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Edge wins content and social account for Virgin Money

Cummins & Partners wins creative account for A-League soccer team Western United 2

PHD promotes Mitchell Long to head of strategy 2

Former Host/Havas ECD Seamus Higgins joins R/GA as regional chief creative officer 2

SA Government assigns Carat Adelaide, Reprise and Wavemaker to media account 2

Ten’s Changing Rooms premieres with 204,000 metro viewers 7

Former UK Labour Party speechwriter and Expedia Group global leader to speak at Mumbrella360

Todd Liubinskas joins Men’s Health as fitness director 1

Pure Profile sells off troubled Cohort business 3

Rugby Australia extends #PartofMore campaign with nine short films

Marcel Sydney’s founder David Nobay to depart 2

Enero reports profit and revenue jump on strong Australian and US results 2

Autotrader positions itself as better than dad’s advice in ‘a smarter way to trade auto’ campaign

Buzzfeed Australia GM Simon Crerar becomes first victim of local redundancies 4

Third Hemisphere wins PR account for SocietyOne 2

Pladis Global hands This is Flow $3m media account

Former Fairfax audience and innovation editor joins media intelligence firm Streem

Seven’s MKR gains more than 150,000 viewers from last Tuesday 1

303 MullenLowe ends 10 year relationship Fujitsu General

Kittens strip club censured for ‘seductive and highly sexualised’ bus ad 2

SMART founder and former McCann Australia chairman to speak at Mumbrella SAGE

HT&E revenue climbs 5% following Adshel sale and consolidation of Conversant Media and ARN businesses

Red Agency wins Sportsfinda’s PR account and hires Lauren Nowak 2

Seven West rumoured to be considering a bid for Nine’s community media

Former Googler joins Criteo as Australia and New Zealand commercial director 7

Ooh Media renews Brisbane Airport out of home contract

‘Masturbation is the only thing that isn’t taxed’ Wicked Campers van deemed inappropriate by ad watchdog 5

Nine’s Married at First Sight nears 1.3m metro viewers, highest episode to date 1

Danny Bass resigns as CEO of IPG Mediabrands 5

Bonds opens annual Bonds Baby Search competition with ‘share the love’ campaign

Mumbrella CommsCon Awards shortlist is announced – Red Agency stars again

Eleven PR promotes Kiefer Casamore to Eleven Melbourne GM

Thrive wins PR account for SailGP launch

Escape Room tops Australian box office with $1.32m weekend takings 1

Crikey to go on journalist hiring spree thanks to funding infusion from Fairfax and O’Reilly 3

Daily Mail audience hits 6m for first time while news.com.au retains top spot on Nielsen ratings

KFC best at using cricket sponsorship to build awareness, suggests Roy Morgan Research 3

Super funds push for law change on employers

Clarins appoints new PR and digital agencies 5

Ex-Carat CEO Paul Brooks to join Nine as Sydney sales lead 6

Commbank becomes first big bank to release print ads since royal commission 2

Monash University appoints Reprise to media account

Seven’s Operation: Live pulls in 544,000 viewers on first night of 2019 TV ratings year 6

News Corp boss raises alarm about Google’s voice plans for news 9

Independent agency Paykel Media bought by barter company Active International 4

Facebook’s US car boss joins Mumbrella Automotive Marketing Summit program 3

Fitness First appoints Matt Fletcher as head of marketing 1

Tell us how Facebook and Google are doing business with you, ACCC boss urges advertisers and agencies

Optus reveals live European soccer streaming on YouTube and Twitter 1

MAFS takes Nine to weekly win ahead of start of official TV ratings year

Paul Murray to hit the road again for Harvey Norman backed regional live show 4

Brewing brand’s ‘six beers’ tweet broke advertising code, rules alcohol watchdog 1

Bet 365 launches Robert Whittaker doco ahead of UFC bout 2

LadBible to launch in Australia 3

Foxtel revenues fall but Kayo shows promising early subscriber numbers

SBS reveals new brand positioning ‘a world of difference’ 1

Freedom hires Edge as content agency

I’m a Celebrity delivers rare ratings win for Ten

Ten ‘cancels’ gameshow Pointless 44

The Australian launches Teacher’s Pet sequel, ‘Who The Hell Is Hamish?’ 1

Host/Havas restructures creative department as Seamus Higgins and Ant Melder exit

PMP Group, once a jewel of the Murdoch empire, disappears with Ovato rebranding

Ten slumps to 22.3% share of TV ad market in 2018 1

GPJ Australia promotes Caleb Bush to senior VP and MD of Project Worldwide

Hedgehog Agency wins creative account for Melbourne City Institute of Education

Columbus Core boosts its digital team with two new performance directors

Cadbury owns up to shrinking Dairy Milk size in open letter to customers 8

Havas opens h/commerce in Australia 4

Australia’s getting wiser says Wisr in new campaign targeting disillusioned big bank customers

Bankwest’s Nyomi Horgan joins Citadel-Magnus as director

RACGP asks Australians what they want out of life to promote GP profession

The Wired Agency hires Reprise’s Daniel Picken as SEO manager

Former Today Show sports reporter Tim Gilbert to host new Sky racing show

Adam Good jumps from Dentsu to WPP AUNZ for digital transformation role 4

Married At First Sight powers through Wednesday night demographics

Mortgage brokers launch campaign to fight royal commission proposals 5

Nine appoints Liana Dubois as Powered lead, Lizzie Young promoted

Edison Research president Larry Rosin to headline Mumbrella Audioland plus more speakers announced

Richard Morgan joins AnalogFolk as executive creative director 4

Australian Traveller launches US magazine for Tourism Australia

Pitch2Punchline to train Mumbrella readers for stand-up challenge – at the Opera House 2

Walkley Foundation appoints John Bergin as project manager for Google News Initiative program

Research and brand agency Pollinate expands into Melbourne 1

City of Karratha reveals brand positioning ‘Karratha is calling’ 1

Melbourne Rebels stands by Thai Airways sponsorship despite Hakeem al-Araibi controversy 4

Australian Greens start election push with ‘a future for all of us’ campaign

Purplebricks hires King Kong as digital agency 9

ACCC launches initial investigation into rebates and discounts in outdoor advertising 18