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We Magazines to cease publishing Birdee just months after closing The Hoopla 2

BBC launch new content marketing agency locally called BBC StoryWorks 3

ABC admits ‘error in judgement’ in allowing former terrorism suspect to join Q&A audience 34

Reno Rumble and Married at First Sight dominate with both shows cracking 1m viewers

HM Communications retains $10.5m Coty cosmetics media account

Morning update: Apple backs down after Taylor Swift threat; McDonald’s takeout for cyclists

M&C Saatchi’s Clever Buoy campaign for Optus picks up Gold Lion in Cannes 7

Senate passes anti-piracy measures which allow rights holders to block copyright infringing sites 8

News Corp veteran Jerry Harris steps down in latest shake-up of senior management 1

Jurassic World passes $30m at Australian box office while Minions opens strongly

MFA engages PwC to advise on transparency 2

Destination NSW and Sydney Opera House rapped for flouting govt advertising policies 2

Beyondblue talk to ‘blue-collar’ workers with tradie Davo in new Man Therapy campaign 3

Schweppes Australia pitches creative, claiming retainer model is not producing results 9

Lisa Walsh joins IAB as director of research

Media agency churn at 33.2 per cent as MFA moves to ‘regrettable loss’ turnover measure 2

Global Internet advertising spend closing in on TV as marketers continue to switch focus

Sterling Publishing launches new title Fintech Business

KFC joins Snapchat to ‘create a dialogue’ with younger audiences and stay on ‘front foot’ 5

Woolworths pushes pre-paid mobile product with Beau Ryan campaign 1

Press Council dismisses Royal ‘GILF’ complaint but warns publications over sexualising children 2

Ten’s CSI: Cyber slips on second outing as Masterchef most-watched non-news show 2

J. Walter Thompson and GPY&R picks up Cannes Health gongs

Morning Update: George Clooney’s tequila goes old-school with new campaign

Kia rolls out Super Bowl spot starring Pierce Brosnan locally 3

Fetch TV creates new ratings app but downplays potential to challenge to Oztam 3

Ad Standards Board rules ad saying ‘Hearing aids can be UGLY’ is discriminatory 1

Crazy Domains recruits Flight of the Conchords’ Rhys Darby to front re-launch campaign

Media agency will ‘enable us to make more intelligent decisions’, says new Wotif marketer

Bingle uses magician’s assistant to demonstrate how easy it is to get a quote in new campaign 2

RaboDirect targets ‘shonky savers’ in new campaign from Whybin\TBWA Sydney 2

Ex-Mediacom CEO Mark Pejic to join IPG Mediabrands as Melbourne chairman 7

Masterchef ties with Nine News to be the most-watched show as Ten beats Nine in share 5

Peter Tonagh and Michael Miller to lead News Corp as Ciaran Davis steps up at APN

Morning Update: Walnuts use K-pop to talk to Chinese students; Twitter’s ‘top secret’ project Lightning 1

Asian investment fund takes 5% stake in Nine Entertainment Co 2

Matthew Melhuish signs up to lead Enero for another four years 7

Jamie Oliver pushes Woolworths winter savings in new campaign

Modern marketing world a ‘dog’s breakfast’, says eBay as brands urged to put focus online 3

Job site Indeed hands local creative account to 303Lowe

Mastercard emerges as key backer of international body behind anti-RBA campaign 2

Ashley Madison zombie ad ruled too violent 7

Bupa marketing boss John Moore: ‘Innovation departments is where innovation goes to die’ 4

PR Report founder Glen Frost looks to launch new industry body catering to lobbyists 2

Vizeum to handle Wotif and lastminute media buying following competitive pitch

Travis Johnson promoted to Mediabrands global head of mobile, Scott Player to step up 16

Presto hands creative account to Whybin\TBWA as it renews marketing push

State of Origin II dominates ratings as 2.615m watch NSW beat Queensland

Morning Update: Ogilvy CEO Miles Young to step down next year; Google links mobile ads to desktop purchases 2

Saatchi & Saatchi releases final campaign for Big W highlighting its ‘total toy domination’ sale 7

Credit card companies Visa, Eftpos distance themselves from interchange fee campaign 4

Press watchdog finds Financial Review guilty of inaccuracy in gender gap reporting 2

Fetch TV to launch major Game of Thrones outdoor campaign on the back of HBO deal 10

New Barnardos campaign seeks to highlight realities of child abuse in Australia

Fairfax says image archive digitisation is back on track after legal battle for return of pictures

Cooking, renovations and politics dominate Tuesday night’s television ratings 5

Foxtel to boost investment in Australian content 4

Woolworths CEO Grant O’Brien to step down as supermarket continues to struggle 13

Morning Update: Top Gear names Clarkson replacement; Twitter unleashes autoplay video; 21st Century confirms Murdoch to step down

EnergyAustralia urge consumers to make a ‘wise call’ when it comes to energy plans 9

Mumbrella hangout with Yahoo7 Digital Stars 1

NRL approaches Google to bid for rights as code tipped to split games across TV networks 20

Marketing now more science than art, says ANZ head of marketing 6

Choice questions ‘shadowy’ new banking ad campaign ‘Don’t Change My Interchange’ 5

Australian agencies pick up six awards in Warc Prize for Social Strategy

New Idea names Louisa Hatfield editor-in-chief with Kim Wilson departing the magazine

Bloke suggests a McGuigan is the wine for all occasions in new campaign 3

Westpac digital boss: ‘No one has got personalisation right’ 1

Greek man smashing plates promotes Aldi’s dishwasher tablets

Game of Thrones finale pulls in 265,000 on Foxtel while Married at First Sight cracks 1m 1

Mediacom CEO Mark Pejic leaves agency 2

Morning Update: Heineken and Wieden & Kennedy end relationship

Jurassic World pulls in $16m to be the biggest box office opening of 2015 2

SMI: Ten reaches 22.4 per cent revenue share on the back of Masterchef

Frank, Rocky and Misty check in for Stayz to help promote pet-friendly properties 2

Satirist Dan Ilic fired by Al Jazeera for applying for The Daily Show 11

Suzie Shaw joins We Are Social as David Fairfull opts to remain with agency 2

Royal Australian College of GPs aim to highlight importance of a good GP in new campaign

Opera singer sings exhaust notes of Alfa Romeo as it completes race-track lap 7

Latest Ads: Toyota, RACWA, Mazda, NIB, iSelect, Nissan

Mediacom finance director David Reid departs 3

Blow for Torch Media as Woolworths takes in-store advertising in-house 4

Soul singer serenades family as ebay urges consumers to ‘send themselves a present’ 2

Gerry Reynolds’ Medium Rare takes Foxtel magazine contract from Bauer Media 3

Ten’s CSI: Cyber watched by 645,000 as House Rules beats Masterchef 2

Foxtel to take 15 per cent of Ten and launches capital raising, also buying stake in MCN 10

Morning Update: Rolling Stone wants the whole world to think like Steve Jobs

Internet advertising to reach 51 per cent of Australian ad market by 2019 – PwC 1