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Morning Update: alcohol brands target Snapchat; Facebook Live and police shootings; Uber’s surge pricing under investigation

Legend of Tarzan swings into second place at the box office

Holden diverts half of Collingwood sponsorship cash to women’s team and community after Eddie McGuire controversy 5

How Grey Singapore could have saved face

Journalist Michael West launches independent news site, vows to pursue ‘the public interest’ 1

Pitch Watch: Initiative wins Specsavers; Bohemia on notice as Vodafone looks to call media review

Foxtel and Universal Music end nine-month blackout, announce new royalties deal 1

Mumbrella360 attendance grows by 60% to 1,920

The Voice finale draws 1.287m, down on previous years 1

Morning Update: Mexican journo fired over flood faux pas; A.I. reporter reads weather in China; Twitter livestreams Wimbledon

Australian podcast platform Whooshkaa trials playing content through Facebook 1

Nova puts faith in Vodafone in stunt to prove network reliability 3

Ex-Australian Women’s Weekly editor Helen McCabe named head of Lifestyle for Nine.com.au 4

NAB repositions saying life is about More than Money 25

Enero attracts investor attention from James Packer as share price builds 2

Serena Williams’ Wimbledon records help Seven to Saturday and weekly win

Seven poised for another weekly win after dominating Friday viewing

‘The media pulls your strings’: Presto takes part in global Mr Robot marketing push

Advertising Institute of Australasia to be folded into the Australian Marketing Institute 1

Sportsbet jumps into E-sports streaming and betting market with new site Respawn 1

The Age fires freelancer who faked viral ‘Melbourne man’ hipster profile 34

Film fan recreates scene from 16-year-old film from memory for MIFF campaign

Gruen set to return to ABC on August 3

Pitch Watch: Ikea set to move media; Baker’s Delight caught in Coles fallout; Asos and AH Beard switch PR 1

Thursday night AFL helps Seven win the night as Masterchef continues to fire

Dan Ilic heads to LA to join millennial news network Fusion 1

The Hallway launches Connect division expanding PR offering to social, search and programmatic

Morning Update: Jonah Hill’s awkward as ad; Sorrell tells marketers to dump auditors; Audio streaming overtakes video in US

Foxtel uses Chris Hemsworth to showcase appeal of ‘Anytime’ service 1

ASB’s top 10 most complained about ads of 2016, so far

Aus Post uses multicultural version of anthem Up There Cazaly for new AFL ad

Offspring sheds 180,000 viewers but helps Ten win the night

Morning Update: Snapchat Memories ‘a sharable archive’; Twitter chasing live-streaming deals; do supermarket ads lack ambition?

‘No good deed goes unpunished’: Grey returns Cannes Lions won for I Sea app 9

More than 90% of Aussies will be watching Olympics online claims study 5

Carsales focuses on the things people aren’t great at in latest campaign

‘The f@#$ing holiday’s over’: Virgin Mobile calls in Santa for Christmas in July campaign 1

Brisbane Times launches grassroots community news platform for the Gold Coast

Marketer says he will never hire Grey unless agency returns awards won for ‘I Sea’ app 3

Val Morgan buys Active Media group to enter into content space

Britain’s Got Talent boosted by time slot shift but can’t beat Ten’s Masterchef

Newzulu managing director quits as Clive Dickens joins board

Business Spectator founder Alan Kohler launches new investment news website 1

Pitch Watch: Swarovski and RACQ decide media duties

Morning Update: Nivea’s ‘stupid’ ad; 13 biggest perks packages; China bans social media as news source

2016 Mumbrella Awards – photo gallery

News Corp to roll out paywalls across regional titles by Christmas as Eales eyes SME ad dollars

ABC to axe opinion site The Drum as it looks to shift away from ‘traditional opinion writing’ 5

Nine’s The Briefcase audience continues to tumble but Love Child boosts audience

Telstra urges consumers to ‘Go to Rio’ with guerrilla ad promoting ‘Olympics on 7’ app

Radio ratings: Syd – Smooth topples Kiis; Mel – Eddie McGuire holds steady; Adl and Bris – Nova tops brekkie; Perth – Mix still dominant 3

Morning Update: Chris Evans out of Top Gear; Hershey vetoes Mondelez takeover; UK media outlook ‘dismal’ post Brexit

Australian car market seven years behind in digital new entrant claims

Central Intelligence rakes in nearly $5m but can’t topple Finding Dory

Woolworths corporate affairs manager Russell Mahoney joins Coca-Cola as Claire Kimball also exits supermarket chain

Nissan silent on Footy Show sponsorship future after talks with Nine

PR agency Keep Left launches content and digital marketing arm 2

Ad Wrap: Honda chases dreams, Air New Zealand reunites families, IGA price matches groceries 1

H&R Block wants consumers to be ‘Fascinated by Numbers’ 2

House Rules draws 1.249m for finale, as Masterchef wins younger demos

Morning Update: Elle UK to print on demand; Newsweek lays off staff; AP to automate copy

ABC’s election night coverage beats the commercial stations, as Seven claims victory for the week 7

Nine, WIN and Prime reach deal in regional WA allowing station to go back on-air 4

Tributes flow for Mammal creative director Andy Firth 1

Tara Brown and 60 Minutes crew face fine after Lebanon kidnapping charges downgraded 1

Reports: Nissan set to quit Footy Show sponsorship over Sam Newman’s remarks 5

Outdoor companies triumph on the ASX as press and broadcasters see their growth stagnate 5

Media watchdog warns WIN over dead air in WA, as Nine urges viewers to live stream 1

Holden adopts ambassadors with new CARstodians campaign 5

Pitch Watch: McDonald’s appoints PR agency, Optus expands agency roster

Ten wins with Masterchef on a quiet Thursday night

Clemenger Sydney promotes Emily Perrett to managing director 2

Nine fails to secure affiliate deal for regional Western Australia, SCA secures deal for Tasmania 1

HSPR launches training program aimed to help mums return to work

Logos ‘a lottery’ for Senate candidates as branding debuts on ballot paper 2

Cummins & Partners takes out agency of the year at Mumbrella Awards

Bentley’s 300kmh advertising stunt banned by ad watchdog 3

Southern Cross Austereo touts revenue lift, as TV networks work ‘feverishly’ to lock in last markets

John Gutteridge named CEO of J. Walter Thompson across Asia Pacific

Nine pushes controversial ‘poverty porn’ show The Briefcase to later time slot 1

GroupM launches legal action against auditor over ‘misuse’ of confidential Mediacom Australia documents

Pitch Watch: Tennis Australia changes media agency; Racing Victoria appoints creative

Fern Canning departs Mango after 12 months to oversee brand divisions at Edelman 8

Businesses losing millions due to poor customer support on mobile

Long-awaited Offspring return up on season five debut, giving Ten another win

News Corp launches new Sunday magazine Stellar, shuttering Sunday Style 3

Publishers set to take a traffic hit as Facebook changes its news feed algorithm

Morning Update: Dove’s new Beauty campaign; ANA report triggers audit; new global VP for McDonald’s