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ACE Radio Broadcasters acquires EdgeFM, 3NE and 2QN 2

Incubator reveals marketing and media startups Snooper, Flobox and StartVR

News Corp relaunches Mosman Daily and North Shore Times as lifestyle-focused magazines

Prime7 launches 7Flix across regional NSW, ACT, Victoria and Gold Coast 47

Foxtel axes Lifestyle You and cuts Foxtel Arts channel to six hours a day 20

‘To pinch an election slogan, it’s time’: Laurie Oakes retires

Digital agency Holler loses 23 staff and its largest account: ‘We have every reason to be terrified’ 10

The Bachelor dominates ad demographics despite ratings fall on last week

Newspaper prints letter to the editor – two years after its writer died 1

Australian CMOs struggle with branding in an uncertain world, says report

McCann’s AJ Coyne switches to Clemenger BBDO as group business director

SMI expands coverage of product categories

Aunty retreats to Bunker Ultimo with closure of headquarters to the public 2

Women’s Health launches first global issue, with Sofia Vergara cover across 15 countries 1

PwC sizes up creative agency Thinkerbell for acquisition just two months after launch 14

WIN Network appoints David Clarke as Wide Bay manager

Aldi locks in supermarket sponsorship as Seven reveals Hell’s Kitchen partners

APN Outdoor’s Richard Herring retires

Nine wins Tuesday night as True Story with Hamish & Andy returns

David Jones unveils first campaign for new food brand David Jones Food 1

APN Outdoor locks in five-year contract with Sydney Buses on ‘improved financial terms’

Edelman expands media buying capabilities with appointment of Diarmid Farquhar as head of paid media 1

Spotify names former Pandora boss Jane Huxley as managing director 10

OMA donates 2,000 outdoor signs to show faces of missing Australians 1

Monday Agency opens on the Gold Coast

Arnott’s encourages people to put the phone down and reconnect over a biscuit 9

Tourism Australia and BuzzFeed aim to boost young traveller numbers with road trip campaign

Isentia will ‘aggressively’ protect copyright in ANZ following poor FY17 results, says John Croll

The Works acquired by digital services consultancy RXP Services 6

Stan pushes content credentials and international partnerships in mid-year update

Mercedes-Benz and Airbnb offer ‘glamping’ on Cockatoo Island to launch Marco Polo Activity Van 3

Volkswagen reveals full extent of partnership with The Block 1

Blackmores appoints The Marketing Syndicate to handle product campaigns

Dimetapp seeks to capitalise on tail-end of winter cold and flu season with recruitment campaign

The Block’s Keith stars in new Centrum sponsor ident

BMF co-founder Warren Brown re-emerges with new consultancy Gutthink & Partners 7

Karl Stefanovic’s This Time Next Year tops Monday night ratings 1

Dentsu Aegis creates head of diversity and inclusion role, appoints Catherine Krantz 2

Big Bash League schedule expands, but player standoff keeps agencies nervous 1

‘Finding a home is a numbers game’: Domain launches latest TVC 2

Isentia axes King Content, closes its NY and HK offices and writes down $37.8m 27

Bold Media wins MullenLowe APAC and expands into Singapore

Optus adds GPJ to its experiential roster

War for the Planet of the Apes opening tops weekend box office takings

Making a big noise in social: local business social marketing platform Tiger Pistol expands in the US 2

Aussie soccer broadcasting pioneer Les Murray dies aged 71 2

Carlton Dry encourages Australians to ‘Underthink It’ when making decisions

Lovehoney celebrates National Orgasm Day with innuendo-filled ad

‘I’ve not been this excited about Mamamia in years’: Mia Freedman on website refresh 5

The Block beats Survivor as reality franchise premieres go head-to-head

Tami Cunningham appointed marketing director for Blackmores Australia & NZ

Myer celebrates ‘100 years of memories’ with ‘Australia lives here’ campaign 9

Archibald / Williams creative director Jonny Browne joins Cutting Edge as GM

Specsavers employee saves lives in latest ad 2

Levi’s honours men in music in first menswear campaign in seven years

Commercial Radio Australia launches Radio Alive brand positioning

Australian news media sees 11% fall in ad revenues

Fiona Johnston to head UM Australia 4

Seven wins Saturday night TV while Nine tops the ratings week

Leo Burnett wins Patties Foods account

Adshel appoints Steve Geelan as head of platform sales

The ADF celebrates multiculturalism in recruitment content series

The Chase and Better Homes and Gardens help Seven to a Friday night win

The Mushroom Group opens Mushroom Creative House offering

Bauer Media axes entire Good Health editorial team 4

Older Australians are playing more online games, but marketers are still challenged says IGEA

Facebook mobile revenues accelerate

Article about woman’s ‘horrible’ death ‘inaccurate’, Press Council finds

Pacific Magazines launches ‘Fitfluencer’ Network 3

Kylie Suttor joins The Pure Agency as creative director

Wil Anderson and Charlie Clausen’s TOFOP podcast joins Planet Broadcasting roster

Lavender’s Lachlan James joins TBWA Sydney as director of experience planning

The Bachelor pulls 739,000 viewers for second episode 1

Seven’s Nikki Rooke to return to SCA as national head of radio sales

Redballoon parent, Big Red Group, to promote AI marketing platform Albert 4

Jamil Bhatti joins PR agency Edelman as creative director with promise to apply learnings from UK 6

International Advertising Association launches 2017 Big Idea challenge

Walkleys reveal mid-year journalism award winners and innovation fund investments

Nine’s The Block locks in biggest number of commercial partners to date

Clems Melbourne promotes Evan Roberts and Stephen de Wolf to ECDs after departure of Ant Keogh 1

The Bachelor premieres with 846,000 viewers 2

Pernod Ricard switches media account to Blue 449 from Vizeum

Gareth Cooper exits Cummins & Partners for new strategy role at ARN

Australian Geographic Outdoor magazine rebrands to Outdoor 2

Investigative journalism is here to stay says The Australian’s Dan Box

Final deadline for Publish Awards this Friday

Popsugar Australia launches channel for Millennial parents

Woolworths brings back Earn & Learn program 10