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Toby Jenner becomes Wavemaker’s global CEO 1

Mamamia hires former News Corp group sales director Holly Yates 1

Nova CEO Cathy O’Connor tops 40 Most Influential People in Australian Radio list

James Boyce returns to Ten as head of government and regulatory affairs

DDB promotes Damon Stapleton to chief creative officer for AUNZ

7news.com.au debuts in fifth place on Nielsen June DCR 1

Wavemaker wins Australia Post media account

State of Origin game three cracks 2m metro viewers for Nine

Crust Pizza is offering free ‘slices of sympathy’ to Queensland residents after State of Origin loss

Ping Works and Canvas Group merge to create full-service agency District 2

Queensland insurance challenger Sure Insurance launches with ‘fairness’ campaign via Brother & Co

Lovatts Media adds to teen mindfulness collection with KIT

The Queensland Music Festival appoints The M Agency to its creative account

Mistakes on the road shouldn’t cost lives: WA Road Safety Commission pushes for all-round safety

Polkadot Communications wins PR for P. Volve, Fry Family and Swirlit

Six O’Clock Advisory appoints Lauren Zammit to new general manager role 1

Helen Graney becomes group managing director for Weber Shandwick and Jack Morton Australia

Instagram puts online bullying in the crosshairs with the launch of two new products

The PR Team wins Solomon Airlines’ public relations account

Media Merchants wins Stone & Wood media account 1

XTD appoints Ooh Media’s Adam Cadwallader as CEO 4

McCain celebrates diverse families in campaign from DDB Melbourne 5

‘Remember yearning for a beige mini-van when you were young?’: Jeep promotes its Wrangler model 2

Virgin Money launches ‘You do you’ brand platform in first work from Edge 1

Australian Ninja Warrior drops to 879,000 metro viewers, still dominates key demographics

SBS and Heart Foundation appoint Quiip for social media support 1

The Royals appoints Stu Turner as executive creative director 1

Autoweb.com founder and global entrepreneur Payam Zamani to speak at Mumbrella Automotive Marketing Summit

‘The current sports rights model is broken’: Nine and Seven weigh in on the future of sports broadcasting 1

Enthral names Car Sales’ Sarah-Lucy Rice as senior publicity manager

Rate My Agent launches first brand campaign via SDWM

Australian Survivor to return July 24

UK marketing agency Silverbean opens Sydney office, hires Annabel Gray

‘The everyday moments matter most’: Ronald McDonald House campaign shows family life carrying on

Internet advertising will be more than 50% of global ad spend in 2021, predicts Zenith

SCA reveals new logo and brand sound as it prepares for the future of audio 14

Samsung makes fun of influencers in #SponsoredPost campaign 13

‘When you’re ready to make it happen, so are we’: NAB targets consumers with life-long dreams 3

AFL legend Kevin Bartlett leaves SEN 17

Gemba promotes Craig Roberts to head of strategy and insights

Adelaide radio ratings: Five AA makes a comeback, narrowing Mix 102.3’s lead

Brisbane radio ratings: 4KQ jumps to equal second in overall audience share as its breakfast program grows

Australian Ninja Warrior launches to 1.01m metro viewers 1

Melbourne radio ratings: Fox back on top in FM battle 2

Perth radio ratings: 96 FM’s ‘Paul & Lise’ bow out with a 7.1% audience share 1

Spider-Man: Far From Home takes $10m across first weekend box office

Sydney radio ratings: 2Day FM Breakfast slips to 3.1% 7

Affinity wins Fisher & Paykel’s $5m media and digital accounts

Kellogg’s launches black and white packaging in partnership with Crayola 15

First State Super wins ICC Theatre naming rights 2

John Jarratt launches defamation case against The Daily Telegraph after being found not guilty of rape

BMF wins creative account for Blundstone

WPP’s digital marketing consultancy Switched On to merge into AKQA 1

Alan Jones takes breakfast slot at 2CC as Tim Shaw is moved to drive 1

1.036m metro viewers tune in for The Voice finale, giving Nine a Sunday night win

96 FM brings Fred Botica and Lisa Shaw back to radio to replace ‘Paul & Lise’ 25

The Logies and The Voice help Nine to a weekly win, but Seven Network remains on top

JC Decaux signs roadside advertising partnership with Scentre Group

Wimbledon slumps, but news, AFL and The Chase secure Seven’s Friday night win

Ten signs deal with Sky Racing to expand horse racing coverage

Pacific launches new monthly title devoted to the Royal family, New Idea Royals 3

Mini Australia reappoints AFK to digital services account 1

Former Allure Media commercial content director Kate Allan joins Players Voice

The Monkeys adds creative director duo, Daniel Fryer and Stuart Alexander, to team

Steve Price to take over Chris Smith’s afternoon 2GB slot 18

Dan Underhill resigns as program director of Nova 93.7 to join 96 FM

You need to know your fans’ personalities if you’re going to successfully market to them: Edelman’s Anjuli Bedi 1

OOH continues to climb with OMA reporting a 5.2% increase on revenue

Enero creates group chief strategy officer role, appoints Gavin Coombes 6

Redundancies at Nine as it seeks to ‘simplify’ its digital properties 4

Hearts & Science promotes OMD’s Jonathan Betts to chief experience officer 10

Spotify’s APAC head of automation and data, Dan Robins, departs 36

How the Sydney Kings and Andrew Bogut fell into Paul Kind’s lap at TSE 1

Seven snags a Thursday night win with Wimbledon coverage 1

TSE wins Sport Agency of the Year at Mumbrella Sports Marketing Awards

Adhesive PR reappointed by the Singapore Tourism Board

News Corp’s Escape to combine print and digital

Ten furthers investment in sport with the appointment of Sydney sport sales manager, Susan Young

CX Lavender appoints Paul Munce as business partner 1

10 Feet Tall wins Bic Australia’s creative account 4

Marketing agency VTWO relaunches as Haarper

Alchemy One named as Square Inc’s media agency

The Big Bang Theory finale brings 781,000 metro viewers to Nine 2

Ultra Tune and ad for horror film Us are most-complained about ads for 2019 so far 20

JC Decaux reveals multimillion-dollar investment at Sydney Airport as it becomes exclusive advertising partner 1

Media companies remain frustrated after meetings fail to deliver answers on press freedom 1

Spark Foundry wins toy company MGA Entertainment’s account

‘Oblivious’ humans under attack from alien invasion in Budget Direct campaign 5