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The Verdict sheds 153,000 viewers on second outing as The Bachelorette helps Ten win night 10

Nine restructures sales roles with new titles for both Peter Wiltshire and Alex Parsons

Morning Update: Piers Morgan to brand marketers: ‘Stop being so bloody boring’; PepsiCo exec has tough words for agencies 2

Mindshare takes out MFA Grand Prix while IPG’s global boss Henry Tajer enters Hall of Fame 3

Guide Dogs Victoria campaign uses trams to teach travellers how treat the visually impaired

McCann Australia CEO Ash Farr departing for global role heading up Chevrolet strategy 7

Naomi Watts is ‘just like you but in a private jet’ as Presto focuses on its product offering 3

Journalists should act more like data marketers, but ranking them is stupid, claims news chief 10

Online video revenue almost doubled in the last year according to latest IAB report 1

Adult colouring books are 2015’s hot publishing trend, says Pacific Magazines boss Zavecz 15

Twitter’s Australian news and government manager Flip Prior among the global job cuts 3

Chicken Treat overhauls marketing as brand follows tweeting hen with dig at rivals 1

Repeat showing of Highway Patrol beats The Bachelorette as Gruen tops non-news shows 2

PRIA condemns Mercer PR’s actions in releasing identity of Nauru sexual assault victim 1

Morning Update: Toyota goes Back to the Future; Money talks for Twitter; Apple TV deal 2

Australian viral video chart: Sport takes out the podium places for most shared ads of the week

Reggie Watts illustrates size of Virgin Mobile’s free gig of data with 21-hour beatbox track 1

Retailers set to target shoppers as Westfield and Commbank trial location-based marketing 2

Ten’s national head of sales for digital media Peter Manten joins Bauer Xcel Media 4

Mediacom hires Sean Seamer as Australia CEO 13

Pitch Watch: Simplot picks new media agency as Droga5’s successor on Helloworld is named 1

‘You won’t see me posting pics of myself eating blocks of chocolate’ says new Cadbury Olympic brand ambassador Anna Meares 2

‘We are very hungry and ready to go’: How Macquarie Radio Network is trying to reposition 3

Nova Melbourne to get new breakfast team next year as Tommy Little announces departure 6

SAGE Secrets of Agency Excellence final line-up revealed, including sessions on building new revenue streams and dealing with procurement

Great Australian Bakeoff debuts strongly for Foxtel as 800 Words see audience climb 1

Morning Update: Underwear brand’s genital juggling; Playboy axes nude pics; Twitter sheds jobs as it struggles for growth

NT News’ ‘overly keen motorist roots car’s exhaust pipe’ article deemed not offensive 1

Malcolm Turnbull’s speeches are selectively edited in campaign calling for more foreign aid 2

Vizeum promotes Travis Day to national MD 1

SCA boss signals he will look to give more radio talent equity in attempt to help ‘breed loyalty’ 3

Freeview claims 50% of FreeviewPlus TVs are connected to web but refuses to give numbers 3

Chef George Calombaris hunts for Australia’s worst ‘Disasterchef’ in campaign for MLA 4

Meet Betty – Chicken Treat’s tweeting chicken 2

Commercial radio networks make bid for self regulation as part of ACMA review

ACA story on Struggle Street most watched show of the night as X Factor lifts audience

Thrive named winner of Optus PR pitch

Agency ditches PR from its name to represent push beyond traditional public relations 5

Morning Update: Bacardi’s mobile house party; The rise of ‘femvertising’; All still rosy for The Bachelor franchise; Facebook shopping feed

Ridley Scott’s The Martian rakes in over $4m easily beating comedy The Intern

Dad-to-be car enthusiast ad wins Supercheap Auto comp for budding Southern Cross creative

Saatchis NZ creates comedic Mount Franklin campaign pushing its Australian origins 10

Rotting hand greets The Walking Dead fans at Opera House as series six gets underway on FX

The Monkeys dresses man as kangaroo to stop consumers ‘being bored to death by car waffle’ 1

Matt James takes the reins at ZenithOptimedia with Ian Perrin offered new role within group 3

Fairfax Media columnist and author Sam de Brito found dead in North Bondi home 21

School holidays dent online audiences with News.com.au retaining top position in rankings

Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf buy into Cummins & Partners as agency plans London push 6

Carat retains $28.1m Mondelez account

Stressed consumers urge themselves to ‘book it’ as Wotif kicks off fresh marketing campaign 3

Optus’ Ricky Gervais Netflix films shortlisted in three categories as the finalists for the 2015 BEfest Awards are revealed

William Shatner abseils in as Foxtel starts biggest broadband bundle promotion yet

Bathurst 1000 dominates weekend ratings while Beach Cops debut tops the million viewer mark

Morning Update: Facebook’s tiny tax bill; Tic Tac goes big; A lesson for pot marketers

ZenithOptimedia boss: ‘We are seeing shitloads of really bad content that brands created’ 3

Kyle & Jackie O win top radio award for fifth time as Paul Gallen named Best Newcomer

Free to air catch-up TV platforms will make people register and log in says Nine sales boss 14

Radio needs programmatic play to counter threat from streaming giants warns Carat CEO

Former Authentic Entertainment CEO John Wardley leaves amid launch of new division 10

Grant Blackley says radio not TV is key to SCA revival and takes shot at Ten for lack of bravery 5

Sean Cummins: ‘Branded content bothers me, since when did we need to disguise advertising’ 30

Administrators appointed for property spruiker and newspaper publisher Jamie McIntyre

Wotif axes Wotifia fantasy world as brand adopts a ‘test and learn’ approach to TV

Adshel admits there is work to do to convince sceptical media buyers over outdoor digital ads 5

Telstra promotes marketing boss Joe Pollard 4

Beatboxer Tom Thum takes on the musical spectrum in latest push to sell digital radios 4

New Communications Minister signals cuts to TV and radio licence fees could come next year

Mix94.5 mourns loss of host Shane MacFarlane 1

ADMA releases first Code of Practice update since 2006 urging marketers to ‘act ethically’

Nine’s new panel show The Verdict debuts with 522,000 viewers but comes third in timeslot 9

Morning Update: Facebook introduces emojis; Playmobil’s ‘racist’ slave toy; Ex-employees sue Guvera; Barbie ad targets millenial parents

UBET takes break from betting hostilities by installing scent of cut grass into flagship shops 3

Sunglass brand Maui Jim launches first major ad campaign outside of US in bid to raise profile 1

SBS in ‘early stages’ of development for second season of documentary Struggle Street 5

Westpac and Airbnb unveil ‘partnership’ flagged in carefully-scripted Twitter conversation 5

Patties Party Pies channels 2001: A Space Odyssey with claim to be ‘Best Snack Ever’ 2

Russel Howcroft outrates Sam Frost as Gruen gets a bigger audience than The Bachelorette 6

PacMags to run Girlfriend and Total Girl under one editor following merger of editorial teams

Google launches Accelerated Mobile Pages in move to drive faster content 2

Morning Update: Bob Dylan goes on the couch with IBM; Lorry immigrant ad censured; Paid v earned media – who’s winning the battle? 2

Cinema business AHL hires News Corp executive Joe Pullos as director of sales 4

Video network firm clears path for brands to license viral content for marketing campaigns

WPP ups stake in STW Communications 6

Ooh Media boss challenges marketers to move away from outdoor stunts and embrace digital 3

Delayed first mobile audience data shows Viber more popular than Snapchat and WhatsApp 3

Bonds gets ballsy with new underwear marketing campaign featuring talking testicles 13

800 words and X Factor still rule for Seven despite audience declines for both shows 5

Renovation rumble: Paint brands go to war with some colourful marketing efforts 1