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Australia praised as it breaks duck in Cannes Mobile Lions

Controversial Snickers builder spot wins Bronze in Media Lions

VIDEO: Do agencies really know innovation?

Maker Studios boss to adland: Stop making ads, start making content 1

Yahoo! boss Marissa Mayer: Digital is the only medium that hasn’t embraced native ads

Kanye West: Empower the best content creators or fuck you 10

Ten offers first look at The Bachelor 1

Melbourne Food and Wine fest work leads Design Lions pack

Ray Shaw becomes PRIA’s fourth boss since 2012 4

Remote Control Tourist leads way with four nominations in Cyber Lions 1

Positively Wellington Tourism use The Voice’s Darren McMullen to promote the city 4

Four Australian campaigns in running on radio shortlist

MediaCom partners with HIV Foundation Qld to reduce stigma

Product Lions shortlist yields no finalists for Australia as Samsung dominates

Live blog: Tuesday, June 17: Cannes latest | New SMI data | TV ratings | New Moon boss | The Beef Oracle | Journo trust

Commonwealth Bank follows Westpac with ‘cash without card’ campaign 7

MLA introduces The Beef Oracle to answer any meat related (and not meat related) questions 4

New president for newsagent industry body after ‘past mistakes’ 1

Journalists less trusted than lawyers, taxi drivers and baggage handlers 9

STW brings together Moon, Shift and Human under new boss Gavin Levinsohn as Anouk Darling departs after decade at helm 4

House Rules trumps The Voice while 256,000 watch Bosnia and Argentina in World Cup

SMI: Nine and Seven both above 40 per cent as Ten squeeze worsens 9

Morning Update: Landon Donovan fine with not playing at the World Cup; Harvey Nichols holiday campaign wins at Cannes

GAYTMs only winners for Australia in PR Lions 2

McCann Melbourne takes first Grand Prix of Cannes in Creative Effectiveness for V/Line Guilt Trips 2

Grey picks up metal for work for former client Transport Accident Commission

Penny the Pirate and Phubbing get Silver and Bronze in Direct Lions

Agencies’ obsession with owning ideas is ‘killing innovation’, says digital agency boss 3

Optus CMO: Clever Buoy is a brand evolution not an ad campaign 1

Spike Jonze: Clients should be willing to be fired on a good idea

Sarah Jessica Parker: product placement never happened on Sex and the City 1

Live blog Monday June 16 – Cannes Lions | Monthly news site rankings | iPhone fitness | Giant kittens | Yahoo7 raids News Corp ranks | New ads: Kia, iiNet & Woolworths

Twelve shots at glory for Australia in Media Lions

Slim pickings for Australian agencies in Press Lions category 1

Leo Burnett Sydney leads the way as Boobs and Maccas make Outdoor Lions shortlist

Mobile category improves again for Aussie agencies

iiNet positions itself as the ‘NBN champion’ as it compares internet speed to Romania and Slovakia 5

The Fault In Our Stars continues to top the box office

Westpac aims to show it cares in spot promoting Emergency Cash service 3

SBS pulls large audiences for World Cup coverage 8

Seven signs American Football deal 10

Ten to stick with I Wanna Marry Harry despite US axing 3

Woolworths recruits The Monkeys to promote commitment to jobs creation 6

Kia gives 2010 Melle Mel ad a sequel with Salt-N-Pepa 17

Masterchef gets 1 million viewers as House Rules falls behind The Voice

Senior News Corp journalist Anne Markey to lead Yahoo7 audience push

Optus recruits Josh Thomas to promote More Yes positioning 62

Morning Update: Apple’s odd music choice for iPhone 5S ad; The New York Times rolls out native ad for Orange is the New Black 1

Ad agencies rule again as Australia grabs ten PR Lions nominations 2

Hangout: Adam Ferrier on crap creative, Aussie success and presenting at Cannes 3

Dumb Ways to Die back in contention as Aussie agencies comprise a third of Creative Effectiveness shortlist 4

Daily Mail fires back at News Corp as copy theft row heats up 8

smh.com.au takes top place in rankings as Daily Mail and Guardian continue to surge 15

Footballer Marcel Desailly: TV viewers would rather watch Olympics than World Cup

Sir Patrick Stewart: Twitter helped inject ‘fun’ into my public persona 1

‘The Hoff has eclipsed David Hasselhoff’ admits actor

GAYTMs, zombies, crashed cars and Boobs get nods in first Cannes Lions shortlists

Mumbrella live blog: Friday, June 13 1

Viva introduces family pet Bruce the dog as it demonstrates strength of paper towel 3

Guardian confirms masterclass line up for Australia 3

TubeMogul appoints Sam Smith managing director of Australia and New Zealand 3

ACMA finds Prime’s broadcast of MKR final breached broadcast act over captioning

Dumb, Drunk and Racist biased against ‘mainstream Aussies’ complaint struck down 2

SCA digital boss: ‘mobile creative needs to improve’

Ten gets a break as Masterchef inches closer to a million viewers. 1

Leggo’s plays with 132 year history in new campaign

SBS drops ‘seven billions stories’ tagline replacing it with “join in” 7

Morning Update: Dumb Ways to Die creative sold to Empire Life Insurance Co; World Cup ads shared more than Super Bowl ads; ‘Dear Kitten’ from Friskies closes in on 10m views

IBM looks to startup culture in bid to get marketers and their technology peers talking 2

Eleven of the best: World Cup ads 2

Mumbrella live blog: Thursday, June 12

Sapient Nitro’s Andy Greenaway says awards ‘monster needs to be fed’ 15

Whitepaper hints at openness to changing reach rule 1

M&C Saatchi direct marketing outfit Lida coming to Australia 9

Gumtree launches treasure hunt style campaign from DDB Sydney 3

Brand policing around major events should not be ‘draconian’ argues former London Olympics manager

Coles launches Heston fronted campaign in cinemas and TV 3

Seven wins again, ABC bleeds audience share after Jonah from Tonga final bombs 2

Morning Update: Digital baby goes viral; Facebook hires from PayPal to focus on messaging

Scrap yard fails in ad watchdog case after claiming complaint was ‘discrimination against blonde beautiful women’ 9

YouTube releases 10 most watched video ads since Cannes 2013

Mumbrella live blog: Wednesday, June 11

Aliens’ future unclear as Budget Direct pitches creative account 18

Coca-Cola South Pacific appoints Lisa Winn marketing director

SBS makes Helen Kellie chief content officer with Amanda McGregor new marketing head 1

Network Ten’s digital boss: ‘Industry should worry less about retention’ 11

Menulog parody of Da Vinci’s Last Supper cleared of denigrating Christanity 9

Bali bogans build as A Place to Call Home gets the chop from Seven