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‘Brands must disrupt themselves to keep customers’ says Rencher at Adobe Summit

Morning Update: French publishers target adblockers; Why people leave advertising; Facebook to flag if someone impersonates you

Adobe pushes into streaming wars and creates new ‘Co-op’ tracking tool to rival Facebook

WIN’s tax arrangements published as ATO continues transparency push 4

Kingsmill and Bateman leave Telstra following marketing shake-up, as network crashes again 10

Mediacom Sydney MD James Sneddon departs after just eight months in the role 18

Macquarie Media granted extension for sale of 2CH days after denying it needed one 2

ABC calls for contributors to pitch them podcast ideas as it launches first dedicated kids podcast 1

Reno Rumble halves on debut losing out to All Star Family Feud and ABC’s factual shows 9

Dentsu Aegis consolidates PR brands into two ‘super’ brands as part of BWM Dentsu 6

Morning Update: vending machine serves up ads; GroupM’s global survey tool; Visa’s Rio Olympics ad; where have the creatives gone?

Mumbrella360 video: The Big Questions

Zootopia tops weekend box office as Sacha Baron Cohen’s Grimsby falls to sixth place

Dogs beg for a Walk on the Wild Side as Subaru looks to reposition brand in Australia 7

Same sex kissing couples cleared by ad watchdog, but shooting wives joke not on 12

Early election raises the prospect that media reform will not pass in this term of parliament

Fairfax columnist Joe Aston labels colleagues’ strike action ‘unlawful’ after being called a scab 17

Gemba pushes into Europe and China as brands urged to think about entertainment platforms

Medium Rare appointed launch publisher of new David Jones magazine and app 5

‘Clients must move beyond click-through rate as a metric in online ads’ says Inskin Media boss 2

Australian Grand Prix F1 pulls in 864,000 for race as ABC’s Doc Martin tops Sunday night

M&C Saatchi’s Australasian and Asian operating profits slump 17% due to ‘currency headwinds’

Foxtel launches new push as streaming services continue to bite into subscriber base 6

Press Council sides with politician over ‘Hey Big Spender’ headline, censures Perth Now

Sky News revives Andrew Bolt’s The Bolt Report, moving it to five nights a week 52

Morning Update: Gawker to pay Hulk Hogan $115m; XBox slammed for go-go dancers; movie Presidents for Chrysler; is JWT Mad Men?

Chandon kicks off McLaren F1 sponsorship with a race through the vineyards

Morning update: Cookie Monster chats with Siri: Half China’s adspend heads online; Universal slammed for racial profiling Compton campaign

Ad wrap: Sportsbet’s Punters Club; Taking a road trip? Better have health cover; Supermarkets push Easter products

New NRL CEO Todd Greenberg highlights digital as a priority to get fans watching 2

Australian agency Matterhorn creates global VR first for Pfizer with Tron-like bike experience 9

NRL gives Nine ratings edge on quiet night where ABC’s Jack Irish was top non-news show 5

Telstra tipped to offload its Foxtel stake as Nine buys 9.9% of Southern Cross Austereo 2

Qantas set to push more marketing budget to virtual reality as a new channel for consumers 1

Morning Update: Heineken’s hilarious soccer prank; Guardian cuts 250 jobs; Indy hires writers to do native and content 1

JWT global CEO Gustavo Martinez quits amid racism and sexism lawsuit filed by comms lead 4

Fairfax Media management says strike is ‘unlawful’ and will dock striking journalists’ pay 20

Peter Tonagh to take over as Foxtel CEO as Richard Freudenstein departs pay-TV operator 10

Fairfax staff on strike until Monday, after company moves to sack 12.5% of news room 15

Foxtel and News Corp silent on speculation CEO Richard Freudenstein is set to depart 3

Optus unveils Premier League plan, strikes deal with SBS, launches 24/7 football channel 19

Fairfax Media to cut 120 editorial jobs at The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age 40

Refugee lawyer Deng Adut joins Mumbrella360 line-up to discuss groundbreaking Western Sydney University rebrand 2

Marketers and the social responsibility department need to become ‘greatest allies’

Special Mumbrella Podcast: SXSW trends – VR, artifical intelligence and Obama on innovation

First Dates draws 738,000 for gay couple debut; Long Lost Family achieves 564,000

Heineken aims to break free from the six-pack as marketer promises big things in 2016 3

SurveyMonkey announces local expansion, signals challenge to market research firms 5

Morning Update: Olivia Wilde breaks barriers; buy a BMW online; MullenLowe’s creative head on disruption; M&C to launch Lida in NYC 1

Woolworths transformation officer Matt Stanton departs, destination unknown 9

Communications Minister Fifield calls on Labor and the Senate to pass media reform package 3

Mumbrella360 video: Technology – What’s Now and What’s Next

Mumbrella360 video: Lessons From The World’s Best Ad Campaigns

Luke Mangan hunts for Australia’s ‘foodie’ to mark Eastern and Oriental Express partnership

FreeTV CEO Julie Flynn to retire after 15 years leading the free-to-air television body

McCann CEO slams ‘shoddy’ media agencies, as agency ramps up media buying offering 19

Controversial Seven Year Switch debuts with 858,000 as Nine’s Habibs holds steady 1

Google wants to help publishers improve ad viewability with its Accelerated Mobile Pages

‘Holding the winning ticket’: Ira Glass admits podcasting is riding an advertising ‘bubble’ 2

Twitter launches local video push with First View, puts brand ads on top of feed 3

Morning Update: Sorrell paid £63m; YouTube’s 10 most-watched ads; Harlequin gets romantic; how passion projects can make your agency

SMI: Seven and Ten take a bite out of Nine’s revenue share as TV media spend takes a hit 4

Four Corners team avoids charges, exits Malaysia after questioning PM over corruption

Crikey editor Marni Cordell to join Buzzfeed Australia as head of news 9

Mumbrella360 video: Digital Dopamine – The Generational Chasm in Digital Habits

‘Let someone else lose’: Under Armour founder pours scorn on start-up ‘fail fast’ mentality 3

Daily Mail Australia makes first commercial hires following split from Nine Entertainment 6

Coles Supermarkets dramatically slashes spending on newspapers and magazines 13

Kogan buys Dick Smith but challenge is to not damage his own brand 7

Australia’s Got Talent finale pulls 908,000 viewers for Nine however Seven wins night

Morning Update: Schweppes’ 80s flashback; Wahlburgers TV; Insider Malaysia closes; CEO prescribes hugs; journo’s quit over Trump

Tabloid journalism is like sugar and we need to find a way to curb people’s usage says PR exec 6

Sacha Baron Cohen’s Grimsby grabs third place at the local box office on opening weekend

Ad Wrap: Sir Walter’s sausage; Origin’s set-price plan; Ubet Academy; all-Forces jobs

Creative change sees VCCP poised to announce new ECD in coming weeks 8

AFL, Melbourne and Sydney the latest domain names as digital marketing travels a new road 7

Vox Media boss claims other publisher’s rush for scale is diminishing quality of their products

Peter Wiltshire departs Nine, Michael Stephenson appointed chief sales officer 19

Ladbrokes Australia names new CMO as James Burnett moves to new pastures 9

I’m a Celebrity finale pulls in 1.1m to see Brendan Fevola crowned king of the jungle

Morning Update: Aldi spoofs Cadbury’s gorilla ad; SXSW’s wearable song wig; L’Oreal goes unbranded; Stella Artois celebrates 600 years

Amnesty International teams up with an adblocker to serve its ads on publisher sites 5

‘Missed opportunity’: Twitter exec urges Olympic bosses to relax rules around sponsors

Buzzfeed opens up ‘unique’ cross-platform native ad product swarm to advertisers 1

Swimming legend Ian Thorpe considering legal action over Daily Telegraph ‘pill’ story 10

Major adblocker executive says adoption of the technology is never likely to pass 30% 1

Barack Obama calls on digital media to find ways to help people re-engage with democracy 3

AFL turns to fans rather than players to celebrate season return in new ad 4