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Universal Music and Optus extend partnership

2Ser launches History Lab podcast

9Now to offer five live streams of State of Origin 1

Kamin Gock awarded CRA’s Brian White Scholarship

Kiis’ Jackie ‘O’ Henderson to host inaugural Red Cross Farewell Fashion Show 2

AANA and PwC CMO Advisory enter strategic alliance

Cricket Australia scores WA power company Alinta Energy as shirt sponsor

Acxiom LiveRamp extends IdentityLink service to Australia

Ooh media wins Newcastle Airport rights

Adobe to acquire Magento Commerce in $1.65bn deal

InMoment opens Melbourne office as part of APAC expansion

PRIA opens call for entries for 2018 Golden Target Awards

Nova locks in commercial arrangement with esports company ESL 1

Nick Russo joins DDB Sydney as managing partner for Volkswagen

SBS drama The Ropes commences production

Chris Skelton appointed as Chief Revenue Officer for Marketplacer

Bill Clinton’s former environmental adviser Nate Hurst to give free speech

APN Outdoor joins the AANA 1

Mercerbell makes three senior appointments to digital team

Convert Digital appointed to launch House in UK

Kiis’ Celeb HQ to go behind the scenes of The Voice

Neighbourhood paper celebrates first year

Cab Digital Media locks in Media Planet as partner

Facebook launches Youth Portal for teens’ online safety and education

Sponsorship platform Turnstile scores Formula 1 client

Blis upgrades smart trends consumer insight tool

Michelle Schuberg joins The Pulse as general manager 3

Salmat appoints Karen Lewis in new digital role

Facebook to offer grants for meetups in newly launched fund 1

Broadsheet appoints Andrew Knowles and Katya Wachtel as directors

Mobile adtech startup Wrappli scores $115,000 in NSW government grants

Independent podcasters chip in to support Salvos’ Red Shield Day

M&C Saatchi Group promotes Sophie Price to head of integrated strategy 4

Columbus, a Merkle Company promotes Mitchell McBeath as national managing director

PPR to run public relations for World Air Transport Summit and IATA AGM in Sydney

HiSmile appoints Sean Fisher as head of advertising 1

Unruly appoints Heath Irving as head of programmatic and partnerships

Employment marketplace startup Cavalry gets seed funding after strong early results

InStyle and Audi celebrate ten years of partnership for Women of Style Awards 2

QMS launches two new billboards in Western Australia 1

Voice agency Versa launches Alexa skills for Domino’s and CoastalWatch

Hit Network and Triple M available on Sonos 3

Kirsty Stuart joins Marc Edward Agency as senior account executive

PodcastOne launches Be A Man podcast 2

V Energy and 20th Century Fox launch motivational book

Matt Rose promoted to account management lead at Cummins & Partners 1

Twitter and SBS partner for 2018 FIFA World Cup

ActiveCampaign announces a Sydney sales office 1

Audience360 enters data partnership with AFL 1

ABC and Create NSW launch Climate Fiction project funding

Mazda takes sponsorship deal with Foxtel’s Showcase

Sparro wins innovator prize at Microsoft Bing partner awards

Optus reveals 2018 FIFA World Cup host lineup 2

The Clare Atkinson Memorial Scholarship awarded to Chantelle Bringas

Former NT chief minister Adam Giles joins Sky News 9

APN Outdoor reveals 2018 Young Lions shortlist 1

Bureaux Collective hires Jonathan Pangu to lead marketing

Kylie Washington to lead Australian production arm for BBC Studios 1

SBS reveals 2018 Fifa World Cup Russia schedule 4

Olivia Newton-John returns to Smooth FM

Screen Australia announces new guidelines for drama development

GPJ Australia named as ceremonies producer for Invictus Games 2

Fairfax Media launches bespoke and branded content series

Pacific Magazines’ InStyle revamps website

Peter Greste and Gerard Ryle awarded Press Freedom Medals

Informatic Communication Investment signs rights to Origami Logic

Gidget Foundation Australia launches book to help parents with perinatal depression

Former Sony managing director appoints chairman of Showdown

The Bachelor in Paradise star Apollo Jackson becomes face of Tim Tam Genie

Streaming platform Acast enters BBC international podcasting deal 1

Australian freelance director Charles Williams nominated for Cannes Palme D’Or

Lida promotes John Pannocchia to executive producer

Taurus wins NewDirector Care’s PR account

Nova’s Fitzy & Wippa and Kate, Tim & Marty head to London for week of broadcasting

Ooh Media renews contracts with University of Sydney and University of WA

John Wiley & Sons to publish Medical Journal of Australia under new partnership

Enero appoints David Brain as non-executive director

303 Mullenlowe Perth breaks news of hospital closing in latest campaign

News Corp launches ‘Come Together’

APN Outdoor’s B-Line buses available for advertisers 7

Interbrands’ G’ AY MATE wins two D&AD pencils

Decoded to present as part of Vivid Sydney

QUT Creative Enterprise announces marketing entrants for Australia’s first creative tech accelerator

Agencies RXP and The Works team with law firm on tech podcast

Experiential agency INVNT launches APAC office in Sydney to be led by Laura Roberts

Bauer Media officially launches Women to Love

Fetch TV adds another BBC channel to its line up

Acorns Australia rebrands to Raiz Invest 11