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Creative agency 12below rebrands to become The Brand Management Company

AHM ad harking back to cricketer Andrew Symonds decking a streaker banned by watchdog for depicting an act of violence 12

DZ Deathrays front Powerball campaign calling for Aussies to vote for their favourite dance floor ‘Powerballad’ 1

ADZ Collective creates pro-bono campaign for foster care organisation Lighthouse Foundation

GPJ expands senior leadership team with two new appointments

Aussie moves $12m media account from Ikon and Switched On to Initiative

Industry watchdog clears KFC ad targeted by Collective Shout 5

Ten to stop broadcasting The Loop 3

552,000 metro viewers tune into Big Bash on Seven, as MAFS dips below 1m

News Corp experiences 23% growth in digital subscriptions in Australia, despite ‘listless economy’, but Foxtel continues to suffer 3

Thinkerbell’s Georgie Cavanagh resigns to pursue ‘side hustle’

Net profit falls 13% at REA Group as property listings continue to drop

Twitter to increase headcount by 20% as it cracks US$1bn quarterly revenue

Chatime appoints Soda Communications to its public relations account

Coles announces exclusive five-year partnership with the AFL 2

News Corp Australia appoints Uber’s Michelle Wood as head of executive comms

PHD expands relationship with Bayer, adding digital media account to remit

Group M’s Venessa Hunt promoted to chief digital strategy officer

Sonia Kruger announced as Seven’s Big Brother host

A man tries to track his business’ progress with a fortune teller in Xero’s first TVCs in Australia

McDonald’s consolidates its account with DDB Sydney causing staff changes at VMLY&R 8

Hamish and Andy top Australian Podcast Ranker for third consecutive month 1

Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell returns to 592,000 metro viewers 1

Mumbrella Travel Marketing Awards shortlist revealed with CHE Proximity, Condor and Tourism NT starring 1

Transport Accident Commission seeks panel of agencies

Kantar acquires leading research company in first move since WPP spin-off

Australian food, travel and lifestyle site Eat Live Escape launches print mag

Baby boomer publisher Your Life Choices sold to Compare Club 1

Australian artists hijack outdoor advertising in capital cities as part of Bushfire Brandalism political art show 2

TV advertising revenue drops 5.9% amid ‘challenging market conditions’

Disney pulls channels from Foxtel 1

Weekday breakfast TV performs 200% better than average for advertisers, according to new report 4

MAFS soars as MKR plummets to 402,000 metro viewers on Tuesday night

Another marketer out at Foxtel as chief of brand marketing, Arianna Saita, resigns 1

Second major study into the industry’s mental health, Mentally Healthy 2020, launches 3

Mondelez shifts $40m media account from Mindshare to Wavemaker 1

Marketing agencies launch industry ping pong competition Rally Together to raise money for the Wires Emergency Fund

F1 marketing and comms director Ellie Norman returns to the Mumbrella Automotive Marketing Summit lineup

EVH hires Daniel Higgins as strategy director

Phillip Kingston steps down from TGO 8

Nicole Sheffield to lead ABC Advisory Council

Shelley Hammond launches One Roof Agency, with foundation client Almond Breeze 1

‘Because all we do is insurance’: Chubb rolls out global platform and campaign from 72 and Sunny

Michael Hing to replace Veronica Milsom on Triple J drive

IGA takes aim at Coles’ Little Shop Collectables in campaign from The Core Agency

Flourish wins the public relations, content and social account for Avalon Airport

Seven launches AFL season with ‘Home of Footy’ promo

Nine promises ‘juicy’ breakfast TV in Today promo with Allison Langdon and ‘very naughty boy’ Karl Stefanovic 1

Coles strengthens marketing team with two senior appointments, including Tourism Australia’s Geoff Turner 1

Hasbro appoints Mediacom to $6m local account as part of global consolidation

1.154m metro viewers give Married At First Sight its largest ever launch

Clemenger BBDO Sydney hires Wunderman Thompson’s Brona Kilkelly as senior planner 1

Ad spend dragged back 5.3% in 2019 calendar year, ending a seven-year run of growth

Kayo pays tribute to Kobe Bryant with a ‘blank’ page in the Herald Sun 1

Trevor Crook named head of sport and partnerships for SCA 1

Thrive hires Phemmie Wilkinson and Lauren Nowak to business director roles

The Australian Open hands Nine a TV ratings week win

890,000 metro viewers tune in for Sofia Kenin’s first major title

Antony Catalano joins realestateview.com.au board with business partner Alex Waislitz, continues building ‘multi-pronged media group’ 1

Alex Noonan appointed editor and content director of InStyle Australia 1

Nova introduces interactive audio commercials as next phase in voice strategy

Former CEO Ben Lilley to acquire McCann Australia 3

Time Out slammed for ‘disgrace’ of a job ad for part time editor paying just over $30,000

‘News Corp is a climate criminal of the highest order’: Protestors lie in Holt Street to demand advertiser boycott 5

Mornington Peninsula’s Ritchies Supa IGA celebrates 150 years of business with a school play

Nunn Media nabs Affinity’s Giorgia Butler as head of strategy and innovation 1

A young girl rights her wrongs to earn a family trip to McDonald’s in latest ad 1

1.524m metro viewers tune in for Novak Djokovic’s eighth Australian Open title win

Lea Egan joins Clemenger BBDO as creative director

Former Youfoodz CMO Adam Coward becomes chief revenue officer at startup Muval

IAA launches Red Cross fundraiser, encouraging global marcom industry to donate to bushfire relief

MAFS companion show Talking Married returns, after being axed last season

Osher Günsberg, Meshel Laurie and international speakers from BBC and Podean to speak at Mumbrella Audioland

Pacific’s Nicole Bence appointed network digital sales director of Seven West Media 1

Bauer Media launches new Ashy Bines magazine 1

Q&A’s Bega bushfire special forced to relocate to Canberra due to bushfire risk

Ray Hadley and Bob Fulton step down from full-time roles on the Continuous Call Team

Federer, Nadal, Barty and Hemsworth appear in Australian Open campaign announcing ‘Australia is Open’ 1

Seek launches ‘This Way Forward’ brand platform with campaign from Clemenger BBDO Melbourne and Six Black Pens

PR agency Agent 99 adds four new clients to its list 1

1.182m metro viewers tune in to watch Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer on Nine

Dentsu’s global CEO Tim Andree to take a health-related leave of absence

Olympian Nova Peris sues Jacinta Price for Studio 10 debate that allegedly implied she ‘supported rapists’

Stella Artois captures scenes of the Australian Open in artworks for OOH and social media

CX agency GHO hires Domenic Bartolo as its first design director

Optus pays second-largest ACMA fine of over $500,000 for spamming unsubscribed consumers with marketing messages 1

Facebook no longer worried about ‘offending’ people as it reveals financial results

KPMG’s customer, brand and marketing advisory names Jenny Roche as partner in addition to three senior hires