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Ad Wrap: Seven gears up for Olympics; Allianz wants to poach rival insurer’s customers 2

ASB unimpressed with pizza theft in McCain ad 4

BWM Dentsu hires DDB Melbourne’s Simon Bagnasco as executive creative director

VB scraps Droga5’s ANZAC Day ‘Raise a Glass’ fundraising campaign after seven years 4

Bauer exec reveals battles with incoming new boss previous time they worked together

Ten’s Gogglebox dips again but performs well across the demos as Seven wins the night 3

Omo creates smart clothes peg in an effort to make washing less of a chore 17

Morning Update: Snapchat adds ‘purple rain’ filter to honour Prince; Video – JTW ex-CEO makes rape joke; Time’s 100 influential people

Uber wins against Taxi Council over misleading ads, claiming ride-share service ‘unsafe’ 3

OMD hires chief strategy officer Lee Ramsay

Banjo charts the journey to becoming a White Lady in funeral home’s first work in 12 years 5

Ninemsn launches travel website Elsewhere in partnership with Flight Centre 1

Fairfax Media saves 20 jobs, to cut 100 jobs and offer redundancies to news, business staff 1

D&AD delivering for Australian agencies as Leo Burnett and M&C win for multiple clients 1

Australian Government launches campaign aimed at reducing domestic violence 4

Ogilvy PR signs affiliate deals with New Zealand PR firms to create Trans-Tasman network

Network Ten posts half-yearly profit of $13.5m 1

My Kitchen Rules and Criminal Minds push Seven to dominate all demos last night 1

Journalists rank job future prospects as most unstable in national study of job security

Nine’s review into 60 Minutes’ case to be led by former A Current Affair and 60 Minutes bosses 18

MCN announces shake-up in senior ranks, promotes Nick Young to national sales director 4

PacMags’ CEO Peter Zavecz rules out creating digital arm to house digital assets

Morning Update: Coke’s ‘one brand’ confusion; Google faces EU charge over Android ‘abuse of dominance’; YouTube: ‘better returns than TV’ 1

Twitter rolls out top-of-feed video advertising product First View in APAC

Reports a deal has been reached in 60 Minutes Lebanon child recovery operation

Publicis growth up 8.9% after restructure, with Australia contributing just under 5%

Mumbrella360 video: Growing brands in a post-growth era

Optus signs 10-year deal to support Australian Paralympic Team, furthering sports focus

RM Williams’ new global push kicks off in regional Australia and cinemas with new ad 2

Mumbrella360 Masterclass program revealed: Influencer strategies, brand safety, attribution modelling and search marketing among topics

Leading Australians read WWI letters from the frontlines in Legacy Anzac Day campaign

Seven’s My Kitchen Rules and Seven Year Switch continue to perform across all demos

Dan Johns promoted to IPG Mediabrands’ COO; CFO Reg Davidson moves to regional role 4

Animals Australia trades horror for humour in new anti-cage eggs campaign 1

Morning Update: MullenLowe and PETA want hunters to use rubbers; Is Sorrell worth £70m?; why brands should ‘skip ads and tell stories’

Prime profits set to drop by nearly a third 1

‘Boys’ rise and fall with the weather in Bonds’ major outdoor installation in Melbourne 4

Ten warns media reform is ‘dead’ after Turnbull says to expect double dissolution on July 2

Matterhorn teams with top financial analyst Julia Lee in new campaign for Bell Direct

Pacific Magazines’ publisher of weekly brands Fiona Legdin resigns 8

Pedestrian launches charity initiative Pedestrian Help to support local charities

Successful campaign encouraging problem gamblers to seek help gets second life 1

Ad watchdog rules ad for Adultshop.com product not appropriate for radio 1

Married at First Sight boosts audience but falls just short of the 900,000 viewer mark

Radio ratings: Syd – Kiis FM slips; Melb – Gold still #1; Perth – Mix 94.5 wins battle with Nova; Bris – Hamish and Andy retake #1 one in Drive 9

Mumbrella delivered 880,000 pages impressions in March, latest audit data shows 2

Jane Waterhouse to join Bauer Xcel as general manager of consumer 12

Morning Update: Critic rates Depp/Heard video; Apple puts Tay-Tay in The Middle; Amazon launches Prime Video; Publishers vs adblockers 2

Whiskas explores feline curiosity with new Clemenger ‘Cat Hacks’ campaign 3

Foxtel offers discounted $30 Foxtel Play subscriptions to Game of Thrones fans 6

Aussie pay-per-view service calls for rights holders to submit local film content 2

The Jungle Book tops the weekend box office as The Boss claims second place

Mumbrella360 video: Who’s Dropbox is it anyway? 1

Telstra CEO Andy Penn says telco was wrong not to stick with support for same sex marriage 10

Virgin offers 30 auctions in 30 days using rival telco’s unused mobile data as currency 2

ZenithOptimedia’s Aaron Michie departs to head Australian operation of Guardian Labs 10

iSelect ends reign of Mr iSelect as Leo Burnett shifts focus to Always Get It Right 10

Nine’s You’re Back In The Room continues to slide as Seven’s MKR wins the night 2

John Steedman returns as chairman of WPP Media Services for Australia and New Zealand 7

Bauer Media relaunches mobile-first Dolly with a focus on video and a presence on Snapchat 5

Morning Update: Adland Adventures: a comedy; ads made in minutes for $100; museums out, Instagram in; how to go from chimp to champ

Listeners mourn Melbourne radio legend Bruce Mansfield as 3AW broadcasts moving tributes

Families of detained 60 Minutes crew say they are in a ‘living nightmare’ 1

Fairfax takes aim at kids market with launch of Essentials Kidtopia Sydney festival 5

Debenhams takes aim at Aussies with dedicated site followed by bricks and mortar 3

Total SMI spend falls with index blaming Easter and 2015 NSW state election 3

Mumbrella360 video: How to humanise data

Katering Show creators say they couldn’t afford to produce a second season on YouTube

Domino’s bills amateur filmmaker $60,000 for court costs, confirms it will not back down 16

Aussie music stars Tim Rogers and Jen Cloher join Mumbrella360 program line-up 3

Seven’s My France With Manu sinks as the ABC rings up win with The Checkout

Headhunters in overdrive as BWM, Ogilvy, The Works expand creative and management teams

Nine CEO Hugh Marks: Questions about 60 Minutes answered ‘when everyone gets back’ 24

Morning Update: Y&R NZ win Andy’s with McWhopper; The Guardian’s suicide mission; NY Post editor in chief Col Allan retires

Mumbrella360 video: You got served – How to avoid ad technology working against you

Journalist’s union condemns AFP trawling Guardian journalist’s metadata without warrant 3

Monash thanks the status quo in new ‘Question the Answers’ campaign with David Wenham

Krispy Kreme launch new American Classics range in limited edition Bluetooth jukebox 9

Journalists’ union launches campaign to educate industry about media internship rules 2

‘We’re bigger in Australia than Facebook’, claims News Corp as first audience numbers under new methodology are released 26

Today lands highest-ratings of the year but MKR again dominates for Seven with 1.349m 2

Woolworths rejects claims Rewards card backlash could cost ‘hundreds of millions’ 10

Morning Update: Google’s metrics experiment; +rehabstudio Game of Thrones sleep-in; climb Everest with Snapchat; agencies grow IT assets

Farmers the focus of The Weekly Times push to become online destination for rural readers 2

McDonald’s launches new TV campaign that showcases fathers’ love for their daughters 20

Seven freezes the assets of employee John Fitzgerald amid fraud investigation

CommsCon 2016: Clarence Mitchell – The Hunt for Madeleine McCann (keynote)

Telstra experiencing backlash over report it withdrew support for same sex marriage 20