News

Anheuser-Busch InBev ecommerce leader Martin Suter to headline Mumbrella Retail Marketing Summit

Serena Williams helps Nine attract 619,000 viewers for Australian Open

Columbus retains Officeworks’ digital and performance marketing account

McLachlan defamation case postponed in wake of criminal charges 2

Olivia Pirie-Griffiths becomes executive director of The Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom

VICE launches three new podcast series including The Anxiety Hour featuring Osher Günsberg

John Gutteridge to return to Australia in Wunderman Thompson reshuffle 1

David Higgins returns to News Corp as Storyful senior editor 3

Former McCann Sydney MD Adam Lee joins Rt Health as chief marketing and commercial officer 4

Youth community broadcaster FBi Radio tops half million listener mark 2

Australian Open secures 726,000 viewers as Alex de Minaur beats Henri Laaksonen

350.org shows iconic landmarks in a climate change future 2

Ikon Communications rebrands with new logo and positioning 18

Tonic Health Media launches Indigenous health channel, Aboriginal Health Television

Seventh Street Media rebrands to The Brag Media

Influencer platform Vamp launches in Thailand and Indonesia

Blaze Advertising’s ECD Patrick Rychner departs as agency merges with MediaCom

Vivid Sydney 2019 assigns The Mint Partners to PR account 1

Mercedes tells paparazzi to ‘eat dust’ in high speed chase commercial 8

Caitlin Fitzsimmons steps up as Sun-Herald associate editor

Triple J’s Dylan Alcott joins weekend breakfast on Hit Network 1

Sydney Beer Co leverages rising summer temperatures in discount campaign offer 9

My Kitchen Rules 10th Anniversary Special pulls 335,000 viewers

Red Rooster appoints KFC’s Ashley Hughes as director of marketing 2

Logies introduces award for most popular TV commercial 6

Channel T expands remit with 3M adding Asia Pacific region

News Corp’s NewsLocal launches ‘Get Closer With Your Local’ campaign following tabloid redesign

Mumbrella Digital Essentials course returns to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney in March

Maxmedialab wins Luxasia’s PR account

Seafolly launches ‘Made to Summer’ global campaign and positioning 2

HT&E reshuffles management ranks as post Adshel streamlining continues 7

Aquaman climbs to number one after three weeks at the box office

Former RACV chief marketing officer Nick Thomas joins exec headhunter Ampersand International 1

Agent 99 ‘rebrands’ and scores five new clients

Adnews’ Lindsay Bennett joins DDB as corporate comms manager 2

Deirdre Boyle departs AIA to join BankVic as chief product and marketing officer

JC Decaux withdraws from City of Sydney outdoor tender 9

VMLY&R wins Defence Force creative account 16

New Today Show line-up premieres with 197,000 viewers 2

Ford, Lamborghini and a Bathurst 1000 winner to speak at the Mumbrella Automotive Marketing Summit in Melbourne 1

History Will Be Kind wins Webjet’s PR account

Amazon Web Services’ PR manager Peter Witts departs

Tourism NT’s domestic PR and media manager Jodi Clark to depart

Hotwire hires Catherine Arnott as associate director

Travel agency APT releases first major campaign in five years

Lucy Powell joins University of Melbourne as media manager

Charlie Sheen saves the day as Ultra Tune’s ‘Rubber Girls’ plunge into ocean in summer campaign 16

Naomi Beames joins Telstra as principal of corporate affairs and sustainability

M&C Saatchi nabs TAB’s creative account

PwC’s Harriet Wray joins Mutiny as COO 3

Ten officially announces Lisa Squillace as national sales director 2

I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here pulls 1.098m viewers for opening night 3

The Daily Telegraph, The Age and The Guardian fall by more than 10% in December DCR rankings 2

Mumbrella SAGE to hold tailored interactive workshops from DVM Law, Kathryn’s Mint and Scarlett Strategic Solutions

Nine reveals Kia, ANZ, Uber Eats and AGL as inaugural Australian Open tennis sponsors

I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here cast revealed 1

Former ABC staff urge government not to appoint Greg Hywood as chairperson 5

ABC beats Ten again in weekly ratings

Founder of Wunderman, Lester Wunderman, passes away

SCA brings back Luke Bradnam and Margaux Parker for Gold Coast-only drive show

Ten’s Hughesy, We Have A Problem returns on 29 January

Roxy Jacenko and husband Oliver Curtis launch new PR business venture targeting China 18

‘Unwrap me’ lingerie ad found to objectify women in Ad Standards ruling 2

Sabco Australia appoints startup agency Shell Media to handle planning and buying

Craig McLachlan charged with indecent assault by Victorian Police 6

Bob Mackintosh set to depart R/GA as regional ECD vice president 1

Host/Havas makes redundancies after losing Defence recruiting account 24

Ex Cosmo editor Lorna Gray joins Mamamia as head of features 3

Politics to drive 2019 Australian ad spend, says Dentsu Aegis Network 5

7Two achieves higher share than SBS

Officeworks’ national corporate communications manager Callan Date joins AFL

Ten names leadership team across publicity, social and PR strategy 2

Coalition for Better Ads urges Australian industry to adopt consumer friendly online advertising 1

Big W celebrates Aussie kids’ experiences in a back-to-school push

ABC apologises for underpaying casual staff 1

Wicked Campers humiliates women with van about childbirth 7

News and cricket lead a Wednesday summer’s night TV ratings

Kittens Car Wash’s controversial billboard ad banned for sexualising and exploiting women 3

Aurora Expeditions revamps marketing team, appointing Victoria Primrose as CMO

Pacific Magazines expands That’s Life product with monthly edition 3

Department of Fire and Emergency Services seeks full-service agency in WA

Expedia Group, Carnival Cruises and News Corp to speak at the Mumbrella Travel Marketing Summit

Former Today EP Mark Calvert joins Sky News to lead programming and special events

Nine integrates 9Now into 9Galaxy tool, offers dynamic ad insertion ahead of Australian Open 4

MYOB appoints Vizeum to media strategy, planning and buying account 9

72andSunny hires Ross Berthinussen as executive strategy director in Sydney 2

Robbie Patterson becomes Manly Daily editor

Barilla appoints new digital agency, Online Circle