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Buzzfeed to close Australian news operations 10

Joan Westenberg launches PR and advertising firm Studio Self

Adore Beauty launches its first campaign with help from Cummins & Partners

Carat to host virtual ‘Couch-ella’ festival tomorrow, featuring Roxy Jacenko, Christian O’Connell, and Nova Red Room performance 7

Hotwire promotes Jaime Nelson to MD 1

Warner Media appoints regional head of marketing and brand services, Athreyan Sundararajan 1

Qantas revives ‘I still call Australia home’ campaign as international travel remains a distant dream 7

The Voice returns May 24 with ‘most controversial season yet’ 3

Ray White’s head of marketing Lisa Pennell departs

Miller Genuine Draft celebrates Jeff Staple and Bellroy collaboration for 2020 Design Lab campaign

Black Hawk and Vitapet thank Australia’s pets for keeping people company in lockdown

News Corp Australia forges ahead with major restructure as discussions with Antony Catalano cease 9

Pointless’ Andrew Rochford and comedian Ciaran Lyons join third season of Filthy Rich & Homeless

Campari Australia supports local venues with cocktail delivery initiative

Ooh Media chief customer officer David Scribner exits, deciding it’s ‘best for him and the business’ 1

White Grey named creative agency of record for Danone Nutricia healthy ageing

CHE Proximity makes 35 redundancies due to COVID-19 impact on clients 61

TBWA Melbourne and Clemenger BBDO Melbourne to be reviewed in latest Mumbrella Pro Agency Report Cards

Ten drops Pilot Week for 2020, but says The Amazing Race will still go ahead

Lego Masters hits new season high as 1.238m metro viewers tune in on Monday night

R/GA’s Craig Brooks and Joel Pearson launch creative studio Not Bad Pretty Good 2

Instagram and Facebook add gift card links for small businesses

Alan Jones to step down from radio at the end of May 14

Former Naracoorte resident launches local newspaper after ACM ‘walked away from our community’ 3

Celeste Barber hosts wine-focused content series for BWS

Bench PR hires senior consultants Min Chow and Melissa Mack

Independent magazine Chillfactor crowdfunds 2020 issue

Group business director Ben Epstein departs Clemenger BBDO Melbourne

Former Mediacom chief investment officer, Nicole Prior, starts at UM as chief media partnerships officer 1

Cadbury encourages generosity and kindness in latest ad 10

OOH audiences return after initial COVID-19 free-fall, despite ‘the threat of a fine’: QMS data 1

L&A Social Media wins five new food and beverage clients 1

NZME appeals for ‘urgent government action’ to acquire Stuff for $1, but Nine has ‘terminated discussions’ 1

Edelman makes 15 roles redundant as COVID-19 adds to business pressures 10

ACM’s Antony Catalano poised to buy News Corp’s regional papers 8

Ten to launch a fourth new multi-channel 2

TV Week editor Thomas Woodgate departs 2

Gruen starts planning for return of a ‘very different’ show

World Vision launches news program hosted by Mel Doyle

Regional Life Group launches free local paper for Orange

Former PPR CEO Michael Pooley becomes Westpac’s head of corporate affairs

Jimmy Brings recruits Sophie Monk to promote service during lockdown 2

Menulog provides a glimpse of Snoop Dogg’s ‘spicy’ version of its jingle

Westinghouse promotes new kitchen range in campaign via Connecting Plots

AFL players compete to become Telstra’s Australian Dice Football League champion, hosted by Andy Lee

Seven ends relationship with controversial TV chef Pete Evans 1

Rupert Murdoch to forgo his FY20 bonus as revenues slide at News Corp 4

Woolworths’ Cartology makes four senior hires, including head of marketing and insights 1

ARN points to ratings success as revenue slides 40% in April

Seven axes 50 sales staff 1

‘Landmark’ programmatic investigation finds almost 50% of ad spend disappears before reaching publishers 13

News Corp to close commercial operations at Storyful APAC 2

WPP faces potential $10m loss for H1 2020, plans $70m cost savings with pay cuts and redundancies 1

Optus Sport secures rights to K League, becomes first Australian broadcaster to resume live major football

Therese Hegarty departs as Seven Studios CEO due to ‘transformation’ and COVID-19 1

Indie agency Loud appointed to Lipton’s creative account

UnLtd launches industry-wide Rocket League tournament streamed on Twitch

Good Talent Media adds seven clients to roster and launches podcast

Dettol launches new ads for disinfectant wipes in midst of pandemic

Tourism Australia campaign to live-stream ‘the best of Australia’

Victorian Government introduces subsidy for casual workers in arts and entertainment sectors

Heinz to give away 570-piece ketchup red puzzles as part of campaign to ease COVID-19 boredom

Kitay PR rebrands to KK Projects and adds athlete management arm

B2B publisher Westwick-Farrow Media launches education technology media title FutureED

IPG launches new company Matterkind, subsuming Cadreon brand and teams

Little Creatures launches home brewing masterclass

WPP launches Centre of Excellence, renews $150m working capital debt facility 3

Movember to host a virtual music festival for its May Eight campaign

ARN launches dynamic real-time targeting and phone-shaking tech 2

Foxtel and HBO reach exclusive multi-year deal ahead of HBO Max’s US launch 5

Industry donates almost $3m of inventory to ‘Do it for Dolly Day’ anti-bullying campaign

Kalgoorlie-Boulder and Goldfields of WA launch tourism campaign

Haystac adds Bensons showbags and Girl Guides Victoria to its roster

AANA opens review of the food and beverages advertising code

Budget Direct, Chemist Warehouse and Kimberly Clark join Lifeline’s ’30 Seconds to Save a Life’ campaign

Ex-ARN CEO Rob Atkinson and Vodafone’s Paul Evans join Subly as advisors

Colgate becomes official partner of AFL and AFLW thanks to Wavemaker-led deal

Branding agency Principals hires Mary Winter as insights director

IAA releases advice from global marketing comms leaders about keeping staff safe and motivated throughout COVID-19

Magnum & Co launches business offering to help brands with social responsibility

Government ramps up advertising push for COVID Safe app 3

COVID-19 has reduced OOH audiences by 50%: Ooh Media 3

Revenue for April drops 29.8% across Nine’s broadcasting division 1

2019 report finds a third of advertising complaints were about issues not covered by watchdog

Super funds come together to thank essential workers with virtual hugs

Industry body says Google ‘missed the point’ in defending its relationship with publishers 3

ABC funding cuts close to $1bn, says Get Up-commissioned study

Clemenger BBDO Sydney wins the creative account for Brookvale Union