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Greg Barnes appointed CFO of Nine Entertainment

Mark Fennessy announced as Creative Director for ARIA Awards 30th Anniversary

Experiential specialist George P Johnson shakes up management 1

MEC retains Mitsubishi media account after closed pitch against Starcom

Eyeota and Rocket Fuel announces new partnership 1

PepsiCo president Brad Jakement and Unruly founder Sarah Wood named as Reset speakers

Adrenalin Media promotes Vicky Lalwani to role of general manager 1

Yahoo7 and social shopping site Polyvore launch Australian collaboration

Coon Cheese and Swimming Australia form two-year partnership for Rio Olympics

Travel data platform ADARA reveals metric to measure customer value based on spending

Seven West Media signs Ai-Media to provide broadcast captioning across all channels

Entries open for 25th Annual Catalogue Awards

Press Council to award press freedom medals

LIA 2016 Now Open for Entries

Presto becomes the Australian home to every episode of The Mindy Project

Red Engine SCC Signs First Industry Partnership with ADMATIC 1

Optus and Uber announce exclusive partnership

Sophie Monk joins ARN to work across commercial projects on the KIIS Network

Matthew Crook promoted to Dentsu Aegis chief strategy officer CEO performance & data 1

Mashable hires first sales director in Australia 1

Jono Smith appointed GM for Pocketmath for Japan, Asia Pacific and ANZ

The Australian Turf Club announces commercial and sponsorship appointments 1

Starcom Melbourne promotes Peter Toone to MD and Naomi Johnson to GM 4

QT Media Group appoints Michael Correa head of partnerships and product at QT Mobile

Fairfax Media launches new-look Essential Baby for the modern parent

Australian Gourmet Traveller publishes inaugural Cruising Special

iD Collective appointed new PR agency for clothing brand Uniqlo

Youngbloods Qld sells out first event

Former MJW creative boss Luke Chess joins mammal

News Corp appoints general manager of sales for NSW 9

Richard Hunwick promoted to director of sales television

Fairfax promotes Kristiaan Kroon to National Agency Sales & Commercial Partnerships Director

Magnum & Co hires Mango Communication’s Rachel Wotherspoon as senior account manager 1

Nine confirms it will be bring back Celebrity Come Dine with Me

Sefiani Communications names Carrington Brigham as head of digital and social media

Entries open for radio industry’s awards ACRAs to be held in Melbourne

Nova 106.9 launches partnership with tech platform AirShr

Darren McMullen to host The Big Music Quiz on Seven

oOh!media signs exclusive OOH data partnership with Quantium 1

Young Art Journalism Awards calling for students

Samsung re-signs Australian surfer Sally Fitzgibbons as a brand ambassador

Australia secures 13 finalist nominations for 2016 INMA Global Media Awards

Spotify makes two new appointments to its sales team

DDB Lifelounge partners with Fairfax for the AFR Business Summit next week

N2N Communications promotes Katarina Farrell to general manager 1

Fairfax Media sponsors the Tech Girls movement

Chandon unveiled as new sponsor for McLaren-Honda Formula One team

Vaughan Cottier appointed general manager sales at The Australian

Yahoo7 signs multi-year deal with Google to deliver Seven’s content on YouTube

FCR presents award for best corporate PR student to Shae Duncan

Caroline Overington rejoins The Australian as an associate editor 1

Isobar promotes Joan O’Reilly to Perth general manager 2

President Obama and First Lady to speak at SXSW

Ogilvy PR appoints Anne Fulwood as media director

Dentsu Mitchell promotes David Hearn to national head of communications design

SapientNitro, Rackspace and Australian Tourism Data Warehouse create new data platform for travel industry

Comedy Central comes to Fetch TV 3

Crossmark appoints new leader of shopper experience

Prime Media reports net profit of $16.2m down 17.1% as regional TV revenues hammered

Chartered Accountants Australia and NZ partner with Joy Agency for ‘Art of Prosperity’ CG series

Star Observer editor Elias Jahshan quits after two-and-a-half years to move to London 1

Meshel Laurie joins the Mamamia Podcast Network

News Corp rolls out Unruly video format across digital mastheads including news.com.au

Kevin Morrell joins Southern Cross Austereo as head of data & analytics

Coles, Adobe and Flamingo join ADMA board offering stronger technology focus

Westfield BrandSpace to partner with Bauer Media for Runway Weekend 2016

Louise Romeo joins Carat as head of implementation and investment operations

Guardian Australia grows Guardian Labs team and appoints commercialisation director

BMF adds to account service team hiring two and promotes from within

Pulse Communications looks to retailer Banana Republic for new director

Medical Channel acquires Medical Media giving it access to 800 screens across the country 3

Deepend Group pens report on ‘Experience Economy’

Do you work in communications or advertising and want to join a bike ride?

Daymark launches new offering to help in-house communications teams manage risk

Match Media raises $46,000 for Sydney Children’s Hospital 1

Holographic POS advertiser Holoco opens first Australian office servicing Asia-Pacific

The Sydney Skinny on February 28

New look body+soul launches this Sunday

Alan Kohler comes out of long service leave for #MeetTheMedia events

Fairfax Media offers advertisers access to audience segments through Fairfax Exchange 3

Richard Thompson named new CEO of the Kiwi Premium Advertising Exchange

Big Clash cricket returns with media owners taking on media agencies for charity

NewsLifeMedia unveils a refresh of Homelife.com.au

Media Tonic appointed to manage sales for realestateVIEW.com.au 1

Entries now open for Belle Coco Republic Interior Design Awards 2016

New board heads signal renewed focus for AMAA

News Corp names Mark Simpson as deputy general manager of sales for Queensland

McCann Melbourne names Anita Deutsch-Burley as general manager 1