News

The Age journalist Michael Gordon dies at 62 after suspected heart attack 1

Triple M brings Dead Set Legends radio show back to Melbourne 2

Bauer Media’s GM of women’s lifestyle Jayne Ferguson departs, with CEO Paul Dykzeul to absorb responsibilities 3

Qantas brings back iconic ‘I still call Australia home’ theme for in-flight safety video 1

Volley Australia ‘Fuck Off’ poster outlawed for being ‘aggressive’ and ‘offensive’ language 5

Luca Vergano joins Clemenger Melbourne as planning director for CUB and Mars

Delicious extends digital offering with new ‘Eat Out’ section 1

Surfstitch commercial banned by ad watchdog for ‘sexualised’ scenes 2

Brand and design agency DesignStudio launches in Australia

Nine’s Married at First Sight attracts biggest audience, 9Life’s Talking Married premieres with 152,000

Vice and Schweppes launch ‘Self Portrait’ content series to encourage self expression

Beer drinkers called on to eliminate spread of ‘Ginger Gene’ in Rusty Yak Gingery Ale launch 7

Enero Group acquires Orchard Marketing with a price cap of $27m 4

Independent review finds ad watchdog should reconsider banning university ‘Unlearn Criminal’ ad

CEO of McCann Ben Lilley to step down 9

UK radio star Christian O’Connell to take over Gold FM breakfast 8

Mumbrella Travel Marketing Awards first entry deadline is today

Craig McLachlan launches legal action against ABC, Fairfax and Christie Whelan Browne 15

Ten pays out creditors using CBS funds 3

Adrian Venditti joins PHD to lead CUB account

Roy Capon resigns as CEO of Lavender to relocate overseas

AFL Grand Final and The Block stand out in 2017 TV ratings 1

Casamigos Tequila appoints The Brandman Agency to PR account

MKR beats Married At First Sight in overall audience for Wednesday night TV

Ikon Brisbane wins Tourism & Events Queensland media account 1

Boost Media International appoints Steve Smith to succeed George Buschman as CEO

Marketing Matters show to launch on Sky News Business 2

Ovarian Cancer Australia launches confident and contemporary rebrand

HuffPost Australia appoints new editors in wake of joint venture closure

Luxury Escapes launches frequent flyer partnership with Qantas

World surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore questions idea of ‘perfection’ in YoPro yoghurt campaign 1

Former Site Tour and Ooyala exec Vicki Lyon joins AMAA as chief digital officer

News Corp creates rural division, Sky News launches live agribusiness show

Newspaper print ad spend falls by 15% in final quarter of 2017, but digital climbs 8.5% 1

Southern Cross Austereo launches new digital radio station, Triple M Country 2

ABC proposal to shut down sound libraries draws fire from staff 3

Wavemaker Adelaide MD Royce Zygarlicki departs, joins News Corp

IAG moves CGU Insurance media account to Mindshare Australia

Tiger moves media account to Essence as agency opens in Melbourne 2

ComScore’s Lachlan Brahe joins Reprise Australia as GM 3

Foxtel CEO Peter Tonagh exits with Fox Sports’ Patrick Delany to take the helm 32

Big bank ‘fat cats’ target of Heritage Bank campaign 3

Hughesy, We Have a Problem premieres with 632,000 metro viewers 5

RSPCA creates The Surrender Portal to save unwanted pets 1

Hardhat wins creative account for egg supplier Pace Farm

Industry body Magazine Networks restructured as Pacific Mags, Bauer Media and NewsLifeMedia take control 2

Karen Dwyer joins DDB Melbourne as chief strategy officer

Microsoft hired to build Publicis Groupe’s AI platform Marcel 4

‘It’s a jungle out there’ says Dr Chris Brown in Canstar home loan push

Guardian Australia crowdfunds environmental journalism project 1

KFC, HotelsCombined, Youfoodz and Finder.com.au named as partners of Married at First Sight

Men behaving dangerously feature in Maximus campaign

Family Travel and Out & About With Kids to merge

Podcast One digital content director Jaime Chaux to join Commercial Radio Australia

Arnott’s gives away 13,500 packets of chilled Tim Tams in digital OOH campaign 1

Michael Bolton reworks Said I Loved You But I Lied for Audible campaign

Home & Away celebrates 30 years with 796,000 metro viewers

GSG Counsel rebrands to Reputation Edge 1

Vodafone becomes major partner of Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

Isobar launches Isobar Good division

I, Tonya cracks $2m on opening weekend following Margot Robbie’s Oscar nomination

Financial & Corporate Relations hires Michael Pollack as content manager

Fetch adds Discovery Channel and TLC to lineup with Nat Geo People to be removed 12

Magnum & Co wins shared office space company Christie Spaces

SAGE workshops finalised with sessions on business legalities and selling your agency

TBWA Sydney wins Macquarie University creative account

Sports social platform 20Four plans to list on ASX in reverse take over

BMF poaches Paul Coles to run Aldi account 2

Lisa Wilkinson’s Sunday Project debut attracts the show’s biggest audience to date 3

CGU Insurance highlights migrant-owned small businesses in latest campaign 8

Lorraine Murphy departs The Remarkables as Natalie Giddings takes sole ownership 2

Tennis player Bernard Tomic to join actors and sports stars in Ten’s ‘I’m a Celebrity…’

Australian Open wins Saturday and the week for Seven with cricket scoring for both Nine and Ten

Google to offer users mute button for annoying reminder ads

VB revamps its classic beer ads in Australia Day launch 3

Rolling Stone Australia’s future in doubt as local publisher liquidated

No Aussies in the Australian Open sees viewers switch to the Big Bash on Thursday night

Tracey Spicer and Village Roadshow’s Graham Burke among Australia Day gong winners 4

AdNews drops media agency award categories after Atomic 212 backlash 6

Southern Cross Austereo promotes Ally Bradley to GM of Tasmania

Vice launches co-branded content series ‘Are you ready to be 30?’

The Simpsons moves to Seven in new programming deal

Former Holler founder Mike Hill returns with social media startup, Curator.io

Failed ad agency Hammond & Thackeray continues to trade as liquidators look to claw back debts

Seven West Media cost cutting bites at The West Australian

Mumbrella Awards 2018 entries now open with new transparency initiative for winning entries

Editor of New Idea Frances Sheen resigns to focus on family 1

Lisa Wilkinson to start on Ten’s The Project on Sunday 1