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Video platform Genero raises $4m to fund US expansion

The Punch Up talent bureau gives comedians a chance to sell out to advertisers

Finish dishwashing tablets showcase Australians’ love of cooking in latest campaign

APN Outdoor CEO Warburton refuses to be drawn on his future or redundancies, after sale to JC Decaux

Peter Campbell to lead Fox Sports as Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany rejigs management team 7

Godfreys launches new ads after blaming previous TV campaign for falling sales 3

JC Decaux to buy APN Outdoor for $1.119 billion 3

Ten tops key advertising demographics with Have You Been Paying Attention? and Masterchef 1

Sky News hires Cathryn Adams as commercial director

Adshel claims Australian first with pixel-tracking digital billboards

Red Engine SCC builds ‘Australia’s smallest cruise ship’ for Carnival cruise 1

Fintech startup Study Loans appoints Havas Melbourne

NBN’s Karina Keisler to join Cricket Australia in public affairs role

Y&R Melbourne managing partner Julian Bell returns to Clemenger 3

WhiteGrey appoints Juan Garcia as head of technology

Adam Washington departs The 6AM Agency as CEO after just seven months 5

Hotwire secures PR and communications account for MedicalDirector

Ikon appoints Totally Awesome’s Mel Roberts as agency director following Sharon Cookson’s exit

Digital agency Hardhat wins probiotics brand Life-Space 1

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom earns $10.272m in first weekend box office outing, a 36% fall on first film 12

Ooh Media’s Brendon Cook confident the ACCC will pass Adshel deal

HT&E’s chairman Peter Cosgrove resigns following Adshel sale agreement

Domain restructures sales team with some jobs to go as it adopts a fully programmatic offering 1

Domain signs up for Cricket naming rights sponsorship

Sky Business rebrands as Your Money in joint venture between News Corp and Nine 6

State of Origin game two draws 2.09m viewers

Bauer Media to axe 11 jobs across Woman’s Day, NW and OK 22

Former Publicis Chairman Andrew Baxter joins KPMG advisory practice 2

APN Outdoor enters trading halt ahead of anticipated JC Decaux deal

Ooh Media and Adshel deal will lead to $18m in cuts and disposal of the Adshel brand 5

Vida Scott appointed as Ten’s head of communications

Nine to buy 2019 tennis rights from Seven for $48.5m 3

Host/Havas takes home 3 Grand Prix awards, including Titanium, at Cannes Lions for Palau Pledge 5

SBS catches up to ABC, with both broadcasters getting 11.3% of weekly TV audience

Just 435,000 tune in to Australia vs Ireland Rugby test match, while 489,000 watch Belgium vs Tunisia in FIFA World Cup 3

10 Feet Tall wins creative account for white goods company E&S

FIFA World Cup, Women’s State of Origin and AFL leave Ten in last place in Friday night ratings battle

Michael Slater joins Seven’s cricket commentary team 2

Ooh Media to purchase HT&E’s Adshel for $570 million

Dentsu Aegis Network acquires Australian sports video platform Kliip 1

Thrive PR appoints Kelly Stambanis as ANZ general manager

Federal government’s small publishers innovation fund to launch next month

Adshel bidding contest to continue following APN Outdoor’s $540 million offer says HT&E

The Australian apologises to ABC over abusive readers’ comments 21

Opr’s Australian team extend Microsoft Xbox remit to Asia 1

InDaily publisher Solstice Media acquires SALife and CityMag

Australia vs Denmark FIFA World Cup match scores 1.655m metro viewers for SBS

Publish Awards first entry deadline tonight – one more week to final deadline 1

Sir David Attenborough launches advertising industry-supported wildlife fund 2

Alistair McCall joins MercerBell as data strategy director

Victorian Government launches additional Respect Women ads following Eurydice Dixon’s death 15

APN Outdoor ups Adshel bid to $540 million

Crosby Textor rebrands as CT Group and expands Australian operations ahead of Federal election

Michael Nearhos exits NAB as GM of brand experience following restructure 1

Mediacom Melbourne appoints former OMD planning boss Matt Mills as client partner 2

Janssen Japan president Chris Hourigan to headline the Mumbrella Health Marketing Summit

Portugal’s win over Morocco attracts 549,000 viewers for SBS 1

APN Outdoor advises shareholders to bide their time following JC Decaux bid 1

NSW Government minister calls on Australian TV networks to back women directors 2

Apple fined $9 million by Federal Court after debilitating ‘Error 53’ system upgrade

Shelley Hammond joins Daylight Agency as director of agency operations

Publishers refuse to pay Nielsen until metrics issues resolved ahead of launch of DCR Monthly next week 5

Marketforce’s Joe Hawkins joins JWT Perth as creative director

Prime Creative Media acquires Mohi Media, including staff, newsletters and awards

The Australian Women’s Weekly secures unpaid interview with Natalie Joyce

JC Decaux offers to buy APN Outdoor for $1.1 billion 5

Global ad spending grows, but Google and Facebook steal bigger shares, says GroupM

#floptus fallout continues as Optus gives all group-stage FIFA World Cup matches to SBS 7

Marketers need to ‘reimagine’ to Australian Dream in order to connect with consumers: Nine 1

Former News Corp exec Nicole Sheffield joins Australia Post as EGM of community and consumer 7

Colombia vs Japan World Cup match helps SBS to rare double-figure main channel share 5

Banjo Advertising’s founding creative partner Georgia Arnott joins AJF Partnership

MS Queensland shows grim future of sufferers in awareness campaign 2

NAB, Mahlab, Howarth, Marketo, The Dubs and more to speak at the Mumbrella B2B Marketing Summit

Aboriginal Victoria’s Deadly Questions ads blocked by APN Outdoor 38

APD’s John Matthews joins Fox Sports as director of customer acquisition 1

Seven West and Bauer Media hit by PageUp People recruitment platform breach 5

Socceroo Tim Cahill encourages friends to watch soccer together on Samsung’s ‘TIMVITE’

Michelle Guthrie warns Australians will not tolerate the ABC becoming a political punching bag 19

Daily Mail’s publication of suicide methods not in public interest, rules watchdog 4

Mars Bar launches new brand positioning ‘Enough Chocolate to Deal with Anything’ 3

Intrepid Travel uses classified ads for mystery expedition 2

Ten’s audience not affected by compulsory Tenplay sign-ins 3

The Incredibles returns to box office with more than $10m in earnings 1

Nine launches pop-up store to tackle marketing challenges

Third party measurement essential for Connected TV investment, says Venessa Hunt 1

Ten tops key advertising demographics with Have You Been Paying Attention? and Masterchef

Ex Ten executive moves to Creative Media Productions after 10 month stint with Drive Network