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Rideshare service Didi launches brand platform ‘Do More, Pay Less’ 3

Skybus appoints Media Republic to media account

Transport for NSW appoints Ogilvy Sydney as lead creative agency for road safety 7

Digital marketing agency United Media Solution opens Sydney office and appoints Amit Moorjani

VMO promotes Geoff Cochrane to national sales director 3

Publicis Media promotes Toby Barbour to CEO 13

OMD tops RECMA ranking again, with 17.6% market share 1

Wimbledon delivers Seven a network share win despite viewer backlash

LinkedIn ANZ boss and Big Red Group B2B GM to present at the Mumbrella B2B Marketing Summit

Klick Communications rebrands to Klick X, launches new agency model

May sees a recovery in post-election ad spend, despite being the eighth consecutive month of decreased year-on-year growth

Thinkerbell wins creative account for Seafolly

Principals creates new brand identity for Australian Energy Foundation

KPMG’s Sudeep Gohil promoted from head of brand strategy to partner

Taboo’s Matilda Hobba promoted to GM 1

3AW drops football commentator Scott Cummings over sexual assault comments

Former Big Red CEO joins The Works as managing partner 4

2GB and presenter Chris Smith to part ways 76

Initiative wins KPMG media account 1

Flight Centre hires Joachim Holte as CMO 5

The Voice helps Nine to a Monday night win, but Have You Been Paying Attention? delivers in the key demographics 2

Grand Designs Australia host Peter Maddison stars in ad promoting sustainability of wood products

Charles Sturt University appoints BWM Dentsu to its creative account

Toy Story 4 holds onto top box office spot, takes $6.4m for second weekend

Visit Maldives appoints Anne Wild and Associates to PR account

Movember Foundation appoints Clemenger BBDO Melbourne’s Jason Olive as Australian marketing director 2

Adhesive wins PR accounts for Threat Quotient and National Manufacturing Week events

Osher Günsberg to host The Masked Singer on Ten 4

Starts at 60’s travel agency Travel at 60 launches first TV campaign 5

96 FM cancels ‘Paul & Lise’ breakfast show 26

The Australian makes eight new appointments as it reaches digital subscription milestone 1

866,000 metro viewers tune in for Nine’s coverage of the TV Week Logie Awards

TEG Digital names Chris Johnston as GM

State of Origin and Cricket World Cup gives Nine the weekly TV ratings win

Seven continues its Friday night winning streak with news and AFL

Drummond Golf appoints Spinach to its strategic planning and creative account 1

Mumbrella Publish Awards entries close Friday

Ten’s My Life is Murder to premiere on 17 July 1

Dominic White joins TEG as head of communications and corporate affairs

Tom Gleeson wins TV Week Gold Logie as ABC scoops 11 awards 1

Broadsheet Media promotes Christina Voss to sales director role

WE Buchan announces promotions of Nichole Provatas and Kyahn Williamson

Commonwealth Bank merges marketing and corporate affairs teams, appoints new group exec

‘Adapt or die’ – Martin Sorrell’s message to ‘Pavlovian’ ad industry holding companies 7

‘The land of lost deductions’: H&R Block launches its first campaign from The Works

Seven wins Thursday night, but Masterchef tops the demographics

Over 50s dating app Lumen launches Australian ad starring neon-clad dancers 1

Colenso BBDO leaders to deliver international keynote at the Mumbrella Finance Marketing Summit

Port Macquarie-Hastings Council appoints Gate 7 to PR account

Ten to bring back The Amazing Race Australia, hosted by Beau Ryan 10

PHD promotes Noel Gate to group business director on Virgin Australia account 2

CHE Proximity, Cummins & Partners and Clemenger BBDO Melbourne among the big winners at the Mumbrella Awards 9

Natasha Exelby returns to Ten

Maserati moves media account to UM from Spark Foundry 1

Ben Wise leaves Cricket Australia to become AFL’s content director

Woolworths appoints first CMO by promoting Andrew Hicks 6

Virgin’s Velocity takes swipe at Qantas’ Frequent Flyer overhaul on billboard outside Sydney Airport 5

Walkley Foundation announces mid-year winners, led by Young Journalist of the Year Oliver Gordon

Masterchef delivers its highest ratings for 2019, tops all key advertising demographics 2

Nick Bauer becomes strategy director of Starcom Melbourne, while David Campbell takes on client services 1

NAC Media Group wins PR accounts for fashion labels Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot

Alice Almeida stars in LinkedIn campaign promoting the platform’s community 3

Mango hires Chelsey Raysbrook as senior production manager

Furst Media reveals new editorial team for Fashion Journal 1

Pippa Leary joins Swift Media as CEO 1

Body+Soul moves under WHIMN umbrella in strategic realignment 1

‘Press freedom is a proxy for public freedom’: Media bosses call for law reform at Press Club event

Wellgrove shows it protects against public transport health woes in launch campaign

Predictive media platform Blackwood Seven launches in Australia

JC Decaux and Tourism North East bring ski season to Melbourne CBD with live-streaming activation

Versa wins $2.8m contract to transform City of Port Phillip’s digital presence

IVE Group expands into e-commerce with Nexus

Nine’s Gem gets 13.3% audience share on Tuesday night, beating Ten and ABC

Marie Claire UK’s head of fashion affiliate to unravel e-commerce at Mumbrella Publish

The Australian’s James Jeffrey departs to become speechwriter for Anthony Albanese 2

Former Mindshare MD Helena Snowdon joins Publicis Media as head of new business and marketing

OMD nabs Atomic 212’s Ian Czencz and promotes Gavin Gibson 24

Superdream adds Legacy and the Local Government Association of Queensland to its client list

Lad Bible launches campaign to make the Great Barrier Reef an Australian Citizen 2

AFR ditches Dow Jones partnership to back own subscription model

Australia falls seven places to 15th in brand reputation ranking 1

Triple M takes vow of silence in support of Beyond Blue 5

Foxtel on the hunt for another top marketer as John Casey departs 10

ACMA investigating Married at First Sight complaints

JWH Group consolidates media account with Mullen Lowe’s Mediahub

News Corp and Chemist Warehouse expand House of Wellness brand with new liftout

Star Observer will continue to publish thanks to acquisition by Out Publications

Patrick Elligett to depart The New Daily for SMH and The Age