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Nine and Ten play catch up with Seven as they ramp up live TV streaming offerings 6

Local publisher partnerships won’t work without global scale, claims Pangaea boss 1

News Corp ‘in talks to sell Sunday Times’ to Seven West Media 3

Morning Update: Cate Blanchett does Rhett Butler; All Blacks shun Coke for Pepsi; Twitter’s Jack Dorsey goes from billionaire to millionaire

Foxtel sacks more than 100 staff as it implements ‘Command Centre’ project 16

Margaret Zabel departs McDonald’s after just one year in senior marketing role 3

Bauer confirms closure of Cleo as it refocuses on Dolly as a bi-monthly ‘digital first property’ 16

News Corp combines technology and digital teams naming Alisa Bowen CTO 1

MLA accused of promoting rape, kidnap and murder of sheep in Australia Day ad complaints 27

Lleyton Hewitt’s Aussie clash draws more than 1m viewers in night two of the Australian Open 1

Coca-Cola to become overarching brand for Coke drinks as it moves to new global strategy 18

Morning Update: Army says ‘Don’t join’; Rebranding cannabis; Netflix to VPN block plans questioned; YouTube returns to Pakistan 3

Roy Morgan claims Netflix has over 1 million Australian subscribers, 2.7 million reach 1

Jennifer Muir to be voted in as PRIA national president at next month’s EGM 1

Sterling Publishing boosts portfolio with acquisition of My Business assets

Lleyton Hewitt looks at life after retirement in new Industry Super Funds content series 2

MLA’s Australia Day vegan flaming lamb ad cleared by advertising watchdog 24

Mumbrella360 video: Dear Sir, please ban this ad – How the Ad Standards Board makes its decisions 5

Gai Le Roy announced as new COO and partner at Gateway Research 1

Trading shake up: Theo Zisoglou moves to Bohemia; Match hires Initiative’s Daniel Cutrone 6

Home Timber and Hardware likely to be biggest loser from the struggles of Masters 4

Pitch Watch special: What are likely to be the big creative and media pitches of 2016? 5

‘You’re such a big boy’: Telstra uses French tennis ace Henri Leconte to push wifi network 9

Nick Kyrgios’ first Australian Open game can’t match Chris Gayle’s Big Bash fireworks 6

Morning Update: Burger brand apologises for mocking vegetarians; What’s App now free; AOL name to go?; Heineken defends ad 3

The Revenant beats Stars Wars at the box office while Goosebumps debuts with $2.8m

Carat picks up media for $30m parent company of Real, Guardian and Choosi insurance brands 1

Competition regulator gives green light for WPP’s merger with STW Group

Jalna’s new ad campaign claims yoghurt doesn’t mess with Mother Nature

The Bolt Report faces uncertain future, speculation it may move to Sky News 23

Ultra Tune switches latex for mini skirts and a near-miss in latest campaign for car repairs 14

Australia vs India pulls audience of 1.39m giving Nine 28.9 per cent share

‘A disposable dish rag’: Meshel Laurie attacks her treatment by Nova as she starts Kiis show 12

Morning Update: Why Zoolander 2 ads work; Netflix laughs off figure claims; How being on cable doomed Al Jazeera USA 2

SMI: Big Bash gives Ten big revenue boost as lacklustre test series sees Nine’s fortunes slide 2

Apple drops ads from iTunes radio service as it moves it behind Apple Music paywall

Ten viewers to wait extra six days for X-Files 12

DDB boss says local agency will save ‘hundreds of thousands of dollars’ from awards cull 11

Hassle-free Hoff set to hit Aussie screens from Sunday in second part of Amaysim campaign 1

Daily Mail Australia boss refocuses on number one news spot after split with Nine 5

Admark’s Anthony Keck heads to Cambodia to run Havas Riverorchid 1

ANZ brings back Novak Djokovic and focuses on fundraising Australian Open campaign 2

Bauer Media set to close Cleo magazine 22

MLA issues take down notice over lamb ad parody showing slaughterhouse scenes 32

Daily Mail Australia ends Nine partnership amid frustrations over lack of local ad sales 7

Watchdog ACMA launches new interactive guide to media ownership in Australia 3

Apple to relinquish control of iAd platform and drop 30 per cent fee for publishers

The Family Law pulls 366,000 viewers on SBS after Facebook seeding campaign 3

Morning Update: Does Charlie Hebdo’s latest cartoon overstep?; Jakarta agencies say ‘business as usual’ after attacks; Emoji billboard

ABC denies gagging technology editor over National Broadband Network coverage 12

MLA’s Australia Day lamb campaign breaks record as most complained about ad of all time 17

Pitch Watch: Coles owner kicks off pitch; AFL pitches media; Priceline’s new creative shop; Guinness World Records names PR winners 8

‘Stop the madness’: DDB global creative chief says agency is pulling back from award shows 17

Captain Risky goes virtual with Google Cardboard ad-within-an-ad for Budget Direct

Big Bash pulls 897,000 viewers as The Chase Australia audience falls in prime time

Facebook named as major partner for upcoming Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras 8

Morning Update: Lynx goes metrosexual; Al Jazeera US channels axed; Droga5 actor protest; Publicis eyes Cheil stake

Shazam hunts new dance partner after SCA dumps nightly Top 20 countdown show 1

Programmatic video platforms Innovid and SpotX announce new regional heads 7

Media welcomes Government discussions with opposition to move media reform forward 1

Helen McCabe quits as editor-in-chief of the Australian Women’s Weekly after six years 9

MLA Australia Day lamb ad faces Ad Standards hearing over vegan violence next week 42

TV networks told to seek compensation for ‘substandard’ Essendon games after doping ban 12

One day Australia cricket win helps Nine dominate with a share of 28.5 per cent

Joanna McCarthy joins Rubik Financial as head of marketing and communications 4

New Australian Comedy Central website seeks brands to partner on ‘edgy’ comedy content 1

Morning Update: X Files takes a pasting; Big Brother slammed for showing Bowie ex-wife crying; Should you be on Peach?

Ansell spells end for Durex’s ‘giant cock’ by taking key sponsorship spot for Mardi Gras 2

Administrators for retailer Dick Smith launch ad campaign to try and sell-off embattled brand 8

Golden Globes draw 136,000 on pay-TV as Big Bash continues to lead the non-news night

SBS open to further Facebook experiments as The Family Law draws 140,000 plus views

MLA to bring expat Australians home for a lamb BBQ as kicker for Operation Boomerang 1

Morning Update: David Bowie’s first PR stunt and best ads; Streaming dominates Golden Globes; WWF ‘unaware’ of disqualified entry

The Revenant and Sisters both top the $3m mark but Star Wars still tops the Box Office

Seven set to launch dessert show in attempt to challenge The Great Australian Bake Off 5

MSN News knocks Yahoo7 out of top ten of Nielsen online news rankings for December 8

Torching of vegan’s home in lamb Australia Day ad draws dozens of Ad Standards complaints 181

Ten wins the night with Big Bash as The Chase fails to fire in primetime for Seven

AKQA to service Optus account from the US 6

Monday media market wrap: Media shares hammered in first week of year shedding $1.5bn, after a strong finish to 2015

Morning Update: Cannes Lions to float?; Milk ad turns tribute to Motorhead frontman Lemmy; Awards show disqualifies two Dentsu winners

Lee Lin Chin is new ‘lambassador’ aiming to bring ex-pats back home for Australia Day 29

The lessons for community moderators from how Optus’ Dan responded to racist comments 11

Mumbrella360 video: The Unlucky Country

MLA’s Australia Day campaign to launch on Sunday with a very different ‘lambassador’ 1

Metropolitan radio ad revenue up 4.6 per cent in the first half of 2015/16 financial year

Big Bash continues to dominate, out-rating Seven’s Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud 2

B&T publishes online numbers for first time, leaving AdNews as lone audit holdout 21