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Eddie McGuire apologises for remarks about drowning The Age reporter Caroline Wilson 22

The Voice improves but can’t topple House Rules as Masterchef dominates demos 1

APN bids lodged as News Corp and Fetch Plus make their play for regional news

Mark Brandon joins MCN as chief data officer

Ten using new season of Offspring to boost TenPlay subscribers 1

Morning Update: ANA moves to cut female bias; JWT creates sexual consent site; making user images into ads; Havas gets new Malaysian CEO

Tourism Australia and Helloworld marketer Kim Portrate to lead new television marketing body Think TV

Seven boosts Gold Coast news coverage with 5.30 bulletin promising ‘a local service for local people’ 1

Seven on target to wrap up ratings year during Olympics

Rove & Sam show isn’t toast, insists 2DayFM

AFL helps Seven to Friday night ratings win

Guvera teeters on the brink after ASX refuses listing 7

John Edwards to launch TV production company Roadshow Rough Diamond 1

Pharmacy Guild wants consumers to call on chemists in new campaign

Optus signing up advertisers as it reveals its EPL app and channel strategy 8

Cannes Lions has ‘lost its way’ and become a ‘never ending party’ says agency boss 5

Ten grabs another Thursday win but Cleverman drops again 6

Pitch Watch: 7Eleven pitches media; Volkswagen appoints events, Flux taps PR agency, Metricon moves media

Ad Wrap: KFC pushes pulled pork burger; CommBank celebrates ‘everyday champions’; Uncle Tobys focuses on passions

Morning Update: strategist jailed over $269m agency fraud; Youtube videos go DIY; Apple introduces facial recognition

‘Real transparency’ from media agencies too complex and expensive for many clients, says consultant

Fetch TV seeks to hit 1m subscribers and challenge Telstra TV with launch of Mini device 5

APN News & Media shareholders vote to demerge NZ assets

Slate president Keith Hernandez to open Mumbrella’s Publish conference

The Chaser’s Election Desk sheds viewers on second episode 2

‘No-one will believe data for the next five years’: Mark Ritson urges marketers to focus on results 9

Morning Update: Gatorade appeals to the child inside; Michael Bay to make ‘gritty VR’; Snapchat ad push ‘risks backlash’

SMI: TV spend falls despite surge in election related political ads 2

Viacom to launch Spike channel on Fetch TV from July 1

Kiss Bang Love loses 194,000 viewers as Masterchef beats House Rules in finals week

Brands need to set goals for influencer campaigns, says Red Bull marketer 1

Podcasts are the future of investigative journalism, says Pandora Australia boss 1

Marketing industry worth more than food and accommodation to Australian economy claims new report 1

New Zealand competition watchdog outlines preliminary issues in APN-Fairfax merger 1

Morning Update: Hearst CEO departs; Facebook to track offline purchases; Droga5 gets ‘Into HBO’; how LinkedIn failed

Southern Cross Austereo admits 9HD and 9Life will be taken off-air in switch-over 9

Sequels rule the box office across the long weekend

Mumbrella announces Finance Marketing Summit featuring Australia’s biggest banking, insurance and finance brands

‘It’s about ideals not just ideas’ says P&G strategist on building a modern prestige brand

Little red ‘period people’ replace blue liquid and women-only in new Sofy campaign 2

Advertisers struggling to create impact with ‘crowded’ 15-second videos, claims new research 1

Marketing and finance departments must align metrics, says Adroll CMO

Client structures and job titles prevent ‘calling bullshit’ on digital marketing narrative 5

Microsoft buys Linkedin for $26.2bn price tag

Will Lavender hands over agency reins to Roy Capon of DigitasLBi 7

House Rules out-rates reality rivals as The Voice posts lowest audience to date

Pitch Watch: Volkswagen moves from Mediacom; Cancer Council names creative agency; Maui Jim appoints media 3

MPA rebrand highlights the role magazines play in connecting with audiences

Morning Update: London Mayor bans negative body image ads; Apple opens apps; What next for Gawker?; Smirnoff launches cider 1

The car dashboard will be the next battleground in radio wars warns Carat investment boss 1

Spotify aims to ‘moneyball’ business with the power of the millennial ‘snake people’ 3

‘Artificial intelligence will change consumer decision-making process’, says Chris Stephenson

House Rules makes the night for Seven as Masterchef chugs along

Radio stars and adland identities join Seven West’s Chris Wharton in Queens Birthday honours

Cindy Gallop swamped with ‘appalling’ stories of sexual harassment in Australian ad industry 4

AFL outrates Wallabies England battle 1

‘Free bet’ costing $200 not so smart for Bet365 after fines of $2.75m

M&C Saatchi CEO Leggett remains as Communications Council chair

Optus looks to hardman Vinnie Jones to shut up the haters 6

Mumbrella redesign delivers first million page month while AWW sees 26% digital decline 11

Jetstar names former Qantas and Target executive as new CMO

Advertiser association accused of conflict of interest over media agency funding 12

Job satisfaction tempered by long hours, Mumbrella survey reveals

Pitch Watch: Coca-Cola taps experiential agency; Frucor ends six-month media pitch; Schweppes appoints agency 2

Heineken global F1 deal to push local engagement, says marketing manager 1

ABC’s Cleverman slides on second outing as Ten’s Masterchef wins the night 2

DT’s Jonathan Pease buys Oyster Magazine from failed sales house Inception Digital 2

Cirrus Media sells off architecture and design portfolio to IMAP

Queensland agency swings global content deal with Google to educate car dealers

Morning Update: Why scripted TV is dying; Beck’s creates beer cap camera; AT&T ‘massive’ creative review; Girls on Stanford assault

XXXX Gold’s ‘four white guys on a beach’ to make way for diversity in tune with multicultural Australia 15

Influencer bubble going to ‘burst’ suggests Nick Fordham 9

Meritocracy isn’t working to allow diverse talent to get jobs, argues Benjamin Law 1

Octagon loops Australia into regional mix with two executive appointments

Kyle Sandilands reclaims dishonour of most disliked personality in the Encore Score 2

Chaser’s Election Desk debuts with 783,000 as Masterchef wins the night

J&J marketer: ‘We all need to take responsibility for brand safety’

Younger marketers ‘too focused on digital’ and pace of tech change ‘a worry’ 4

Four of five big media agency bosses silent on question of value banks in Australia 9

Tech giants dominate most influential brands study; Australia Post and Coles make top 10 1

Vice’s television channel Viceland to come to Australia soon

Morning Update: Coca-Cola exits top 10 brands; App store shake-up; PWC ‘online ads to trump broadcast’; Sorrell survives revolt 3

Monetising dark social is the key to profitability, Radium One report finds 3

Gen Z demands advertisers give them content they can create with, says Direction First 3

‘If agencies don’t realise they are doing something wrong you have a big problem’, says value banks whistleblower Jon Mandel 2

You can’t just block ad-blocker users, argues Domain’s Melina Cruickshank 3

Stop hiding behind research and go out and meet the public, says Y&R global planner 5

Nine’s 20 to One and Britain’s Got Talent shed viewers