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Melbourne radio ratings: Fox FM overtakes 3AW in Drive slot 4

Sydney Swans appoints realestate.com.au as its new major partner

Wavemaker names Mediacom’s Zeb Allan as Melbourne investment director

Gillette shifts focus to ‘local heroes’ after ‘The best a man can be’ backlash 2

Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins promotes Tradie’s ‘No bounce pouch’ underwear

Agent 99 announces list of new PR clients including home shopping network TVSN

Marketing and comms agency Archetype wins startup Clipsal Solar’s account

Will Sackville joins Greenroom Digital after five months at Kayo Sports

Vanuatu Tourism focuses on the emotional impact it has on visitors with new brand positioning

Nine wins ratings week and edges ahead in yearly network battle

‘Culture doesn’t wait for your brand to catch up’: Grey Group’s Jason Kahner on that Gillette ad 6

Former Sky News bureau chief Ahron Young launches Ticker TV, a business, technology and aviation channel 1

Isentia posts $34m loss for CEO Ed Harrison’s first financial year 3

Mediacom files court documents which claim Rob Moore’s redundancy was due to a restructure, not his mental health 7

Zenith names Kim Xavier as head of insights

Pedestrian and Libra bring back Dolly Doctor as part of #BloodNormal campaign 4

Canva and Jack Morton Worldwide complete speaker lineup for Mumbrella’s B2B Marketing Summit

Nine’s Gem gets 15.8% audience share on Sunday night as third Ashes test concludes

Ooh Media’s profit slides over 90% in ‘challenging’ media market

Pill Testing Australia and Dylan Harrison create ad to ‘bring humanity back’ to the debate 14

Saturday Night Rove brings in 244,000 metro viewers for Ten 19

Coca-Cola Australia launches campaign to celebrate its commitment to using 100% recycled plastic bottles 9

The Ashes gives Nine a bump on Friday night, helping it beat rival Seven

The Daily Telegraph promotes Sharri Markson to political editor-at-large 2

Commonwealth Bank says it won’t be advertising on Alan Jones’ radio show in the near future 37

Ventra IP challenges its competitor Go Daddy with ad promoting its local call centres

QMS reports 65% profit climb to $16.5m

Red Havas becomes the PR agency of record for Ancestry

BMF appoints Kinga Papp as group strategy director for Aldi 1

Nikki Warburton promoted to chief customer and marketing officer at Audi 1

‘Captain’ Paul Shepherd reveals cancer diagnosis on Perth’s The Big Breakfast

Carbar appoints Kieron Wogan as its first CMO

Q&A creator Peter McEvoy to depart ABC 3

Prime revenue falls 4.7% in tough market, but group posts profit of $7.83m 1

Nine wins Thursday night but The Bachelor and Gogglebox top key demos

WPP AUNZ announces $253.5m loss, a decline of over 2000% 38

DAN promotes Erik Hallander to Isobar ANZ CEO 1

War of words erupts between radio CEOs over who is the undisputed podcast champion 2

SCA CEO Grant Blackley defends 2Day FM as competitors ‘throw stones’ 2

Marcel and Rio Tinto bring $20 notes to life to support the Royal Flying Doctor Service

Principals reflects the Indigenous roots of Campbelltown in new brand identity for the suburb 10

Affinity hires Russell Smyth as creative director 1

Red Havas announces three new hires including Reema Babakhan as practice head of travel, tourism, sports and leisure

Strategy director Debbie Spence departs Principals 4

Powershop offers a day of free wind-powered energy to customers, in first campaign from White Grey

Alan Jones’ former advertisers should ‘get shit’ if they sneak back to 2GB: IAA panel 17

Nine wins Wednesday night despite a great night for the ABC

Nine posts $234m profit in first results since Fairfax merger completion 4

Lynx encourages consumers to ‘Lift your game’ in video game inspired campaign with Xbox 5

SCA posts $91.395m loss, but revenue from audio on the up 4

DDB Sydney promotes Tim Woolford and Tommy Cehak to creative partners 1

TBWA releases first work for CUB’s Great Northern Brewing Co 10

Mondelez International consolidates creative roster, with all local work moving to Ogilvy and Channel T

Publicis Groupe continues New Zealand expansion with Affinity ID acquisition

Wellbeing Media Group launches two new publications, Wild and Being 2

Thrive PR launches specialist Asian communications division

Rebel Wilson to front first Australian Amazon original series, LOL: Last One Laughing 1

Hearts & Science promotes Luke Hutchinson to chief investment officer 1

Ten’s Pilot Week 2019 will kick off September 8

Seachange and The Block help Nine to a narrow win on Tuesday night

Former TBWA head of strategy Nicky Bryson and Youngbloods create industry mentoring program, The Trenches 9

A father and daughter find the perfect vehicle for their giant teddy in new Thrifty campaign

We Are Social appoints Gerry Cyron as head of strategy 3

Kids Helpline launches campaign on Twitch to raise awareness of mental health amongst young people 4

Former BWM Dentsu CMO Jess Tarpey joins McCann Sydney as managing partner 1

Stan signs content deal with Paramount

Disney’s streaming platform will be cheaper than Stan and Netflix when it launches in Australia in November 6

Catfish Australia dumped from Ten’s Pilot Week lineup 4

Wellcom announces 33% climb in profit as it prepares for sale to Innocean

Delicious announces expansion plans including partnerships with The Daily Telegraph and The Advertiser

Optus shakes up creative roster with TBWA Sydney joining list of agencies 19

This Time Next Year brings in 595,000 metro viewers for its second outing 1

Seven hit with $444.4m loss as new CEO James Warburton says it will go on the hunt for mergers and acquisitions 5

72 and Sunny reveals its first work for Kosciuszko Pale Ale 8

Twitter launches new video buying model with six-second bidding 2

Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood takes $6.6m in first weekend

Met Life appoints Lina Saliba as head of customer experience

Bohemia names Vizeum’s Tessa Mahoney as media director 1

Libra takes a stand to normalise periods with #BloodNormal campaign 216

Sefiani wins communications account for trading and investment platform Etoro

Cannings Purple creates specialist stakeholder engagement team

Beauty retailer Look Fantastic appoints Polkadot Communications to its Australian PR account 1

PR agency ID Collective adds Yu Kitchen to its client list

Seven execs leave WPP AUNZ including group client director Kate Walker and Wunderman Thompson MD Paul Everson 21

Vogue Australia revamps subscription offering with Vogue VIP loyalty program

News Corp launches The Newcastle News, the next title in its digital-only masthead strategy 1

Annalect names PHD’s Schalk van der Sandt as head of Melbourne operations 2

All Blacks partner Air New Zealand predicted Bledisloe win with full-page SMH ad 3