News

Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell and 7.30 interview boost ABC’s share ahead of Ten 1

303 MullenLowe recruits Mike Burdick and David Roberts as senior creatives 1

In-image advertising service GumGum expands Australian operations 1

Google, Destination Melbourne, Customer Frame and Gate 7 complete Mumbrella Travel Marketing Summit

Popsugar launches first podcast with former Big Brother winner

Y&R hires former Leo Burnett boss Pete Bosilkovski as CEO 7

Watch IBM’s artificial intelligence webinar on catch-up

Wallabies star Nick ‘Honey Badger’ Cummins to star in The Bachelor for sixth season 2

News Corp’s regional Queensland publications move to premium digital subscription model

Government organisation icare appoints digital marketing consultancy Mindbox 2

Lucie Austin to return as Coca-Cola South Pacific marketing director, replacing Lisa Winn

Brand safety is more than just a digital issue, says Hypetap founder Detch Singh

Phil McDonald departs Y&R as CEO ‘effective immediately’ 29

My Kitchen Rules climbs back above 1m, handing Seven a Tuesday night win

Ogilvy Sydney restructures creative, merging creatives, content and social into one department 4

Marketing design platform Celtra restructures Sydney office ahead of launching new consulting service

Lehmo finds new home at ABC Radio following axing from Gold FM

Arnott’s appoints Publicis Groupe as agency for creative, media and PR

Accordant picks up Isobar branding as part of push back against consultancies

UNICEF asks Australians to donate one minute of their time to help end violence against children 2

Defamation landscape changing as questions continue around what constitutes a ‘publisher’ 1

News Corp makes finance roles redundant as part of ongoing transformation program 1

Dog pulls food out of computer for Pet Circle campaign 2

James Chessell appointed as Fairfax’s group executive editor, Australian Metro Publishing 2

LIDA opens data consultancy Magic Beans

AFL and Clems Melbourne unveil new brand platform ‘Don’t Believe in Never’ 2

Carat Sydney promotes Danni Wright to head of strategy 6

First Mumbrella360 Masterclass sessions revealed with Hypetap, Posterscope, MultiConnexions, Orchard and more

Publishers question Nielsen’s Facebook measurement tool, as audiences apparently swell to 14 times their original size 9

Ten pulls 228,000 fewer viewers for I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here winner announcement

Brisbane radio ratings: Nova loses top breakfast spot to Hit105 4

Melbourne radio ratings: Fox FM kicks off the year as most-listened-to FM station across the board 20

Adelaide radio ratings: ARN’s Mix102.3 increases lead over competitors

Sydney radio ratings: New 2Day FM breakfast show with Em, Grant and Ed sees 0.6 point share boost 8

Perth radio ratings: Nova’s Kate, Tim & Marty secure highest drive-time audience share across the country 2

DigitasLBi reverts to original company name, Digitas 2

Chris Hemsworth’s 12 Strong fails to crack $1m at weekend box office, with Black Panther earning additional $3.2m 5

Hayu signals content expansion as Australia’s average weekly streaming ‘grows by 500%’ 2

ACTU launches biggest ad campaign in a decade asking to ‘Change the Rules’ 16

Adshel extends Sydney Trains contract

Ad watchdog clears ‘offensive’ Meat & Livestock Australia ad of being ‘racist’ and ‘homophobic’ 5

TRACK promotes Rob Limb to CEO 1

Kris Taute joins Air Asia as manager of PR and communications 2

I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here sheds 175,000 viewers for part one of grand final 1

Ugly showcases joy of owning your own home in first Uno Home Loans campaign 1

Ooh Media announces full integration of Seedooh reporting system

WIN Network to rejoin FreeTV Australia after three-year hiatus 1

Married at First Sight delivers strong TV ratings week for Nine

PR agency Stark Matthews appoints Cherie Herrmann as social media marketing strategist

Sportsbet pokes fun at NRL clubs in latest comedy YouTube clip 6

Super fund Cbus launches campaign celebrating members’ diversity

Foxtel to make further layoffs in call centres to compete with global counterparts 15

ACRF launches campaign to end cancer by 2030 via M&C Saatchi

Pure Profile claims it was misled over its $25m+ acquisition of digital agency Cohort 10

Nine’s Thursday Night NRL Live sees viewers drop for 2018 opening

Jessica Rowe leaves Studio 10 4

Bohemia appoints Jennifer Lloyd as commercial director

Pharma agency Healthy Thinking Group sells creative and digital operations to Blackdot consultants 4

Holden recruits Instagram famous Celeste Barber to star in satirical campaign 4

Drive Network appoints COO Chris Polites as chief executive officer

Kate & Co wins San Pellegrino PR account

SCA appoints new general managers for regional Queensland

Jodie Sangster to step down as ADMA CEO after seven years 3

Local paper falls foul of watchdog for breaching suicide reporting standards 2

Liberal Party seeks creative agencies as Federal election campaign looms 11

WPP AUNZ launches strategy consulting arm 8

News’ With Her In Mind launches female mentoring programs

Seven launches new singing competition format, All Together Now 5

Facebook targets consumers thinking about trips with new travel marketing feature

Nine wins Wednesday night TV as Married At First Sight dominates

Peet creates VR app Vision360 with Ogilvy Melbourne for future homebuyers

HuffPost Australia editor Josh Butler to join Ten Daily

GSK appoints Nick Boyden as area marketing director for consumer healthcare products 1

SmartCompany pulls advertising for International Women’s Day

Mapping tech company Nearmap appoints Sue Klose as CMO

Arts and music publisher Limelight Magazine rescued by new owners

The Hausmann Group opens new social agency GROUND 1

BMF promotes Jen Speirs to deputy ECD

PR agency Fifty Acres launches creative offering

Man wearing SPAM jacket sells the sizzle of putting some on the barbie 1

History Will Be Kind wins amaysim PR account 1

Marriott hands media account to Spark Foundry

ING Direct adds Bashful to creative roster

News Corp appoints Rebecca Caratti as Vogue Living editor

MFA agencies to boycott domestic awards for 12 months 5

Crikey launches crowdfunding campaign to finance investigative journalism project 3

LinkedIn’s Edward Bray joins HealthEngine as CMO 1

Lee Sunter joins Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne as creative director 1