BotW: Crunchtime for SCA takeover; When the going gets tough for marketers; Seven-versus-everyone (Part 7); Foxtel flattens; Canberra wakes up to social media

Welcome to Best of the Week, mostly written on board QF1 out of Sydney and hastily filed during the Singapore stopover (apologies for any typos – it’s already time to reboard…) I’m headed for London, and Advertising Week Europe.

Today: The dash for marketing growth (at all costs?); more aggro between Nine and Seven West Media (but is Nine really the innocent victim?); The government opens another front on social media (why?); Tuesday shapes up as a key day for the ARN-SCA takeover (could it all end next week?); and News Corp’s tough numbers (how long until the restructure?).

Happy International Migratory Bird Day.

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