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Sport Australia highlights how smartphones have killed sport and encourages Australians to ‘Move It’

Nine to partner with Helloworld Travel for new show

News Corp’s former chief food writer launches eastern suburbs magazine, Local East

SCA to rebrand Townsville and Newcastle stations under Triple M network 1

Seven’s The Real Full Monty to return with all female lineup

Nine’s The Block triumphs in Sunday night premiere battle, with 1.163m viewers 3

Andrew Bolt ‘won’t be silenced’ by the Press Council, as he ‘refuses to respect’ proceedings 86

Nine launches its addressability solution, promising ‘far more transparency’ than digital giants 14

Australian Tax Office hits HT&E with $179m NZ tax bill 1

The Australian Ballet, Laneway, Twitter and CRA confirmed as Mumbrella Entertainment Marketing Summit launches

Ten hits out at ‘completely wrong’ and ‘misleading’ News Corp article about the future of its programs 6

‘Crappy shows don’t work anymore’: Ten content boss 12

Seven wins the TV ratings week despite competition from Masterchef and Ninja Warrior

ACCC review into Nine Fairfax merger will be ‘thorough’: Rod Sims

John Singleton fielding offers for Macquarie Media ‘every six weeks’

Harper’s Bazaar editor-in-chief Kellie Hush to depart

Seven continues Friday night ratings dominance with 26% audience share 2

Content agency DOTF releases ‘Asking for a Mate’ web series to prevent violence against women

Mitsubishi shows sense of adventure in latest campaign 2

UMS Australia appoints Tang Yi as business development manager for Melbourne office

Stellar wins Swissotel’s PR account

Optus confirms UEFA soccer coverage for the next three years 7

Melbourne comms training startup Lumin expands to UK with appointment of Elen Clement

Ten’s Australian Survivor tops demos despite slight dip in second show

Mindshare’s Louisa Mennell joins Ikon Communications as national head of performance

Foxtel left behind as Australians move to subscription video, says Roy Morgan Research 23

ABC hits back over criticisms of its new lifestyle platform 6

Havas Media wins five new clients including Seafolly and Tony Bianco

ABC’s OzPod to return for third year

Chatime ad cleared despite coining the phrase ‘Blow Me’

Contiki Australia appoints Common Ventures for upcoming campaign

Lipp Media, a podcast network by women and the LGBT+ community, launches

Government News website relaunches

Sian Whitnall becomes OMD Australia’s chief digital officer

Men’s lifestyle site ETFM gives contributors an ownership stake

The Brand Agency opens destination marketing division and appoints Gwyn Dolphin

Roo & Ditts renew breakfast spot with Triple M Adelaide

Ten execs have ‘no regrets’ on time with MCN as they look to build out an ‘agnostic’ sales team 5

Sibling’s managing director Mandy Galmes joins Hill + Knowlton Strategies as CEO

WPP picks up four spots on Shell global creative roster, Mediacom retains media account

Australian Survivor’s premiere up on last year with 716,000 tuning in

Chatime says ‘Blow Me’ in latest outdoor campaign 1

Bauer Media and Medium Rare lead the way as the Mumbrella Publish shortlist is announced

Pacific Magazine launches e-commerce platform in Practical Parenting relaunch

The Advertiser apologises for cartoon about Greek fire tragedy

Digital advertising boosts total newspaper spend but print continues its revenue slide

Sophisticated Traveller rebrands ahead of 15 year anniversary 1

Andrea Ingham to join BuzzFeed as business partnerships lead 7

Sport drives TV ad spending surge in June, reports SMI

Fetch TV adds three more BeIN sports channels in new subscriber package

Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney wins digital trading platform Autotrader’s creative account 2

Harrier Human Capital appoints Kate Beattie as group head of marketing

Jack Daniels focuses on charcoal and core values in first work from M&C Saatchi 1

‘CBS wants to control it, it’s as simple as that’: Ten confirms exit from MCN 10

Ten set to exit MCN venture as it brings sales in-house 3

Growth of BVOD and ‘circuit breaker’ programs to accelerate TV advertising spend, execs argue 1

Nine’s Ninja Warrior grand final sheds almost one million viewers from last year 3

Bauer Media extends TV Week with new monthly features mag

Aussie icons star in Thinkerbell’s first work for Vegemite 45

Mumbrella to celebrate 10th anniversary with Next Awards recognising next generation of talent 7

Airbnb’s Eva Ross joins Sendle as CMO, replacing co-founder Craig Davis

‘The only women to benefit from #MeToo are black dress designers,’ media exec tells conference 117

Seven CEO Tim Worner calls for the end of overnight TV ratings 11

Pure Profile to focus on higher margin markets to reverse revenue and profit falls 1

The Monkeys and Accenture encourage car owners to check their airbags in ‘Don’t Die Wondering’ campaign 5

Amart Furniture moves $20m media account from Carat to Ikon 1

Guardian Australia cuts losses, announces first profit since launch 2

Meriton fined $3m for manipulating TripAdvisor reviews

Sales boss Andrea Ingham exits Spotify 1

Nikki Warburton takes Audi CMO role 2

Australian ad industry bodies launch digital code of practice 1

Seven’s House Rules finale down 200,000 viewers from last year 2

TBWA Sydney hires PwC’s Nicky Bryson as head of strategy 1

Big W shows the evolution of children in Kids Happen campaign

TRSN Sydney general manager Leanne Wotherspoon departs

Former Australian editor Clive Mathieson becomes Prime Minister’s chief of staff

Ava Lawler departs Weber Shandwick after five years 1

Mumbrella launches three-city Digital Essentials training course

Red Agency launches ‘Redefining Influence’ influencer marketing offering

HT&E head of comms Marina Saggers to leave the company 1

Instagram influencer Celeste Barber recreates cruise activities on land for Royal Caribbean

Website secretly censors all news about men for a month to make point about sexism 21

Magnum & Co wins Australian Blueberries’ PR account

New Zealand film The Breaker Upperers premieres with $717,564

PPR appoints Snezna Kerekovic as business director

#MeToo campaign group Now Australia call for agency help 1

Trimantium GrowthOps closes in on Asia Pacific Digital acquisition

John Stanley second casualty of Macquarie Sports Radio breakfast 43