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

Strongest range yet of international speakers revealed for Mumbrella360 program 1

Nine’s Married at First Sight stable at 880,000, but Seven’s MKR dominates with 1.439m 1

Fashion editor Damien Woolnough to join launch team of new Grazia digital relaunch

Morning Update: Facebook’s new chatbots; The Guardian targets trolls; Aunt Flo shakes up sanitary ads; Buzzfeed $80m under target

Lebanese authorities lay charges against 60 Minutes crew alleging kidnap involvement 12

Mumbrella360 video: When content goes AWOL – Qantas native advertising experiment

Pandora and Spotify duel over ad audience sizes and time spent on new Nielsen numbers 5

Tibetan monks singing Tubular Bells draws almost 500,000 views in two days 4

CommsCon 2016: Influencer 101

Married at First Sight up on debut while Four Corners’ Palmer special pulls 932,000

VisitCanberra launches ‘One Good Thing After Another’ campaign by The Works 1

Google Play partners with Elizabeth Rose and R/GA to create interactive music video

Oak creates ‘The Most Decisive Game Ever’ to launch new Strong Iced Coffee flavour 2

Morning Update: Will Daily Mail buy Yahoo?; Apple’s NBA laughs; Facebook to offer branded content; publisher’s guide to lay-offs

The Huntsman: Winter’s War knocks Batman v Superman from top of weekend box office

IPG Mediabrands pulls its media billings from key industry metric Standard Media Index (SMI) 2

The Newspaper Works urges consumers to rely on local newspapers in Think Local campaign 8

The Australian Business Review and Business Spectator to fold into a single online ‘home’ 1

Simply Energy uses animated characters to explain efficent energy use in new campaign

Mumbrella reveals largest and most gender balanced jury yet for 2016 Mumbrella Awards; entries close Wednesday, April 13 3

Vijay Solanki chief digital officer of Southern Cross Austereo departs

SBS and Scott McIntyre announce confidential settlement over ANZAC Day tweet sacking 13

Nine’s You’re Back In The Room sheds more than 250,000 metro viewers on second outing 4

Nine news boss flies to Beirut as 60 Minutes’ crew prepares to face Lebanese judge 2

Morning Update: Nike tells China to hate Kobe; Heimat Berlin gets naked; Ogilvy republishes Mein Kampf; Slack ups agency productivity 1

Bauer Xcel eyes off international brands for local roll-out as it prepares for relaunch of Dolly

CGU Insurance celebrates seeing it through for Tropfest in latest brand campaign 1

Mumbrella360 video: Digital Marketing on Steroids

Ten names actor Jonathan LaPaglia as the host of its new reality show Australian Survivor

Deanne Weir joins Foxtel as executive director of channel aggregation and wholesale 2

Marni Cordell reflects on time editing Crikey, including publication of News Corp blue book

Streaming service for independent movies reveals plans for Australian roll-out 1

Bonds talking testicles are back and facing tickling sensation of manscaping in latest spot 1

Ad watchdog bans Marriage Alliance Twitter post featuring woman with rainbow noose 2

‘We need more Scott Whybins, not less’ laments industry veteran Ian Thubron 4

Mumbrella360 video: The 10 Second Rule of Brains and Brands

Matt James named Australian CEO of Publicis Media group, with Chris Nolan to be COO 7

Woman camps overnight in tent hanging off building to mark opening of Icebreaker store

Cottee’s cordials urges ‘everybody chill’ in social media campaign rejecting closure reports 1

Former Austereo programmer Craig Bruce to launch new podcast, Game Changers Radio 1

Bauer Xcel makes ‘structural changes’ axing head of operations role and four more 5

Gogglebox free-to-air premiere up on last year as The Checkout debut down on last year 1

Scott Whybin resigns from Whybin\TBWA: ‘The last thing I want to be doing is just ads’ 4

Media agencies are best placed to lead content marketing, argues MEC CEO James Hier 17

Morning Update: SK-II’s marriage market takeover; Facebook to pay publishers to live-stream; 5 Instagram tips from Mercedes-Benz

Cassidy Knowlton appointed Crikey editor 6

Predictive technology the next big step for marketers as digital spending dominates 2

Herald Sun censured by Press Council for inaccurate report on raid on CFMEU offices 3

Don’t use virtual reality if your product is dull, warns Tourism Australia marketing chief 1

Nick Chan named CEO of Bauer Media 10

Sir Martin Sorrell fires back at Singo saying he should have stuck with STW 4

Traditional media still important as Dentsu CEO warns media buyers to ‘get out of their bubble’ 4

Australia Day Lamb campaign most successful ever for Meat & Livestock Australia 14

Qantas CMO says it ‘makes sense’ to work with Tourism Australia once more

Gogglebox draws 181,000 on Lifestyle channel as new episode of Big Bang pulls 833,000

Online ads are more effective than social media in targeting Chinese travel consumers

Star Observer appoints former NT News deputy digital editor Corey Sinclair as new editor

Mumbrella360 video: Life begins at the end of your comfort zone

Morning Update: Droga5 tackles biracial beauty divide; Hulu talks curated ads; Fetch finds intern on Tinder; Saatchi’s new global COO

Salvation Army wants people to donate themselves as part of Red Shield Appeal 1

Travel marketers need to remember traditional lessons of marketing when using social 1

Ubet teaches blokes to earn ‘Browny Points’ to avoid getting benched in footy season

Yahoo7 launches search for 2016 Digital Stars, with Mumbrella360 VIP passes up for grabs

WPP AUNZ – the details of a takeover masked as a merger creating $850m business

Nine’s dating show Married at First Sight lifts to 905,000 viewers on its second outing

Morning Update: Twitter wins NFL streaming rights; Panama Papers explained in a cartoon; WhatsApp ups its end-to-end encryption 1

Mumbrella360 video: How to address the chasm between brands and real people

Judge asks WIN whether new technology has ‘turned out to be a plague on you’ in 9Now case 3

Edelman hunts for journalist to join agency as content trend creates need to ‘hire differently’ 9

Nine shares plunge 20% as broadcaster admits TV ad spend down 11% for first quarter 9

Seattle-based PR firm WE Communications acquires majority stake in Buchan

Married at First Sight season two debut pulls 771,000 for Nine, down on last year’s figures 8

WIN challenged by judge to prove it can live-stream 9Now on a smart TV in court 6

Morning Update: Blu launches first global campaign; fake baby food tests stereotypes; Saatchi Singapore CEO out; Buzzfeed gets Nifty

Batman v Superman continues to dominate box office on weekend with no big new releases

Westpac donates $500K at launch of News Corp’s Legacy campaign at Victoria Barracks

Clemenger and NAB follow customers on a mortgage ‘Journey’ in new campaign 3

Schweppes encourages consumers to unwind and revitalise in new campaign by BWM Dentsu 2

Quickflix to axe Sydney and Auckland offices and staff as founder gives himself a pay cut 15

WPP take-over of STW gets overwhelming approval but shareholders question deal timing 4

Pitch Watch: Coles, Tourism Australia presos; Pfizer consolidates media; new pitches for MYOB, Pic’s Peanut Butter, Goodman Fielder 1

Pacific Magazines axes Famous Magazines’ print edition launches website as replacement 9

Daryl Somers’ You’re Back in the Room attracts 1.15m, draws negative reviews on social media 8

Qantas showcases staff in cinema and social, as campaign moves on from Feels Like Home 9

Reports: Federal Government having second thoughts on TV/radio licence fee reductions

WIN and Nine back in court over live-streaming with CEO Lancaster likely to be a key witness 3

Ogilvy creates new head of media role but insists it is not building out a media offering 2