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Morning Update: Microsoft and AOL tie up; NBC drops Donald Trump over Mexico comments

QMS becomes latest outdoor company to float on stock market closing the day 10 per cent up 1

Ted 2 grabs $4.279m on debut, but not enough to dethrone Jurassic World

Dentsu Aegis closing full service agency Huckleberry following Medibank Private loss 10

New polling firm rises from Newspoll ashes as trio attempt ‘to meet an ongoing need’ 3

SMI data boss Tristan Masters to depart for Qantas analytics role with Red Planet

Bank spending down 14 per cent while automotive up 15.8 per cent according to SMI

Tourism Tasmania seeks expressions of interest for creative services 5

Holden’s ‘bloody caravaners’ ad most complained about ad for first half of 2015 2

Dumb Ways to Die pushes its plush toy range in online shop with new animated video 7

QBE moves its $15m Australian media account from Carat to Havas Media after pitch 1

Facebook Australia looks for new boss as MD Will Easton takes regional role with social giant 2

The Voice drops on its return while 1.073m watch Belle Gibson’s 60 Minutes interview 2

Morning Update: Cannes defends grand prix winner against claims of ‘bullshit’

M&C Saatchi adds two more Lions to Cannes haul for Clever Buoy 8

McDonald’s takes ‘made to order’ Create Your Taste on the road with pop-up restaurant 3

Carsales.com takes rival Carsguide.com.au to court over ‘misleading’ ad campaign 8

iSelect continues hunt for marketing director as Natalie Ellisdon takes role on interim basis 2

Former The Leading Edge director of strategy Alex Siewert joins The Hallway 4

Tooheys celebrates heritage with new branding and campaign 13

SBS relaunch OnDemand catch-up TV video service pushing fresh new exclusive content 4

MTV dumps ‘I want my MTV’ in favour of ‘I am my MTV’ in attempt to appeal to modern youth 9

Fairfax Media to cut 47 jobs from Illawarra and South Coast newspapers

MEC Adelaide restructures with Peter Bucklow to move to executive chairman 5

ABC lifts building security in the wake of threats following Monday’s Q&A episode 4

Ten beats Nine with the help of Masterchef

Morning Update: The story behind that photo of two people having sex on Cannes’ red carpet 3

ABC managing director Mark Scott: we’re a public broadcaster, not a state broadcaster 41

Tim ‘Rosso’ Ross and Scott Dooley take a break for Kit Kat 3

PM orders ‘urgent’ review into ABC over Q&A terror suspect controversy 21

SBS say it is ‘business as usual’ as police investigate package found at Sydney office 1

The Royals appoint Droga5 strategy director Michaela Futcher as planning director 6

CarsGuide targets CarSales in new campaign from BWM Dentsu 10

Shine Australia head of communications Charlotte McLauchlan joins Mediaworks

Marketing scientist to head new centre to help brands unravel mysteries of video content 3

Durex use animated cat-like animal to represent toy range in new campaign 1

Hamilton Island unveils 3D virtual reality tour as tourism marketing ‘goes to next level’ 1

Online web series The Horizon secures pilot funding from Screen Australia

Nine urges viewers to hold judgement on 60 Minutes Belle Gibson interview 4

Masterchef most-watched show with 1.221m metro viewers

Morning Update: Automobile Association celebrates its 110-year history in TV campaign

M&C Saatchi picks up more awards for Optus’s Clever Buoy campaign 5

Latest ads: KFC, Custom Plates, McDonald’s, Energy Australia, Kmart 1

Editor of Illawarra Mercury steps down ahead of expected Fairfax restructure announcement 1

Senate defeats proposed legislation to allow SBS to double advertising in prime time 8

SMH experiments with new brands including The Optimist, Celsius and Science Is Golden 7

ACMA hands gambling probe to Federal Police amid restrictions of investigative powers 3

Publicis Mojo CFO Stephen Meares moves to Mediacom as commercial director 1

Sydney Morning Herald editor working on plan to bring production back in-house 18

Google urges travel firms to step up mobile focus or risk losing business to competitors

Endemol Shine International sales director Lisa Higginson joins Village Roadshow 2

ABC’s The Killing Season wraps up with 979,000 2

Queensland urges residents to practice fire escape plan in new campaign

Cricket legends join together to promote osteoarthritis tablets for Chemist Warehouse 5

Morning Update: Snapchat Joins Daily Mail and WPP Agency to launch Truffle Pig; Volvo Trucks’ ‘Epic Split’ wins at Cannes

Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney pick up Silver Lion for effectiveness for OPSM’s Penny the Pirate

Huckleberry loses its biggest client as Medibank moves $20m account to sister agency Carat 2

Julia Gillard: News Corp and Fairfax Media are like elderly, sniping neighbours 23

Netflix wins the streaming battle with 1m users – ten times more than rivals Presto and Stan 52

ASTRA predicts piracy traffic could halve after new laws despite ‘concern’ over VPN loophole 31

We Magazines to cease publishing Birdee just months after closing The Hoopla 2

BBC launch new content marketing agency locally called BBC StoryWorks 3

ABC admits ‘error in judgement’ in allowing former terrorism suspect to join Q&A audience 34

Reno Rumble and Married at First Sight dominate with both shows cracking 1m viewers

HM Communications retains $10.5m Coty cosmetics media account

Morning update: Apple backs down after Taylor Swift threat; McDonald’s takeout for cyclists

M&C Saatchi’s Clever Buoy campaign for Optus picks up Gold Lion in Cannes 7

Senate passes anti-piracy measures which allow rights holders to block copyright infringing sites 8

News Corp veteran Jerry Harris steps down in latest shake-up of senior management 1

Jurassic World passes $30m at Australian box office while Minions opens strongly

MFA engages PwC to advise on transparency 2

Destination NSW and Sydney Opera House rapped for flouting govt advertising policies 2

Beyondblue talk to ‘blue-collar’ workers with tradie Davo in new Man Therapy campaign 3

Schweppes Australia pitches creative, claiming retainer model is not producing results 9

Lisa Walsh joins IAB as director of research

Media agency churn at 33.2 per cent as MFA moves to ‘regrettable loss’ turnover measure 2

Global Internet advertising spend closing in on TV as marketers continue to switch focus

Sterling Publishing launches new title Fintech Business

KFC joins Snapchat to ‘create a dialogue’ with younger audiences and stay on ‘front foot’ 5

Woolworths pushes pre-paid mobile product with Beau Ryan campaign 1

Press Council dismisses Royal ‘GILF’ complaint but warns publications over sexualising children 2

Ten’s CSI: Cyber slips on second outing as Masterchef most-watched non-news show 2

J. Walter Thompson and GPY&R picks up Cannes Health gongs

Morning Update: George Clooney’s tequila goes old-school with new campaign

Kia rolls out Super Bowl spot starring Pierce Brosnan locally 3

Fetch TV creates new ratings app but downplays potential to challenge to Oztam 3

Ad Standards Board rules ad saying ‘Hearing aids can be UGLY’ is discriminatory 1

Crazy Domains recruits Flight of the Conchords’ Rhys Darby to front re-launch campaign