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Seven’s US drama The Good Doctor out rates local reality shows Date Night and Hughesy, We Have a Problem 3

Coles moves strategy away from ‘Down, down’ to ‘Good things’ platform 2

WhiteGREY hires M&C Saatchi’s Lee Simpson as CEO 3

‘A company in turmoil’ – Pure Profile shareholders attack chairman Andrew Edwards 5

SMI to change reporting dates to better reflect advertisers’ media spending habits 1

Independent marketing agency Acorn Strategy opens in Perth

Father has ‘the talk’ with his son to promote responsible sports gambling

ABC’s news and current affairs slate builds audience share to 14%

Marketforce set to lose ECD Pat Lennox and senior creative Ben Green

Suzuki Australia launches ‘best ever’ animated ad 4

Former Dolly editor Tiffany Dunk joins Foxtel’s Lifestyle Group as managing editor 2

Facebook to test breaking news labels with Australian media companies

Pure Profile facing battle for control with bid to depose chairman Andrew Edwards 3

News to write down combined Foxtel and Fox Sports by up to US$1 billion ahead of Telstra agreement 6

Cummins & Partners reveal why the answer to life is 42 in Australian Red Cross blood campaign 4

MFA drops its 2018 media awards to reboot ‘effectiveness’ criteria 1

Seven moves Australian Spartan to non ratings period, didn’t do ‘the job it needed to do’ 10

Poem wins PR account for TEDxSydney

Frank PR secures Doughnut Time and Huxtaburger accounts 4

Vegemite drops JWT for Thinkerbell after 74 years 18

Black Panther continues to dominate, collecting an extra $4.5 million in third box office weekend

Kellogg’s recruits YouTuber Simone Giertz to create different recipes 2

Brands voice objections to top level .au domain introduction 34

VMO’s Anthony Deeble to become Hoyts Group CCO as Dan Hill extends remit to digital outdoor 3

Guardian Australia and the University of Melbourne launch journalism trust

Campaign Edge launches in Melbourne 1

Cat burglar Lorraine steals neighbours’ belongings in latest AAMI spot 2

Marketers out of touch with consumer behaviour and marketing basics, Salmat study claims 4

Carsales adds two new hires to its commercial team 1

Nine delivers highest rating Married at First Sight episode, extends lead over Seven’s Australian Spartan 1

Ogilvy’s David Fox appointed as WPP AUNZ chief transformation officer 8

Sydney start-up signs deal with Telstra to deliver digital billboards on taxis 3

‘No one does rum like us’ says Bundaberg Rum in latest campaign

Married at First Sight helps Nine win its first official ratings week of the year

News Corp launches new kids website, Kids News 9

Kimberly-Clark launches global creative review

Cochlear and CHE Proximity launch plugin that calibrates the internet to users’ ears

Cadbury introduces ‘There’s a glass and a half in everyone’ brand platform to Australia 25

Samsung collaborates with paper engineer for Galaxy S9 launch installation 1

Tasmania’s Mercury issues apology to readers during election coverage ban

Macquarie Media’s Talking Lifestyle to be replaced with sports format 112

Marketforce looks to stamp out the word ‘retard’ with the ‘R Word’ campaign 3

Woolworths reprimanded by ACCC for ‘deceptive’ advertising on eco picnic products

Tinder calls for interracial couples emoji in new campaign

‘We need to communicate better what we do’ says Pureprofile CEO 5

AppNexus pledges to purge adtech’s bad actors in ads.txt push

Tourism Australia extends Crocodile Dundee campaign with ‘Why Australia’ content series 1

Bauer Media sells Australian Geographic to Northern Pictures

Jackie Frank to exit Pacific Magazines after more than 20 years 3

R/GA Sydney launches first work for NRL to create a stronger connection between the fans and the game

Publicis Worldwide CEO and chairman of Publicis Communications, Andrew Baxter, resigns 1

Fairfax Media pulls out of Nielsen’s digital content ratings 38

Ad industry veteran Rachael Lonergan launches cancer support app, CanDo

SBS launches influencer campaign for Safe Harbour launch

I’m A Celebrity and Gogglebox boost Ten’s share to 17% 1

Post-it sends note into space to prove how sticky it is 2

Ten’s Sandra Sully appointed managing news editor of Ten Daily 4

Type + Pixel wins creative account for Baskin-Robbins

Westfield targets mums in campaign it says ‘steers clear of stereotypes’ 9

FORWARD Agency wins PR account for Dry July

Red Agency rebrands to Yellow Agency for the month of March

Toyota ad banned for showing woman standing with her arms outside the vehicle 3

J Walter Thompson creates first work for John West, reviving ‘It’s what John West rejects’ brand positioning 3

CarAdvice appoints Stuart Parker national sales director

McDonald’s ‘Go Full Summer’ ad cleared of being ‘paedophilic’ and showing ‘disturbing’ shots of kids 51

Video-on-demand viewing swells with biggest audiences from connected TV, Screen Australia report shows 1

Air New Zealand unveils ‘World’s Coolest Safety Video’ 4

Nine wins Wednesday television with Married at First Sight continuing to draw in viewers 1

Pure Profile sees half year losses widen after ‘challenging and transformational’ period 2

AWW editor Juliet Rieden moves to editor-at-large position, news editor Michael Sheather to depart 1

Mumbrella Travel Marketing Awards shortlist announced

Fox Sports’ Andrew McKinlay returns to Ten as sports editor

Al Jazeera English’s Ross Dagan returns to Ten as director of news content 1

Customers now search for the ‘worst’ brands ‘to avoid’

Marketers need to start conversations around human truth, not strategy, says The Iconic’s CMO 1

News Corp shuffles digital leadership again with Julian Delany and Dominic Hatfield expanding roles 1

KFC acting CMO labels Family Food Fight sponsorship ‘total disaster’, with brand preparing for end of free TV 18

South Australian Film Corporation shifts to grant funding model

Consumers becoming more promiscuous with brand loyalty: The Works’ Paul Swann 4

iSelect on hunt for new CMO following Geraldine Davys’ departure 1

Nestle launches media agency review 2

WPP merges Burson-Marsteller and Cohn & Wolfe

Press watchdog clears news.com.au terror threat story, despite Classification Board censorship

Tania Kullmann resigns as Kantar CEO, Jon Foged promoted

The Good Doctor and MKR boost Seven’s Tuesday share

Jaywing set to acquire Frank Digital

Seven to axe Broadcast Centre jobs in joint venture with Nine 3

Nicola Lewis to become GroupM’s chief investment officer 2