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VMLY&R hires Lucy Wilson as regional director of human resources for Australia and New Zealand

Tennis Australia announces global partnership with Ticketmaster

The Australian Women’s Weekly and AGL celebrate women at annual Women of the Future awards

4 Ingredients’ Kim McCosker begins filming on new show 1

SBS Media adds Teri Lawson to its sales team 1

CBAA and First Nations Media Australia partner on community radio initiative

SAFC partners with Audible.com.au on audio documentary initiative

Punkee reports record traffic for August 1

The Weekly Times celebrates 150 years of publication with special edition

Brightcove launches new video platform for brands, Brightcove Beacon

Olivia Newton-John returns to Smooth FM 3

Kyle and Jackie O launch next ‘You Get A’ giveaway 1

OMD Sydney raises over $19,000 for children’s charity The Pyjama Foundation

Boomtown’s competition attracts strong interest from major brands

New daily comedy podcast to launch with Mark Humphries, Dan Ilic, Chris Taylor and Greta Lee Jackson

Hedley Thomas announced as Radio Alive 2019 keynote speaker

One Republic revealed as next act to land in Nova’s Red Room

QMS completes the acquisition of TLA Australia

Veridooh appoints account director

Adam Long joins Humantix as chief growth officer

VB and Carlton celebrate footy finals with heritage bottlecap magnets 54

AI platform allows marketers to ‘predict the success’ of digital ads with 82.4% certainty 3

Xandr, formerly known as App Nexus, launches Xandr Monetize

Content aggregator Video Elephant launches in Australia and New Zealand

PR agency Fifty Acres to stop work on September 20 in climate change protest

Yahoo Finance launches ‘Make Sense of Finance’ OOH campaign 1

Ex-Village Roadshow chief digital officer launches gaming and esports entertainment venue

Omnicom launches Hearts and Science in New Zealand 1

Gravity Media completes its acquisition of Chief Entertainment

Imagination hires David Mugford as senior art director

Podcast One adds Amelia Philips’ Healthy Her podcast to suite 1

Ten expands podcast suite with addition of Short Black With Sandra Sully

Acast partners with Julia Gillard to promote podcast

One Daydream adds new clients to its talent division Dream Team

New app Josari enables marketers to provide advice to one another

Winning magazine launches second edition

QT Hotels partners with Mini 1

Audience insight platform EMMA continues sponsorship of the Australian Magazine Awards

New report shows the impact of OOH and TV advertising

Saatchi & Saatchi promotes Rebecca Carrasco to ECD

TBWA Melbourne and Adelaide contribute to the 17 Global Sustainable Development Goals boats for Greta Thunberg

VMO announces strategic partnership with Euro Garages Group

Crimtan appoints Laura Kleiman as head of e-commerce retail

Snapchat’s builder app, Lens Studio, reveals new updates

Walkley Awards entries close August 31

Coles and News Corp Australia partner on mini newspaper 4

Mamamia adds Tully Smyth-hosted Social Squad to its podcast suite

Your Life Choices launches first podcast aimed at simplifying retirement

Broadsheet Media expands sales team with two senior appointments

Telstra Broadcast Services engages Magna Systems for digital intercom solution

News Corp Australia launches 2019 Shine Awards in partnership with Harvey Norman

ABC names Michael Carrington as director of entertainment and specialist

Officeworks sponsors the Melbourne Art Trams initiative

New Screen Advisory Committee and games innovation fund for South Australia

Brisbane Airport gets largest digital billboard in southern hemisphere

Streem reveals that the ABC is the most influential broadcast interviewer

Screen Australia exceeds gender targets, launches new plans for 2022 1

Future Women adds to podcast offering with Sylvia Jeffreys-hosted Next Generation Innovators

Triple M’s Big Breakfast heads to rural Queensland to help drought-stricken communities 1

News Media Works announces finalists for 2019 News Media Awards

Ctrl Shift wins The Hallway and Acquire as clients

Verizon Media appoints Media Tonic as WA sales partner

Kate Croser named chief executive of SA Film Corp

Gravity Media set to acquire Chief Entertainment from Telstra 1

Peters launches Maxibon printed socks and beanies for Beyond Blue

Antidote festival adds Kerry O’Brien, Wendy Harmer, David Speers and Lenore Taylor to its lineup

News Xtend partners exclusively with workplace training marketplace GO1

Goa begins 2020 Community Partnership Program with $1m in free media space

VMO grabs Rundle Place retail centre from Ooh Media

AACTA adds award for unscripted online video

Amy Ward joins Nova as Sydney publicist

Tony Armstrong to become first Indigenous football commentator for Triple M

Realestate.com.au launches in-app content

SBS and Screen Australia partner on short-form project initiative

Finalists named in AACTA pitch contest

Engaging Partners to deliver HubSpot services across The Tasman

Travel media company Ink names We Think Media as ANZ sales rep

Screen Australia announces funding for 17 projects 1

Macquarie Sports Radio signs exclusive three year deal for Premier League broadcast

OMA partners with Brisbane Council on Amber Alert campaign

Nova launches real-life podcast to raise awareness for National Missing Persons Week 2

KK&O wins PR accounts for Surfing Australia and Nourish’d

OMA continues support of National Missing Persons Week with OOH signs

Phil Gould, Roy and H.G., and Ian Chappell join Macquarie Sports Radio

Monash University and VMLY&R warn of consequences of inaction

AWARD School announces the top students in each state for 2019

Screen Australia announces $3.6m for 18 documentaries

Verizon Media appoints Aaron Macarthur as NSW sales director