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Edelman’s Michelle Hutton to return to Australia as CEO Steve Spurr announces sabbatical 2

Destination NSW launches new campaign to attract young visitors to Lake Macquarie 1

Ex-Buzzfeed sales chief David Nemes joins data storytelling platform Nugit 1

Andrew Robertson promoted to state sales manager for QMS in Victoria 2

303 Mullen Lowe promotes Joanna Gray to be its first Sydney managing director 2

Big Little Lies season two to premiere on Foxtel on 10 June

Domino’s addresses number one complaint about its pizzas in latest campaign 8

Alan Jones to remain on 2GB for two more years 9

Ten promotes Sophie Hicks Lloyd to director of digital sales 2

Tourism and Events Queensland and Uber create the world’s first ride-share submarine 1

Walkley Foundation launches first public campaign in 60-year history to ask: ‘What price would you pay’ for quality journalism? 4

The Voice delivers a Monday night win for Nine, as Ten shines in the key advertising demographics 1

Disney’s live action Aladdin debuts to top spot in weekend box office, taking $7.59m

Ten to roll out addressable TV commercial offering from July 1 1

News Corp closes titles in Queensland, sells remaining stake in Community Newspaper Group to Seven West Media 3

The Commando and Pfizer to speak at the Mumbrella Health Marketing Summit

Ten unveils remainder of 2019 programming slate: Pilot Week, Roxy Jacenko, Catfish, Masked Singer and sport 11

‘Every time I told you I loved you, I was lying’: Heart Foundation campaign targets families 32

Carsales promotes Nicholas Bailly to senior commercial role

Online ad sector resists general advertising downturn, says IAB 1

Meerkats learn about ‘shoeys’ and Aussie slang in Compare the Market campaign 1

Peter Stefanovic joins Sky News as the channel announces its programming for the remainder of 2019 13

Seven West Media nabs Facebook’s Rob Hotchin as Melbourne digital group sales manager 7

Pacific appoints Yahoo’s Lucy Chesterson as digital content director 2

‘We used to whisper, now we roar’: Suncorp issues rallying cry for young women 1

MCN launches six-second ad format to be trialled with Jaguar Land Rover and Rebel 4

The Voice and 60 Minutes give Nine a Sunday night ratings win

ABC’s Catalyst breached impartiality rules with beef report, rules watchdog 3

MFA Awards return after 12-month break, accompanied by effectiveness expo to address criteria concerns

Atomic 212 wins tender to become Spirit of Tasmania’s media agency 8

The Australian appoints Leo Shanahan as media editor 2

WPP AUNZ hires Jens Monsees as CEO 9

Officeworks appoints Jess Richmond as marketing general manager 2

Seven wins the ratings week despite The Voice’s success for Nine

Industry welcomes Paul Fletcher as new comms minister 4

Google awarded £200,000 as Unlockd court case fizzles to an end 2

ACCC head warns Facebook and Google over merger activities ahead of final Digital Platforms report 1

AFL delivers Seven a Friday night TV ratings win

Air Asia appoints Sarah Quinn to lead Australian PR and communications

Tom Gleeson ‘axes’ himself from Hard Quiz in a bid for the Gold Logie 2

Shane Warne directs his own kids in Kayo cricket world cup ad

News Corp vows to ‘work with polling partners’ after election result backlash 3

The Front Bar continues to grow, delivering Seven a Thursday night win

NRL teams up with Drinkwise to urge players to drink sensibly in new campaign

Spotify appoints Karen Lawson as MD for Australia and New Zealand

SMH and Age end relationship with polling company Ipsos after election blindside 5

Spark Foundry wins NSW Cancer Council media account

Geoffrey Rush wins $2.87m in record-breaking defamation payout

Barrie Cassidy confirms Sky News’ David Speers as his Insiders replacement 15

Regional publisher launches website for telling Australian stories 1

Lovatts Media launches magazine store

Kogan under fire from the ACCC for a misleading discount promotion

IAB extends ads.txt standard to apps in continued attempt to fight online ad fraud 1

Comms agency Stellar rebrands and launches new operating arms

Museums Victoria appoints Antonia Vann to head marketing and brand 1

Pacific to become first publisher to offer in-email video with Playable partnership 2

Ikea opens pitches for creative account, held by The Monkeys for nine years 3

Seven wins a quiet Wednesday night despite Masterchef’s strength in key advertising demographics

Wunderman Thompson wins tender for WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services creative account 1

King Island Dairy puts spotlight on product, place, and people in new campaign

Digital design and VX agency Versa celebrates official Australian launch, with US and Singapore offices to come 1

QMS sticks by profit estimates on the strength of digital out-of-home

Vogue announces Westpac, Audi and Estee Lauder partnerships for Vogue Codes 2019

BP celebrates 100 years in Australia with app-centred WPP campaign 1

‘Ball’s in their court’: JC Decaux on bungled City of Sydney outdoor tender 5

Nova appoints James Hansford as groups sales manager

News Corp Australia launches new agriculture magazine 1

Optus Sports give kids free access for women’s FIFA world cup

Dane Sharp becomes Groupon ANZ marketing boss

Paul Edwards takes chief comms officer post at Foxtel 4

Dentsu Aegis Network takes axe to executive suite 29

Nine takes Tuesday night despite another drop in viewers for The Voice 6

Palliative Care Victoria launches emotional campaign ahead of National Palliative Care Week

Rachael Lonergan joins Zenith Sydney as head of strategy 3

The Brag wants readers to buy their writers a coffee with new donation feature 3

Budget Direct, Volt Bank, Metlife and more join the Mumbrella Finance Marketing Summit

Michael Buckley departs Accenture Interactive 1

Gold Coast PR alumni launch new agency KK&O

Sydney agency DLPR merges with Soda Communications 4

Research industry body to review political polling following Federal election embarrassment 10

Game of Thrones breaks Foxtel records for subscription and streaming audiences 3

National Tourism Service of Chile appoints GTI to its PR account

UM promotes Tobias Young to new role as head of next

Avengers: Endgame loses top spot in weekend box office 1

Seven West downgrades profit forecast 4

The Voice wins night for Nine while Ten’s Masterchef flounders 5

‘Work. Play. Sleep. Repeat.’: Quest Apartment Hotels launches new campaign for business travellers 2

White Grey launches its first creative work for Hawaiian Airlines 2