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Go Get challenges ‘car monogamy’ in first campaign from creative agency Mr Wolf

Blue Planet Public Relations wins start-up app Ezy St

Nine grows lead in ratings year battle, adds another weekly win to its tally

Ad spend back 3.1% but higher than the last ‘normal’ September month 1

News and current affairs help Seven to a Friday night TV win

Defence Bank shows its support for service personnel across all stages of their lives in new campaign

Anne Wild & Associates wins media relations for Visit Scotland

Daily Telegraph features gold-foil masthead and pop-out paper eagle for Golden Eagle horse races

KFC surprises its Menulog customers with ‘Cursed Colonels’ on Halloween 1

Aldi unleashes a ‘never-ending’ ham for its 2019 Christmas campaign 55

We Are Different wins PR for gaming brand Turtle Beach and Synergy Group

Kitchenaid appoints Hyland to creative, media and content account

Megan Young joins the ABC as children’s production executive

Sky News names The Australian’s Andrew Clennell as political editor 1

Free TV calls for Australian content reform as report shows over $1bn in spending on drama production 1

Cummins & Partners wins creative account for Heritage Bank and launches ‘Bank you very much’ campaign 1

Samsung pitches media and creative accounts 11

Trial By Kyle slips to 292,000 metro viewers as Seven wins Thursday night 7

Daily Mail accuses Press Council of ignoring facts in ‘extraordinary’ ruling against the publication 3

Matt McCann takes over as CEO of Bastion EBA as Simon Garlick becomes chief executive of the Fremantle Dockers 1

VCCP hires Kat Topp and Jess Roberts as associate creative directors

Yarra Trams’ ‘Tram Coach’ creates trophy to reward good travelling etiquette

Nicole McInnes nabs top marketing gig at WW 1

Brexit, Trump and the gender pay gap used in Velocity campaign celebrating 10m members 1

Nine takes the win on Wednesday night as The Block heads towards the finale 2

3AW boss Stephen Beers is out as Macquarie Media prepares for full Nine takeover 13

Finalists revealed for Mumbrella neXt Awards 3

Pureprofile hires Anna Meiler as head of sales and marketing 3

ID Collective adds New Zealand food retailer Fresh As to its client list

Ash Barty fronts Tennis Australia’s push to keep girls playing sport 1

Keep Left hires senior art director Helen Neville as it repositions to a creative agency 4

Tourism Australia follows up Dundee with $38m ‘Philausophy’ campaign 60

Havas becomes master agency of record for youth cancer charity, Canteen

The Heart Foundation and News Corp ‘Walk Away From a Killer’ in the next chapter of their partnership 7

The Amazing Race delivers 522,000 metro viewers for its second outing

Location Sciences launches in Australia to combat inaccuracy of 40% of location data vendors 10

Koala celebrates customer satisfaction award with Ian ‘Huey’ Hewitson and a bunch of animals 5

Win owner Bruce Gordon avoids penalty despite breaching media laws

Shane Warne returns to front News Corp’s fantasy sports competition, SuperCoach BBL

ACCC takes Google to court for allegedly misleading consumers over location data

Foxtel launches Foxtel First loyalty program to encourage customer tenure 16

Macquarie Sports Radio will pause broadcasting from Friday as it undertakes content review 15

Big W counts back from Christmas to today, reminding Australians it’s time to start shopping

Slingshot wins NSW Business Chamber’s media account 1

Comms agency Society names WPP’s Annike Morgan as head of new Sydney office

PETA hits out at ARN for ‘rejecting’ Melbourne Cup cruelty ad 7

QMS Media to be acquired by Quadrant Private Equity 1

Boss Coffee launches in Australia with ‘How Japan Can’ brand platform 1

Cedar Woods Properties names Matej Nvota as national marketing manager

The Amazing Race Australia premieres to 635,000 metro viewers 2

The Fork hires James Walmsley as head of marketing

VMO appoints Liam O’Meara as Sydney sales director 2

Seven Communications wins the PR account for subscription service Hellocars

Inside Out PR wins public relations for Moore Park Golf and Eimele

WE Buchan rebrands to WE Communications 1

Verizon Media appoints Carly Williams and Alicia Vrajlal to editor positions on HuffPost 3

Joker remains unbeatable as it nears $35m in Australian box office takings

Group M creates specialist e-commerce team led by Roger Dunn 1

MAFS’ Cyrell Paule and Nine sued for defamation over racism and assault allegations 6

Leo Burnett wins global creative account for Kayla Itsines’ women’s health platform Sweat 3

Coca-Cola champions inclusivity with latest ‘Share a Coke’ campaign 4

Nine secures an easy Sunday night win as The Block soars past 1m metro viewers

Jon Vertigan leaves breakfast hosting to become ACE Radio group content director

Isentia chief commercial officer Sean Smith to depart 7

Atomic 212 promotes Angus Bower to Sydney’s head of SEO

Bunnings partners with designers and influencers for Make It Yours content series

Contented Media launches second print title, Citysider

Nine edges closer to winning 2019 with another weekly ratings win 2

Daylight Agency debuts sticker character ‘Avery’ in first campaign for the adhesives brand

Australian Spartan to air on 7mate on November 6 2

422,000 metro viewers watch Nine’s Friday night Rugby League Test between Australia and New Zealand

Michael Rowland, Adele Ferguson and Mark Baker resign from Melbourne Press Club amid ongoing disputes 1

QMS enters trading halt pending announcement to market

Nova shares the love in new multi-platform marketing campaign 1

All female ride-share company Shebah joins push against Uber and taxis with safety campaign 21

Trial By Kyle brings 363,000 metro viewers to Ten for first episode 4

The Press Council rules The Age and Domain ‘did not take reasonable steps to check the accuracy’ of Toorak mansion story 1

Pedestrian launches news tattoos, a marketplace to sell your ex-partner’s stuff and the F.I.R.E Festival 16

Domino’s declares war on delivery charges with an army of employees 5

For The People opens its first Tasmanian office

Gus Worland leaves Triple M Sydney to focus on men’s mental health foundation 2

Clemenger BBDO wins Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Smartraveller account

Hal Crawford to leave Media Works in NZ and return to Australia 1

‘Australia is constipated’ and needs to apply innovation and creativity to the economy: Russel Howcroft 13

Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney announces its new production leadership team

Foxtel Media announces Toyota, McDonald’s and Bunnings among 2019-20 Fox Cricket partners 1

Fanta wants people to make the ‘bold choice’ and switch to its ‘bold taste’ for Halloween

Hardie Grant Media to absorb Slattery Media Group