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TV Wrap: MAFS tops Sunday entertainment; Seven’s BBL final airs to 502k metro viewers

Cancer Council launches masterbrand campaign via Archibald Williams

Mindshare chief strategy officer jumps across to This Is Flow

BVOD spend improves while total TV revenue staggers in 2022: ThinkTV

Spinach adds former CHEP creative as ECD

Antony Catalano’s View Media Group secures investment from ANZ

Senior marketers at Specsavers take on expanded roles

Diversified Communications appoints new head of commercial strategy

Carnival Australia appoints Kathryn Robertson as CCO 2

‘We don’t ban ads’ says AANA CEO with Environmental Claims review underway 1

Publicis Groupe up 20% for FY2022, as Q4 surpasses expectations

Ten’s Taskmaster airs to 360k metro viewers; MAFS keeps entertainment crown

303 MullenLowe Perth names new CCO as agency stalwarts exit

Details of 140 Guardian Australia staff jeopardised in cyber attack

ABC staff get ready to strike over wage and work conditions

Alphabet posts higher revenues but lower profits in 2022

ARN brings commercial and creative divisions under full-service team 1

Job vacancy rate in media agencies drops but some markets are left hanging

IMAA tempts British talent with Aussie lifestyle in new campaign

Jaimes Leggett’s Today the Brave picks up creative for startup Coposit

Football Australia urges FIFA to clarify Saudi sponsorship of Women’s World Cup

AANA boss Josh Faulks: ‘Now is not the time to be cutting marketing budgets’ 1

VMLY&R adds Rachel Walker as head of strategy

So Good: Initiative lands Sanitarium media account

MAFS walks down the aisle as Idol and Survivor fight for the bouquet

Facebook hits 2bn daily active users in Q4 as Meta declares a ‘year of efficiency’ for 2023 1

Mumbrella Finance Marketing Summit returns with global keynote speaker from Wise confirmed

‘Absurd’ local remake of hit UK comedy show, Taskmaster launches on Ten

MYOB launches new brand platform in first work with Howatson+Company

Australian ad spend nears $9bn in 2022: SMI

New SVOD subscribers favour Amazon Prime, Paramount+ for content in Q4: Kantar

CHEP CEO Justin Hind departs to launch new agency 2

AEC 2021-22 political donations reveal shift in industry backing

Aus data and tech company opens US office

Summer box office numbers up 27% on last year, as cinema sees 10.5m admissions

MAFS proves a worthy bride as Nine wins Tuesday night 4

Snap’s shares drop after latest earnings show a year-on-year loss

Initiative poaches IAG’s Tom Dodd but then assists in finding his replacement

Stan releases AFL documentary Show Me The Money II

Domain hands creative account to Howatson+Co

EssenceMediacom officially launches as the ‘breakthrough agency’

Jack Byrne steps down as Hatched MD; appoints first CEO and COO

Doordash taps MAFS ad breaks via Howatson + Co and Wavemaker

Nature appoints John Crowley as Sydney director

Edelman’s Fern Canning joins Deloitte Consulting as marketing director 1

Truescope acquires media intelligence unit in North America

Hosting a single market is ‘much more fun’ says Mick Molloy as he takes on Sydney

Cancer Council & Aus Gov launch new sun safety campaign via Herd MSL

Hardhat CEO Dan Monheit launches book about consumer behaviour

MAFS leaves Idol and Survivor at the altar as Nine wins launch triple-header

Taboola exec joins InMobi as ANZ lead

Universal Music’s Bring elevates Adam Ireland to MD

Amplified Intelligence opens office in Sydney

OOH revenue hits $1bn in 2022; surpasses pre-pandemic level

Felix Mobile makes its customers tree parents via Paper Moose

SBS showcases employee diversity in recruitment campaign via Hulsbosch

Pureprofile posts new record revenue in Q2 FY23, boosted by data and insights division

Val Morgan Digital to represent US publications Bustle and Inverse locally

Australian Government to apply local content quotas to streamers from 2024

Destroy This Brief names 10 finalists

Alpha Digital’s co-founder Dr Al Jury returns as CEO

TV Wrap: AO men’s final pulls 1.3m metro viewers; The Bachelors’ final decision closes with 372k

TBWA\Sydney wins creative and PR accounts for Moccona

OMA launch $3m campaign to promote healthy eating via Poly

Disaster strikes for ex-adland start-up

B2B, sustainability, AI and some bingo to feature at Mumbrella CommsCon 2023

Headspace hands brand strategy and creative to CX Lavender

Spark Foundry picks up media duties for Cancer Council Victoria

Australian Survivor EP on why the franchise is still a serious contender in reality TV

One Green Bean expands its leadership team

Squealing Pig launches AO Pride campaign via in-house agency

Lite n’ Easy launches first major campaign in years via Hardhat

Twitch to launch series of new ad features in 2023

Re-marking: New Victoria University CMO takes media and creative to pitch

AO women’s singles semi-final ratings fail to reach the 2022 Barty highs

ACCC takes aim at misleading social media influencer posts

Man of Many taps Medium Rare for new commercial director 1

Djokovic demolition helps Nine to Wednesday win

Ironing out the details of flexible working policies in 2023

Anthony Gregorio steps down as Saatchi & Saatchi CEO; bespoke agency boss steps in 5

WA’s Road Safety Commissions launches new campaign via The Brand Agency Perth

US authorities launches new law suit on Google in attempt to break up digital ad business

IMAA adds Amazon Ads, Reddit, SEN and Taboola in latest partner drive

Clemenger Group expands people and culture division

The Chase Australia pips AO quarter finals on Tuesday

Tourism Fiji reveals new global brand platform via Host/Havas and Havas Media

Jemena hands creative account to IPG’s MBCS; stays with Initiative for media

SharingStories and Keep Left launch campaign on Australia’s shared history for Jan 26