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Federal regulators seek to increase transparency of tech platforms’ activities

Payment redirection scams cost Australian businesses $227M last year

Great Northern highlights the luxury in the outdoors via Clemenger BBDO

UM’s multicultural agency Identity expands leadership team

iSelect’s stunt double spot breaches Ad Standards for violence

#NonSpon? Ad Standards pings Cygnett for ambiguous influencer ad

Jonty Hardy moves into CEO role at DesignStreet

Time Out Australia promotes within its leadership team

Let them eat cake! MasterChef takes entertainment crown: Nine wins Wednesday

Campaign Review: campaigns for a cause

Vitasoy, Leo Burnett: Consumers are looking for brands to lead on sustainability

Amazon’s Andrew Howie joins Taco Bell as CMO

‘Change cannot happen if it isn’t systemic’: bodies lay into bullying and harassment battle 2

Magnite’s MD on SVOD ad-supported tiers: ‘It’ll bring more users into their ecosystem’

Forethought elevates Sacha Cody to GM client success role 2

Claire Williams the new head of marketing for Premium Content Alliance

Alliance Outdoor Media Group and LUMO Digital Outdoor join forces

Poem to head up creative communications for Oporto

Meltwater expands APAC growth with new premium clients

Essence keeps media business of Myer’s, extending 12-year partnership

BCM Group appointed as creative agency for Brighter Super

SBS launches multilingual Australian Census Explorer during NAIDOC Week

Fabulate appoints Marie Galinsky to national sales director

Jägermeister serves new coffee liqueur via Connecting Plots and Starcom

Hardhat adds 3 new directors; promotes within client service team

Cooking with gas! MasterChef wins entertainment 3 days in a row; Nine takes Tuesday

Lisa Messenger’s Collective Hub returns to print once again

Merkle names Simon Doukas as first chief experience officer

Commercial Radio Australia reaches highest weekly audience ever of 12M 1

Havas Australia selects OIS technology to verify programmatic and direct OOH investment

Out-Of-Home revenue bounces back as market embraces digital measurement

Uber Advertising launches locally, led by ex-LinkedIn exec Michael Levine

McDonald’s taps into the communal joy of winter via DDB and OMD

Mixed reality studio Start Beyond appoints Angus Stevens as CEO

Big Red Group appoints new CMO to replace former CGO Matthew Cavalier

KPMG Customer aims to help firms re-orientate around the consumer

Bank of Queensland splits media across Performics and Initiative; drops OMD

Brands increasingly using game advertising to reach diverse audiences: IAB report

Booking.com invites Aussies to stay on Ramsay Street via Red Havas and Host/Havas 1

Lettuce celebrate! MasterChef tops entertainment; Nine wins Monday

Brisbane radio ratings: Nova cements lead, tops drive and breakfast

Perth radio ratings: Nova’s Nathan, Nat and Shaun continue to lead breakfast

Melbourne radio ratings: Listening habits emerge amid stabilisation; 3AW climbs again 2

Sydney radio ratings: KIIS FM takes breakfast and drive crown; Nine’s Fordham remains market leader 4

Adelaide radio ratings: Triple M the overall biggest mover, SAFM wins drive

Sustainability consultancy Edge Environment acquires creative agency Goodness

Sue Squillace to depart Dentsu 1

PHD Sydney sails into Celebrity Cruises media account win

Special bolsters Melbourne team with addition of 2 creative directors

Sheba Nandkeolyar on the implications of a growing migrant population for marketers

Ad spend for May down YOY, but CYTD and FYTD ad demand at record high

Coup for WeAre8, with senior hires from TikTok and Nine ahead of launch 1

Clemenger BBDO appoints Jim Curtis as CCO across both Melbourne and Sydney offices

Grahame Morris departs WPP political relations firm following election 2

Lion persuades beer lovers to “give a XXXX” about the planet via Thinkerbell 2

MasterChef tops entertainment; Nine wins overall viewing and the TV week

Foxtel Media, Essence test new measurement methodology for cross-platform advertising

Audience Precision’s platform Precise360 looks to upend media wastage

Alley wins performance media account for Wilson and Salomon

whiteGREY nabs The General Store’s Olivia Kaufman as managing partner

Trinity P3 to ask agencies to sign bullying, harassment, assault statutory declaration before pitches 4

HT&E completes sale of 4KQ Brisbane

BritBox keen to grow, but no immediate plans for Seven deal

Market wrap: ASX ends financial year with a plummet, as global recession fears loom

Enero acquires GetIT in APAC, furthers global digital marketing offering for Hotwire

Hot off the grill! MasterChef takes entertainment crown; Seven wins Thursday 2

CA, Seven deal ‘makes about as much sense as a screen door on a submarine’: Willee 4

Qantas inks TV, digital agreement with Nine, ABC, and News Corp 1

NSW Government launches multi-partnership COVID safety campaign via UM

Seven seeking to cancel Cricket Australia contract over alleged breach 4

WPP to buy marketing technology firm Bower House Digital

News Corp Australia increases stake in Medium Rare Content Agency

Forbes Australia appoints News Corp talent to group sales director role

News dominates total TV viewing while Nine takes Wednesday

Half Dome answers your questions on ‘unlimited leave’ 2

Seven taps ITV Studios Australia for its new head of entertainment

Are Media partners with OGX Haircare to launch BODfest festival

InMobi integrates mobile supply with Yahoo’s DSP for direct advertiser access

Wunderman Thompson Future Shopper report finds the consumers most likely to shift brand loyalty

Sir Martin Sorrell: Now, you ‘don’t produce the perfect ad’, you produce 1.6m different creative executions

Quantcast launches brand advertising solution, Brand Lift Live

Dual role for Rai Campbell at Jaywing and Frank Digital

FutureBrand Australia makes two senior appointments

Mike Sneesby to give permanent staff a ‘recognition bonus’ after positive FY22 results 4

Ring, ring! Telstra nabs IAG’s chief marketing officer, Brent Smart 2

The steaks are high! MasterChef tops entertainment; Nine takes Tuesday

Woolworths teams up with Disney for new sustainable collectibles

Nine appoints Liana Dubois to newly-created role of CMO