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Antony Catalano, Marina Go, Nic Hopkins and more complete line-up for Mumbrella Publish 1

Foxtel Media overhauls advertising offering to ‘enhance the viewer experience’ 8

Triple M and 1116 SEN to simulcast tribute to Danny Frawley 2

Rich Boland joins creative agency Nick Did This as business director 2

Buzzfeed Australia grows team with the appointment of Cameron Wilson

Foxtel overhauls entertainment and lifestyle offering to be ‘unapologetically and unmistakably Foxtel’ 45

James Hennessy appointed editor of Business Insider Australia 2

Fifty Five 5 hires Dominic McCarthy as director 5

Spotify launches bespoke ‘Cosmic Playlists’ to match each astrological signs’ horoscope 1

Ooh Media launches ‘global-first’ data offering 8

Hardhat hires Sarah Tukua as client services director 2

Posties pick out the ‘2am special’ in first eBay campaign from CHE Proximity 6

AANA invites submissions ahead of code of ethics review 1

Havas Media’s Imogen Hewitt named CEO of Spark Foundry 8

This Time Next Year falls to 515,000 metro viewers 2

‘It’s rather flattering’: Why Ten isn’t worried about James Warburton’s play for younger audiences 6

Amplifi’s Adrian Roeling becomes managing partner of Hatched Media 7

Wavemaker promotes Rebecca Drummond and Marco Del Castillo to joint strategy directors 4

Havas Media wins Trip Advisor account and expands remit on Destination NSW

It: Chapter 2 knocks off Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, earning $5.9m in its opening weekend

Cathy O’Connor, Lisa Ronson, Katie Rigg-Smith and Nick Williams added to Mumbrella neXt line-up

Atomic 212 uses Top End Wedding to increase NT tourism by 12% 8

Gruen series 11 returns to the ABC on 25 September 3

‘He was simply everyone’s mate’: AFL legend and media personality Danny Frawley passes away 1

Uniting promises it’s ‘always there’ in new campaign from DDB Remedy

Russel Howcroft-hosted doco on ad agency Mojo to air on ABC on 1 October 8

Publicis Sapient hires Kristi Erickson as global chief talent officer

Ten’s The Masked Singer to premiere on Monday 23 September 6

Seven brings back Zumbo’s Just Desserts and Bride and Prejudice

TAB and M&C Saatchi encourage ‘bum taps’ on the footy field to raise money for prostate cancer 15

‘Don’t let your big bank kill your business dreams’, Judo Bank tells SMEs in first national campaign 1

ABC renames Black Bitch TV series to Total Control amid backlash

CEO Hugh Marks sells $1.38m worth of Nine shares 1

Powershop and White Grey launch Australian-first carbon offset campaign 1

Foxtel prepares for ‘wholesale repositioning’ with new channel and programming 6

Ferocious possum, poisonous berries and swarm of bees feature in new BCF campaign via The Monkeys 9

BBC Studios promotes Jon Penn to executive vice president for APAC

SBS signs multi-year agreement to air NBA and WNBA

Polkadot Communications wins pitch for pet care brand Frontline

Neighbours spin-off Erinsborough High commissioned 2

Nine faces accusations of racism as 694,000 tune in for 60 Minutes report on Meghan Markle 9

MCN rebrands as Foxtel Media 9

Diageo commences global media review

Former journalist and ABC’s director of communications Mick Millett passes away

Nine narrowly wins ratings week and remains ahead in yearly battle

Ten’s share tumbles to 4.8% on Saturday night up against The Ashes and AFL

Former The Australian journalist Rick Morton joins The Saturday Paper as senior reporter 6

DAN promotes Ashish Bhasin to APAC CEO role 2

Angela Swayn joins UM as group director after six months at Max Media Lab 3

633,000 metro viewers turn to Seven as the AFL finals kick-off

Hmlet names Australian agencies: 72 and Sunny and Example 1

Tourism Australia appoints OPR to PR account

Kayo puts its faith in psychic animals with Owen the Oracle campaign 1

The Black Dog Institute engages We Are Different to complete its PR 1

Seven retains free-to-air rights for NFL in Australia

Haystac appoints Jasmin Watts as group business director in list of new hires

Mindshare expands remit on NAB account to include search and social 2

CUB promotes Brian Phan to ‘best marketing job in Australia’ 3

Yalumba celebrates the ‘magnificent unknown’ in campaign from Special Group 1

Triple J’s Ben and Liam to host Mumbrella neXt Awards

13Cabs becomes official ‘booty call’ partner 4

Nine CEO Hugh Marks admits Liberal fundraiser ‘could have been handled better’ 15

First-ever mental health minimum standards introduced for industry 3

9Gem leaps to a 13.1% share as The Ashes fourth test begins

Edelman Australia begins working with Weber BBQ 1

Carrie Bickmore fronts new Blackmores campaign asking Aussies to listen to their bodies 2

Daylight Agency adds Hop Growers of America to its client list

Women With Agency and an all-female creative team produce an ad in support of the not-for-profit movement 12

Quit asks Tasmanians to think about ‘why’ they smoke

10 Australian comedians get Amazon Original stand-up specials 1

Aussie wants consumers to stop getting home loan advice from their dads, in first campaign from CHE Proximity 2

AMAA establishes influencer community to help support best practice standards

Hatched Media hires Admatic’s Rebecca Den Braber to head up digital, data and technology 4

Pedestrian Group plans to spread ‘Pedestrian spice’ across its portfolio following Allure merger

Dylan Lewis to leave Nova 91.9’s Adelaide breakfast show

Lotto pulls at the familial heartstrings in VMLY&R campaign

NRMA edits koala campaign following complaints 6

Ad Standards reflects upon recent decisions concerning outdoor women’s lingerie ads 1

Peter Manten takes up head of sales gig at Spotify 2

Seven’s prime-time offering Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly gets just 484,000 viewers 1

Yellow gives creative and media account to WPP’s White Grey 3

Heineken gives away its new non-alcoholic beer at a drive-through bar 3

Australian thriller The Nightingale takes nearly $100k in first weekend

A water efficient puppy and a random nude guy: Sydney Water shows it’s easy to save in the drought 5

Nine and YouTube to broadcast the 2019 ARIA Awards

Realestate.com.au launches new First Home Buyers Hub alongside second season of How to Home Loan video series

Vice Australia’s Jamie Brewer departs for Monster Children 4

TAB launches ‘Long May We Play’ brand platform in first work from M&C Saatchi 5