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Morning Update: Dead mice act out plays in strange pest-control ad; Spotify UK revenue rises by 42 per cent

Morning Update: Malaysian bank pulls insurance campaign featuring ‘blackface’ domestic worker

Morning Update: Fiat’s new TV ads made entirely of GIFs; Tumblr native ads to start appearing across Yahoo 2

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

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

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

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

Morning Update: Adidas recruit David Beckham for World Cup ad; Cannes predictions from creatives

Morning Update: Patrick Stewart and Aaron Paul star in Twitter doco; 25 campaigns that will win Lions in Cannes; Instagram takes advertising strategy global

Morning Update: Pepsi promotes mini cans with celebrity filled ad; Activists upset over pro-breastfeeding ad 1

Morning Update: Poster lets you play songs; Walt Disney hands social account to OMD; Adidas releases new World Cup ad

Morning Update: Social grilling; Spotify hits 10 million paid subscribers

Morning Update: Oreo suggests people ‘lick for it’ to settle scores; McDonald’s to keep Happy mascot; Checkout beep gets a twist in Coke campaign; Havas acquires Work Club

Morning Update: Cruzan Rum wants you to slow down; Jill Abramson talks about resilience; Mad Men stars pose for Vintage-style ads

Morning Update: Ikea Singapore teams up with dog adoption shelters; David Abbott dies aged 75; Man puts up billboards telling celebrities to stop getting divorced

Morning Update: X-Men meet Mad Men in new spot from Quizno; Amazon kicks off Euro creative pitch

Morning Update: Mars rolls out Twix bites; Hunger-striking Al-Jazeera journalist near death; Oreo’s ‘Transformers’ deal

Morning Update: Firefighters injured after ‘f**k truck’ overturns; Pinterest announces ad partners; WPP employees warned to ‘stay on guard’ after merger collapse 1