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Live blog: Monday June 23 – Cannes Lions | Today | Richard Branson | Fairfax | Branson | ABC cuts | Ten | Bauer | Transformers

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4.20pm – Ten has promoted John Chouiefate to a national news role in a move that will do little to quieten speculation that Peter Meakin is looking for the exit.

2pm – Work at an agency? Looking to improve your new business pipeline? Maybe The Source can help…

12.30pm – We’ve put together the grand prix and gold winning TV ads from Cannes. It’s one helluva watch

12.10pm – Reaction is beginning to come in to the government’s reported new cuts for the ABC. Community and Public Sector Union president Michael Tull said in a statement:

“Popular and industry leading services like iView and News24 only came about because the ABC was able to re-invest the benefits of its internal savings drive.

“But now the Government wants to pocket the savings – which is all about denying the ABC the funds to continue to develop and innovate. And a less innovative and effective ABC is exactly what many in the Government, and their media backers, want to see.

10.14am – This sounds ominous for The ABC – The Australian is reporting that after ordering cuts of 1%, the Abbott government is to demand a “second wave” of cuts amounting to 4% (paywall).

9.20am – Private equity firms may bid for the revenue (and ratings) starved Ten Network, reports the Australian Financial Review.

8.25am  McCann boss Ben Lilley has been hanging out with Richard Branson – and he’s written a piece for us on what the experience taught him about storytelling.

8.22am – A few items of interest from The Australian today (all behind the paywall).

First, the paper reports that two senior editorial execs – Garry Linnell and Glenn Burge are moving on. Executive editor Burge will take redundancy, says the paper, while Linnell will focus on his breakfast show for Fairfax’s 2UE radio station. Their have been rumours afoot about Linnell’s future since Sean Aylmer was put forward as the front man of negotiations with the union about journalists’ conditions last week.

Bauer’s comms honcho Deborah Thomas is getting back in the saddle as interim publisher of the company’s joint venture with Hearst, says The Oz.

And columnist Mark Day doesn’t necessarily toe the party line on colleague Darren Davidson’s spat with the Daily Mail over them not letting him on their yet and teasing him with his iPad:

“Perhaps if we were to put these energies into better meeting our readers’ demands we would be held in greater esteem.”

8.20am – It was The Voice Kids last night, so over on Nine’s Today, Karl Stefanovic has a Mini Me.

today karl mini me

8.06am – Australian journalist Peter Greste today faces another key moment in an Egyptian court. The Al Jazeera journalist was arrested in December (paywall).

7. 45am- Here’s what’s broken overnight:

Mumbrella Asia: BBH launches new Chuck ‘singing bottom’ ad for Chupa Chups

“BBH Asia Pacific has created a new commercial featuring its mascot Chuck, with the branded message of ‘Life Less Serious’.

The ad features a teacher about to give the cane to his student before Chuck appears as the student’s bottom singing: “Do you really want to hurt me”.”

The Globe and Mail: Julian Koenig, who sold consumers on VW Beetle and Earth Day, dies at 93

“Julian Koenig, widely regarded as one of the 20th century’s most innovative advertising writers – a creative force behind an array of memorable campaigns, including those for the original Volkswagen Beetle and the enduring environmental brand Earth Day – died on June 12, at the age of 93.”

The New York Times: Chinese Company Demands Edits to New ‘Transformers’ Movie

“The China woes are not over yet for Michael Bay’s latest “Transformers” film, “Age of Extinction.”

A week before its expected release in the China, and almost everywhere else, the film was hit with a demand for the removal of any scenes depicting the logo or properties of the Beijing Pangu Investment Company, which was a commercial sponsor of the movie.”

AdAge: See Salaries for the Most In-Demand Digital Marketers

“Demand for technically skilled digital marketers will continue to grow in 2014, with salaries likely in tow, but employers are still trying to determine exactly which kinds of employees are essential to add first, a new report said Wednesday.

Thirty-eight percent of employers will be hiring more digital marketers this year than they did last year, according to the report from recruiter Mondo, which asked 300 senior marketing executives about their plans. Within the broad digital arena, a wide variety of fields are growing, Mondo said, including content marketing, big data, search engine optimization and search engine marketing, marketing automation, lead generation, creative, social media and e-commerce.”

7.30am – Good morning. There was still lots of news coming out of Cannes over the weekend. In the film category, Australia picked up a gold for production company Finch’s role in the ‘Mistakes’ ad for New Zealand Transport Agency. A silver went to ‘The Search’ for Lion by BMF Sydney.

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