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‘Not their finest hour’: Union reacts as Fairfax execs brief newsrooms on Drive.com.au plans 8

Nine names Laing as new MD after successfully leading NRL negotiations 3

James Greet joins full service agency Cummins & Partners to lead major media push 11

Credit ratings companies go to court in case which could change search marketing 4

Pitch Watch: Qantas starts creative search; Kinetic Super; Gold Coast Commonwealth Games seeks partners; NRL moves creative 4

People moves: JWT’s new ECD; Mediacom loses Littlewood; Urban reboots; Stan’s new marketer 8

Virgin Mobile ‘auditions’ Entourage star Kevin Dillion to promote tie-up with Presto 5

Cindy Gallop to speak at Mumbrella360 while PwC’s 2016 Entertainment and Media Outlook will be launched as closing keynote 1

Nine shifts Qantas funded Ready for Takeoff to Wednesday and sees audience soar

Bauer Media set to wind up distribution business Network Services early next year 1

Morning Update: BBC creates Sprout Boy; Yahoo eyes Mayer’s future; Thai printer leaves out derogatory NY Times story

Marketer’s group rejects report claiming advertising self-regulation getting lax on kids 2

GPY&R and Ideaworks deny creative merger: ‘They’re sitting and working together’ 8

Mark Zuckerberg pledges 99% of his Facebook shares to family charity after birth of daughter 8

Paul Whittaker named as new editor-in-chief of The Australian as Chris Mitchell retires 10

Pitch Watch: Daimler/Mercedes-Benz settles media; Whybins favourite for Virgin Mobile?; Magnum wins MorSol 5

Home and Away most-watched non-news show as The Biggest Loser wins across demos

Dumb Ways to Die only Aussie ad among 20 most popular of 21st Century so far 5

Morning Update: Guardian reveal’s media’s most powerful; Has Pirelli calendar shifted the brand?; Sponsors muscle up to FIFA

Ad wrap: Victoria Bitter launches its new cricket campaign; Lego and Woolworths celebrate Christmas; plus Ford and Nimble 1

Reborn moves in female-oriented agency Sister in bid to make ads relevant to women 19

Amanda Gome departing ANZ after two years 2

Daily Telegraph issues correction over wrong drug death pic other publishers refused to run 4

David Gerrie takes on chief operating officer role to unite Ikon’s disparate offices 11

Junk food ad regulation a ‘charade’ says Obesity Policy Coalition report calling for action 4

Early finish to cricket leads to quiet evening dominated by news as non-ratings period bites

Impact of EPL loss is overstated within industry due to number of ex-pats says MCN sales boss 28

‘Millennials think news is free and ads are annoying, they need to understand that journalists need to get paid,’ says Xaxis boss 9

Morning Update: Coke’s Brazilian Christmas; Where are the power elite now; Amazon times new drone ad for Thanksgiving

The Daily Telegraph used picture of wrong woman as drug overdose victim on front page 19

Hunger Games holds onto top position as Hotel Transylvannia sequel debuts at third place

Telstra appoints Optus’ Michelle Gara as executive director of Telstra Media 10

Barry O’Brien backs new ‘hybrid’ telco startup Ovo to be as disruptive as Netflix 6

Digital industry association AIMIA seeks to be wound up after going into administration 14

KFC brings back ‘accidentally authentic’ Home Cricket Ground cricket campaign 10

MFA CEO says ‘market forces will be the policeman’ on transparency code of conduct 3

First day-night test proves hit for Nine with Australia victory dominating the weekend’s TV 1

Cummins & Partners hires RGA’s Rebecca Bezzina as managing director for Sydney office 21

Pitch Watch: Tourism Australia opens media pitch; plus PVH Brands; Michael Cassel Group and Monash University 3

Morning Update: ISIS rips off anti-smoking ad; Clarkson’s new Amazon ad; Viewmaster goes VR 8

AAMI proud of its not very ‘insurancey’ business 18

AOC and News Corp sign five year partnership to bring the games and advertisers to Aussies 1

MFA launches ‘transparency framework’ on rebates, value banks and agency trading desks 2

Solar panel firm under scrutiny for allegedly posting fake customer reviews 6

Nine relaunches Wide World of Sport website with live scores and more video content 3

Peace breaks out as News Corp seals deal with NRL over pay TV broadcast rights

Buff bogan elves the story of a SuperCheap Christmas as heavy duty toys rule 1

ARIAs fail to sing to everyone, but in tune with Ten’s teenagers 11

Maritime Museum tests power of virtual reality as new medium poised to swamp market

Morning Update: Old Spice truce; Adele’s 25 album to be streamed eventually?; Slack’s first outdoor campaign; Aldi John Lewis spoof

Nine begins roll out of new-look channels amid increasing need to ‘fight for recognition’ 5

NRL set to announce Fox Sports deal with dedicated new 24/7 channel 3

Masters marketing GM departs after just 13 months as Woolies JV continues to bleed cash 4

Jessica Mauboy says ‘yay to Christmas’ in new festive ad from Target and AJF Partnership 7

Fox Sports NRL deal imminent as Nine confirms talks over sharing of rights 4

Nestlé, GSK, Westfield, Pernod Ricard and Blackmores among brands announced for Mumbrella’s Retail Marketing Summit 2

Audience for The Block finale declines again as renovation climax attracts 1.8m viewers 2

Morning Update: Go cold turkey on your phone; Daily Mail warns of tough market; Mashable’s native ad; Publishers irked at Twitter 1

John Edwards to depart Endemol Shine but retains consultancy role on Offspring 1

Krispy Kreme get creative with new ecommerce push from Digital Arts Network Sydney 6

New native rules demand ‘prominent cues’ as IAB and AANA move on commercial content 3

Marketers ‘need to cut out middle men and ask tough questions to clean up programmatic’ 3

ABC coy on Gruen’s return as broadcaster unveils its 2016 programming slate 7

LinkedIn sees the scale of personalisation grow as focus narrows on B2B support 1

X Factor audience drops as 1.204m tune in for Grand Final winner announcement on Seven 3

Morning Update: More overseas expansion for Huffington Post; Customers star in Burberry ad; Amazon Nazi symbols ‘a bad idea’

The Australian closes Climate Spectator just days before landmark Paris climate summit 4

Talking resuscitation puppet Resus Andy fronts new content series for Take Heart Australia 2

‘Mummy blogs are almost over’: Mamamia scraps network approach and launches Instagram-style app and consultancy business 38

Dedicated pay-TV awards scrapped, as ASTRA joins rest of industry in the AACTA Awards scheme 1

M&C Saatchi flies in Michael Canning as new executive creative director for Sydney office 1

Red Balloon turns around new TV campaign in a week as marketers get increasingly nimble 11

Former Mi9 executive Marc Barnett joins Bohemia in new chief operating officer role 3

Adland needs to start recruitment in year seven to help bolster diversity says I-Manifest founder 1

Final room reveals on The Block trump X Factor final performances but Seven wins the night

Entries open for CommsCon Awards 2016 with new categories for influencers and collaboration

Morning Update: New Game of Thrones poster a spoiler?; Google tests your light and dark side; Carlsberg offers best job in world

SBS ‘acutely aware of the sensitivities’ around parody mocking redundant News Corp journos 55

Final Hunger Games film topples Bond’s SPECTRE but fails to match previous openings

Reborn yet to offer rebirth for Droga5 staff after controversial call to redundant workers 18

Southern Cross Austereo shuffles Dave Cameron to head of national content role 2

News Corp axing 55 journos from newspapers 13

Cirrus Media sells all but health and wealth titles as it pursues leaner publishing strategy 8

Sportal.com.au to rebrand as Sporting News and become part of new ‘global network’ 1

Vivaki country chair Kevin Malloy to depart

60 Minutes Paris survivor interview watched by 1.15m as emotional Doctor Who farewell drops 5

High-risk heist appears to be focus of new Lexus wingsuit ad from M&C Saatchi 4

Morning Update: The weirdest Star Wars merch; the ad you can’t watch for a century; Old Navy kidnaps Snoop for Christmas 1