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Sharni Layton fronts ‘The Ad I was Supposed to Make’ for Samsung after not playing in Commonwealth Games

Daily Telegraph lawyers accused of treating Geoffrey Rush litigation ‘like a game’

Facebook clamps down on page managers and political advertising with Twitter to follow 1

Ad watchdog upholds complaints against ‘highly sexualised’ and ‘violent’ 50 Shades Freed trailer 1

Howcroft on ‘shit real leaders say’ and more confirmed for Mumbrella360 as earlybird tickets wind up

Seven’s Commonwealth Games coverage delivers big audiences as official ratings period returns

Ogilvy CommonHealth Australia promotes Kristina Luburic to general manager

AFR’s Rich List editor John Stensholt heads to The Australian

Bauer Media’s Take 5 launches monthly edition, with weekly mag continuing to run 2

Radio Alive attempts to ‘grab marketers by the ears’ as it pushes advertising on radio

Commonwealth Games coverage sees Seven soar to a weekly win

Julia Zemiro to host Seven’s new singing show All Together Now 2

Westpac reflects on historical moments when Australians needed a ‘helping hand’ 41

Mercedes-Benz and JC Decaux showcase NGV waterwall through windscreen wipers

Global GroupM chairman Irwin Gotlieb steps down

Consumedia wins Maurice Blackburn media account

Elastoplast and Richards Rose tell Australians to ‘get up again’ after a fall 2

Donna Hay ends affiliation with News Corp and removes magazine from news-stands 3

Tim Whitfield departs GroupM 23

Publishers support algorithm changes, says Facebook’s ANZ head of news and partnerships

Fairfax appoints HuffPost’s Tory Maguire as national editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age 3

Seven dominates as Commonwealth Games competition kicks off 2

Vice launches video series to help millennials improve their mental strength

Domain’s GM of Victorian operations Trent Casson departs in restructure as company makes a ‘small number’ of redundancies

Smooth FM drops Michael Bublé for Sam Smith in new brand campaign 5

Australian privacy regulator launches investigation into Facebook

Pharma regulator opens public consultations to update its industry marketing code

Courier Mail’s article on Queensland prawn prices misleading, rules watchdog

Allure Media’s chief revenue officer Sarah Wyse departs to launch women’s network 6

‘Stuck in the Fifield Triangle’: Greens and Labor hit back over government media fund claims 3

Officeworks extends ‘Make Bigger Things Happen’ campaign with ad focused on creativity

Seven pulls more than two million viewers for Comm Games opening ceremony

New wedding magazine for LGBTQI community launches

Ad Standards launches copy advice service for advertisers

Blitz Publications goes into liquidation 4

Up to 311,127 Australian Facebook users may have had harvested data passed on to Cambridge Analytica 4

Advertising spending jumped in February with outdoor and radio the big winners says SMI

SBS Radio gives listeners a ‘home’ in their pocket with new radio app

2DayFM begins running ad-free daytime schedule 11

Dan Stinton appointed managing director of Guardian Australia 1

Commonwealth Games to overturn ban on Nine after opening ceremony

Media innovation fund hits roadblock as senators argue about overseas publishers 3

Essence appoints Russ Mitchinson to lead strategy 3

Red Agency wins South Australian Tourism Commission PR account

Wine Australia appoints R/GA Sydney as creative agency of record

WPP boss Martin Sorrell ‘unreservedly’ rejects misconduct claim 1

Mumbrella’s Automotive Marketing Summit returns with Mercedes-Benz Vans, BMW and MTA Queensland 2

DDB CEO Nicole Taylor and strategy chief Fran Clayton in double defection to McCann 9

Photojournalist commences copyright proceedings against Daily Mail 2

Seven’s The Front Bar: Gold Coast edition rates just 354,000

Industry super fund Rest rebrands in push to connect with members 3

David Smerdon joins Publicis Brisbane as strategy director

72andSunny unveils first work for Optus, with ‘cultural statement’ urging Aussies to ‘Get splashy’ 12

WPP boss Martin Sorrell under investigation of ‘personal misconduct’ allegation 4

‘Kids Happen’ says Big W 5

Chinese social media agency UMS launches in Australia 2

Steven Spielberg film Ready Player One pulls in $3.9m on first weekend

Monash University urges potential students to change the world

Pamela Klioufis becomes Australian boss of WPP’s newly merged PR agency Burson Cohn & Wolfe 3

Sportsbet naked shave ad banned by Ad Standards Board 3

Campbell Reid to take triple role leading corporate affairs for Foxtel, Fox Sports and News Corp as Bruce Meagher exits 5

Ex HuffPost boss JJ Eastwood to run affiliate marketing agency Rakuten 3

Tiger Beer celebrates creative talent in Uncaged campaign

Ad watchdog reprimands iSelect for showing ‘extreme anger’ and ‘violence’ in ad 2

The Music Network removes paywall

Macquarie Media launches sports radio lineup, with Garry Linnell axed from Sydney breakfast 56

Mark Llewellyn returns to Nine as creative director for news and current affairs 3

Lobbyist Creina Chapman appointed as ACMA chief executive 2

Kyle Sandilands labels Ray Hadley and Pedestrian TV ‘piece of shit’ over Intern Pete attacks 22

Seven’s Australian Spartan finale beaten into fourth place with audience of just 447,000

Former WhiteGrey Sydney boss Andrew Davenport to lead digital consultancy Valtech 11

303 MullenLowe launches PR and content arm, Creature

Nine locked out from Commonwealth Games after ‘mistake’ broadcasting ceremony rehearsal 5

Nine leads the pack in better quarter for the ASX’s media and marketing companies

Young Sheldon helps Nine to Easter week ratings win

Sanitarium officially ditches Steve Smith, but offers mental health support to Australian cricketers 4

Nine sports boss: Tennis and cricket can work together on the one network 1

Wicked Campers narrowly avoids Queensland van de-registration following ad standards ruling 2

Bachelor Tim Robards stars in Handsome video series parodying Croc Dundee and American Psycho

Toyota takes over Gold FM network and Adshel street furniture for full day

Hogarth to service all of WPP’s client production work in ‘horizontal’ strategy 5

Ardent Leisure appoints Philip Hancox as Dreamworld’s general marketing manager

Nine pinches tennis rights from Seven in $300m deal 2

Magellan dumps Cricket Australia naming rights as ethics crisis widens 5

Former Leos COO Josh Grace returns to Australia as Samsung CMO

Facebook shuts down third-party advertiser access in wake of Cambridge Analytica scandal 2

Fantastic Furniture launches new brand identity with ‘Find your Fantastic’ campaign 1

Seven wins Wednesday night TV with Seven News most-watched program