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Cosmo to let ‘our readers’ decide after nominating Sonia Kruger for Woman of the Year 11

Restructure takes its toll on Salmat as revenue drops $47m

Australian Marketing Institute draws up ‘critical’ measures amid growing financial peril 3

Celebrities serve up cheesecake in new Sara Lee campaign by Banjo

New BCF campaign focuses on blokes that love the great outdoors 3

The Footy Show wins the night ahead of NRL and AFL grand finals 2

TV trainer Steve ‘Commando’ Willis gets ticked off by daughter for being mean in launch of Garmin product for kids 1

Enero back on acquisition trail with $6.5m deal for US agency Eastwick Communications

Daily Mail to slash 400 jobs across group as print advertising revenues decline

ABC podcast research reveals high engagement by Australian listeners 1

Nine bullish on West Australia as it drives for greater engagement 3

Nine Entertainment sells stake in Southern Cross Media

Morning Update: South Park’s site specific ads; ANA wants Facebook metrics audited; do your ads captivate or aggravate?

Consumer watchdog will not oppose Adstream’s acquisition of Dubsat

Queensland government recruits V8 driver Mark Winterbottom for biofuel education campaign

Colenso BBDO, Baz Luhrmann and Global Citizens boss Hugh Evans honoured at Clio Awards

Australia Post uses geo-targeted technology in out-of-home campaign with Posterscope 3

Worksafe Victoria uses sensationalised clickbait to spread safety videos 2

Australia lags behind other markets with more than half digital ads not viewable 5

Nine programming boss Andrew Backwell quits 3

South Australian storms hit TV audiences with The Bachelorette slipping below 600,000 viewers

How South Australian media coped with ‘unprecedented’ conditions of a State-wide power blackout 3

Vivendi, Sydney Opera House and Hot Dub Time Machine join Entertainment Marketing Summit

Peter Zavecz claims media agencies have ‘unfairly treated magazines’ as he exits PacMags 1

Digital publishers face radical revamp of ad standards; crack-down on pop-ups, big ads and autoplay 5

Morning Update: Snapchat’s ‘privacy by design’ sunglasses; JWT launches print mag; what inspires creatives?

UnLtd reports a record $6.5m in cash and contributions from industry in last financial year 2

Adland producing ‘mediocre crap’, warns David Droga 6

Google teases release of new smartphone with #madebygoogle campaign

SBS brings National Basketball League back to free-to-air TV 1

Max ‘Tangles’ Walker ups stumps leaving a wealth of advertising work as part of his legacy 2

Nova says Smooth will top Melbourne rankings while ARN suggests it’s ‘slightly overcooked’ in Sydney 1

Gold Coast Commonwealth Games sponsors briefed but search for more continues

Nine tells government to halt media reforms until it has cut licence fees 1

Property porn helps Nine win the night with Unreal Estate premiere topping 800 Words

Podcast platform Whooshkaa hires Ensemble’s Corey Layton to create brand content 2

Morning Update: Audi gets rowdy in Presidential Duel; what if Disney buys Twitter?; ad tech insider ‘no idea how much we should charge’

BEfest Awards 2016 shortlist revealed

Volkswagen launches the family car that makes you forget you have kids 5

Media agencies are also ‘walled gardens’ says former Motorola regional CMO

Glaceau targets health conscious women with ‘Superfruity vavavoom’ drink

WPP launches new content agency headed by former Ensemble boss Justin Ricketts

The Guardian slips to ninth in Nielsen Digital news rankings; News.com.au reclaims top spot 1

Brownlow Medal audience down but still helps Seven to commanding TV win

Radio ratings: Syd – TripleM slumps; Melb – FoxFM and Gold battle for #1; Bris – Nova #1; Adl – Mix extends lead; Perth – Mix tops breakfast 2

M&C Saatchi posts revenue growth but UK slows and Japan underperforms

Havas Media poaches Dentsu Aegis investment exec John Lynch 3

Morning Update: Adland vs diversity – the Hollywood edition; Facebook ‘we owe an apology’; Doritos creates flavourless chips

The Secret Life of Pets grabs top spot at the box office on first weekend of school holidays

Tourism NT leaves out Uluru to focus on experiences in new campaign

APN News & Media to scrap Sunshine Coast Daily Sunday edition 2

Popai appoints Carla Bridge as general manager

Video marketplace Stringr on the hunt for local media partner for Australian launch 1

Bundy kicks off $20m summer spend with new Lazy Bear ad 2

Twitter’s Tony Broderick departs after nearly three years

Revealed: How McDonald’s got just a little bit fancy 4

Gereurd Roberts named CEO of Pacific Magazines 1

Fairfax apologises for naming ex-con who ‘requested’ anonymity in ‘Life after prison’ story 3

60 Minutes beats Sunday Night with Phoebe Handsjuk story 1

Bauer Media boasts success of print as it reports 2015 turnover 2

Morning Update: Iceland may sue supermarket; UK tyre centre ad goes viral; 500m Yahoo accounts hacked; Tecate’s Trump beer wall 1

Paul Brooks named as new CEO of media agency Carat 3

More than 2m tune in for Western Bulldogs win while NRL pulls a million 2

Amazon’s audio book service Audible looks to change behaviour with first Australian TV campaign

Seven denies French newspaper reports Sunday Night’s burkini story was a set up 2

Twitter ramps up chat bot offering for advertisers through software developed by Aussie agency 1

It’s not just Apple and Samsung insists Alcatel CEO after penning local sponsorship with Liverpool FC 4

Swans beat Sharks in battle for viewers as AFL and NRL dominate

Fairfax’s first investigative podcast series proof that ‘journalism is alive and well’

Dentsu details extent of digital rorts on 111 clients totalling nearly $3m 1

Facebook admits it vastly overestimated video view lengths 7

Hungry Jack’s creates ‘cheer bot’ to reward loudest cheering fans for NRL finals

Unhappy customers bring smaller bonuses at Citi, says head of global experience 1

Sharri Markson joins The Daily Telegraph as national political editor 5

Brands should ‘get out of the way’ of their content urges Mahlab Media editor 1

Qantas continues ‘trial and error’ marketing approach as airline insists TV show is ‘not PR spin’

Millennials hungrier than we thought for money content says Junkee Media publisher 1

Automotive brands missing out as two AFL clubs with car-buying fans remain sponsor-free 8

Most data is ‘crap’ so don’t bother with data scientists, says former US intelligence officer 4

Ten’s The Bachelorette improves on second outing but beaten by Nine’s RBT

NRL stars talk about their favourite shows as Stan introduces new tagline ‘I’m with Stan’

Morning Update: Droga goes alien for Pizza Hut; Publicis won’t scrap agencies; Clinton’s awkward TV slot

Qantas Assure on target to be 5% of health insurance sector says agency boss 4

‘Inter-agency collaboration? I hate it’, admits boss of full service agency 303MullenLowe 14

Paypal marketer says finance brands need to collaborate to succeed in tech space

Financial marketers continue to target digital channels with search leading the way

Mumbrella360 named conference of the year at Australian Event Awards 1

Luxbet hoaxes Twitter with fake account hijack by ‘fired’ social media manager 4