit program

TEAM LEWIS appoints Martin Harkin its Australian MD

Jim Moser quits BBDO to return to Australia

Seamus Higgins returns to R/GA to lead creative offering

Thinkerbell takes VEGEMITE back to its iconic roots to mark 100 Mitey Years 1

SodaStream dreams big in new global brand platform and creative

Kayo Sports viewership to now be reported through OzTAM