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MasterChef Australia judge Jock Zonfrillo passes away; Ten postpones season premiere

Budget Direct launches Mother’s Day iteration of Insurance Solved campaign

Nine’s The Big Ideas Store pop-up kicks off at Sydney’s Beta Events in two weeks

Audioland: Weber Shandwick global CCO on scaring people into visiting Sweden

Squarespace in-house creative team launches Australian brand campaign

TV Wrap: I’m A Celebrity finishes on top with average 562k metro viewers; Seven takes the week

VOZ officially launches with overnight datasets to become available today

Dentsu taps ex-Wiggle Greg Page for Flora ProActiv heart health campaign

Edith Cowan University launches new brand platform after agency roster switch up

JCDecaux, Westpac take over Sydney’s Wynyard to Barangaroo tunnel in new OOH partnership 1

Young Henrys launches new ginger beer product with origin story campaign via Paper Moose

SCA MD and CEO Grant Blackley steps down, replacement named 1

Audioland: Marketers must use sonic branding more consistently to reap the rewards asserts expert panel

IPG reports YoY decline in revenue, CEO highlights ‘softness’ from marketers in technology sector

WPP posts £3.46bn revenue in Q1; on track to deliver full-year guidance

ACCC says Meta still the biggest social media player with TikTok, Twitter and Snapchat competition ‘weak’

Audioland: Australian podcast consumption increasing on all fronts according to Infinite Dial findings

The Chase Australia wins Thursday entertainment; Seven takes the night

Big W launches new Home Living campaign via M&C Saatchi 3

Audioland: Specificity the key to cut through in a saturated podcast market experts assert

Paramount looks to bright side as A-League Women grand final kicks off post host-city drama

Campaign Review: First works from The Reject Shop and Harvest Snaps

Comedians, authors and podcasting experts join the Mumbrella360 line up

Footy season doubles sports content consumption time in March: Ipsos

Nine expands NRLW deal to broadcast all 48 games for upcoming season

The Evening Mumbo – Thursday 27 April: Financial results, AJF Partnership ends founder-led era, ACMA pings broadcasters

Alone Australia reaches 1M viewers as Seven tops Wednesday ratings

Government to explore co-located, multi-purpose space and location bidding for potential SBS relocation

Audioland: The Hallway on ‘building memory structures’ and how ‘anthemic music’ is key

Mindshare confirms new chief strategy officer 1

Meta posts solid Q1 results following March redundancies

Spinach bulldozes Sydney Opera House, MCG in Australian Conservation Foundation campaign 1

APAC marketers embrace streaming despite questions on effectiveness: Nielsen

Initiative nabs Mindshare’s Paige Wheaton as new chief investment and partnerships officer

AJF Partnership ends founder-led era as Adam Francis exits 3

Foxtel, SCA, WIN nudged by ACMA over Sky News program 2

Zenith wins Modibodi media account

Colgate creates head gear for the hard of hearing via VMLY&R

Kathmandu launches winter ‘We’re Out There’ iteration via Special Group New Zealand

Seven scores entertainment win with Anzac Day AFL game

Organic growth slows for Havas Group in Q1 2023 results

Google’s ad revenue drops for the second consecutive quarter

Mutinex launches partner program, taps Dentsu as exclusive agency partner

Ryvalmedia wins Ray White Corporate Victoria and Tasmania after competitive pitch

New agency models need to go beyond talk, says local Huge boss

UNICEF Australia names Howatson+Company as media agency

Agency leaders should feel confident to drop out of ‘disappointing’ pitches: Dan Monheit 4

March commercial radio ad revenue dips amid tightening spend: CRA

TV Wrap: Farmer Wants A Wife tops Sunday entertainment; Seven wins the week

Expedia names Lisa Perkovic as employee communications lead

Twitter users more likely to quit than buy Twitter Blue

‘It’s easy to get paralysed’: Why Australian media and marketing pros are being overwhelmed by data

Final week to enter the Mumbrella Awards

Lachlan Murdoch discontinues defamation case against Crikey publisher Private Media 4

WhiteGrey looks to The General Store again for new ECD

The Chase Australia on Seven tops entertainment; Nine takes the night

Publicis Groupe posts 7.1% organic revenue growth; data and tech the secret sauce

Bohemia wins back Schneider Electric ANZ

The Evening Mumbo – Thursday 20 April: New senior marketer at ANZ, GfK metro radio ratings, Dentsu says Yes to the Voice

Srishti Narayan appointed Tourism Fiji CMO as Emma Campbell departs

ANZ appoints new head of brand strategy and marketing 1

Perth radio ratings: Nova remains overall market leader, ABC struggles across all shares

Howatson+Company adds creative and production duties to UNSW remit

Binge ads a ‘success’ so far says Foxtel Media’s Frain; lessons learned from rival launch 6

Adelaide radio ratings: A change at the top as Triple M leads the pack

Travel Guides premieres to 582k metro viewers as Nine wins the night

News Corp makes 23 staff redundant across metro, regional and community titles

First entries for the Mumbrella Awards close this Friday

Brisbane radio ratings: Hit Network and Nova swap places again

Australian programmatic ads the second most polluting globally: Scope3

Sydney radio ratings: SCA stations the biggest movers; 2GB back on top

Campfire X to create educational Voice campaign for First Nations Media

Melbourne radio ratings: Russ and Ross maintain 10% lead while drive race heats up

Dentsu says Yes and urges businesses to embrace a ‘once in a generation chance to right a historic wrong’ 1

Netflix breaks stagnant revenue streak; ad-tier performs ‘above initial expectations’

Connecting Plots acquires creative agency Two G’s

Formula 1 clout drives Red Bull to the top of YouGov’s Biggest Brand Movers in March

Foxtel ‘highly likely’ to be a streaming only business in the future: Mark Frain 1

Craig Roberts to head up new Dentsu Sports Analytics offering for APAC

Blind dates yield mixed results on Farmer Wants A Wife as Seven wins the night

Kayo found in breach of gambling advertising rules due to ‘system error’

AiMCO shuffles leadership, elects Social Law Co’s Tegan Boorman as chair

Hamish & Andy reclaims podcast ranker crown post-hiatus

Omnicom Group posts 5.2% organic revenue growth in Q1; Impact mitigation plans ahead

The Evening Mumbo – Tuesday 18 April: Kate Bailey’s expanded remit and other new appointments, Similarweb debunks Musk’s claims, and The Reject Shop partners with Thinkerbell

Nine adds two senior sales roles to usher in Olympics rights era

Kate Bailey given expanded remit at Coles

Surprise exit on Farmer Wants A Wife brings in the entertainment crown for Seven