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Trio of brands co-fund short film by Tongue’s Jonathan Pease starring influencer Sarah Ellen 9

‘Blatant sexism’: ANZ’s #equalfuture campaign cleared of discriminating against men 4

Tourism Australia joins Visa’s #notatourist campaign targetting Chinese millennials

Choice Hotels targets families and foodies in new TV, digital and social campaign

Pitch Watch: Fed Govt tenders for pro-FTA ad campaign; Australian Pork pitches media; Vizeum wins BBC; Schweppes goes quiet 5

APN regional media editorial boss says ‘foot soldiers’ in regions are important

Bauer Media adds digital offerings of Cleo, Dolly and Shop to Marina Go’s portfolio

Restaurant Revolution gets beaten by 7TWO as The Bachelor continues to dominate 1

Lavender rebrands as CX agency in attempt to take advantage of increasing customer focus

Morning Update: Holograms the future of advertising?; CordCutting not as bad as thought; Colbert shakes up late night TV ads 1

Saatchi & Saatchi wins two of just four Gold Effies as The Works take out top prize 3

DJs Mashd N Kutcher mix up the Sounds of Subway for next instalment of ‘Eat Well Go’ campaign

Woolworths has Jamie Oliver cooking for dads as Coles pushes fresh produce with Curtis Stone 3

Melbourne v Sydney: Gruen’s The Pitch to take on a ‘State of Origin’ feel in new series 2

Ten names Lou Barrett as executive general manager in the wake of MCN sales merger 6

Sales house HS3 Media closes citing weak trading conditions and shift to mobile

Research on the media habits of women to be revealed as part of the Publish conference

Conversant Media launches creative services division and two new video channels

Intermedia Group buys Hospitality Magazine from Cirrus Media

The Hotplate finale gets lukewarm numbers, ABC comedy Utopia attracts 769,000 viewers 1

Bauer launches new Homes to Love digital hub

Morning Update: Murdoch brings back Rebekah Brooks; Aussie comedian joins Daily Show; Burger King’s Peace Burger is on 3

UM boss Mat Baxter to move to New York 9

Don’t become the next Ashley Madison, firms are warned amid ongoing CMO, CIO unease

Ad wrap up: The latest ads from Ubet, Chemist Warehouse, Dr. Oetker and Bupa

Mumbrella360 video: The State of Streaming 1

Caltex drops Ikon for Bohemia after media pitch 5

Media agency UM named as Australia’s best place to work with fewer than 100 employees 8

News Corp CEO admits to ‘challenging’ ad market as Rupert Murdoch’s pay packet falls 3

‘Pragmatic not pioneering’: Branding experts weigh in on Google’s new logo 1

Bookings now open for second Mumbrella Digital School course of the year

Seven’s animal videos lose audience but still the most watched entertainment show of the night

Morning Update: Google’s got a new logo; James Woods fights Twitter; Apple takes on Netflix 1

‘Where would we be without dad jokes?’: Pizza Hut launches a ‘hot’ and ‘cheesy’ new campaign 7

Regional broadcaster Win pulls out of Free TV

Court acquits Australian and Thai journalists of criminal defamation in ‘vitally important case’ 1

Pitch Watch: EA leaves Mediacom for new Havas agency; Stan picks a media agency; Virgin Mobile’s creative shortlist 9

News Corp increases cover price and digital subscription rates for The Australian 17

Publish conference returns with top industry names set to tackle the burning issues

‘Genuinely new proposition’: Cadbury dusts off limited edition ‘Coco’ brand in high-end push 14

7-Eleven controversy boosts Four Corners and ABC while Spelling Bee and Hotplate drop

Morning Update: Ikea cooks up a kitchen; Honour thy Saturday; Diamond Minecart most popular YouTube channel; Can agencies not pitch?

Zac Efron movie We Are Your Friends fails to attract many with poor Australian debut 5

Quickflix suspends ASX trading as troubled SVOD player looks to avoid insolvency 7

Top Gear Australia magazine closed by Bauer Media as BBC looks to focus on global website 2

GroupM global boss confirms new Mediacom CEO while Canon moves to Mediavest 5

Freeview coy on Freeview Plus numbers as it launches a ‘world first’ personal video recorder 5

Network Ten digital sales manager joins Mamamia as Victorian sales director 11

Kelly Osbourne fronts Westfield’s first campaign from new full-service STW agency Sibling 7

The Voice finale falls again for Nine 8

‘All sizzle and no sausage’: Presto targets Netflix telling Australians to ‘demand more’ 19

Morning Update: Denny’s ambushes Burger King; Maccas’ problems; Snapchat charging for unviewed ads?; Netflix’s new audience

Woolworths hit back at Coles with Jamie Oliver TVCs reinforcing ‘Fresh’ message 4

‘Half wit’ and ‘imbecile’: Hardie Grant pulls 2GB ad spend after Ray Hadley’s on air tirade against marketing boss over ‘get routed’ ads 13

(Almost) everyone’s a winner: PRIA shortlists 92% of entries as finalists for Golden Targets 11

‘Sportswear for down there’: U by Kotex launches new ‘catch me if you can’ campaign

HuffPo Australia strikes 12-month deal giving Dentsu Aegis clients exclusive display ad access 3

KFC marketer: Maccas should have been less corporate with Burger King McWhopper plan 6

Shane Warne battery ad is too ‘ridiculous’ to be taken seriously rules ad watchdog 7

Pandora hunts for new commercial director following the departure of Jon Stubley 2

‘Publishers risk waking up and finding that they work for Google’ warns Carsales sales boss 1

Make dad a ‘hard’ brekky this Father’s Day with ‘Brekky in Shed’ says Home Timber & Hardware

Junkee Media hunting for editor able to cover finance, career and health for unnamed site

Restaurant Revolution sinks to a new low while The Bachelor continues to fly for Ten

Victoria University showcases student success with new ‘Prepare for Victory’ campaign

Optus spruiks family data pool service with The Voice Kids contestant Robbie Anderson 1

Buzzfeed and WPP’s GroupM sign global ad deal 1

Morning Update: Instagram gets portrait and landscape modes; Facebook hits 1bn in a day; What’s this guy expecting? 1

Ten fires back at Nine accusing CEO of being ‘rattled’ following Gyngell’s revenue comments 8

J Walter Thompson bolsters digital capabilities with majority stake in Webling Interactive 4

Newcastle Herald staff strike as Fairfax Media proposes to cut 69 jobs across the Hunter 12

Y&R NZ boss says Burger King ‘truce’ was a ‘long shot’ but still hopeful McDonald’s will bite 9

Australian Financial Review launches new brand campaign built on idea of ‘know you know’ 4

Ogilvy PR appoints social strategy director

Inception Digital claims publishers ‘get better solutions’ from smaller sales houses

Native ads are the death of personal integrity, says architect of The Chaser’s return to print 1

Southern Cross Austereo $284.9m net loss blaming weak TV ad market for poor results 6

Intruders into The Bachelor mansion deliver Ten ratings win with 906,000 viewers

Nine posts $592.2m net loss after writedowns 8

Morning Update: Virginia news crew shooting: reporters left exposed; the perils of auto-play

WPP sounds the alarm: Industry optimism is misplaced, economic growth is tepid, clients are risk-averse and there is no upside on the way

Ray Hadley has ‘Get routed’ ad for street directory pulled from Macquarie Radio Network 22

TAC uses man’s family and friends to visually represent his ‘acceptable’ road toll in new ad 4

Founding partner iiNet to stop selling Fetch TV 7

Visa moves $7.4m media account from OMD to Starcom in latest ‘mediapalooza’ decision 1

HuffPost Australia, Daily Mail Australia and The Monthly Chronicle join Australian Press Council

Adfraud is like media industry ‘having enormous amounts of unprotected sex’ says US IAB chief 2

Mindshare and UM make up a quarter of the nominations on the shortlist for 2015 MFA Awards 1