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Connecting Plots launches digital and media offering, cementing full-service status

Havas’ James Wright formally expands remit in wake of Virginia Hyland exit

Linkby bets big on generative engine optimisation with US$15m funding boost

Social media ban ‘a defining issue for Gen Alpha’ 1

Out-of-home revenue up 20% for June quarter

Aussies love insurance ads but can’t name the brands: TRA research

LINA secures eleventh-hour funding extension

Vinyl declines to confirm print future of Rolling Stone Australia 1

QMS takes Auckland Transport from Ooh Media

Australian Super appoints head of brand and growth marketing

Hook Creative Studio welcomes new hire

Dave Cameron departs SCA 1

Ogilvy PR wins Tourism New Zealand pitch in Australia

‘Unlike anything they’ve done before’: It’s Friday launches first work for Greater Bank 1

Finder’s ‘uninterested dad’ commercial pinged by Ad Standards 3

News Corp refreshes news app for the Tiktok era

New body care brand taps The Sphere Agency for launch

Ten to sell ads for Sky News Regional in multi-year content deal 1

Steven Bartlett to do local ad reads as Diary of a CEO joins Nova

Engine ‘invests in leadership’, appoints new general manager 1

Mumbrellacast: Healthcare to receive the Mat Baxter treatment

The Media Store appoints new head of strategy

ACM and News Corp journos strike pay deals, ABC offer rejected 1

Leading post-production company Cutting Edge enters voluntary liquidation

QMS unveils partnership package price for Winter Olympics 1

Cannes Lions tightens rules with new ‘integrity standards’

WPP names new chief executive officer

State of Origin III draws 5.7m to score highest ratings of 2025

REmade agenda expands with Amazon keynote on retail media to build brands

Who’s winning the mushroom murder TV ratings war this week?

Macca’s immortalises brekkie heartbreak in new spot from W+K Sydney 1

TrinityP3 puts pressure on marketers to improve pitching process with new framework 2

AI and emotional intelligence take centre stage at Mumbrella Travel Marketing Summit

Are Media looking for buyer

Nine Audio announces new commercial team

Isuzu ‘redefines reliability’ in launch campaign for new truck range

Max rebrands to HBO Max in Australia today 1

Shout Digital appoints first chief customer officer

‘The realest little things on the market’: How Thinkerbell tackled Mattel product launch

Murder recipe: Recipe Tin Eats founder begs media to be left alone

Virginia Hyland departs Havas Media, alleges workplace rights breach

7 weeks until departure: Mumbrella announces 2025 Travel Marketing Awards shortlist

Mumbrellacast: Commbank goes big with new campaign, media mushroom sins, and Mat Baxter’s take on agencyland

Tell him he’s dreaming: The Kerrigan family reunite for Uber Green campaign, via Poem

WPP Media’s national head of digital investment departs

Bring’s Adam Ireland lands at Always Human as first MD

Ogilvy ANZ CEO Sally Kissane steps down

Donald Trump launches global TV streaming service

‘One of the biggest music investments in Australian advertising’: Mitsubishi’s AC/DC splurge

Mushroom murder trial spawns multiple TV specials

Jodie Koning departs Cartology 1

Bolster Group strengthens media portfolio with new client wins

Michael Christian sues SCA over redundancy and royal prank call

Seamus Higgins departs R/GA, national creative leads appointed 1

Fever-Tree finds new media agency following Bohemia brand exit

Media outlets ‘tripped over a lot of rules’ in frenzy of mushroom murder trial 1

New Commbank campaign features first-ever BVOD roadblock 7

Bonds hands over the reins to influencers in new campaign

SBS farewells chair George Savvides

PHD loses Tennis Australia media account to Atomic 212

Antoinette Lattouf announces new book, Women Who Win

Phoebe Sloane joins Bullfrog

Naming rights available for renamed Sydney Entertainment Centre

We Are Social wins KFC Australia social account pitch 1

Indie agency Lionize calls in the liquidators

REA Group makes redundancies as overseas competitor looms 1

The Project refuses to die as posts continue 2

Stan Sport prices increase following EPL and FA Cup acquisition 4

Campaign Review: ‘I love the simplicity and irreverence’

Sport back on regional TV as Seven and WIN reach deal

WAN-IFRA sets up AI accelerators with OpenAI funding

TBWA’s Harley Augustine lands at Nation

Martin Sorrell issues stark warning to media agencies 2

Visa to sponsor 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup

ARN sells stake in Emotive as it streamlines business

AANA warns of national fallout from SA junk food ad ban

Kyle Sandilands returns to radio after on-air dummy spit 6

‘Bribery in plain sight’: Paramount to pay Trump $24 million as it seeks merger approval

Mumbrellacast: Junk food ad ban, publishers unite against AI bots, and Tim’s Madfest adventure

Enero Group’s Ian Ball officially named CEO

Resolution Digital restructures leadership 1

Qantas confirms customer data stolen in ‘significant’ cyber attack

Lattouf demands personal apology from Kim Williams

‘Pay per crawl’: Major publishers back Cloudflare’s plan to charge AI companies 2

Enigma appoints Dom Hickey as hiring spree continues

‘They are concocting clickbait hypotheticals’: Health minister bites back at junk food ad claims

Adobe rejects job loss AI theory, says marketers must lead transformation 2

Ogilvy’s Richard Brett expands remit as Emily Poon departs