News

American Express awards global media account to UM over incumbent Mindshare 1

NAB’s Andrew Parker joins BetEasy as brand, media and communications manager 2

Mahlab launches PR offering with Thomson Reuters Tax and Accounting as foundation client 1

Western Sydney Wanderers sign on JD Sports as major sponsor in youth push

Fairfax Media resumes commercial relationship with Nielsen

Ubank CMO Jo Kelly to depart before end of the month

Gustavo Vampre joins Deloitte Digital’s creative team from Havas

Ali Oetjen’s The Bachelorette premieres with lowest audience ever for franchise

Jobs to go across NSW and South Australia as News Corp re-structures marketing 8

Amplifi’s Joshua Lee joins Zenith Melbourne as head of digital 3

Ferrari, Peninsula Sotheby’s and Advance join The One Centre at the Mumbrella Luxury Marketing Summit

Lani Cush joins Hardhat as strategy lead 1

Supercheap Auto throws back to the 1970s as it attempts to create a ‘movie-quality’ commercial

News.com.au launches men’s mental health campaign to stop ‘the silent killer’ 6

Courier Mail misled readers about writer’s qualifications, finds Press Council

Suncorp confirms review of media account 7

Stellar Concepts wins PR accounts for Glasshouse Fragrances and Universal Store

Dentsu Aegis Network wins Intel Select’s global media account

Facebook falls 37 places in the 2018 FutureBrand Index as tech trust scores suffer

Wicked Campers has third van banned in one month, this time for ‘explicit sexual content’ 8

Australian Survivor finale delivers 877,000 metro viewers

ACMA’s manager of media and comms, Emma Rossi, moves to ACCC

Foxtel launches its biggest investment to date, Fox Cricket 18

Acast locks in content sharing deal with Spotify 5

PR agency Keep Left opens Sydney office

Goa urges Alan Jones to use real billboards in stunt across Queensland 5

Adam Davy joins Morris Media as publisher

WPP’s Cannings Purple launches Brisbane office

Thinkerbell wins Melbourne Racing Club’s media account from Vizeum 17

Emotive and 3rdspace lead the Mumbrella Entertainment Awards shortlist

Volkswagen creates ad ‘too powerful for TV’ 5

Ten’s Australian Survivor achieves highest audience of season ahead of finale

Google+ social media platform to be killed following privacy flaw revelations 2

MCN re-structures business ahead of Ten breakup

WPP loses Ford’s creative account to BBDO after 75 years 3

LiveRamp launches data store in Australia after IPG sale

Head to Head: Are brands wasting time using celebrity endorsements? 2

Seven’s director of program partnerships Lisa Squillace exits 2

Venom cracks $9m on opening weekend at box office

Treasury warns government about challenges of taxing digital advertising

Brisbane MPs call on APN Outdoor to remove anti-vaccination billboard 19

Yaffa Media proprietor David Yaffa passes 2

New editors for The Australian and Daily Telegraph as Paul Whittaker becomes Sky News boss 3

AFR locks in content-sharing deal with Chinese independent business and finance brand 2

R/GA hires Drew Klonsky as executive director of business transformation to bolster consulting offering

Ahm acknowledges the frustrating parts of life with new brand positioning ‘The Simple Bit’ 2

Seven’s All Together Now cracks 800,000 viewers for launch, Ten’s Game of Games pulls just 536,000

Turia Pitt named ambassador for Kathmandu Coast to Coast 1

Brands to turn websites black and white in cybersecurity campaign

‘Sarge’ dives into detective mode in latest Budget Direct ads 17

NRL Grand Final scores Nine a weekly win

Lee Lin Chin, Rebel Wilson, Ray Martin and Ruby Rose front Uber Eats’ 2018 campaign 6

Joanne Liddell joins PHD as content lead

GSK hands global media account to Publicis 5

Pet dog narrates his ‘professional’ golfing owner for Munns commercial

Natalie Pennisi joins BankVic as head of communications

Woolworths tells Australians to ‘get your Woolies worth’ in latest TV ad 2

Sustainability Victoria rewrites words to Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes to remind Victorians to bring reusable bags

Junkee Media launches real time digital out of home campaign

Sharri Markson gets Sky News political program and Outsiders goes nightly in lineup reshuffle 37

The Bachelor finale attracts 1.241m viewers as Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins doesn’t pick a winner 10

Amart shows off proud customers and new brand positioning with first campaign from Y&R Brisbane

Ten banks on ‘decent, large’ sampling for Game of Games 4

Sarah Smith appointed as head of marketing for Bundanon Trust

Catch Group launches home styling eMagazine, thehome.com.au

BetEasy puts Ricky Ponting in different games for Raise Your Game campaign 2

Pure Profile sells Sparc Media unit back to original owners in $600,000 deal

Initiative Melbourne’s Sérgio Brodsky leaves in strategy restructure

Former Omnicom agency leaders launch retail creative agency, Watch This Space

CommBank shares support for womens cricket in ’20 Not Out’ ad 6

ABC board appoints independent expert to investigate interference allegations 1

Speed Agency wins Futura’s media account

APN Outdoor runs anti-vaccination ad in Brisbane 43

The Bachelor’s penultimate episode draws 822,000 metro viewers 1

Melbourne radio ratings: Smooth FM edges closer to Fox FM’s consistent drive lead

Brisbane radio ratings: Nova claws back its losses as Triple M suffers drops across the board

Sydney radio ratings: Alan Jones extends lead in breakfast with 19% share 5

Perth radio ratings: Nova holds onto breakfast crown, but Mix steals overall win

Adelaide radio ratings: Hit 107 loses momentum after Amos, Cat and Angus fall back

Seven Melbourne news director Simon Pristel to leave at end of year

Daily Mail sales lead Benn Sykes to return to CarAdvice 1

David Chase joins Dentsu X as group digital director

Skills shortages and stagnant salaries drive marketing industry job churn, says recruiter 3

Burger chain Carl’s Jr appoints Dig&Fish as creative agency of record 3

Suzana Ristevski to lead NAB’s merged marketing and customer experience team

Australian Government rallies to cease ‘boys will be boys’ behaviour in anti-domestic violence campaign 22

Whimn announces true crime podcast series, My Father the Murderer

Greg Graham departs WPP to ‘pursue other opportunities’ 5