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James Patterson Lexus speeding ad banned again despite changes

Seph McKenna departs Roadshow Films for Screenwest CEO role

Ten reveals ‘Pilot Week’, new comedy Street Smart, game show Blind Date and more CBS shows 4

Boards should be educated on being proactive with reputation, ING’s head of corporate affairs says 2

Technology companies not doing enough to combat fake news, says David Speers

Hobart radio station breached political broadcasting rules, ACMA finds 2

Fairfax to close six western Sydney suburban titles in local newspaper cull 7

The Monkeys takes out top creative prize at Mumbrella Asia Awards, five Australian agencies recognised

Foxtel locks in a further two seasons of Gogglebox 1

Daily Mail locks in deal with Quantium, expands offering for local advertisers 2

Vice and Screen Australia launch Pitch Australiana initiative for early career filmmakers

Seven’s Secret Daughter season premiere falls by 387,000 from last year

WPP’s Wavemaker brand formally launches in Australia

Social media advertising is grossly underpriced, Gary Vee tells Sydneysiders 3

David Jones features a homesick gingerbread man in 2017 Christmas campaign 1

Sling & Stone grows team and secures six new business wins 1

Former Sound Cloud country manager Shaun Alexander joins Starts at 60 1

Facebook and Google have ‘won the battle’ against publishers and are now coming for media agencies 4

Initiative’s Mat Baxter: ‘The media industry needs to stop being lazy and get off the drug of reach’ 7

Digital advertising chain so broken it needs regulation 1

Crownbet recruits Ricky Ponting to star in latest CrownBet ad

‘I’m still in Melbourne’: Commonwealth Bank showcases its local call centres 4

Foxtel Now launches voice-ready streaming box with access to third party apps 1

Clemenger BBDO Sydney’s head of planning Kit Lansdell exits to join The Monkeys 3

Melbourne Cup records lowest ever broadcast TV audience, but streaming audience climbs 3

Pepsi Max channels Echo Beach in latest summer campaign 14

Twitter rolls out 280 character limit for all users 1

Whimn officially launches social video series Doco180

‘The Cleanest Uniform in Australia’ asks schools to switch to Fairtrade uniforms 1

Former Atomic 212 director of innovation, Peter Brennan, launches creative agency Electric And Analog

Fairfax Media takes final steps towards Domain separation 2

Seven says ‘Something big is coming’ with new promo for streaming service 7 Plus

Punters.com.au CEO Luc Pettett departs the News owned site

Monday night TV dominated by news as Seven wins the night

Tennis Australia’s Paul Moore joins Seven as sport digital executive producer

Broadcasters need to reset for the future says Free TV’s incoming boss

Ad watchdog clears Sportsbet’s Ben Johnson Puntmas ad of ‘blasphemy’ 2

Harley Breen quits 2Day FM’s breakfast show, with Em Rusciano to be joined by Ed Kavalee instead 1

News DNA appoints Hannah Stenning as head of video 1

Long form works best on mobile if you grab the audience early, says Google director 2

Bad Moms 2 nears $3m in premiere weekend box office earnings, can’t beat Thor

XXXX Gold Goldie connected cap campaign encourages mates to hang out during cricket season 2

Target launches the festive season asking ‘who makes Christmas special?’ 57

NBN asks if businesses are ready for high speed broadband in latest push 4

Ikea furniture comes to life once again in new ads by The Monkeys

Phillips ‘unhaunts’ Q Station to show the power of its lights

Seven Adelaide breached accuracy provisions with online florist report, finds regulator 1

OMD retains Beiersdorf media account, extends 14 year relationship

Government kicks off $175m master media account pitch 1

Commercial radio looks to ban gambling ads during live sports coverage

ABC’s doctor-based shows collect largest Sunday night audiences

Press Council clears The Australian of causing distress or prejudice in Medicare fraud story

GroupM’s chief investment officer Seb Rennie resigns

MCN to trial SIA addressable TV and programmatic advertising service

Starts at 60 unveils new website with focus on new article page formats

Former Diageo marketer Matt Bruhn leaves Australia to return to alcohol marketing in US 1

Visit Victoria’s communications and media manager Emma Watts departs 2

6AM Agency names Adam Washington as CEO

Sunday Age reprimanded for refusing to correct story of suspect’s strip search 1

Seven and Nine sit on 18 weekly wins each as closest ratings battle in years goes to final four weeks 2

Australia’s Rugby League World Cup triumph over France helps Seven win Friday’s ratings

ARN finalises Kiis national line up, replaces Thinkergirls with Celebrity HQ 5

Screen industry’s ‘criminal network’ of men needs to be dismantled, researcher suggests 12

Cuba Gooding Jnr gets excited about Apple’s Iphone X in latest Optus ad 9

Optus rolls out new in-house creative agency ‘Yes Agency’ 10

Free TV Australia appoints Seven West Media’s Bridget Fair as new CEO

Union slams Isentia move to shift up to 30 media monitoring jobs offshore

Peter Helliar’s CRAM premieres with 558,000 metro viewers, beaten by Nine’s RBT

Virginia Pracht joins Ogilvy Melbourne as head of strategy 5

Keep Left wins Domaine Chandon PR account

Content marketing, social advertising and demystifying big data to be addressed at last Mumbrella Digital School of 2017

Seven West Media appoints new directors and WA group sales manager 2

Wallabies’ 2017 UK Spring Tour to be shown on SBS

Pernod Ricard launches new I Am George brand with ‘cinematic portraits’ 1

Gambling site Neds pulls tradie ad after watchdog criticises excessive wagering 5

Seven’s Kerry Stokes presses pause on media acquisitions 5

Monash University launches five part documentary series ‘A Different Lens’ 1

One Green Bean’s Nicole Thurston joins Zeno Group as GM

Uber launches global agency roster review, Special Group retains lead local account

Nova Entertainment restructures national news team, bulletin to be delivered from Sydney 9

Seven to make $25m worth of job cuts in two year cost cutting plan 10

Fairfax shareholders approve Domain split as Hywood flags further cost cuts 8

ABC’s Gruen collects largest non-news audience for Wednesday night TV 1

IPG plans new entity following Amazon win

Andy Cairns joins M&C Saatchi as Melbourne MD 1

Haier TwinTasker features ‘friend zoned’ roommates in new film series

PopJam, the social content platform targeting kids, launches in Australia 2

Financial services firm Dixon Advisory ‘breached Australian road rules’ in ad, says ASB 4