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ABCs: The Australian slides below 100,000 copies for the first time 11

Daily Life to replace lifestyle in Fairfax mastheads

Vision Super pushes sustainable investment and low fees in new campaign

Starts at 60 opens Sydney office, appoints national sales director 3

The Lifestyle Group to launch first rebrand in 20 years

Seven West exec Dustin Lockett joins BBC Worldwide as commercial director in restructure

News Corp CEO Robert Thomson takes aim at Fairfax’s ‘inevitable’ exit from print 5

Seven’s Rio wrap-up sheds viewers as The Bachelor gains ground

Social Soup partners with Quantium to provide in-store sales measurement of influencer campaigns

Final SAGE – Secrets of Agency Excellence – line-up announced; sessions on finance, talent and breaking into new markets

‘Build mobile strategy around existing customer interactions’, say travel industry leaders

Morning Update: who’s winning the agency review rollercoaster; Pinterest begins promoted video; Gawker Media finds buyer

Affinity delivers Australia’s first hyper-targeted campaign via Ooh Media

The Saturday Paper boasts most engaged audience, according to Roy Morgan Research 2

Qantas loses colour in campaign to drive blood donations 3

ARIA recruits Shine Endemol CEO Mark Fennessey as awards creative director 2

The Monkeys and Jungle join forces on new TV show for Stan 1

Former Mamamia editor-in-chief Jamila Rizvi joins NewsLifeMedia as columnist

Seven’s Olympics wrap ‘In Rio Today’ continues to dominate

Society appoints Bauer Media’s Alex Erasmus as general manager of Sydney office 6

The Remarkables signs Deborah Hutton’s Balance and Sarah Wilson’s I Quit Sugar in first non-blogger talent signings

Morning Update: Rio’s most seen ads; Droga5 joins Anheuser-Busch roster; Chinese ads now casting two kids

Domain launches Spring campaign with new app at its centre 9

Nine confident The Block will deliver, unconcerned by Ten’s Survivor

Mumbrella Sports Marketing Summit podcast: The E-Sports Revolution

Mentally Friendly acquires Digital Eskimo in design and digital merger

Bonds brings ‘dad-bods’ into the spotlight in new Clemenger BBDO campaign 8

Ex-AIMIA boss Butterworth joins Fintech and marketing specialist Gruden Group 1

TV continues to attract kids as parents grow wary of digital devices 2

Marketing, CX and innovation bosses from IAG, Mastercard, Citi, HCF, Perpetual and UBank to speak at Mumbrella’s Finance Marketing Summit

Seven’s Olympics coverage dominates as Usain Bolt helps Seven break streaming record 1

Web Profits launches international expansion into the US with joint venture

Pitch Watch: BP and EFTPOS appoint PR; Care Pharmaceuticals hires marketing agency; Energy Australia appoints media 1

SMI: Seven and Ten boost revenue share as Nine’s share slips

Morning Update: Nike campaign stars 86YO nun; Converse uses rap to showcase climate-proof gear; Pokemon Go finds missing people

Bad Moms debuts at number two as Suicide Squad stays that the top of box office 1

Ladbrokes refreshes image in first work from Saatchi & Saatchi 4

‘Subscription economy’ moving from magazines to brands

Optus EPL debut match besieged with bugs and freezes, user anger 26

Ad industry has ‘vital role’ in changing law on assisted dying, says Andrew Denton 2

RAAF showcases appeal of defence force jobs in educational ad campaign from Havas

John West lets wild bear loose in the kitchen in new Cummins and Partners campaign 1

Medium Rare launches David Jones magazine Jones 5

Olympics coverage dominates Sunday evening TV

Fairfax journos win 13 trophies for NSW journalism at Kennedy Awards

Fairfax Media launches Subscriber First product to ‘enrich’ subscriber experience 7

Morning Update: Daily Beast pulls Olympics sex apps story; ‘more than 50% of woman harassed in adland’; the F word in campaigns

Social reviews outstrip TV advertising for influence, Deloitte media study finds

An Olympic dozen caps Seven’s week of gold in Rio

Dick Smith’s OzEmite stays on shelves, but fight might not be over

Mumbrella Sports Marketing Summit podcast: How to crash the Olympics and not get sued

Seventh day of Olympics on Seven keeps network in front

Southern Cross Austereo to buy Authentic Entertainment 1

Anti-obesity campaigners fail in bid to stop Cadbury ads

Dove takes on the questions teen girls search on body image

Enero ready to start shopping as business finds stability with cash in the bank 4

Seven doubles morning audience with Australia vs USA Olympics basketball

Appboy launches in Australia, arguing that marketers still struggle to utilise mobile app data 1

iSeekplant unveils comical mini-series, sheds light on issues for construction and mining

Most ad-blocker users concerned with intrusiveness of ads, YouGov survey reveals

Morning Update: Today’s male model fondle; Arianna Huffington to depart; Facebook ad-block unblock; agency ageism 1

Michelle Guthrie pushes ABC’s international reporting credentials 3

VML boss admits Sydney office pushed ‘timing limits’ with Blackspot Beacons campaign Cannes entry 4

Give Registry tell stories of domestic violence in new Myer campaign by Clemenger 9

Fairfax Media sponsorship director joins Sally Fitzgibbon’s lifestyle business

Marketforce names former IAB CEO Alice Manners as chief digital officer

Bundling Foxtel pays dividends for Telstra as media division homes in on $1bn

MSiX Awards return to celebrate best work in marketing sciences, with three new categories 1

Unruly launches Pulse to measure emotional engagement in videos

Ten’s The Bachelor wins across the demos as ABC’s Gruen holds steady

Jonathan Steel joins Virgin’s Velocity division as head of digital 1

Google appoints head of communications and public affairs

Morning Update: Gawker vs The Daily Mail ‘rip-off’; Nike ‘ruined’ Olympics marketing; Twitter ‘not responsible’ for ISIS

Stan to break even in FY18, claims Fairfax Media CEO 3

Anny Havercroft departs Mediacom Melbourne 4

Fairfax looks to consolidate its regional newspapers; may share printing presses with News Corp 9

Missing Persons Advocacy Network tells the stories of missing people in outdoor campaign 1

Marketing spend down at Comm Bank as profits rise

Enero back in the black as profit lifts 336%

CGU’s rescue of Tropfest and launch of Qantas Assure among brand case studies at Mumbrella Finance Marketing Summit

Hamish Strahorn joins OMD as its new lead on Telstra 5

Fairfax Media joins News Corp with real estate as bigger profit source than news 10

Seven’s Rio 2016 Olympics coverage continues to dominate viewing 1

Fairfax Media withdraws mastheads from digital audit 3

Woolies and Pandora launch in-store radio stream, urging shoppers to listen at home 6

Seven admits Olympics app issues impacted streaming figures 14

Morning Update: Facebook gives users control over ads; Ralph Lauren’s Olympic marketing coup; agency fills office with puppies

60 Minutes’ Michael Usher joins Seven’s news division