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Bohemia promotes Theo Zisoglou to GM 6

Applications open for inaugural Jesse Cox Audio Fellowship, in partnership with Audible and ABC

PayPal on the hunt for a new marketing director as Elaine Herlihy moves on to OFX 3

IAB launches industry mentoring program

ABC enters creative and commercial partnership with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Voice dominates Sunday night with overall audience and demographic wins

Media Merchants named as Total Tools’ media agency 3

Grey Group’s president of global health and wellness Jason Kahner to present keynote at Mumbrella Health Marketing Summit

Endota Spa marketing GM, Amanda Connors, departs

Seven narrowly wins ratings week, but 9Gem soars on Saturday night

Data sharing platform Data Republic reveals its rebrand 1

AFL and news help Seven to a Friday night win 4

Seven agrees to court-enforced independent review of Sunrise 11

UM retains Coca-Cola media account after agency review 1

‘Journalism is not a crime’: Media owners and journalists unite in press freedom campaign 4

Seven drops The Super Switch to one night a week amid poor ratings 22

Harley Breen’s Taboo premieres to 309,000 metro viewers on Ten 1

‘Fierce and feminine’ surfing champ Stephanie Gilmore stars in Nikon campaign

McCain launches a tongue-twisting ad for its beer battered chips 6

Spark Foundry wins PPG Industries’ media account

Peters partners with Vice to launch Double Handle Maxibon

Visit Victoria wants Melburnians to find their ‘happy space’ in tourism ad

News Corp throws weight behind a Queensland bid for the 2032 Olympics in tourism campaign 1

TV, OOH, print and radio all underperform in Group M worldwide media forecast

Seven’s The Super Switch secures just 1,000 more viewers than Cricket World Cup

Ten reveals lineup for 2019 season of Australian Survivor 11

Tourism Australia’s Dundee campaign wins Logie for being Australia’s favourite ad 2

Facebook adds NRL and AFL content deals to its Watch streaming video platform

Australian ad agency founder Elizabeth Buchanan joins board of Sorrell’s S4 Capital 8

Jalna Dairy Foods expands its relationship with Spinach to include media

Ad agency Banjo wins Sydney Olympic Park’s creative account

Shutterstock’s global CMO Lou Weiss to speak at Mumbrella’s B2B Marketing Summit

Report finds Australians consume less news, from fewer sources than 38 other countries 2

Press Council rules against Miranda Devine’s ‘mutilating our children’ transgender column 16

Hospital patients arm wrestle and tug of war for their lives in new campaign for The Hospital Research Foundation 4

Enero’s The Leading Edge appoints Erin Beggs as director of brand and innovation 1

Renewable energy company Evergen appoints Juliette Macauley as CMO 1

Hearts & Science appoints Anna March as Sydney business director 1

Ten to air Adam Goodes documentary, The Final Quarter 12

Australian series Bluey to stream on Disney+ thanks to BBC and Disney partnership 1

X-Men: Dark Phoenix takes over $2m in first weekend out, fails to topple Rocketman and Aladdin

Audi Australia appoints Herd MSL to support its corporate communications

Seven’s The Super Switch premieres to 308,000 metro viewers

VMLY&R appoints Craig Page as head of planning for the Defence Force Recruitment account 2

Ex-Mamamia digital commercial director joins SBS 3

Australian ad industry growth to 2023 to be scooped up by internet giants, warns PwC media outlook report 4

Edelman, True North and Paralympian Ellie Cole complete the Mumbrella Sports Marketing Summit lineup

Lush content agency wins pitch for WA community group, Ngala

Group M New Zealand promotes Chris Riley to new CEO role

One Green Bean CEO, Claire Salvetti, to step down at end of year 1

Publicis Sapient boosts team with four senior appointments 1

Nicole Taylor returns to DDB with European based global role 16

Slingshot wins Daikin media account 4

Media Stable names Simon Hopkins as Sydney GM 1

Daylight agency launches risk and reputation specialist First Light Consulting

Ex-Gogglebox star Yvie Jones to join Fox FM 2

Crikey announces lineup for investigative journalism platform, INQ 4

TAL celebrates physical and emotional scars in new campaign

The media industry farewells ‘music guru’ and founding Double Jay announcer Chris Winter 3

Ita Buttrose, Carrie Bickmore and Leigh Sales among those recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2

Ongoing success for The Voice helps Nine take the Monday night win

Seven Studios signs content deal with Facebook 1

State of Origin and The Voice help Nine to a ratings week win 1

Bauer launches new monthly print title, It’s Your Day 9

Hugh Marks backs Pedestrian.tv, even when it’s ‘slamming MAFS trailers’ 1

Failure of Saatchis takeover bid preserved our culture, The Monkeys partner tells panel 5

Freeview CEO Liz Ross ends eight year tenure

Agent 99 undertakes event work for a list of new clients including BBC Global News

CNN managing editor blasts clickbaiting news outlets, says media trends are leaning towards niche audiences

Accor Hotels awards a ‘Wintervention’ to the residents of one of Australia’s coldest towns 3

Jonathan Brown stars in Toyota’s new campaign for its Good for Footy raffle

Ita Buttrose slams ‘unprecedented’ raid on ABC headquarters 5

Jon Bird takes reins at VMLY&R as Aden Hepburn steps down 32

Nine Network steals Thursday night thanks to ICC Cricket World Cup 1

Alt/Shift wins PR account for Whitley Neill Gin

Isentia embroiled in copyright battle with Thai media group, Matichon

GrowthOps CMO Andy Fyffe returns to Khemistry Brisbane as group cuts roles 7

Xero appoints Vladka Kazda to lead Australian marketing 3

Polling inquiry announces terms of reference and panel members

Home intruders and first date bills: Schick attempts to challenge male stereotypes in new campaign 3

Pitch2Punchline raises $10,000 for mental health charity, batyr 4

Sky News announces The Business of Sport hosted by Tim Gilbert and Julie Snook 2

Heart Foundation CMO: Last week was the most challenging of my career 15

‘We get into the lift with my motley crew’: Russel Howcroft reveals his worst pitch 12

‘We didn’t want to talk to women via kind men’ – FCB India’s Swati Bhattacharya

OOH company Go Transit appoints Marika James as agency sales director 6

Mat Baxter blasts the ‘dog and pony show’ pitch process, urges industry to ditch it and bad clients 34

2.178m metro viewers tune in to Nine for first State of Origin clash