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AppNexus APAC boss: The adtech boom is over and publishers must be given a greater margin 6

Pitch Watch: Jetstar drops Big Red; UM hires Tony Phillips for Coles; Devondale and DDB split; Aussie Home Loans; Momentum Energy 3

Aussie fashion brand Blue Illusion hires 94YO model as face of new ‘Ageless’ campaign 3

Foxtel to close youth music station Channel V 12

Emerging trends and role of traditional channels to be explored at Travel Summit

Nine’s Here Come the Habibs continues to slide as Seven’s My Kitchen Rules wins the night 6

Ultratune to appeal after ‘bimbo’ train crossing ad is banned for being ‘disrespectful’ to women 17

News Corp takes aim over refusal to look at anti-siphoning list in media reform package 1

Morning Update: Morgan Freeman on GPS; Heineken obsessed with millennials; Maxim loses $39m; BBDO India fights sexism

Qantas’ loyalty program revenues up, with airline flagging growth of Red Planet agency

Cheeky chickens step out for Four Seasons Condoms in new viral campaign from Emotive 1

Helloworld CMO Kim Portrate departs travel firm as role is ‘removed’ following review 3

Grand Prix-winning Phil Shearer joins We Are Social as executive creative director

Salmat narrowly misses profit and revenues drop amid continuing restructure and review

Seven’s Downton Abbey audience continues to lift, as Nine’s AGT viewership slips again 1

Media reform takes a step forward with reports cabinet has backed plans to scrap two laws

Isentia sees revenue and profits grow on back of Asia growth and King Content acquisition 1

Morning Update: Domino’s new mobile ads; Is Publicis now prey?; Facebook sets up social VR team; Foursquare can now measure foot traffic

Rebel Wilson’s How To Be Single fails to push Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool from top spot 2

Grant Blackley: profits up 25% but media reform vital to help regional TV ‘fight the tide’

Fox Sports spruiks ad-free sports coverage in new spot from Cummins & Partners 6

Cummins & Partners emerges as agency behind John West ‘Finnish Tuna’ sustainability stunt 13

Cadbury encourages consumers to support Australian Paralympics team via custom SMS 2

APN Outdoor and Ooh! Media record double digit earnings growth, signal more acquisitions

Mamamia pulls ‘spermaholic’ story after discovering it was lifted from fake news website 18

ANZ continues Mardi Gras sponsorship with name change to GAYNZ 7

Unpopular duo’s kitchen woes boost My Kitchen Rules numbers, sucking life from reality rivals 2

Music streaming players Spotify and Pandora look to turn media buying conversations from radio to audio with new audience data 7

Ten to launch high definition channel Ten HD 12

Southern Cross Austereo sees 25% leap in profits and predicts more growth from radio 2

Morning Update: Samsung goes back to the future with unbox; Euro ads blocked at carrier level; McDonald’s challenges ‘boring’ menu

Virtual music festival Love Busk wants to redefine online concert and fundraising model 1

‘Formidable’ Amazon’s entry to Australia would improve etail across board say retailers 5

Tropfest future again looking uncertain after crowdfunding attempt falls woefully short 4

OzTAM backflips on catch-up TV ratings rules; Southern Cross Austereo demands breakdowns 3

Pitch Watch: Devondale calls creative review, Volvo moves truck account, Census & Vegemite

Domain drives growth for Fairfax as company continues on path from print to digital 5

Revamp of AMI board sees five members depart leaving just one elected member 1

Andrew Jaspan says journos ‘badly let down by management’ in Fairfax editorial shake-up 5

I’m a Celebrity down 70,000 viewers week-on-week as ABC drama Jack Irish pulls 681,000 2

Telstra TV in 75,000 homes, telco insists Foxtel subs base safe despite soft first half growth 2

STW reports $50m loss after huge write down of business ahead of WPP merger 9

Morning Update: Meet ‘The Toastmaker’; ESPN and Amazon talk streaming; Twitter’s direct message tool; UK Sun online traffic up 25% 1

Nine expands chief information officer Mat Yelavich’s responsibilities to include Mi9 3

Mumbrella360 video: Strategy in chaos – what success looks like in volatile environments

Final edition of Cleo recreates first ever cover using model Jesinta Campbell 21

Big W scraps marketing director post for new creative manager role as Alison Jones departs 4

Lack of tech leadership has held back data advances for retailers says Westfield marketer 3

Bauer Media looks to News Corp for new sales director, hiring Fiorella Di Santo 5

Seven’s First Dates adds more than 100,000 viewers on last week, drawing 978,000 1

Saatchi & Saatchi pocketed $36,000 for much-maligned NSW Govt Stoner Sloth campaign 9

Morning Update: Snickers’ ad mistakes; Nike dumps Pacquiao; McCann’s new Japan team; Publicis loses Walmart media account

Blackmores CMO: ‘Don’t get lost in big data, focus on the small data you already have’ 4

JB Hi-Fi to shutter its music streaming service 6

Carat claims responsibility for Virgin Australia tweet to Kanye West telling him ‘eat a dick’ 35

Bauer Media appoints Alissa Thomas as editor of Shop Til You Drop 5

The Age editor in chief Andrew Holden quits 17

Tesco Clubcard architect says companies should tell customers how much they sell their data for

Seven West Media records $135.2m half yearly profit, with print recording major declines

Nine’s Here Come The Habibs and Seven’s Wanted both slightly down on debut audiences 5

Morning Update: Samsung lets a llama unbox new phone; News Corp to launch rightwing site; Target teams with Gwen Stefani 1

Revenues down but cost cutting sees profits rocket 175% at Macquarie Media Limited 3

TAFE uses Here Come the Habibs to push Western Sydney campus in six-part web series 3

Former Site Tour commercial chief Vicki Lyon joins Ooyala in new role as APJ director 1

70 jobs in the air after Fairfax proposes moving NZ sub-editing hubs back to Pagemasters 14

Toyota the key to Saatchi & Saatchi’s first local acquisition of Mercer Bell agency 5

Mumbrella360 video: Brands and bands – building a profitable value exchange 1

Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Bronwyn McCahon departs Bauer after 16 years with company 3

Agency boss targeted by site hacker closes third agency leaving more firms chasing debts 24

Marketing company slammed by judge for ‘taking advantage’ of interns with low pay 6

Fairfax boosts new content studio naming former Sun-Herald editor as editorial director 1

Downton Abbey’s final season premiere attracts solid audience for Seven, but MKR rules 7

Richard Reid to host 2016 CommsCon Awards

Morning Update: Adidas baits homophobes; Sports Illustrated goes VR; BBC to merge radio and TV; Stephen Fry quits Twitter

Ad market off to a negative start to year as media agency TV spend falls 5.1% in January 5

Bonds focuses on bumbling dads Pat Rafter, Fitzy and Hughesy to sell annual Baby Search 2

Viral marketing campaign pays off for Deadpool as film takes nearly $15m in first weekend

New IPG Mediabrands boss Danny Bass wields axe at Ensemble installing new CEO 15

Ad Wrap: Up&Go channels Braveheart; Vic Gov tells people not to drink and dip; Vodafone and DreamLab; VicPlates loves animals 2

Seven and Ten flout rules for new digital audience reporting to claim inflated numbers 14

Mumbrella360 video: The future is predatory marketing

Tropfest future still in doubt despite 90,000 turning out to see Shiny take top prize

Part two of Molly draws 1.52m while Australia’s Got Talent sheds almost 200,000 viewers 3

Pitch Watch: Presto appoints media agency; Energy Australia names new creative agency

Morning Update: The Independent ditches print; Bernie Sanders targets injustice; Microsoft answers questions you didn’t ask

Media owners urged to up investment in personalisation or face limited ad growth

Domestic Violence NSW teams with Joy Agency to launch Valentine’s Day awareness cards 3

Four Seasons and Hero Condoms take different approaches to cash in on Valentine’s Day 1