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Seven West Media returns to profit despite revenue falls with more cuts to come 2

Digital transparency and industry consolidation are Ooh Media’s opportunity says CEO Brendon Cook

‘Stalled’ APN pins hopes on aggressive sales to regain lost momentum 3

Marvel’s Black Panther collects more than $10m in first Australian weekend box office

Sensis’ Andrew Burke joins Outbrain as managing director

History Will Be Kind retains Google and YouTube accounts

PPR hires Julie Kushnir as senior account director

The Royals wins $1.5m Northern Territory master brand account 4

UM lands $23m AGL media account 2

Ray Meagher builds website for his ‘Flamin hot sauce’ in new GoDaddy campaign 1

Domain claims Catalano’s exit has had ‘no impact whatsoever’ 2

Bonds’ latest campaign set in the outback, where it’s too hot for clothes 4

Former Zenith MD Karen Halligan to join KPMG in new media advisory role 2

JWT Melbourne introduce the ‘spokes-peas’ in Birds Eye campaign 2

Medibank launches ‘Is health insurance better?’ campaign

Domain reports $3.4m net loss after tax following separation from Fairfax

Married at First Sight cheating scandal helps Nine beat Seven’s MKR

Ooh Media reports strong growth on back of digital gains 1

Rainbow light reflectors surround ANZ’s ATMs for Mardi Gras celebrations 1

Podcast companies Nearly and Placard Media merge

‘We’re for You’: News Corp editors join together to launch first national brand campaign 9

Winter Olympics hands Seven first official ratings win, but Nine’s Married At First Sight trumps Seven’s MKR

Cummins & Partners exits CumminsHybrid as Adelaide agency returns to Hybrid brand 6

ABC pulls corporate tax analysis for failing to meet ‘editorial standards’ 5

Crown Melbourne transforms fire towers into dragons for Lunar New Year

Public Transport Victoria invites riders to explore Melbourne’s nightlife

Real estate startup Upside launches Mammal created advertising campaign

Kellogg’s 2018 campaigns kick off with Special K fibre fit push 3

QMS half year revenue climbs to $99m on strong digital performance

Mamamia launches e-commerce platform, mamamiashopping.com.au 6

Hungry James Warburton details plans to awaken the APN ‘sleeping giant’ 2

Seven dominates Thursday night TV in Married at First Sight’s absence

BBC Studios to launch local production arm following Stargazing Live win

Macquarie Media executive chairman Russell Tate scales back duties, Adam Lang becomes CEO 6

Macquarie Media’s profits fall by 39%, despite revenue climb 1

Enero reports revenue falls but profit improvement after a year of cuts 11

The West Australian becomes highest circulating audited newspaper following News Corp withdrawal 2

Controversial barrister Charles Waterstreet pulls out of Q&A #metoo debate 1

Magazines suffer 42.5% decline in ad bookings, with newspapers not far behind 1

Mumbrella climbs by 14% to dominate amongst trade titles 6

Bauer ditches ‘Xcel’ as Sarah-Belle Murphy returns to take helm of publisher’s digital arm 4

Married at First Sight’s ‘cheating’ scandal pulls 1.13m viewers

APN Outdoor extends Sydney Trains contract

Network Ten appoints Angela Neville as Brisbane’s general manager 1

Tim Collier joins Infinity Squared as strategic planner

HelloFresh launches #DinnerDiaries series

Conversant Media contributes $4.2m to HT&E’s annual revenue, but EBITDA is just $0.3m

Mango Melbourne hires Jessica Allison as head of communications 1

Red Agency launches new experiential agency, Village Blvd

Destination NSW, Big4, News Corp, Taronga Zoo and more join the Mumbrella Travel Marketing Summit

Chris Harrison joins Allure Media as publisher

TV team, including head of TV Homaira Razi, exit in Yahoo7 cuts 1

Mercedes-Benz appoints Publicis Groupe as global creative agency 1

Unlockd CEO Matt Berriman steps down following mental health issues 6

Pacific Magazines promotes Nicole Bence to commercial director 1

Paul Worboys steps down as joint-CEO of WhiteGREY

MediaCom promotes COO Willie Pang to CEO position 8

Twitter pushes brand safety credentials as it expands advertising options and sports content deals 1

Kellogg’s appoints Akkomplice to Be Natural creative

KFC’s controversial ‘naked wrestling’ ad cleared by watchdog 2

Commissioning Love Island for 9Now and 9Go a ‘massive risk’ says Nine’s Adrian Swift

Dentsu reports strong global revenue growth with Australia seeing last quarter recovery

Primo campaign pitches bacon as transformative hangover cure 3

Destination NSW seeks general manager of marketing, following Anthony Laver’s departure 3

Nine’s latest dating show Date Night premieres with 529,000 metro viewers

The Royals launch Facebook Messenger research chatbot, Polly

Ad watchdog dismisses numerous complaints against Mike Tyson Ultra Tune ad

Michael Johnstone joins Medical Media as commercial director

McCann’s GM Nicole Gardner exits for role at Quantcast 6

The Betoota Advocate to launch podcast with Acast Australia 1

Bumble launches ‘Doggy Dates’ Valentine’s Day campaign 3

CHE Proximity promotes Ant White to chief creative officer

Palmer’s appoints Tug to handle media account

Wavemaker’s national director of technology and data Alexander Concannon departs 1

Maxibon parodies police raids in 18th birthday campaign

Aldi issues ‘epic reminder’ for its special buys 1

Allison Lee exits Destination NSW as director of media and public relations

Bauer Media launches ‘Women To Love’ platform and content marketing division Story54 3

‘Qrunchy, quirky’ Qukes target parents and school kids in new campaign 2

Job losses as Southern Cross Austereo and Vevo part ways 1

Married at First Sight tops total people and key demos

Elders Insurance appoints The Core Agency to creative account

Ten’s corporate communications manager Rob Sharpe to depart for fintech role

Neon Black wins PR account for Church & Dwight

Jetstar launches Facebook Messenger chatbot ‘Jess’ 1

Fifty Shades Freed earns $4.6m on opening weekend

History Will Be Kind makes four new hires

Payments platform PayID uses a goldfish-headed man to explain the service