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‘Six days is not too long to wait’: Ten programming chief defends X-Files delay 30

More than 1.2m tune in to Australian Open to witness Federer defeated by Djokovic

KFC continues its advertising reinvention with the tale of a tradie and his dog 12

Ten only climber as Seven and Nine’s ad revenues plummet for second half of 2015 1

Morning Update: Coke meme generator gets trolled; Telco calls BS on millennial montage ads; Are The Guardian’s finances out of control? 2

Aldi moves into booze with lighthearted jab at overpriced beer and wine snobs 8

Watchdog rules against lingerie brand Honey Birdette showing bondage Santa in ads 5

Qantas signals thawing of relations with Tourism Australia with new ‘tourist’ safety video 7

MCN digital group sales director Matthew Bartlett joins Newsmodo 3

Fanta teams up with Pandora for new ‘Be More Fanta’ campaign aimed at teens and mums 1

Stan announces exclusive Showtime deal 6

711,000 viewers watched Milos Raonic win his way through to the Australian Open semi-final

Beyond Productions and Ensemble join forces in new VR long-form content partnership 1

Morning Updates: Instagram duped by fake Apple ad; Oprah tweet sees Weight Watchers stock jump 23%; Buzzfeed sued for $11m 1

Design guru Mike Monteiro claims schools to blame for greedy, under-skilled generation 6

Yahoo7 audience boss: ‘Marketers should not dismiss mobile apps, they need better user data’ 3

Nine begins roll-out of catch-up and streaming service 9Now and registration system My9 21

Maximus faces growing public outrage over new ‘insensitive’ Australia Day campaign 23

OzTAM sets February 7 launch date for its delayed online TV ratings service 6

FleishmanHillard promotes Jenna Orme to general manager following account wins 5

Influencers to get dedicated stream at Mumbrella’s CommsCon conference 1

Y&R Group names Phil McDonald new group CEO of ANZ as Jason Buckley departs 2

Aussie start-up Unlockd launches bill-reducing mobile ad platform with Boost Mobile in US

GroupM goes around the IAB to forge 9 separate publisher agreements on viewability 8

Twenty/20 delivers easy win for Nine as Australia Day broadcast underperforms for Ten 7

Morning Update: New video tells ad industry to stop objectifying women; Is Twitter doomed?; Droga5 wins AdAge agency of the year

Tourism Australia pushes ‘how it feels’ to visit using virtual reality for global marketing push 10

Ad man David Mattingly among Australia Day honours with Lisa Wilkinson and Mel Doyle 9

Seven West Media CEO Tim Worner says media reform is possible if reduced TV licence fees are also negotiable 6

David Jones enlists Sydney Dance Company performers for next instalment of #itsinyou 4

Australia shows love for The Hateful Eight, propelling Tarantino film to top of the box office

PR Edge to tackle issues of gender inequality with launch of new ‘Rosie’ division 3

Fifield describes TV/radio licence fees as a ‘super profits tax’, indicates potential reform

Returned veterans get support from outdoor with Million Dollar Pitch through Ooh Media

Bonds opens pop-up store in Myer as part of new campaign for its sports fashion launch

Former Telstra marketer Amanda Johnston-Pell returns to Australia with IBM role 11

Media agency execs flag concerns after major trading platform BCC AdSystems sells to rival 7

Ten nearly doubles audience for Big Bash final as sport dominates the weekend 2

303 Lowe adopts global branding of Mullen with new octopus logo and flags expansion into PR 3

Dick Smith among ex-Australians of the Year celebrating the Fred Hollows Foundation

Morning Update: Twitter tests skippable ads; New iPhone leak?; Will Bunnings’ UK launch work?; TV diversity questioned

M&C Saatchi apologises for birthday party burlesque performance 108

Optus teams up with Uber to deliver umpires for backyard cricket matches on Australia Day 2

Former radio execs launch new talent agency Connected Management 3

KFC brings Plucka Duck back to life as ‘the Surfin’ Bird’ in first ever branding campaign 67

Hewitt’s exit from the Australian Open beats the Big Bash semi-final drawing 949,000 viewers 1

Morning Update: Domino’s goes Dough to Door; Facebook to launch live sports feed; Harry Potter author bankrolls press regulator

TripleM gives ‘divisive’ former politician Mark Latham podcast and radio show ‘Lathamland’ 14

William Hill demands Herald Sun retract front-page statement over in-play betting service 11

Miranda Devine pulls plug on Sunday night’s Radio 2GB ‘The Miranda Devine Show’ 11

Ten digital boss Rebekah Horne departs for role as chief digital officer of the NRL 10

Australia’s tight cricket win draws over 1m on Nine as Kyrgios match gets 690,000 on Seven

Nine and Ten play catch up with Seven as they ramp up live TV streaming offerings 6

Local publisher partnerships won’t work without global scale, claims Pangaea boss 1

News Corp ‘in talks to sell Sunday Times’ to Seven West Media 3

Morning Update: Cate Blanchett does Rhett Butler; All Blacks shun Coke for Pepsi; Twitter’s Jack Dorsey goes from billionaire to millionaire

Foxtel sacks more than 100 staff as it implements ‘Command Centre’ project 16

Margaret Zabel departs McDonald’s after just one year in senior marketing role 3

Bauer confirms closure of Cleo as it refocuses on Dolly as a bi-monthly ‘digital first property’ 16

News Corp combines technology and digital teams naming Alisa Bowen CTO 1

MLA accused of promoting rape, kidnap and murder of sheep in Australia Day ad complaints 27

Lleyton Hewitt’s Aussie clash draws more than 1m viewers in night two of the Australian Open 1

Coca-Cola to become overarching brand for Coke drinks as it moves to new global strategy 18

Morning Update: Army says ‘Don’t join’; Rebranding cannabis; Netflix to VPN block plans questioned; YouTube returns to Pakistan 3

Roy Morgan claims Netflix has over 1 million Australian subscribers, 2.7 million reach 1

Jennifer Muir to be voted in as PRIA national president at next month’s EGM 1

Sterling Publishing boosts portfolio with acquisition of My Business assets

Lleyton Hewitt looks at life after retirement in new Industry Super Funds content series 2

MLA’s Australia Day vegan flaming lamb ad cleared by advertising watchdog 24

Mumbrella360 video: Dear Sir, please ban this ad – How the Ad Standards Board makes its decisions 5

Gai Le Roy announced as new COO and partner at Gateway Research 1

Trading shake up: Theo Zisoglou moves to Bohemia; Match hires Initiative’s Daniel Cutrone 6

Home Timber and Hardware likely to be biggest loser from the struggles of Masters 4

Pitch Watch special: What are likely to be the big creative and media pitches of 2016? 5

‘You’re such a big boy’: Telstra uses French tennis ace Henri Leconte to push wifi network 9

Nick Kyrgios’ first Australian Open game can’t match Chris Gayle’s Big Bash fireworks 6

Morning Update: Burger brand apologises for mocking vegetarians; What’s App now free; AOL name to go?; Heineken defends ad 3

The Revenant beats Stars Wars at the box office while Goosebumps debuts with $2.8m

Carat picks up media for $30m parent company of Real, Guardian and Choosi insurance brands 1

Competition regulator gives green light for WPP’s merger with STW Group

Jalna’s new ad campaign claims yoghurt doesn’t mess with Mother Nature

The Bolt Report faces uncertain future, speculation it may move to Sky News 23

Ultra Tune switches latex for mini skirts and a near-miss in latest campaign for car repairs 14

Australia vs India pulls audience of 1.39m giving Nine 28.9 per cent share

‘A disposable dish rag’: Meshel Laurie attacks her treatment by Nova as she starts Kiis show 12

Morning Update: Why Zoolander 2 ads work; Netflix laughs off figure claims; How being on cable doomed Al Jazeera USA 2

SMI: Big Bash gives Ten big revenue boost as lacklustre test series sees Nine’s fortunes slide 2

Apple drops ads from iTunes radio service as it moves it behind Apple Music paywall