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Fitzy and Wippa’s 20 to One pulls 715,000 on debut, while Kiss Bang Love falls to 446,000 1

Morning Update: McDonald’s agency demands; ‘Agencies use tech that fails’ says CEO; EasyJet makes sneakers

A quarter of young voters will be strongly influenced by election ads, suggests YouGov poll

Federal Government to spend $47.2m marketing the election and changes to Senate voting 1

Banjo secures Bruce Matchett as new executive creative director 1

Google uses The Voice contestants in new campaign promoting its app

Commercial Radio Australia set to announce tender winners for first stage of programmatic push

Nine’s The Voice slides as Masterchef wins amongst younger viewers

Leo Burnett uses own office window for latest WWF work 3

Radio ratings: Syd – Kiis drops as 2Day and Nova rise; Melb – FoxFM retakes FM crown; Adl – Nova back on top as TripleM sheds in drive 14

60 Minutes’ producer Stephen Rice set to launch legal action against Nine following dismissal

Morning Update: Best ads of 2016; northern summer blockbusters; ‘ads will always dominate Google’; Dentsu’s Insta app lifts reach 475%

Axed Fairfax journalist Michael West to launch own investigative journalism website 14

Relationships Australia NSW challenges prejudices in outdoor ‘Born’ campaign

Alice Through The Looking Glass premieres at number one, taking close to $3m 1

Ad Wrap: Metro reveals Team Dumb; McDonald’s Chocolate Pie; Bonds 40% off sale; Aldi goes retro 1

HCF lights up SCG with activation linking fans’ heartbeats with overall health 3

BMF reveals secret life of scarecrows in new Abbott’s Village Bakery campaign 6

Bupa showcases diversity of health services in personalised storytelling campaign 2

New Etihad 360 VR film ‘Flying Reimagined’ offers viewer interaction

Pitch Watch: TAB calls creative pitch; City of Sydney outdoor up for tender; Tourism Qld creative; Specsavers shortlist

Masterchef audience slides as The Voice and House Rules both crack 1m viewers

60 Minutes ‘sincerely apologises for our serious mistakes’; review author Stone says sacking producer ‘unfair’ 4

Morning Update: Qiaobi apologises for racist ad; LG’s vacuum spider-woman; Top Gear UK premieres; the fall of Salon

Isla Fisher ramps up the Hollywood diva behaviour in latest ads for ING Direct

Seven wins the week, while Nine’s The Voice is the most watched non-news program

Students invited to register for free places at next week’s Mumbrella360 conference

Ten apologises for identifying wrong diver in story over Olympian being charged 2

TV presenter James Mathison to challenge Tony Abbott in election

McWhopper continues winning making Y&R NZ Agency of the Year at AWARD Awards

Tourism Australia set to part ways with OMD and name UM as its media agency

Kiis FM launches TV campaign starring Hughesy and Kate to deepen push in Melbourne 1

60 Minutes producer exits as internal review finds major faults with Lebanon story

Yahoo7 news websites jumps to fourth place from seventh in Nielsen news rankings

News Corp Australia to stop people using ad blockers from accessing sites 30

Pitch Watch: Ikea media briefs out; Uber start-up Splend names agency; AccorHotels awards creative 2

Nigella Lawson and Gogglebox hand Ten rare nightly win 2

Seven West Media confirms intention to buy News Corp’s The Sunday Times 2

Daily Mail sees Australian revenues drop 15%

TV moguls see fortunes shrink as Bruce Gordon exits billionaires club and Stokes falls below $2bn 4

Google 166% bigger than world’s second largest media company claims report 2

Morning Update: ‘Jaw-droppingly racist’ Chinese detergent ad; Kia’s Deliverance hamsters; Politico Media drops paywall 5

Chris Bath fronts crowd funding campaign for women’s refuge Mary’s House 2

Airline lures Aussies on to Kiwi slopes with new ‘Meanwhile in New Zealand’ campaign 1

Seven wins the night as Ten’s Masterchef and Shark Tank perform well across the demos

Ubet pushes back the borders in State of Origin campaign

Mashable Australia hunts for new editor as Jen Ryall moves to New York 1

Nine apologises to Cameron Smith over Alex McKinnon 60 Minutes interview 1

Netflix and Spotify helping to alter consumer mindset of paid content, says News Corp 5

Reports suggest sale of News Corp’s Sunday Times to Seven West Media is nearing completion 1

Morning Update: Letting employees write the ads; Facebook shutters desktop ad exchange; Vice News lays off staff

Ad-blockers ‘must face consequences’ from publishers, insists UK media executive 8

Mobile advertising in Australia passes $500m mark, out-stripping US and UK

David Jones sweeps marketing department, with Robinson and Doidge departing

Snickers turns anti-celebrity ad directive into an interactive world first Hungerithm 8

LinkedIn launches search for Agency Influencer of the Year  3

David Pocock partners with Dove to tackle out-dated perceptions of masculinity 4

STW enters the history books as WPP merger flies through and final links to Singo cut

‘People like to pick on Fairfax’: News boss insists newsroom is on board with changes 25

Ex-Pandora marketing director Nicole McInnes joins eHarmony 2

Kiss Bang Love premiere draws 513,000, well down on Seven Year Switch 2

Ogilvy PR CEO Kieran Moore promoted to group role as WPP AUNZ finalises exec team 1

RSPCA and Engine want Queensland pet owners to ‘desexify’ their furry friends

Morning Update: Havas wins Post-it war; Twitter axes @; Esquire’s new editor; RedBull invests in GoPro

Twitter sticks to 140 character limit but tweaks messages in latest updates

Women’s Fitness partners with national gym chain in content share deal

Brisbane Times promotes deputy editor Danielle Cronin to newly-created editor role

‘Growing audiences but diminishing returns’: publishers grapple with mobile

State government flu campaign ads rolled out on escalator handrails

John Batistich sets sights on charities, start-ups and ‘the book’ following Westfield departure 2

JC Decaux showcases new outdoor screens with a ‘day in the life’ campaign

Nine’s The Voice wins the night despite posting lowest audience to date

WIN reviewing ad sales structure after new affiliate deal with Ten 1

People moves: Nova hires M&A specialist; Emma-Jane Owens lands at Big Mobile; Blue Hive ECD departs 1

Morning Update: Mashable: ‘branded content feels shitty’; McDonald’s demands ‘unheard of’; why your dog knows too much

Former IAB head Paul Fisher named new CEO of industry foundation UnLtd 2

The Australian’s media editor lashes ‘parasite’ bloggers after professional identity theft 11

X-Men: Apocalypse number one at weekend box office, Captain America slides to third

ACCC claims Nurofen fine an ‘inadequate deterrent’, appeals decision

Australian Rugby Foundation campaign showcases values of sport in communities

Channelzero wins Weet-Bix creative, reveals new Blends campaign 1

Ten confirms program deal with WIN with increased affiliate fee

House Rules and Masterchef gain ground on faltering The Voice 1

Ex-BMF CEO Jeremy Nicholas returns to Australia to join Telstra 3

Morning Update: worst ads of 2016; Funny or Die parodies Newfronts; Heineken wants second media agency; Upfronts hysteria

Nine to bring back 20 to One with Fitzy & Wippa from May 31 1

Seven returns to winning ways after Nine’s fortnight of TV ratings dominance comes to end

Series of 28 industry roundtables added to Mumbrella360 program