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Mentally Friendly sleep-tracking smart phone app makes mattresses interactive

Todd Sampson’s Body Hack climbs back above 500,000

News DNA launches e-commerce platform Biggest Online Shopping Night

SBS reveals programming slate for SBS Viceland 2

Alternate Meat Company punks late night kebab buyers

Morning Update: Duracell taps Star Wars; FHM is back; write an essay to own a newspaper; why open plan offices are a bad idea

Aussie and Kiwi agencies invited to enter Mumbrella APAC regional agency of the year awards

Toyota relationship leads to Gemba’s first agency acquisition 1

Currency challenges and Brexit keep Enero outlook cautious

Netflix programming spend twice as high as entire Australian production market, claims report 3

Ad Wrap: ‘Follow the magic’ of ANZ Apple Pay; Jeep celebrates 75 years; Virgin Mobile recruits ‘how to’ dad 1

Weight Watchers admits ‘mistakes’ after sending female journalists night light to improve sex lives 17

Pitch Watch: Foxtel kicks off review; Fletcher Building appoints media agency; Dec PR wins three pitches

MFA launches digital training program to set benchmark for basic digital media proficiency

Liquidators appointed to wind-up Brandscreen as directors run out of time 4

Fox Sports shuts ‘loss making’ The Crowd forum with plans to refocus on citizen journalism

SMI: Market braced for softer end to 2016 as major events take their toll on September

Pacific Magazines restructures commercial team in effort to ‘future-proof’ the company

X Factor slips below 800,000 viewers as The Block dominates

Riderless bike leads the way for Steve Waugh’s Captain’s Ride

Morning Update: how Sainsbury’s ads reinvented UK food culture; Trump’s damaged brand by the numbers; the second age of social

Inferno debuts in second while Masterminds fails to break box office top five

Fairfax axes 16 journalists as part of The Weekly Review restructure 4

Digital marketing needs to ‘wipe the slate clean’ on metrics, says former Wunderman CEO

Dropping the kids off at the pool and laying a cable among visual gags in Who Gives a Crap campaign 4

Mamamia restructures as Kate de Brito exits for News.com.au editor-in-chief position 2

ThinkTV taps noted digital video academic to lead new research ‘laboratory’

Mortgage app Uno launches with campaign showing off the ‘semi-open house’ 1

The Block builds as X Factor and Survivor slip 2

Yahoo7 appoints Lucy Chesterton to lead lifestyle and entertainment offering, Be 2

Morning Update: Ford gets cinematic with Mads Mikkelsen; how newspapers brought down Trump; Spotify unveils vertical ads

Aimee Buchanan named new CEO of OMD 2

IAB reappoints Gai Le Roy as research director 2

Australia’s rugby league victory over Kiwis takes Nine to weekly ratings win

Waleed Aly: Journalism isn’t really a profession and clickbait is costing us our authority 13

Michael Usher’s first Seven News bulletin delivers big win over Nine in Sydney 1

HBF echoes slogan from its past in new campaign by Marketforce 1

ACMA objections to potential buyers of Macquarie Media’s 2CH blows out deadline

New FOI documents reveal comms meltdown on night of #CensusFail 2

Havas Creative Group names new APAC CEO 2

Lucky Lotteries gives cats a voice with translator device giveaway calling for cat memes 4

News Corp’s Damian Eales says retail offers have helped slow newspaper circulation decline

IAB says marketers need more support adopting fraud detection and viewability technologies

Salmat kicks off $15m fundraising drive to close Microsourcing acquisition

News Corp reveals multimillion dollar drop in newspaper revenues 5

The Big Bang Theory season premiere wins the night

Pandora unveils new brand with lofty goal to ‘enhance listeners’ music experience’ 1

Cartelux pivots to focus on helping start-ups raise revenue

Foxtel signs distribution deal with Sky Vision

UM wins MFA Grand Prix, Anne Parsons first female to enter Hall of Fame

Roy Morgan launches new measurement tools as pressure grows on marketers over digital spend 1

Morning Update: DDB chief designs for Clinton; when brands blow up; Facebook’s ‘fake news’; Google reveals Fact Check

Asian market lacks business opportunities for independent agencies, says agency boss

CarAdvice pulls out of AMAA web audit

Sydney Morning Herald editor Judith Whelan heads to ABC for new role

L.A Tourism launches inaugural Australia-wide campaign

Rebecca Carrasco departs creative director role at Facebook

Recruiters urge agencies to look beyond adland for fresh talent 6

SIDS and Kids re-brands as Red Nose, pledges to reduce child deaths in new campaign

ASTRA slams Twitter Melbourne Cup deal warning of paywall for future streamed sports events 3

Marketers are no longer getting the training they need, bemoans former CMO 5

Ella Baché debuts digital-first campaign using social media influencers

Castello brings in ‘big food’ enthusiast to get blue cheese into burgers

Unibet says luck is no coincidence for hot-headed footballer

The Bachelorette gains 63,000 viewers for double date show-down

‘Flying under the radar’ a poor strategy for growth, advisors warn 3

‘There’s a revolution coming’ says Nathan Hodges; ‘agencies need to take control of the procurement process’ 3

Half of all independent agencies will close in the next seven years warns Chris Savage 2

Twitter goes head-to-head with Seven with live stream of Melbourne Cup 3

Morning Update: Mitsubishi gets feudal; 7 rules of successful disruption; the return of Cadbury’s Milk Tray man

Melbourne’s SEN overhauls digital presence and says it will join new RadioApp 2

Holding groups are ‘squeezing the life’ out of agencies, says Michael Farmer 1

Helga’s and Richards Rose begin brand repositioning with new campaign

Audi promotes finance rate by tapping into male desire to own prestige vehicles

Free TV celebrates 60 years of broadcast television and unveils political support group

Ad industry’s new business cycle is now a ‘loser’s game’ warns top consultant 2

Former Y&R boss Buckley and Telstra executive Collis return with emerging ai.agency 4

Pitch Watch: Masterpet appoints new roster; Campos goes with digital; Triumph names media agency

X Factor slips as Mel B revealed as fourth judge 1

Morning Update: Samsung to shelve Note; Patron sues ex-agency; George Takei launches chatbot; Dentsu Japan tackles overwork

Ad Wrap: Witty washing powder chats up Aldi customers; Dave Hughes talks emojis for Virgin Mobile; Westpac wants you to grow 2

Laptops crash, bash and wash as the ‘ultimate power tool’ in new Kennards Hire campaign

Yahoo7 axes 10% of workforce as part of ‘review of operations’ 7

Diverse range of characters show off their walks in new Bank of Melbourne campaign

Adam Ferrier and Adam Hunt help Gus Worland create #manup campaign for suicide documentary 3

Senior marketers among final speakers revealed for MSIX, as awards finalists are named 1

Australian Women’s Weekly publisher Matt Dominello to leave Bauer Media 1

Ten’s Brock sheds 300,000 viewers as The Block wins the night