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Triple M’s drive host Merrick Watts set to depart this year

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword takes win at weekend box office 1

‘Mums know best’: Westpac continues ‘Dear Bump’ campaign with same-sex couple in social video 1

James Blunt joins SmoothFM on Sunday afternoons

ACCC boss hits out at Ooh Media and warns outdoor merger failure offers lessons for media consolidation 3

60 Minutes wins ratings battle with Sunday Night over alleged drug mule Cassie Sainsbury

Adshel partners with poverty organisation to help youth return to workforce 2

Blundstone Footwear launches fresh brand push as it continues international expansion

For Aussies By Aussies: Bonds follows Australians’ creative lives in content series

Menulog Australia’s new Goldblum ad accused of ‘imitating’ Abbot Mead Vickers BBDO campaign 8

More than half of Australia’s media agencies plan to buy VR digital video, AOL study suggests

Schmackos returns to television advertising with man dressed as a dog breaking out in dance 1

‘We don’t follow the market here in Australia’: Nine adds LiveRamp to its data offering 3

Global CCS Institute uses memes to inform Australians about climate change technology

Mums latest group to say ‘Shut up and take my money’ in ongoing KFC campaign

AFL and Better Homes and Gardens give Seven the Friday night win

Seven wins week despite success of The Voice and Masterchef

NSW government opens tender for media agency services 2

15 marketers, controversial CEO, TV personalities, and four agency bosses join final Mumbrella360 lineup 1

Rolls Royce signs on for Australian tuxedo brand collaboration

19 channels deleted from Foxtel Play lineup but broadcaster won’t say why 26

Em Rusciano to take break from breakfast show after losing baby

TPG Capital flags it would sell Fairfax again within five years, but commits to editorial independence 1

SCA adjusts earnings forecast citing ‘challenging and short’ advertising markets

‘It’s fair to say our model may have been confusing’: Initiative relaunches with new positioning 15

Online influencer course Crushfame launches with lessons from Gabby Epstein 5

Air New Zealand trials in-flight AR headsets with key information about customers 1

Masterchef wins key demos, as Ten nudges ahead of Seven on Thursday night

Camp Quality asks men to ‘Bro Up’ and volunteer in new campaign push

Stefan the stool expert aims to defuse constipation embarrassment in new campaign for Coloxyl 1

Kleenex searches for new animal brand ambassador in latest campaign 4

Ooh Media APN Outdoor merger cancelled following ACCC concerns 5

‘People are highly unreasonable’: DDB unveils new business plan 8

Pizza Hut switches media account from Mediacom to Initiative 1

Nick Hardie-Grant promoted to MD of Hardie Grant Media 9

PwC tops list of places Australians most want to work in LinkedIn study 3

Spotify’s MD Kate Vale set to depart 2

Seven wins Wednesday night television despite Masterchef success

Clemenger BBDO Sydney creates ‘catfight-proof’ fashion brand for The Real Housewives of Sydney

‘Snap out of it’: KitKat highlights life’s frustrating moments 1

72andSunny to launch first collaborative piece of work to stop shark fin trading 1

Marketers trust programmatic more than agencies, AMAA survey reveals

Second US bidder for Fairfax emerges as board decides to cooperate with sale process 3

Super Bowl winning marketer, Olympic gold medalist and bosses of two emerging codes join Sports Marketing Summit line up

Automotive brands get biggest ROI from TV advertising, new study claims 3

Digital publishers can help make up for lack of diversity in TV and radio: HuffPost editor-in-chief 1

OnDeck asks small businesses to ‘Turn That No Around’ when asking for loans

Shed Media rebrands to Shed Connect

Philadelphia wants to remind Australians of the joy of eating in new campaign

Greg Hywood: ‘ABC is creating additional pressure on commercial media’ 17

Officeworks shows Australians it understands small business journeys in new ad 1

Men at Work expands offering to digital

Masterchef attracts its largest audience since this year’s launch

Facebook refunds advertisers for misreported mobile web ads

McDonald’s pulls ‘exploitative’ UK ad featuring boy trying to connect with deceased dad 12

Mark Ritson to share secrets of building engagement for return of LinkedIn Agency Influencer program

Sunita Gloster joins Ten from AANA as network prepares to launch cost cutting plan 4

Facebook goes back to the future with Will Easton named ANZ MD

Twitter to take on Facebook Messenger as it focuses on its direct messaging platform

News Corp restructure moves ahead with photographer positions made redundant

Communications Minister brands Sportsbet Ben Johnson ads ‘dumb’ 14

Southern Cross Austereo appoints Gina Hogan to GM as Linda Wayman steps down 1

Nine and NRL to fit State of Origin players with GPS trackers in bid to push ‘datatainment’ offering 4

The Wiggles include Captain Macleans in new song to help kids brush their teeth

Cancer Council Victoria and Cancer Institute NSW urges young men to quit smoking

The Royals launches prototype lab Y2 1

Mitch Fifield confident two-out-of-three rule will pass Senate 1

‘Good different’: Aldi launches new brand positioning to celebrate its differences 3

Gavin Gibson returns to OMD as national chief strategy officer

LinkedIn promotes Matt Tindale to country manager for Australia and New Zealand 7

Qantas asks Australians to name new Dreamliner fleet 17

Google boss Pellegrino admits: ‘We’ve let a lot of people down’ on brand safety 1

Ahm unveils new brand work by Clemenger BBDO Melbourne

Ogilvy Brisbane appoints Ben Lightfoot as managing director 1

Newsletter The Squiz rebrands to avoid legal action from US title theSkimm 1

The Voice pulls in more than 1m metro viewers to help Nine win the night

J. Walter Thompson wins Subway creative duties

Coles says ‘See you later Status Quo’ as Casey Donovan steals the stage 4

The Core Agency wins creative duties for Pet Circle

The Hausmann Group launches integrated communications agency Illuminate Communications

Netflix commissions first Australian original series Tidelands 1

Honda assigns Hill+Knowlton to PR account

Strategy agency How To Impact appoints Guy Hudson as innovation director

MLC shifts focus from retirement to ‘best bits’ of life with new proposition

Alien: Covenant tops box office in opening weekend

Robot newsreaders join the Whooshkaa platform

Fairfax takeover consortium raises bid to $2.7bn, driving share price to six year high 1

Newspapers saw adspend plummet by 26.3% in April 9