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Hotwire wins Hostelworld’s global PR account

R/GA global social lead to keynote the Mumbrella Sports Marketing Summit, plus more speakers announced

South Australia’s Tasting Australia festival seeks creative agency 2

P&G promotes sales director Vivek Gupta to lead Australian operations

Cricket scandal fallout continues as LG discontinues Dave Warner sponsorship 4

Mercedes-Benz launches ‘Tough Conversations’ with Henry Rollins 6

Marketforce appoints Carat Perth’s MD Adam Marshall as CEO in ‘complete management overhaul’ 1

Brand safety risks increase for Australian advertisers, says IAS

Museum Victoria launches campaign to smash Viking stereotypes

Vodafone looks to entice streaming customers with free Netflix trial

News Corp Australia exec Neil Robinson to return in shake up of digital sales team and marketing management 9

Storyation wins Tourism Western Australia’s content account

Guy Sebastian busts myths about Toyota’s Camry Hybrid

DPR&Co wins Race Against Dementia account

South Australian Film Corporation appoints Courtney Gibson as CEO

Seven West Media sells Yahoo7 to Oath, with CEO Ed Harrison to exit 6

Veteran radio sales exec launches online advertising booking platform, My Radio Rates

eBay appoints Amex’s Julie Nestor as local CMO

Chrysler reprimanded for showing people in canoe without life jacket in TV campaign 2

Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon deliver Nine another ratings win

Market City partners with History Will Be Kind to launch new food offering

QBE Insurance launches VR AFL film for Sydney Swans

Amazon will destroy traditional media unless it nails addressable TV, warns Starcom 5

Facebook’s Will Easton apologises to Australian marketers and brands 3

Marketers significantly overestimating their CX abilities and need to rethink media: Starcom 2

SCA adds new Brisbane sales managers in team reshuffle 1

No longer a Weet-Bix kid – Sanitarium scrubs all mention of Steve Smith 2

Kirsten Hodgon exits as Roads and Maritime Services principal manager of corporate comms

Paul Heath resigns was Ogilvy worldwide chief growth officer and non-executive director of AUNZ 1

Wicked Campers banned by ad watchdog for 79th time 8

Former Unruly Australia boss Lance Traore appointed local MD of adtech startup Illuma

Andrew Nobbs promoted to MD of Designate Group

Back with the Ex to premiere on Seven after Commonwealth Games

Daily Telegraph seeks leave to appeal decision as Geoffrey Rush defamation battle continues

Former Adroll marketing boss Cat Prestipino joins startup as CMO

PwC’s Megan Brownlow to present Entertainment & Media Outlook at Mumbrella360, plus more sessions announced

Tattoo Asylum ad banned by watchdog for ‘unacceptable attitudes towards all women’ 1

Yahoo7 launches Be Parenting as a lifestyle vertical for parents

Big Bang prequel Young Sheldon premieres with 1.053m, while Spartan fizzles

Fandom officially launches fandom.com.au 1

Sling & Stone wins four new clients, makes five new hires

Peter Rabbit hops over Tomb Raider and Black Panther on box office debut 2

Westpac adds digital responsibilities to CMO Martine Jager’s role 1

Tabcorp abolishes CMO role in post-merger restructure, with Megan Magill to depart 2

Sportswear company Skins takes out full-page ad in SMH calling for Cricket Australia to take action 8

Michael Pascoe to file last column for Fairfax Media 5

Rugby AU launches #PartOfMore campaign 3

Mazda appoints Alt/Shift as PR agency of record 1

Ben Greenslade joins M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment as general manager 1

Ben Sharp, former managing director at AdRoll, takes helm at ADMA

Sarah Bell joins The 6AM Agency as head of social

Sunshine Coast launches campaign featuring Bindi Irwin ahead of Commonwealth Games 3

Pure Profile chairman Andrew Edwards survives attempt to fire him from board 6

Lisa Messenger to close The Collective Hub print edition 5

VicHealth launches Australian version of viral ‘This Girl Can’ campaign 2

Brands not moving advertising spend away from digital: Zenith

Pulse Communications hires Remy Le Fèvre as director

Bachelor in Paradise premieres with 750,000 metro viewers 1

First Australian Netflix original Tidelands commences production 1

Diageo drops $15m on refreshed Keep Walking Johnnie Walker campaign via Leo Burnett Sydney

Canesten launches Thrush: The Musical to reduce stigma around condition 1

Nine wins the TV ratings week as Ten slips to fourth with just 8.4%

The Royals tap military-grade camera for Strand Arcade campaign

Moët Hennessy Australia appoints The Zoo Republic for below-the-line and shopper work

Tracey Spicer and stars of stage and screen launch NOW initiative to combat sexual harassment 2

Margot Robbie to produce female-led Shakespeare retelling on ABC

Brand partnerships agency Lacuna launches with GM Holden as foundation client

The Bachelor’s Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins becomes face of Volkswagen’s Amarok 2

Greenpoint Media wins five new PR and content marketing accounts

Epic PR relocates from Singapore to Melbourne

Brett Morgan takes top marketing role at Sydney Olympic Park Authority

Kaimera wins media account for property consultancy Knight Frank

Guvera ‘limped’ towards IPO, court hears, as former finance chief defends decision to keep trading 1

Brands warned about risks of aligning with social causes 2

Honey Birdette falls foul of advertising watchdog, again

More than 600,000 viewers tune in for first AFL clash of the season

RhythmOne appoints Luke Bussell as ANZ managing director 2

Last chance for Mumbrella Awards entries as midnight deadline approaches

WE Buchan and Sefiani big winners at Mumbrella’s CommsCon Awards

‘Getting a run on Media Watch is a badge of honour’, says Sportsbet comms boss 1

Anthony Gregorio appointed CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi as Mike Rebelo focuses on Publicis role 8

MLA’s banned religious lamb ad is ‘a great example of creating unity’, says agency boss 8

Facebook’s response to Cambridge Analytica ‘not good enough’ 2

Woman has face surgically turned upside down in latest ‘epic reminder’ Aldi campaign 2

Don’t destroy the reputation of your agency with shonky research, brands told 2

Court throws out media companies’ attempt to join Rebel Wilson defamation appeal 1

Airbnb shifts from mass to targeted marketing as brands urged to confront ‘uncomfortable truths’

Ancestry helps Australians understand ‘why I am like I am’ in new campaign