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Mumbrella Awards winners to be announced tomorrow in a live stream

Women are ‘Made for this’ in Myer’s spring/summer campaign via Clemenger BBDO Melbourne

ABC names Nick Hayden as head of entertainment

‘The Voice of Qld not Murdoch’: Solstice Media title InQueensland targets News Corp in TV campaign

The Royals wins business directory Yellow, expanding relationship with Sensis

Group M appoints Ryan Menezes as chief technology and transformation officer, replacing Cameron King

Coles champions family, sustainability and the little things in ‘Value the Australian Way’ campaign

NSW Rural Fire Service asks ‘How fireproof is your plan?’ in awareness campaign

R/GA hired by Jimmy Brings to develop new brand platform and summer campaign

Sling & Stone announces another five clients in tech and financial services

Seven and Swimming Australia broadcast deal terminated amid Olympic delays

Are Media appoints Car Advice CEO Andrew Beecher as CEO of automotive

‘These issues are complicated’: Facebook backtracks on decision to ban Modibodi period underwear ad

Industry voices implore the senate to vote against the ‘Jobs Ready’ graduates package in video from ACAG

Bastion Collective announces 14 new hires and another 20 roles in market as its growth accelerates

More exits at Foxtel as Ant Hearne and Joel Moran leave Kayo

Affinity appoints new chief strategy officer, nabbing Will Nichols from DDB Sydney’s Track

Instagram celebrates Mental Health Month with Make a Move campaign in partnership with Reach Out

Jenny Brockie steps down as Insight host after 20 years

Broadsheet Media promotes Sian Whitaker to general manager after two years as commercial director

ABC names Jennifer Collins as head of factual and culture

TV content quota changes mean networks and streaming platforms are ‘let off the hook’: screen industry

Simon Ryan’s Ryancap launches data and tech business, Foxcatcher

News Corp names Wesfarmers’ Robert Ure as director of strategy and M&A

303 MullenLowe appointed to creative duties for the WA Mental Health Commission’s alcohol, drug and mental health programs

Memories tracks the connection between a boy and his grandfather in ad launching Future Messages

Nick Kyrgios gets sports stars involved in the #MessFreeChallenge for Old El Paso

We Are Different and Not Bad Pretty Good take on comms work for GME

ACM announces $100m JV with realestateview.com.au, ending relationship with Domain

ABC employees vote against pay rise freeze requested by government

Quiip makes four promotions as it restructures team

Crocmedia rebrands to Sports Entertainment Network

‘The real deal’: Ford pares back the advertising cliches for its new Puma

Keep Left appoints Leo Burnett alum Blair Kimber as creative director

Maximus secretly swaps out bad gamers for a professional in new competition via Clemenger BBDO

Government scraps children’s content quotas in revamp of commercial TV regulations

Facebook bans Modibodi’s ‘The new way to period’ ad for depictions of red ‘menstrual blood’

Perth radio ratings: Return of ratings sees Nova take back the lead from Mix 94.5

Adelaide radio ratings: Ben and Liam top FM breakfast, while Kate, Tim, and Marty lose drive lead

Another redundancy at Foxtel, as Jamie Campbell exits after 13 years

Dentsu Aegis Network becomes Dentsu International in rebrand

Tourism Australia appeals to international visitors with immersive video series

Flybuys takes a step towards becoming ‘Australia’s largest engagement data platform’ with the launch of data division Unpacked by Flybuys

Brisbane radio ratings: Nova surges into top spot while 4BC falters slightly

Sydney radio ratings: Ben Fordham retains lead in first survey since replacing Alan Jones

Melbourne radio ratings: 3AW and ABC Melbourne surge as Melbourne deals with COVID-19 lockdowns

800,000 metro viewers tune in to watch celebs disrobe on Seven’s All New Monty: Guys and Gals

Futurebrand appointed to sports sponsorship platform Myfavorito’s branding account

Bauer Media rebrands as Are Media

Cricket Australia signs four year partnership deal with Dettol

News Corp expands News Xtend into Singapore with new partnership

Telstra’s case against ‘misleading’ Optus network ads dismissed by federal court

Heart Foundation launches Coles Health Hub in partnership with supermarket and News Corp

Ralph van Dijk and Ramesh Sathiah launch dedicated audio branding service

Nova appoints group commercial director and Perth commercial director

AFL launches free entertainment streaming platform with Telstra

News Corp Australia supercharges digital offering with new ad products

TBWA Melbourne hires Eloise Liley as group planning director

PR agency Agent 99 re-signs major clients and announces new wins

Tech start-up Memories pulls at the heartstrings with campaign from The Monkeys

Cam Hoelter returns from New York to join CHE Proximity in Sydney as Wesley Hawes exits

879,000 metro viewers watch Locky find love as Ten’s The Bachelor concludes

Tech start-up Memories appoints Speed as global performance media agency

Agriculture brand Nufarm leverages its local credentials and appeals to Australian farmers

Simon Ryan and Joseph Pardillo make three new hires, taking Ryvalmedia to a headcount of 20

Re promotes Sonja Kallstrom to head of strategy

Emma Alberici joins Compare the Market in comms and government relations role

Qantas ends 30 year partnership with Rugby Australia

AZK Media hires senior content and comms specialist, Athina Mallis

SXSW confirms part of 2021 program will be an online experience

‘Watch a Dog Become a Legend’: Greyhound Racing NSW builds tension ahead of the TAB Million Dollar Chase

Former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley to speak at Mumbrella Automotive Marketing Virtual Summit

Neighbourhood Media brings free, hyper-local magazines to Sydney’s suburbs

Supercars signs $200m five-year broadcast deal with Foxtel and new FTA partner Seven

BMW shreds the rumours behind the new M3 and M4 models in announcement campaign via Clemenger BBDO Melbourne

M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment launches lifestyle division, Fabric

The end of WFH? Mumbrella’s Market Review webinar series unpacks the tech and psychology behind the future of work

Kayo recovers from COVID-19 hit, reporting new high of 600,000 subscribers

335,000 metro viewers tune in for the finale episode of Seven’s Plate of Origin

Tiktok reveals it took down over 100m clips in the first half of the year in transparency report

Mark Hamill and Patrick Stewart face off to launch Uber Eats’ ‘Tonight I’ll be eating’ in the US

Charcuterie or Sherootery?: Hans relaunches its brand with The General Store

AANA cracks down on stereotypes and sexualised imagery in updated code of ethics

Mediasmiths hires Corey Eyre, former Carat investment director, as senior account planner

Tim Bailey says Ten redundancy was a ‘knife through the back’ as he joins 2GB

Mike Napolitano leaves TBWA for DDB Melbourne, replaced by Ricci Meldrum

ABC News appoints Stan Grant as international affairs analyst

Harris Farm appoints Neon Black as lead PR agency