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Stan commissions first movie with Queensland thriller The Second

Y&R NZ wins Best in Show at New York Festivals for McWhopper; Aussie agencies take trophies

Lenore Taylor named as third local Guardian editor as Wilson returns to UK

Ad Wrap: ANZ’s latest for Apple Pay; A panda sells AGL power and a meerkat drinks coffee

Journo union attacks police raids over NBN leaks as ‘heavy handed’

Hungry Jack’s and Universal Pictures launch vertical videos on Snapchat

Y&R NZ’s McWhopper takes home most metal on slow night for Aussies at D&AD Awards

Pitch Watch: Malaysia Airlines and MYOB decide media; Sydney Aquarium selects PR agency for launch of new penguin exhibit 1

Ten’s Masterchef and Gogglebox dominates demographics while Seven wins night overall 2

Kate Vale to lead Spotify’s Australian operation from Los Angeles 2

Nine signs deal to take netball to prime-time and share sponsorship revenues 1

Australian Federal Police raid Labor offices over NBN leaks to media 1

Morning Update: Getty makes famous faces; GroupM wins Malaysia Airlines; youth hostels as MTV Cribs; influencer confessions

Westfield’s marketing leader John Batistich leaving after nine years 1

Court gives Quickflix six months in stay of execution

60 Minutes incident affected consumer trust in journalism for a third of people, finds poll 4

Mark Carnegie-backed sales house Inception Digital liquidated 10

McCann Sydney replaces ECD Dejan Rasic with Jerker Fagerstrom 11

Masterchef pulls in 965,000 as Seven wins the night

Australian Women’s Weekly names Juliet Rieden as editor

NSW journalism awards to celebrate Coca-Cola Kennedy Journalist of the Year

Target follows Coles by moving media buying to OMD 6

Morning Update: CBS reboots MacGyver; Android wear 2.0; Snapchat readies algorithm; Robin Wright fights for equal pay

Electoral Commission launches Power of Paper campaign to educate voters 1

‘Marketers must help agencies, not dilute them’ says industry author 1

Fashion and digital brands to premiere first ever VR live-streaming event for Fashion Week 1

Pandora’s Nicole McInnes resigns weeks after signing brand’s biggest ever sponsorship deal

Pitch Watch: Village Roadshow decides media; Hipages seeks creative; Blackmores and CCA go below the line

Brand New Media assets and trade marks for sale by administrators 4

Ensemble appoints Ten creative director Michael Stanford as MD 1

Seven Year Switch finale draws 903,000, out-rating launch of Nine’s Britain’s Got Talent

Media agencies keen to tackle ad viewability issues, audit body research suggests 5

Morning Update: Why Reese’s Pieces skipped consumer testing; Unilever’s ethics lesson; how to send content viral; WPP’s Sorrel contenders 1

Kite Communications appoints Carat’s business director as GM for push into Brisbane

Google’s ANZ marketer Lucinda Barlow secures global YouTube role

Advertising watchdog calls for official role reviewing government and election ads 3

Maker’s Mark launches guerilla Fashion Week promotion with Old Fashioned Week 2

Network Ten executive general manager Lou Barrett steps down, ending three years at Ten 1

Domain uses Facebook Live video to broadcast property auctions 1

‘We’re trying to disrupt the market’: Optus marketing boss defends EPL plans 23

Nine’s The Voice wins the night despite week-on-week audience decline

SMI: TV sees some growth but overall ad market down again

Mullen Lowe global CEO says ‘third time lucky’ for the IPG merger

Art of Noise digital creative team joins Havas 2

Mamamia makes audience data available to advertisers through partnership with Krux

Adshel rolls out ethnic targeting nationally after successful trial 3

Morning Update: Ad agency Post-it wars; Facebook adds video ads; Twitter to expand 140 characters

Coles parts ways with UM picking OMD for its media account 11

Former Telstra media exec Adam Good lands APAC digital role with Dentsu

Captain America: Civil War holds strong, Angry Birds premieres at number two in weekend box office

Fred Hollows Foundation focuses on emotional journey of blind patients in new campaign

Optus touts entertainment credentials in Fetch TV consumer campaign

Nine News ratings rise despite 60 Minutes scandal

ABC premieres iView only, audience-driven investigative program, Story Hunters

Optus delays pre-orders for its English Premier League packages 10

Eurovision near miss sees audiences swell while House Rules overhauls Masterchef 1

Mark Wahlberg and Ian Thorpe head new Optus push targeting small business 9

Pitch Watch: Levi’s appoint young-gun agency; H&R Block finishes review; Study Group names media agency; AIIA reveals new PR; Synnex Technology appoints agency 1

Fairfax lays off more senior journalists 14

Marriage equality mastermind to reveal campaign tips at next month’s Mumbrella360

Morning Update: Google faces record fine; agency leans on blogger; JWT creates diversity council; Spacey and Duvall for etrade 1

Petition calls for Press Council sanctions on News Corp over treatment of Q&A audience member 13

Fox Sports kicks off its expanded sports strategy as BeIn Sports channels go live 1

Mumbrella NewFronts podcast: highlights from YouTube, Time Warner, Vice, Fullscreen, IAB

Leo Burnett leads the way as Australia collects green at One Show Awards 1

Transparency about to become a global conversation warns head of US advertising association

NRL deal gives Sportsbet inside run on advertising 2

Daily Mail open to further acquisitions as it touts online video growth

Solahart brightens up its marketing with battery storage

Magnum & Co appoints H+K Strategies’ Nick Snelling as new head of content

Former DDB managing partner Adam Donnelley new head of strategy at The Works 3

Destination NSW appoints Commonwealth Bank’s Raechelle Inman as GM of communications

CarAdvice launches weekly video news bulletin and podcast

Gogglebox sheds viewers in later timeslot as Nine wins the night overall 2

TV industry rallies to save audiences with Think TV headed by Ten’s Russel Howcroft 1

Maltesers send up of Texas Chainsaw Massacre wins top radio award at Sirens

B&T back in web audit but remains in third behind Campaign Brief

Morning Update: Google reveals iPhone keyboard; L’Oreal moves into start-ups; Diageo begins global media review; Vice NewFronts lessons

The Australian’s circulation now double that of rival AFR as Fairfax struggles with digital subscriptions 15

ABCs: Celebrity titles continue to struggle as weekly magazine sales slide 12.8% on last year

Toyota creates emergency mobile network for Landcruiser owners 5

KitKat and J. Walter Thompson offer break of a lifetime with launch of new campaign 1

Ad Wrap: Optus’ YesTV by Fetch, Qantas targets business owners, Aldi prepares for ski season

J. Walter Thompson’s ‘intelligent peg’ branded not so intelligent 7

Cummins & Partners names new strategy lead for Sydney 3

Myer appoints Virgin Australia’s Michael Scott as general manager of brand and marketing 2

Masterchef wins across the demos as Seven wins the night with news and House Rules

Start-up Advvy aims to revolutionise media trading with new platform Unibrief