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Fairfax Media to axe 125 editorial jobs as part of $30m restructure 13

Omnicom’s Annalect beefs up Australian leadership

NZ competition watchdog rejects Fairfax and NZME’s newspaper mega-merger 1

Reality viewers opt for The Voice and Masterchef over House Rules 1

‘Ageism is the new sexism’: adland’s next battle 10

Casey Donovan latest celeb to front Coles’ Down Down campaign 32

IPG Mediabrands global CEO Henry Tajer steps down to return to Sydney 11

New IAA president Adam Donnelley pledges to connect Australia’s industry to the world

Devondale launches first work from Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne 2

Loyalty card flagged as Aldi’s last big gap in taking on Coles and Woolies 17

Nine shuffles executive team, naming APEX’s Pippa Leary as new commercial director of digital sales 7

Twitter pushes into live streaming with string of major content deals

News.com.au coverage of alleged axe attacker’s transgender status in public interest, rules Press Council

New York Times kicks off ‘expanded’ local coverage in Australia 4

The Australian snatches syndication of The Economist from AFR

Mumbrella Awards 2017 shortlist revealed: The Monkeys and Clems lead the charge 3

Peter Alexander celebrates Mother’s Day with Wonder Woman Lynda Carter 1

Relief for Ten as Masterchef delivers 1m+ series debut 2

M&C Saatchi’s research company The Source opens first Australian office

Nissan appoints Edelman as global agency

Nunn Media picks up media account for Radio Rentals SA

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 knocks The Fate of the Furious from top weekend box office spot 2

Creative agency Apparent named winners of Sydney Story Factory Teams Challenge

NRL promotes community program to combat domestic violence in ‘Power for Change’ content series

Adcorp launches action against Dentsu Mitchell over government master media account

Redundancies expected as Fox Sports News team merges with Australian News Channel 3

The Liberal Party of Australia seeking creative agency for 2018 Victorian election campaign

Full Stop Foundation shines spotlight on all forms of domestic abuse in new ad 2

The Chaser returns to Triple M ‘to take the piss out of everything’ 3

AFL legend Matthew Pavlich joins Sports Marketing Summit line up alongside Telstra, Huawei, Twitch and ARU 1

Facebook rejects claims it targets ‘insecure’ teens 3

Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program rebrands 1

Digital poised to grab 50% of all ad spend 1

Dentsu Aegis Network builds specialist agency offering with acquisition of Accordant

My Kitchen Rules finale falls 25% from last year grabbing 1.482m for winner announcement

The Guardian’s branded content boss Aaron Michie exits for ABC role

The Australian quits Apple News as it did not drive subscriptions or revenue 1

Two-horse race between Seven and Nine intensifies as Ten continues to struggle

TV networks stop releasing adspend data as push grows for another licence fee reduction 1

Saturday TV ratings: ABC places second ahead of Nine and Ten

Milkmoney promotes Carrie Williams to head of production and Ethan McLean to head of creative in Sydney

Four’N Twenty launches campaign to save Aussie slang 10

‘Cupid’ baby breaks out in dance with toilet roll in latest Quilton campaign

ABC beats Ten for fourth time this week 1

AFP illegally accessed journalist’s phone records under new metadata laws 2

Ten drops below $100m as network’s value vanishes 1

Common Ventures founder Damian Damjanovski departs after four and a half years 3

Seven and Amber Harrison ordered into mediation by Federal Court

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne tops the world at D&AD

Nova Entertainment appoints Daily Mail’s Kane Reiken as digital commercial director

Facebook’s new Messenger offering will reduce social media backlash on brands, says VP of product for Messenger 1

Herald Sun censured over article claiming public servants were ‘gifted’ a free week off

Masterchef warms up audiences with special ahead of series return on Monday

Ten shares tank after warning on network’s future 8

KiisFM Sydney’s Kyle & Jackie O content is ‘rude and crude’: Nova’s Paul Jackson 1

Cummins & Partners Melbourne MD Tom Ward shifts into national strategy role 1

Sheridan Wadelton returns to GPY&R Melbourne as head of broadcast and content

Howorth Communications recruits Brian Corrigan as director of content

QVB wants shopping to be ‘memorable’ in first major campaign by The Royals

Radio listeners told to ditch superficial dating in new eHarmony push with Kiis Network

Saatchi & Saatchi, McCann, Clemenger BBDO, Deepend and Nomad recognised at Warc Innovation and Webby Awards

Qantas launches third ‘Feels like Home’ rendition inspired by Neil Lawrence 3

Greenpeace asks passers-by to take action on climate change in Sydney installation 1

Destination NSW hires Tamsyn Alley as general manager communications 1

Path 51 announces five new clients and TV attribution tool 1

OMD wins last piece of McDonald’s puzzle with Queensland media win 2

TV sets are not the desired device to watch sport, says Accenture study 11

OMD promotes Antonia Glezakos to newly created Melbourne GM role 6

Ten admits ‘material uncertainty’ over its future unless new finance facility and license relief found 8

The Voice beaten by My Kitchen Rules for the second night in a row 1

Adelaide radio ratings: Triple J falls from close second to fourth in drive while Mix wins overall share

Melbourne radio ratings: Fox FM falls to sixth place as Triple M wins FM breakfast battle 8

Brisbane radio ratings: Nova smashes drive slot with nearly 20% share 1

Perth radio ratings: Mix takes second win of the year but race tightens between Hit and Nova

Sydney radio ratings: Nova Entertainment dominates with SmoothFM top FM show 3

DT managing director John Du Vernet departs business ahead of AKQA switch 9

Pandora launches music genre sponsorships for advertisers in Australian market

Simon Kelly named as Ardent Leisure Group’s CEO as Deborah Thomas steps down

Volkswagen Tiguan heads to another galaxy in latest campaign

ComScore launches free ad viewability tool 3

Mike Tancred steps down as Australian Olympic Committee’s director of media

Air NZ viewed as Australia’s most reputable brand, Mazda second 1

Myer mums tell consumers what they should buy this Mother’s Day in new campaign 2

Battle between Nine and Seven heats up as reality franchises go head-to-head

‘Get nailed’: Ad watchdog slams poster linking body piercings with crucifixion of Christ 7

The Australian loses appeal over claims former journalist was ‘habitually intoxicated’

Arnott’s introduces ‘The Shapesons’ with specialised song in latest campaign 6

Singapore Airlines and Singapore Tourism target Australian tourists with online game