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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

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