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Magnum & Co becomes HomeAway’s communications agency of record

Gold Coast Tourism CMO, Jan Hutton, appointed as Destination NSW head marketer

Tony Dunseath exits 303 MullenLowe as managing partner to join TK Maxx 1

Optus to wind down Virgin Mobile brand after 18 years 1

Genea, Google and health media personality Dr Norman Swan join the Mumbrella Health Marketing Summit

ABC’s Gruen wins time slot despite shedding 100,000 viewers

Accenture launches programmatic arm to help brands bring buying in-house 21

GovTech Review enters joint venture with Public Sector Network

HuffPost Australia without an editor, but publisher adamant it does have an editorial team

News Corp’s Cameron King appointed IAB Australia chair

Junkee Media on the hunt for new AWOL editor, Kristen Amiet elevated to native lead

Kirstie Bedford adds Caravan World editorship to remit

Tinder launches Places trial in Sydney and Brisbane

Why 2Day FM’s breakfast shows keep ‘imploding’ 11

Village Cinemas censured for accidentally broadcasting offensive ad on Smooth FM

‘Digital Monster’ Facebook threatened with tighter EU regulations during Parliamentary hearings

KFC’s ‘bucket’ 50th Birthday ad cleared of inappropriate language and implied swearing 27

McDonald’s in trouble for promoting junk food at children’s sporting event 7

WeCouldDoThat wins Sydney Brewery’s creative account 1

Clothing brand Patagonia launches campaign to save Tasmania’s Tarkine

NSW Rural Fire Service re-appoints JWT to creative account

Canberra venue’s ‘Fuckday 20 April’ ad deemed inappropriate by ad watchdog

Former M&C Saatchi GM Mim Haysom joins Suncorp as executive GM brand and marketing 5

Gary McCreadie lands ECD role at 303 MullenLowe 1

ExxonMobil, Edelman and The Media Store to speak at the Mumbrella Automotive Marketing Summit

Shark Tank and Masterchef gives Ten a Tuesday night ratings boost

Century Batteries thanks Australia in 90th birthday celebrations

Shoe brand reprimanded for exploiting exposed woman in billboard ad 6

Kleenheat continues ‘less talk more energy’ push as man launches himself out of cannon

Coca-Cola focuses on sugar reductions in new ads 3

Forty Winks gets serious about sleep in new brand positioning

Dimetapp launches sequel to recruitment campaign

Daylight Agency opens government relations division and hires David Begg 1

Thrifty features child riding a toy car in first TV ad for over a decade 8

Wicked Campers’ drug dealer themed van found in breach of Ad Standards 2

Yahoo7 and The Guardian suffer more than 10% decline in latest Nielsen rankings 2

Pepsi moves drinks account to TBWA 1

Marketers can’t ignore the rise of smart speakers, claims researcher 5

Fairfax Media to recruit 20 trainee journalists for cadetship program 5

Omnicom brings US-based specialist language agency maslansky + partners to Australia 4

Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation returns with 678,000 viewers 1

Coca-Cola tells customers not to miss out in campaign launching 2018 FIFA World Cup partnership

APN Outdoor joins bidding for Adshel 1

Digital advertising tax labelled ‘a dog’s dinner’ 8

Advertising and media staff set to be disappointed with their pay rises, salary survey finds

Defeat cancer by eating protein balls, urges Youfoodz in research fundraiser

New Deadpool film knocks Avengers: Infinity War out of box office top spot

Victorian Government urges friends of abusers to speak out against domestic violence

The Works’ parent RXP to restructure after market disappointment 1

Woman’s Day invaded privacy of Chrissie Swan’s children with Maccas drive through pics, rules press watchdog 1

Multiple bidders for Adshel, says owner HT&E

Ooh Media ups Adshel bid to half a billion dollars

Band-Aid is Australia’s most-trusted brand, according to Reader’s Digest

‘Millennial-focussed’ telco, Lyf Mobile, launches with in-house ad campaign 1

Seven’s mini-series Olivia drops 250,000 viewers for second outing

Advertisers set to pay levy on digital advertising in government tax bombshell 13

Bohemia wins Western Sydney University media account

Readership metric EMMA extended for a further five years 2

Huge Australian TV audience for Royal wedding 2

Ten commissions Ellen spin-off Game of Games

Seven and Nine go ad-free for Royal Wedding 3

New round of resignations from print audit by free magazine titles 1

CommBank targets youths who have ‘outgrown the bank of mum and dad’ with Essentials credit card campaign 5

m2m wins $51m Hyundai media account 2

2Day FM breakfast show rethink was humiliating and I’m six months from imploding, predicts Em Rusciano 8

BuzzFeed commercial boss David Nemes exits 4

TV viewers choose Ten’s Masterchef over Seven’s Royal Wedding 1

Let consumers know more about their privacy, Deloitte tells brands

Jack Post joins Christian O’Connell’s Gold 104.3 breakfast show as sidekick

Shane Warne confirmed for Fox Sports cricket commentary team 1

McDonald’s celebrates 50 years of Big Mac by going back through decades 7

Felicity Ross to lead NBN Co’s corporate affairs team 1

Fairfax appoints Cosima Marriner as Sun-Herald editor 1

Farmers Union celebrates diversity by bringing neighbours together over yoghurt 3

BMW Group and Ogilvy Australia split after more than 20 years 1

Royal Botanic Garden highlights science credentials in outdoor campaign 3

Dan Ilic’s A Rational Fear returns to air after four years

ACCC announces public forum for advertisers to comment on digital platforms

Daily Telegraph’s suggestions ‘PC vandals’ wanted to ‘tear down’ Sydney statues untrue, Press Council rules 6

Powerball tells Australians to ‘play by your own rules’ to win their lottery 1

Momentum Energy draws on Australian ownership to recruit new customers

ABC’s Gruen the most watched non-news show of Wednesday night 1

Columbus makes key appointments for new data and strategy division

Australia Post, ServiceNow, Exponential, Recognition PR and more confirmed to speak at the B2B Marketing Summit

Lucie Wombwell takes head of investment role at Blue 449 1

AANA set to update advertising gender stereotype guidelines 10

Online bookmaker fined $18,000 for illegal gambling ads 6

Simon Fitzgerald exits Text100 after 12 years for Bendigo and Adelaide Bank senior comms role