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Clips of pets doing funny things beats Spelling Bee and Hotplate for third week for Seven 11

Nine hung me out to dry over staged live cross, says former Today presenter Jessica Rowe 6

Morning Update: Is there value in ads in comment sections?; Pay Google with photos

Facebook promotes Stephen Scheeler to ANZ managing director to replace Will Easton 1

Celebrity CEO Todd Sampson steps back from Leo Burnett to a non-executive chairman role 10

Cancer sufferer who complained about ‘sweet tan’ ad had ‘Skewed judgement’ says advertiser 6

CEOs from Clemenger Melbourne, The Monkeys, Saatchi & Saatchi and Isobar sign up to mentor agency leaders of the future 1

Mumbrella360 video: Radio – It’s A Love Thing

Nine wins night despite local drama series House Husbands shedding 152,000 viewers

Perth radio ratings: Mix holds onto ratings crown in breakfast as Nova retains lead in drive

Brisbane Radio Ratings: Nova 106.9FM takes breakfast as Ray Hadley helps 4BC lift share 2

Melbourne radio ratings: TripleM topples Gold to top FM as Nova’s stations both go backwards 3

Adelaide radio ratings: Hamish and Andy help lift Hit107 as Mix increases share in top spot

Hotwire picks up Squiz PR account after pitch

Sydney radio ratings: Smooth tops FM charts for first time as Hamish and Andy lift 2DayFM 17

Mediabrands raids Australia again taking Charles Godbold for global media auditing role

Morning Update: Mark Britt talks streaming; Under Armour makes an army of athletes; Twitter blocks tweet recovery tools

Telstra denies News Corp reports it is planning to ditch its NRL naming rights sponsorship 2

Southpaw and Vacation both unseat Trainwreck at the top of the Australian box office

APN News & Media and Fairfax take heaviest hits among media as share market tumbles 1

Media consumption has altered but consumer behaviour has ‘endured’, says insights firm

Latest ads: Aldi’s Supermarket Switch challenge; Industry Super Funds’ ‘symbol’ 3

Lion restructures marketing team following promotion of Matt Tapper to global role 2

#InfluencerDebate: Jules Lund, Eaon Pritchard and Jamie Crick debate effectiveness of influencer marketing 6

Roy Morgan survey claims more Australians read catalogues than newspapers last year 10

Ben Shipley departs H+K and JWT’s Colloquial after just eight months to join Spectrum Group

The Voice pulls 1.267m as Nine has combined share of 36 per cent on the back of The Ashes

‘Eat Well Go’: Subway repositions and launches Australia’s ‘biggest ever’ influencer campaign

Quickflix aborts acquisition of Chinese company but insists it will pursue a ‘China strategy’ 5

Morning Update: BT Sports wins Ashes; NFL game Madden goes way over the top; Oscars seeks new producer; Facebook gets gifs

Unlike me, agency kids don’t enjoy getting drunk any more says media trading boss 34

Vodafone positions itself as the people’s telco in multimillion dollar Big Little Protest campaign 14

Kyle and Jackie O and Jonesy and Amanda to go head to head as ACRAs finalists announced

‘Real women’ should go blonde, says L’Oreal in new digital ‘Blondefidence’ campaign 18

Fairfax confirms 25 jobs to go from community papers while The Land loses 16 positions 4

Aussie sports fans a tough nut to crack for sponsors with highest level of cynicism globally

News Corp’s Anthony Sharwood latest journalist to join newly launched Huffington Post 2

The Australian’s marketing writer Lara Sinclair joins marketing tech firm as content head 10

Latest ads: St George celebrates thumbs; Bought a Jeep, lost a mate; Coles hunts grads 2

Yahoo7 makes Australia first country outside US to monetise microblogging site Tumblr 4

Isentia posts full year profit of $26.5m with bulk of revenues still coming from Australia and NZ

Lewis on 7Two beats Restaurant Revolution on Seven as reality show sinks to a new low

Isentia buys content marketing agency King Content in $48m deal 6

Morning Update: Dollar Beard Club; Twitter shares tumble; Droga’s Lemonade powered car

Content boss Craig Bruce admits letting Kyle and Jackie O go was ‘a mistake’ as he exits SCA 7

Peter Cornelius departs Kinesis to head client service at Ebiquity’s media division 1

Apple prepares for launch of News app as it hunts for Sydney-based news editor

Pitch Watch: Optus/Virgin Mobile pitch pressos this week; HCF pitches creative; Telstra’s PR pitch; RACQ creative shortlist down to two 8

APN bolsters its new regional paywalls offering readers access to a slew of News Corp assets

APN News and Media sees half year profits drop with regional publishing hardest hit

Utopia return draws 779,000 to the ABC with Bachelor the most watched non-news program 2

Morning Update: Subway’s dumps Jared as child sex allegations revealed; Hillary Clinton sells back to school wear; Diet Pepsi ‘awful’

Prime and other regional TV networks take aim at new Plus7 mobile app in media reform push 11

Freudenstein: Future is not a ‘zero sum game’ between pay-TV and the streaming services 6

Activist group claims victory after Coles withdraws lads mag Zoo Weekly from shelves 57

Media buyers welcome $2.5bn AFL deal but warn of pressure price puts on media owners 2

HuffPost’s Tory Maguire rejects suggestion the site commissions journalists to work for free 3

Marketers need to improve communications around product innovation claims survey

Bosses from Havas, R/GA and OMD latest mentors to join Future leaders lineup

Seven West posts $1.8bn loss after major writedowns in TV licences and goodwill 2

Dogs beat cats as Seven grabs primetime win with another show based on animal clips 15

Ezyflix becomes first victim of streaming wars 1

HuffPost Australia names Nine’s Today Show co-host Lisa Wilkinson as editor-at-large 1

Government set to allow TV networks to broadcast their primary channels in HD 8

Morning Update: Gatorade’s twist on vending machine stunts; Economist launches ‘independent’ campaign; McCann’s PR launches agency

Fox Sports and Seven tie up AFL rights in $2.5bn deal with Telstra retaining digital rights 14

Party boy Corey Worthington apologises to his dad with a Fathers’ Day gift from RedBalloon 3

Nine Entertainment sells ‘birthplace of TV’ Willoughby site to property group for $147.5m 1

Unicharm’s integrated campaign for new Sofy Be Fresh product ‘changes the rules for periods’ 19

Mumbrella360 video: Meet the marketers

Google and Netflix tipped to be in crosshairs when Senate Tax Inquiry hands down report 1

Family of Neil Lawrence appeals for sponsors to save future of his medical creative award 2

Ikon Communications on alert as petrol giant Caltex Australia pitches its media account 1

Former Bacardi marketer joins Red Rooster

Razorfish starts search for a new ECD with Christian Behrendt preparing to depart 1

News Corp unifies metro newspaper business sections under Business Daily masthead 2

HuffPo Aus goes live a day early with exclusive on Julie Bishop’s views on same-sex marriage 2

UnLtd starts hunt for first CEO as charity sets its sights on growing revenues to $10m

Latest ads: Custom Plates’ twerking ballerina; Big W’s ‘Think big’; NRMA goes home

Great Australian Spelling Bee lifts but comes fourth in its slot as House Husbands dips

New Caledonia pitches itself as Australia’s friendly next door neighbour in marketing push

Morning Update: Why TV needs Donald Trump; Gears of War remakes ‘Mad World’ trailer; Behind Tinder’s ad

The Man from U.N.C.L.E pulls $1.6m on opening weekend but can’t unseat Trainwreck

SMI: Ten’s revenue share rises as rivals tumble with newspapers down nearly 30 per cent

Endemol Shine Australia merger sees major round of redundancies at production house 1

‘Not responsible marketing’: Parents group lashes McDonald’s for kids book giveaway 23

Sensis launches first brand campaign amid ‘very limited’ awareness of digital services 4

Entries open for BEfest Awards with new categories for content strategy and film craft