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Ella Ward joins DDB Group Melbourne as first head of DDB experience

Funlab urges Australians to turn off Netflix and subscribe to real life fun via DDB Group Melbourne

Mediahub adds home appliance brand Bosch to its roster

Mumbrella CommsCon full program announced: Sefiani, Poem and Weber Shandwick the latest confirmed

‘What are we striving for? Equality of opportunity or equality of outcome?’ 2

A missing bride on MAFS brings in another entertainment win for Nine

Analogfolk Australia becomes locally owned business in management buyout 1

Death threats aimed at F*ck the Cupcakes staff as vile comments surface on trade media 5

ACCC to probe tech giants’ ‘web’ of services and impact on consumers and competitions

Milkrun’s marketing team including Matt Knapp, cut during recent restructure

IGA spruiks economic benefits of shopping locally

Seven West Media appoints senior Yahoo sales exec; touts gender diversity

Primetime competition proves tough for We Interrupt This Broadcast’s second week on Seven 2

Criteo acquires Australian retail media software Brandcrush

Daily Mail Aus and News.com.au accused of fuelling online troll behaviour 3

By All Means picks up creative for Always Fresh and Toscano

DE&I efforts by Australian media not translating to on-screen targets: Magna

Bullfrog to support female-led startups with pro-bono residency program

Former CMO joins Mumbrella in event content curation role

Toyota Australia sets history in motion in new GR Corolla campaign via Hero

The Evening Mumbo – Tuesday 7 March: Paul Sigaloff, FIFA’s Saudi sponsorship, Zenith, Facebook and Cambridge Analytica update

Paul Sigaloff joins oOh Media as chief revenue and growth officer 4

Movie marketing outfit adds former Village Roadshow and Disney+ talent

Zenith Brisbane wins RACQ media account 2

VisitCanberra launches first campaign from Wunderman Thompson

FIFA faces mounting pressure locally over Visit Saudi deal

Monday ratings: Survivor and Idol post highest metro viewers for the season

Involved Media launches in Canada with an ‘egoless’ agency approach

Bigfoot the star in latest Budget spot via Host/Havas

Mediabrands Content Studio bolsters senior creative team

Cummins&Partners gets new head of strategy post-rebrand

PlanPay brand launches in market via WhiteGrey

The Evening Mumbo – Monday 6 March: Wunderman Thompson, Dean Chadwick, TV ratings, Ipsos Iris

Publicis snags Google’s Dave Bowman as new chief creative officer

Next&Co wins media remit for telehealth provider Doctors on Demand

News.com.au the most-read digital news outlet in first Ipsos Iris report

Wunderman Thompson exits continue; senior management made redundant as CEO returns to Asia 2

Bankwest tells customers ‘We’ve got you’ in home ownership campaign

CarExpert appoints former CarsGuide talent to new c-suite role

TV Wrap: MAFS attracts close to 1m viewers on Sunday night; Nine takes the week

TotallyAwesome recruits 4 new senior APAC-wide leaders

Mumbrella Awards 2023 entries now open

The Media Store adds pro-bono client 1

IWD now a day off for staff at Impact

MYOB appoints The Iconic’s Dean Chadwick as CMO

Eels vs Storm tops 2022 NRL launch on Nine with 455k metro viewers

Greenpeace dobs Toyota into the ACCC for alleged greenwashing through ‘misleading advertising’

Hypetap hires AJF talent as new managing director

Retail media starts eating up budget from other channels, IAB finds

Havas Media Group appoints Rebecca Tos as managing partner of Havas Market×

MissingSchool launches rallying cry for seriously sick kids via Cocogun and Zenith

Darren Stein returns to OMG in Hearts & Science leadership restructure

EssenceMediacom plans measured approach to start ‘fighting back’

ACCC asks businesses suspected of ‘greenwashing’ to substantiate claims

Blooms The Chemist and Hardhat tell a heartwarming story of ‘better’ care

The winners of the inaugural Destroy This Brief revealed

James McGrath steps down as creative director-at-large of Clemenger Group, new Creative Council chair announced 1

MAFS pulls in 921k metro viewers on Wednesday night as drama escalates

YouTube music monetisation boss urges brands to focus on relevance and audience state-of-mind

PHD Australia appoints new heads of planning and effectiveness for Sydney and Melbourne offices 1

First Nexus Australia CEO appointed

SBS Radio rebrands to SBS Audio, with focus on expanding language offerings

Tetley goes totally random in first work from 303 MullenLowe

Lord Nelson Brewery raises the drinking age via H+C 2

January total ad spend down 10% from 2022, Government category down 48%: SMI

Creative outlet Interweave relaunches as Weave

Accenture Song hires former Amazon brand exec

Atomic 212 appoints Claire Fenner as CEO and Rory Heffernan national MD

‘We’re the only one-stop-shop at scale in Australia’: EssenceMediacom APAC CEO fires warning shot 6

Hero’s Brisbane office gets first MD

Former Clemenger agency boss James Neale latest to strike out alone with Activation Union 

MAFS boys night out chaos helps Nine to dominate overall share

TMH reports $3.7m profit for H1 FY23 off back of acquisitions and loan write downs

Woolworths Insurance becomes Everyday Insurance in rebrand campaign from M&C Saatchi

Howatson+Co launch first work for GMHBA 1

Foxtel Group keeps prized HBO content in new deal with Warner Bros Discovery

Dentsu Creative Public Relations launches in ANZ led by Tim Powell

The AFL champions on-and-off the field moments in 2023 launch

The Evening Mumbo – Tuesday 28 February

Aussie Home Loans hands creative and PR to Do agency 1

Resolution Digital makes 3 senior appointments

Change at Omnicom’s Annalect as CEO and COO leave business

Survivor outguns Idol in Monday metro ratings

The Trade Desk nabs former Twitter sales boss for director of accounts role

Didi appoints Next&Co to its media account 1

Former WPP HR leader launches people and culture consultancy

Amplify global CEO says virtual events still have a place in post-pandemic brand strategy

Mutinex valued at $37m in latest capital raise; records 300% growth in 2022