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News and sport help Seven to a 24.5% audience share on Friday night

ABC and SBS to receive an extra $60m if Labor wins, says Bill Shorten 3

Straight Up PR adds Vicks, Euky Bear and Braun to its client list

Seven wins another week in TV ratings after a massive 40% network share on Saturday night

Nine renews Lego Masters for a second season 5

Telstra take City of Melbourne to Federal Court over out-of-home advertising dispute 2

Hong Kong-based company buys stake of PR firm Financial & Corporate Relations

Nine reverses Fairfax outsourcing to bring sub-editors back inhouse 11

AAMI reminds Australians that clangers happen on and off the field in AFL campaign 11

Akkomplice wins creative account for Darrell Lea 1

Telstra to launch its loyalty program with blimps, fortune cookies and Michael Bublé 2

Strong performances from The Front Bar and Home and Away give Seven a Thursday night win

OMD named as Super Retail Group’s media agency

News Corp global revenues increase thanks to Foxtel consolidation 1

KWP acquires branding and design agency Boab, expanding NT operations

REA Group reports revenue growth despite tightening market conditions 1

Padded swimmers ‘hold men’s, um, nuts in perfect position’ in Junkee and PHD’s Nobby’s Nuts campaign 1

‘Did somebody say Menulog?’ asks new McCann campaign 14

Nine drops AFL Footy Show after eight rounds of 2019 season 7

Clemenger BBDO Sydney’s Dry July campaign takes top honour at 2019 Siren Awards

Experiential agency Dijgtal appoints James David and Tania Di Stefano to its creative and strategy teams

Movember Foundation reveals graffiti mural of Hamish and Andy for May Eight campaign 2

Ikon Melbourne adds Skinner Advertising Services to its client list

One Small Step Collective wins creative account for Australian Natural Care vitamins

Greg Segal named president of brand and marketing partnerships for Live Nation Australasia

Cricket World Cup names CHE Proximity as media agency

600,000 metro viewers watch final leaders’ debate on ABC

White Grey announces new Sydney and Melbourne hires including Warwick Heathwood as strategy director 2

Initiative adds Jason Maggs to senior strategy and corporate responsibility role 4

Guardian Australia managing director Dan Stinton to speak at Mumbrella Publish plus Publish Awards launch

Schwartz Media launches two new titles in ‘answer to the exodus of specialist journalists from the general press’ 2

Thrive PR recruits six new staffers to bolster sports, food, beverage and tech capabilities

Philippa Brown named worldwide CEO of PHD

Bill Shorten hits out at ‘new low’ from The Daily Telegraph 22

‘Change is coming’, says Greenpeace in campaign voiced by Isabel Lucas

Digital continues to take over Australia’s ad spend, reports IAB

Cummins & Partners hires Emma Grant as group account director for HBF

Optus takes aim at ‘sloppy’ choices in Emotive campaign 4

Lego Masters picks up 40,000 extra viewers, takes top spot for Tuesday night

Mike Cooper to lead Omnicom Media Group for APAC and EMEA 3

Caltex and Kayo dominate Mumbrella Sports Marketing Awards shortlist 3

SCA’s Grant Blackley joins AANA board

Aussie marketer Nick Reynolds leaves head of digital marketing role at Lenovo 2

GPJ Australia names Emma Gill as creative director

Aussie brings Sascha Hunt on board as head of marketing

Suncorp Group’s APIA launches first campaign with new creative agency Leo Burnett 2

Blaze Advertising alumni launch new creative venture The Animals

Solstice Media launches digital offering for SA Life

‘100% beer. 0% alcohol’: Carlton Zero takes on soft drinks 18

Initiative wins Tourism Vancouver account 4

Magnum & Co appoints Martin Hong as head of social and digital

Lego Masters still pulling 1m-plus metro viewers, but Seven takes network win

Macquarie Radio downgrades profit forecasts as ad recession bites

Daily Telegraph appeals Geoffrey Rush defamation judgment 1

WE Buchan appoints Lee Rosolen as account director in its digital team

PR agency Liquid Ideas announces list of wellness and hospitality client wins alongside new hires

Top End Wedding takes over $1m across first weekend, but fails to touch Avengers: Endgame 3

March’s ad spend takes a hit as business goes into an election pause

OMD Melbourne picks up Asahi’s media account 4

Mediacom launches Sports and Entertainment division in Australia

Nine and News Corp close Your Money joint venture 112

‘Vote for the turd we deserve.’ Metamucil launches election inspired ad 8

Ben Shepherd departs PwC’s CMO advisory group 10

Lego Masters helps Nine to Sunday night win

Tourism Australia appoints Susan Coghill as CMO while MD steps down 5

MCN plans to reinvent its upfronts with ‘Foxtel on Oxford’ experiential marketing hub 2

Nine’s Helen McCabe steps back from digital content director role to focus on Future Women 1

Bega keeps it simple in new peanut butter ad via Thinkerbell 2

News Corp launches ‘Adopt a Farmer’ campaign in partnership with Australian businesses 2

QBE introduces Rego the unexpected in South Australian third party motor insurance push

Seven picks up TV ratings week despite Nine’s Lego Masters’ success

Communicado and OMD reveal Original As You campaign for Porter’s Original Paints

Business bank Judo launches with Bastion created campaign 5

Sunrise cracks the top 20 shows on low Friday TV ratings day

Property tech startup lands former Bauer Media digital boss Carl Hammerschmidt as CEO

Fifty Acres opens US arm to support beehive client 1

ABC confirms acting MD David Anderson as managing director

Tony Brown appointed Huawei Australia head of corporate media

Seven revamps management of production house, Seven Studios

A sofa is more than just a sofa in Fantastic Furniture’s new campaign

Vegemite gives away animal shaped stencils, continuing Thinkerbell’s ‘Tastes like Australia’ campaign 2

Pete Bosilkovski quits as joint CEO of WPP’s VMLY&R 13

Bachelor in Paradise grand finale fails to beat previous finales’ numbers, pulling 454,000 metro viewers 1

Miniature truck drivers and site managers feature in Akkomplice’s new work for Freightliner

Hootsuite closes Singapore operations as it moves APAC HQ to Sydney

CHE Proximity and Clemenger BBDO star as Mumbrella Awards shortlist announced

WPP AUNZ boss warns investors of further ad spend declines 2

Corowa Distilling Co pays homage to its NSW home in new ad 1