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MLC shifts focus from retirement to ‘best bits’ of life with new proposition

Alien: Covenant tops box office in opening weekend

Robot newsreaders join the Whooshkaa platform

Fairfax takeover consortium raises bid to $2.7bn, driving share price to six year high 1

Newspapers saw adspend plummet by 26.3% in April 9

Drug cheat Ben Johnson puts the ‘roid’ in Android in Sportsbet ad 16

Seven wins the night as House Rules grows

Nova kicks off 2017 Red Room Global tour to showcase ‘deep connection’ with music 1

‘Less talk more eat’: Jeff Goldblum new face of Menulog in first work from Y&R 5

BHP rebrands with first consumer campaign in 33 years 4

Evo Media loses main advertiser after circulation questions and staff payment problems 23

Weekend AFL helps Seven snatch weekly win as Ten’s Masterchef tops 16-39

Ad for piercing studio censured for mocking crucifixion 1

Cosmetic surgery ad comparing breastfeeding mums to cow udders banned by watchdog

Red Bull ad banned for ‘unsafe message’ of seven hour driving stint

AFL and NRL rule the roost for Friday night TV ratings

ASB dismisses complaint over gambling ad aired during BattleBots

Boost Juice launches fruit matching chatbot to push new smoothie 1

Media giant Vivendi set to take control of Havas

From ROI to ROI+, Zenith rebrands with promise to ‘blend data, technology and brilliant specialists’

Dr Paul Priday – creative director, thinker, diversity advocate – dies aged 71 12

Masterchef double episodes top key advertising demos in Thursday’s ratings

303 MullenLowe’s ‘Time with Mum’ campaign takes out Gold Siren Award

Menulog delivering Red Rooster Mother’s Day meals to families in need 1

Twitter communications manager Maria Catanzariti switches to Airbnb 1

Initiative Melbourne promotes David Lee to head of digital

Surf Life Saving Australia to air $1m awareness campaign after winning inventory in SBS contest 2

Nine partners with Experian for Mi9 New Zealand

Adshel locks in world-first deal with audience insight specialist Lotame

Sydney Opera House’s Matthew Drummond appointed editor of AFR Magazine

Edge launches performance media division

Best Western Hotels focuses on staff stories in social push

ABC veteran, PM host Mark Colvin dies 1

‘White hat vigilantes’ threaten SEO audits of agencies 18

Youi Insurance launch web series ‘Who’s in the Car?’

HBF launches new campaign by The Works as pitch process continues

Nine rejects allegations Today’s Block of Cash giveaway is a scam 7

Masterchef tops Wednesday night television, wins in all key demographics

PRIA invites non-members to enter the 2017 Golden Target Awards

OzHarvest launches first ‘rescued food’ supermarket with content piece 2

SBS’ online specialist Ben Naparstek to join Edelman as content and digital director

Senate Committee to investigate the future of journalism 1

realestate.com.au’s parent company REA Group sees revenue and operating costs climb

#AustraliansForUnderwood: Netflix launches political campaign for House of Cards’ new season 1

Channel T hires Lisa Ramsey as managing director 3

Mindshare appoints Helena Snowdon to Melbourne MD role after Tim Skellern’s departure

Victorian government simplifies train network changes for commuters with out-of-home push

Children talk about ‘spew bags’ and ‘frantic toilet runs’ in Air NZ Mother’s Day ad

P&O Cruises VP of sales, marketing and PR Simon Cheng departs 1

Budget 2017: Major infrastructure advertising account opportunities and businesses to pay foreign worker levy 2

Viewers prefer Budget over debut of The Last Resort 2

News Corp revenues up partially driven by ARM acquisition, while Foxtel revenues dip 2

Vice and Headspace partner in new content series encouraging suffering Australians to seek help

Hamish & Andy confident split season run of True Story won’t impact audience 1

The White Agency and Grey Group Australia rebrand as whiteGREY 19

Hospital education and entertainment provider Healthily TV launches 1

Kojo opens new office in Perth

‘Boomerangs that can go back to Bali’: Behaviour Change Partners creates campaign to protect authentic Indigenous art

Neale Whitaker steps down as editor-in-chief of Vogue Living 5

Cruise Line Industry Association Australasia appoints Primary Communications to PR account

m2m Sydney hires Bohemia’s strategy director Sean Richardson 2

ANZ Bank group GM of marketing Louise Eyres exits 1

Don Smallgoods shares stories of three Aussie ‘Dons’ following recruitment push 1

The Voice tops the ratings leaderboard, but Ten’s Have You Been Paying Attention? wins in key advertising demographics 2

Ex-Mediacom Melbourne MD Anny Havercoft joins Yahoo7 as head of brand

MLA kicks off autumn lamb campaign with ‘The Currency Kitchen’ experience 1

Shortlist revealed for Mumbrella’s first Sports Marketing Awards

Samsung hunts for a new PR agency

Sling & Stone expands into New Zealand

Media law reforms gift more than a quarter of a billion dollars in value to broadcast businesses 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 tops weekend box office for second week

HCF CMO Jenny Williams resigns ‘to explore new options’ 1

Domino’s fined for failing to inform franchisees about marketing pool spend

Mashable hunts for new editor for Australian operation

Captain Risky moves into crowded caravan in latest Budget Direct ad 2

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten admits new Labor Party ad was not diverse enough 11

ACCC wins world first case against e-cigarette marketing claims

Adshel reminds brands to ‘Shine Brighter’ in winter with new campaign 2

Accenture buys The Monkeys and Maud 38

McCain Foods Australia and TBWA Melbourne part ways as brand pitches creative 1

Masterchef audience down to 767,000 viewers as House Rules recovers

Fairfax Media reveals details of TPG takeover proposal 7

NAB tells story of how the Aussie Bum’s business came to life as part of new brand campaign

VMO looks to redefine outdoor with launch of VMO Programmatic 1

St George Bank introduces animated life coach Little Dragon in latest campaign 2

Drive Network appoints ex-Ten executive Darren Anderson as chief revenue officer 1

Greg Hywood: Fairfax spotted structural challenges early and as result has greater market cap than Seven, Nine and Ten combined 2

Masterchef helps boost Ten’s share but Nine wins in total people and grocery buyers