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Pedestrian TV launches awards for ‘trending moments’

Macquarie Media locks in five year NRL radio deal, Crocmedia acquires regional licensing

Mumbrella Sports Marketing Summit and Awards return with West Tigers, M&C Saatchi Sports & Entertainment and more

Former ARN commercial director Matt Granger joins Nine as sport sales boss

Marketforce loses second CEO in six months with Paul Everingham to depart 3

AncestryDNA launches Life Stages series delving into family trees

Carsales offers second-hand car sellers personalised ads to promote their vehicles 9

Tim Ferguson, Paul McDermott and Richard Fidler apologise for ‘vile and obscene’ 1990s harassment campaign 28

Dancers show off their best moves in Vice Absolut equality video 1

SBS World News’ Janice Peterson advocates for smashed avo in new tongue-in-cheek ads 4

WhiteGrey CEO Miles Joyce exits 2

Emotive hires Rory Pearson as director and senior creative

Kate Ritchie, Amanda Keller, Fifi Box, Dee Dee Dunleavy and Angela Bishop join Mumbrella360 lineup

Subaru says ‘Do More Australia’ in ad inspired by family holiday photographs 1

Nine wins Monday night with help of Married at First Sight and Travel Guides 1

Sarah O’Leary joins Havas Melbourne as business director 1

AdRoll appoints new president, Scott Gifis, and repositions brand 2

NewsMediaWorks consolidates awards program, creates News Media Awards

Former BMW marketer Stuart Jaffray moves to Starcom as MD Melbourne 1

Peter Bosilkovski departs as Leo Burnett Sydney CEO 2

FleishmanHillard wins three new accounts, makes five new appointments

Publishers’ Google Accelerated Media Pages traffic going unrecorded by Nielsen 7

Marvel’s Black Panther takes another $7.5m in second box office weekend

EY restructures Australian tech, media and telecommunications practice, promoting Jenny Young as local head 3

SCA’s digital strategy boss Chris Derrick departs

John Croll resigns as CEO of Isentia 7

Macquarie University appoints Vizeum as marketing communications agency

Australian Spartan debuts with half the audience of Ninja Warrior 1

ACCC to include focus on digital and programmatic advertising in media inquiry 1

News Corp, Fairfax and TV networks join Bauer in fight against $4.5m Rebel Wilson defamation payout 6

IBM AI expert to present exclusive webinar on Mumbrella

‘Those who know use Moro’ says olive oil brand in ad from Publicis 2

Sports intelligence company Gemba launches sponsorship evaluation tool Turnstile

News Corp launches ‘We’re For You’ TV push with ad inspired by Beatles’ A Day In The Life 11

Apple Australia celebrates same sex marriage with ‘First Dance’ 29

Tribe ramps up sales efforts with hire of Nick Randall and Sammy Lewis

Grant Williams departs Nine after two decades 1

Rove McManus to host new Ten panel quiz Show Me The Movie 5

Olympics helps Seven win weekly ratings, while Married At First Sight delivers strongly for Nine

Seven snatches Modern Family from Ten 1

SCA boss Grant Blackley admits company could be a buyer or a seller ahead of imminent media consolidation 2

News Corp launches prestige division as Nick Smith exits 7

UnLtd Big Clash cricket match raises over $120,000

Lord of the Fries replicates Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar album covers in new campaign

Twitter clampdown on fake accounts hits follower counts but is welcomed by Aussie agencies

SCA’s profit falls 21% after ‘under-performance’ of 2Day FM breakfast

WPP reports slight revenue increase despite taking hit in PR and public affairs

My Kitchen Rules gives Seven an easy ratings win on Thursday night

Merrick Watts becomes celebrity intern for American Express campaign 1

Crocmedia to produce new radio show for Golf Australia

Keep Left wins not-for-profit business Greening Australia

GroupM CEO Mark Lollback ‘concerned’ about linear TV

One-off events not the path to a profitable media business warns Nine boss Hugh Marks 1

Sophie Onikul joins eBay Australia as head of communications 1

Final CommsCon speakers announced including Tourism Australia, The Iconic, Wests Tigers, Guardian Australia and more

Video advertising on mobile has higher sales impact than other devices, Think TV study suggests 1

Married At First Sight tops demos keeping strong lead over My Kitchen Rules

9Now and Stan shine in strong financial results for Nine 1

Media agencies remain unsure about podcasts and voice marketing, IAB finds 1

Heineken launches competition chatbot for Formula 1 event

QT Hotels and Resorts promotes Jessica Fornito to communications manager 2

4WD Touring publisher wins prize dispute with unhappy subscriber 4

Jessica Torstensson joins Wavemaker as group business director

Ten daily appoints Mel Cornford as managing editor 1

FleishmanHillard launches new data-breach management offering

National Hearing Care appoints DDB Melbourne as creative agency

Sarah Wilson’s I Quit Sugar to close its doors 7

Production services company Wellcom reports revenue growth following international wins 3

Married at First Sight dominates Tuesday’s ratings but Seven wins the night 2

Spinach extends remit with Reserve Bank of Australia, makes three new appointments

Sensis promotes Damon Medley to GM of digital agency, Found 2

AdNews editor Rosie Baker joins GroupM as group communications director

Fairfax profits tumble 54% as company flags it will ‘take advantage’ of media consolidation 5

Social Soup adds three new clients to portfolio 1

Orange Line hires Aishling Farrell as GM of client services and strategy 1

Nick Xenophon releases all-singing, all-dancing musical campaign for SA election 9

SCA launches talent development platform to attract new radio talent

Woolworths features apple hungry wheelchair athlete in first Commonwealth Games ads 3

Carat wins Event Hospitality and Entertainment media account, including QT Hotels and Rydges

Former 2DayFM staffer claims he was raped by manager

Straight Up PR wins five new clients

SPC celebrates 100 years and ‘the great back yard’ in master brand campaign

Ad watchdog reprimands Sunraysia Marine for beeped out words in radio ad

Man climbs into box to enter the Festival of Racing in Racing Victoria spot 2

News, ABC and Nine see digital news growth in January following December slump 4

Amaysim burning lawn mower commercial banned by ad watchdog 3

Coles Liquor pitches creative account

Winter Olympics slides down ratings charts as Married at First Sight continues to dominate