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Return of Great Australian Spelling Bee draws less than 500,000

Allure Media partners with women’s lifestyle publisher Kin Community to launch local offering 1

IPG Mediabrands poaches local Omnicom boss Leigh Terry for APAC role 1

Morning Update: Start-up opens VR store in space; Burger King disses its own fries; car-wrap counts public ad views

State of Origin and The Voice give Nine honours for the week

Telstra promises the world through the Magic of Technology in new brand push 24

Seven News dominates ratings as world’s attention turns to Nice terror attack

Communications Minister cool on suggestions portfolio will go to the National Party 1

Olympic Committee launches Federal Court action against Telstra ambush 1

NRL’s ‘Instabilia’ auction of Origin memorabilia still waiting for final bid surge 3

SMI: Ten lifts its revenue share to 24% as agency spend closes financial year at $7.1bn

Lindeman’s launches global campaign focused on ‘smile stories’ 2

News Corp creates executive role to increase wagering advertising ad revenue 2

AAMI pulls ‘insufferable’ recorder ad after social media backlash 14

Masterchef Beverly Hills elimination dominates Thursday night 1

Pacific Magazines hires former NewsLifeMedia executive Prue Cox to be commercial director

Yahoo7 names Gina Liano as fourth influencer personality for lifestyle site, Be

Morning Update: IPA tips UK ad market slide; Twitter to charge for less viewable ads; Amazon trials personalised video ads

Bauer Media digital boss Carl Hammerschmidt departs

Seven appoints Hamish Thomson as executive producer

The Remarkables spins off ‘Aussie first’ pet influencer agency 7

Dead rubber State of Origin Finale draws fewest viewers since 2010 for Nine

CSIRO discovery tech will show marketers where websites are losing customers 2

APN Outdoor spends $32m acquiring Queensland and Victorian competitors

Morning Update: Youtube’s most watched ads in June; Coke’s new Olympics ads; Dentsu Aegis opens LBGT+ network

News Corp to sell 3m Marvel comics as publisher predicts circulation decline will halve this financial year 6

NRL puts instant memorabilia on the block in footy first 2

Hungry Jack’s announces new chips with anti-seagull packaging 12

James Cameron and wife star in Tourism New Zealand campaign 1

Seven’s Make You Laugh down on last week, as Masterchef continues to dominate

Rise of streaming services and sponsorship helps BBC Worldwide boost ANZ sales 1

PR agency-based comedy and tabloid newsroom drama get Screen Australia funding 1

Morning Update: can Pokemon Go app access your email?; Ashley Madison rebrands; Publicis Group creates new entity for Walmart

David Leckie ends 13 year association with Seven Network 1

Telstra pulls ad promoting ‘Olympics on 7’ app amid legal threats

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Entries for Mumbrella BEfest Awards open, new category for marketing team of the year

AJF Partnership Sydney splits with Melbourne shop to launch new agency

Ex-Nike CMO Juliana Nguyen to head APAC marketing for Airbnb

Woolworths celebrates the Sunday roast in first brand work from M&C Saatchi 12

Toyota’s ‘sexist’ Kluger ad takes a year to offend 9

Masterchef in California draws 1.165m, as Love Child’s audience grows 2

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

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