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Beam Suntory appoints The Monkeys to Canadian Club Whiskey

Soccer host Schiller: Noisy stadium caused trainwreck but we don’t deserve Twitter lynch mob 12

Masterchef wins the night as most popular entertainment show, topping all key demos

Australian Press Council appoints Indigenous member, Carla McGrath

Fairfax Media and NZME fight merger rejection with High Court appeal

Redundancies at ABC Radio will be a ‘win for audiences’: Michael Mason 8

Junkee Media launches its first video festival ‘Video Junkee 2017’

Seventh Street Media launches Don’t Bore Us website

Ben & Jerry’s bans same flavoured ice-cream in fight for marriage equality 11

Samsung seeks new CMO as Philip Newton steps down

Former Twitter Australia managing director Karen Stocks returns to Google 3

Holden kicks off creative pitch for new SUV model 1

GroupM to recruit students for its paid graduate program at Mumbrella360

Y&R Brisbane appoints Glynn Honey as managing partner

House Rules wins the night but Masterchef tops demos

OMD’s group strategy head Mat Rawnsley joins The Hallway as strategy director 4

Ensemble’s former creative solutions director Sian Thomas joins Initiative 3

Grin Creative wins production rights for National Geographic Traveller 4

‘Sick and unhinged’: Senator Mitch Fifield condemns Quadrant over ABC bombing comments 2

Mumbrella’s Mobile Marketing Masterclass to tackle metrics, beacons and the future of apps

Quadrant editor calls for ABC bombing after Manchester attack 24

Ten cleared by regulator over ‘slut drop’ comments 2

Google to predict what consumers will buy and where by using cross-device measurement 2

OMA announces winners of Q1 Creative Collection competition

Peta Credlin to join Alan Jones’ Sky News program 6

Karla Leach moves from Mazda to Nissan to take up GM for corporate communications role 1

Lowest audience of the season for The Voice 3

ABC’s head of current affairs Bruce Belsham to depart

Men’s print magazine Shut Up & Take My Money launches 6

FutureBrand launches payment revolution branding for New Payments Platform 1

Marketers feel perpetually left behind by technology says Adobe’s executive VP Brad Rencher 2

Full service agency Sentius launches first Australian office without ‘agency rhetoric or jargon’ 15

Duo behind music on Officeworks and Seek campaigns launch Otis Studios

Caltex parts ways with Leo Burnett, hands creative duties to Saatchi & Saatchi 1

The Guardian climbs into top five in Nielsen Digital News rankings as Daily Mail Australia slips 16% 1

House Rules only non-news program to crack 1m metro viewers

Carefree shares the secrets of sisterhood in new DDB Sydney campaign

Dan Murphy’s bespoke radio show ‘The Drinks Review’ to air on Macquarie Media’s radio network

David Jones kicks off fundraising campaign to tackle Indigenous literacy gap

Audible teams up with Joel Creasey and Rhys Nicholson to keep marriage equality conversation alive

Domino’s campaign admits ‘We need to do better’ 5

Mumbrella extends Marketing Summit series to seven, adding automotive and health & wellness sectors

PRIA releases new measurement and evaluation framework for PR 2

ACMA to look at Do Not Call self regulation under government reforms 1

Triple M’s drive host Merrick Watts set to depart this year

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword takes win at weekend box office 1

‘Mums know best’: Westpac continues ‘Dear Bump’ campaign with same-sex couple in social video 1

James Blunt joins SmoothFM on Sunday afternoons

ACCC boss hits out at Ooh Media and warns outdoor merger failure offers lessons for media consolidation 3

60 Minutes wins ratings battle with Sunday Night over alleged drug mule Cassie Sainsbury

Adshel partners with poverty organisation to help youth return to workforce 2

Blundstone Footwear launches fresh brand push as it continues international expansion

For Aussies By Aussies: Bonds follows Australians’ creative lives in content series

Menulog Australia’s new Goldblum ad accused of ‘imitating’ Abbot Mead Vickers BBDO campaign 8

More than half of Australia’s media agencies plan to buy VR digital video, AOL study suggests

Schmackos returns to television advertising with man dressed as a dog breaking out in dance 1

‘We don’t follow the market here in Australia’: Nine adds LiveRamp to its data offering 3

Global CCS Institute uses memes to inform Australians about climate change technology

Mums latest group to say ‘Shut up and take my money’ in ongoing KFC campaign

AFL and Better Homes and Gardens give Seven the Friday night win

Seven wins week despite success of The Voice and Masterchef

NSW government opens tender for media agency services 2

15 marketers, controversial CEO, TV personalities, and four agency bosses join final Mumbrella360 lineup 1

Rolls Royce signs on for Australian tuxedo brand collaboration

19 channels deleted from Foxtel Play lineup but broadcaster won’t say why 26

Em Rusciano to take break from breakfast show after losing baby

TPG Capital flags it would sell Fairfax again within five years, but commits to editorial independence 1

SCA adjusts earnings forecast citing ‘challenging and short’ advertising markets

‘It’s fair to say our model may have been confusing’: Initiative relaunches with new positioning 15

Online influencer course Crushfame launches with lessons from Gabby Epstein 5

Air New Zealand trials in-flight AR headsets with key information about customers 1

Masterchef wins key demos, as Ten nudges ahead of Seven on Thursday night

Camp Quality asks men to ‘Bro Up’ and volunteer in new campaign push

Stefan the stool expert aims to defuse constipation embarrassment in new campaign for Coloxyl 1

Kleenex searches for new animal brand ambassador in latest campaign 4

Ooh Media APN Outdoor merger cancelled following ACCC concerns 5

‘People are highly unreasonable’: DDB unveils new business plan 8

Pizza Hut switches media account from Mediacom to Initiative 1

Nick Hardie-Grant promoted to MD of Hardie Grant Media 9

PwC tops list of places Australians most want to work in LinkedIn study 3

Spotify’s MD Kate Vale set to depart 2

Seven wins Wednesday night television despite Masterchef success

Clemenger BBDO Sydney creates ‘catfight-proof’ fashion brand for The Real Housewives of Sydney

‘Snap out of it’: KitKat highlights life’s frustrating moments 1

72andSunny to launch first collaborative piece of work to stop shark fin trading 1

Marketers trust programmatic more than agencies, AMAA survey reveals

Second US bidder for Fairfax emerges as board decides to cooperate with sale process 3

Super Bowl winning marketer, Olympic gold medalist and bosses of two emerging codes join Sports Marketing Summit line up