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Alibaba, Tencent and Huawei will take on the west’s technology players and win, predicts Sorrell

‘Frenemies’ no more; Now Google and Facebook are ‘flexible friends’, says WPP’s Sorrell 1

OMD and The Pure Agency inspired by potential of animals in Allan Gray campaign

Brand safety worries mean marketers are missing out on podcasting’s potential, marketers told 1

Good Game co-creator Jeremy ‘Junglist’ Ray joins Fandom as Australia’s managing editor 2

Twitter to test longer tweets 2

WPP’s Sorrell: Agencies are obsessed with winning business just for the trade press headlines 10

Instagram promises a ‘kinder community’ as it passes 800 million users 2

Mamamia MD Kylie Rogers to join AFL as commercial director 13

IAB digital quiz highlights industry’s knowledge gap in mobile advertising 3

ABC News cited by regulator for lack of impartiality in abuse story 2

The Marketing Group rapped by NASDAQ as the past comes back to haunt agency network

Clemenger Melbourne bolsters creative team hiring Nicole Sykes

‘It’s about the quality and experience’: Pacific Mags revamps marieclaire.com.au 4

Amazon looms as Australian businesses fall behind, warns Interbrand’s global survey 1

‘What’s a lady like me doing in an ad like this?’ The Monkeys release first work for CrownBet 5

AFL Brownlow Medal count hands Seven a Monday night win

RACQ launches RACQ Bank offering ‘more for members’ 1

OMD Sydney shares eHarmony success stories in ‘The Little Things’ campaign 4

Nicole Taylor promoted to DDB Sydney CEO 13

‘Murky’ digital ad chain holding industry back, warns Unilever CMO Keith Weed 6

Instagram passes two million active advertisers 1

Yes and No campaigns slammed as ‘grubby second-hand car dealers’ 6

YouTube steps up competition with TV as Google launches new advertising tools 1

Audible Australia appoints Jesse Cox as head of original content

Kingsman: The Golden Circle kicks IT off top spot at weekend box office

‘It doesn’t take long for ice to cause damage’: Federal Government launches schoolies anti-drug campaign

Red Bull sponsorship elevates esports to ‘mainstream entertainment’, event organisers claim 1

Sainsbury interview delivers for 60 Minutes as Nine cleans up Sunday night 1

Telstra’s big bet on sports streaming

Nine wins the ratings week despite Seven’s Little Big Shots and Ten’s Bachelorette success

Sportsbet brings back Ben Johnson in ‘Puntmas’ ad as Spring Carnivals start 1

ABC News websites close in on News.com.au thanks to 11% climb, Nielsen rankings report 8

Reckitt Benckiser ad cleared for showing ‘animated human faeces in the shape of donuts’ 1

Royal Caribbean tells Australians ‘this is not a cruise’

M.J. Bale takes weatherman to hottest places on Earth promoting its ‘coolest suit on the planet’

303 MullenLowe creates ‘hand table dance’ in new TV campaign for P&N Bank 2

Push Collective appoints Mark Hobart as strategy director

‘Show us your scars’: Ugly debuts with a skating and surfing fail compilation for Ozmosis 2

Fairfax to shrink by more than half after Domain Group split 3

Cricket Australia invokes the 1970s for this summer’s Women’s Ashes Series

Tony Faure appointed chairman of Ooh Media 1

Domain Group to expand services with insurance offering 1

Wil Anderson to return to radio on Triple M’s Hot Breakfast 1

The Bachelorette tops Thursday night with almost 1m viewers

Tom Rankin joins 303 MullenLowe as general manager of media 2

Zenith’s Sydney managing director Karen Halligan to depart

Adventures group takes Trade-A-Boat off Bauer Media, promising to make it the ‘buying and selling bible’

Optus recruits Cuba Gooding Jnr to highlight latest mobile products 1

Sydney adlanders attempt to raise over $150,000 for mental health 2

Fairfax profits fall as Domain costs increase 3

NSW government restructures media planning and buying, appointing new roster of agencies to $80m account 2

‘I love that your grandpa gets in on the action,’ Friendsurance promotes friends with benefits 1

Blue 449 COO James Simmons set to depart after a decade 1

Nine’s chief digital officer Alex Parsons to depart, while Helen McCabe is promoted 3

Eharmony’s marketing director Nicole McInnes departs for Woolworths’ digital arm 1

AANA tightens rules around using sexual appeal in advertising 2

M&C Saatchi S&E appoints Havas’s Peter Pippen as senior strategist 5

The Australian launches Chinese-language site

‘You Can’t Ask That’ commissioned by ABC for third series following Rose d’Or win 3

Sophie Monk gives Ten’s The Bachelorette its highest premiere yet

Up your taco game: Goodman Fielder channels Run-DMC in ‘One Night in Mexico’ ad 2

SBS gives reasons why you should work for them in new campaign 1

Emma Nolan to join WHO Magazine after 15 years with TV Week 1

SunRice explains why it’s ‘not the same without SunRice’ 1

The best content marketing campaigns, navigating publishing technology, optimising email and sales secrets to be discussed at Publish conference

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne hires Richie Taaffe as group business director

Initiative’s Ian Smith departs to take GM role at News Corp 3

Carat promotes ‘Polished Man’ to help end domestic violence 1

Health care professionals challenged to ‘step into the shoes’ of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers

M&C Saatchi tops AFR’s most innovative company list 2

The Monkeys Melbourne added to Australia Post roster

The Block and The Big Bang Theory help Nine to an easy ratings win 1

Uber sues Dentsu agency over allegations of fraud and negligence

Heineken 3 campaign features auditions for the face of the beer 1

Simon Bagnasco resurfaces as ECD at Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne

Mediacom wins Victorian government media account 3

‘We Can Do It’ World War II spin off poster shows the strengths of international students

‘Don’t be a dick. Vote yes’ urges vodka brand supporting same sex marriage 1

‘Will it stick?’ Channel T covers Ford Mustang in sticky notes 1

Adults become test subjects in Aldi spot promoting natural products

Ten creditors vote in favour of CBS bid 3

‘I don’t like beer anymore’, The Monkeys releases first work for Canadian Club 4

Netflix promotes Narcos with mock news bulletin featuring Michael Pascoe

Pedestrian’s head of editorial Vanessa Lawrence departs, joins Qantas Magazine

Hatched Media wins Automotive Brands, appoints Sharni Ames as group business director 1

Domain launches new series ‘The Circle’, featuring Melbourne and Sydney couples moving to Noosa 1

Seven’s Highway Patrol beats Ten’s Australian Survivor as The Block wins Monday night 2