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Fake Crocodile Dundee ad sees Tourism Australia lead Super Bowl charge 6 years ago

Fake Crocodile Dundee ad sees Tourism Australia lead Super Bowl charge

Tourism Australia fooled the internet with a fake Crocodile Dundee reboot released ahead of the Super...

Lisa Wilkinson arrival boosts The Project 6 years ago

Lisa Wilkinson arrival boosts The Project

The arrival of Lisa Wilkinson, the grand slam match between Marin Čilić and Roger Federer and the debut...

If Facebook isn’t a media company, why is it offering journalism scholarships? 6 years ago

If Facebook isn’t a media company, why is it offering journalism scholarships?

Facebook has long sworn it’s not a media company, but its latest announcement proves otherwise. So is...

'Bizarre' Federer ad slammed by fans 6 years ago

'Bizarre' Federer ad slammed by fans

He may have won the Australian Open tennis match but Roger Federer’s ad for pasta brand Barilla is...

TBWA Sydney wins Macquarie University 6 years ago

TBWA Sydney wins Macquarie University

There is growing competition in the university category that has undergone significant change in...

Influencer business The Remarkables sold to ex-Mediabrands exec 6 years ago

Influencer business The Remarkables sold to ex-Mediabrands exec

Founder Lorraine Murphy has sold influencer business The Remarkables. Former boss of Mediabrands’ social...

Ultra Tune Mike Tyson ad faces ban after discrimination complaints 6 years ago

Ultra Tune Mike Tyson ad faces ban after discrimination complaints

The latest Ultra Tune ad featuring convicted rapist Mike Tyson is facing been banned from TV as more...

Seven snares rights to The Simpsons 6 years ago

Seven snares rights to The Simpsons

Channel Ten look away. It's thought Seven's cherry-picking of the hit show came in at a $40m snare,...

Y&R ECD David Joubert exits for DDB Sydney 6 years ago

Y&R ECD David Joubert exits for DDB Sydney

Top creative David Joubert has exited Y&R Sydney after nine years at the agency, joining DDB Sydney as...

FIFA World Cup, Winter Olympics to accelerate global ad spend in 2018 - WARC 6 years ago

FIFA World Cup, Winter Olympics to accelerate global ad spend in 2018 - WARC

2018 to be a 'stellar' year for global ad spend driven by major sports events and the US mid-term...

P&G plans further agency cuts as it brings more media buying in-house 6 years ago

P&G plans further agency cuts as it brings more media buying in-house

Procter & Gamble is planning to cut its agency roster by another 50% as it looks to “reinvent” its...

Seven and Ultra Tune asked to stop airing Mike Tyson ad 6 years ago

Seven and Ultra Tune asked to stop airing Mike Tyson ad

“Mike Tyson did time for rape. I would never use him in any sort of advertising campaign,” 3AW's Neil...

Catalano’s exit shook Domain's foundations, and its share price 6 years ago

Catalano’s exit shook Domain's foundations, and its share price

Domain has been left on unstable foundations as CEO Antony Catalano, who built the business brick by...

Murdoch makes a stand while Facebook admits it’s bad for democracy 6 years ago

Murdoch makes a stand while Facebook admits it’s bad for democracy

In his latest scathing comment on the platform, Rupert Murdoch says Facebook's efforts so far are...

R/GA's Nick Law joins Publicis as chief creative officer 6 years ago

R/GA's Nick Law joins Publicis as chief creative officer

After 15 years at R/GA, Aussie expat Nick Law is leaving the digital shop to join Publicis as global...