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Industry calls for ‘borderless’ market amid clampdown on illegal foreign TVC directors 4

Freeview confident of strong future despite failure to hit first year penetration target 3

More than 50 job roles in the air as ABC seeks to make Regional division more efficient 8

HCF uses gifts to attract new customers with a campaign set in a vending machine 1

Squabbling Italian family sell pasta sauce in latest ‘Like brands’ Aldi spot from BMF 2

Richard Reid and Jules Lund add celebrity sparkle to Mumbrella360 gameshow 3

Comedy Channel’s Open Slather slides on second outing as Seven wins evening 16

Special Group extend ‘Feels Like Home’ campaign to outdoor featuring Qantas crew

Actress Isla Fisher fronts ING Direct campaign as brand looks to become a ‘primary bank’ 15

Morning Update: Carl’s Jr celebrates America in latest ad

UM boss Mat Baxter joins PR convergence panel at Mumbrella360 conference

mX editor-in-chief Craig Herbert says staff ‘gutted’ by closure of commuter newspaper 15

Arnie to spruik Terminator Genisys as guest co-host on The Project

Newspoll workers to protest sacking, asking for fair redundancy packages and references 6

Media buyers say News Corp’s closure of mX is not beginning of the end of print papers 8

Complaints against ads reaches record high with discrimination the biggest issue 1

New Southern Cross CEO Grant Blackley says ‘improvements needed’ in some areas 6

Mumbrella360 masterclass to focus on using community management to overcome social media abuse

Pizza Hut romances Four’N Twenty in new campaign pushing pizza-pie combo 8

Major brands take out full-page ad in today’s The Australian to support marriage equality 11

Mark and Carl Fennessy to remain with Endemol Shine Australia as joint CEOs

Redesign my Brain with Todd Sampson pulls 675,000 as Ten and Seven tie for second place 2

Morning Update: Vodafone NZ tells the story of a mailman who befriends a lost pig

Shazam launches visual recognition function, Universal Pictures signs on with Jurassic World 1

Mediacom shakeup: Sydney MD departs, Westpac lead named new Maxus Sydney MD 1

Walkley Award winning journo Adam Walters joins Ten Eyewitness News from Seven

Fairfax ‘disestablishes’ 160 jobs in NZ claiming it is creating more ‘digitally focused’ roles

Kerry Stokes remains in top 20 rich list despite losing $110m from his $2b fortune

News Corp to axe commuter mX newspapers 66

New Vodafone CMO takes fight to rivals in bid to break ‘monopolistic’ Australian market 9

FIFA sponsors demand reform as experts counsel caution before withdrawing support 2

Nuffnang opens Sydney office hiring Match Media’s Elissa Gillon to head it 6

Woolworths places emphasis on easy in new online shopping ads from Leo Burnett 5

Cannes Lions drives profits for Top Right with events division posting pre-tax profit of $99.7m

Ikon reveals first campaign of full-service offering with ads for Windsor’s Potato Chips 8

Former Ten boss Grant Blackley appointed as new CEO of Southern Cross Austereo 2

Quick Service Restaurant Holdings takes back control of marketing hiring ex-Nando’s CMO 1

State of Origin I viewers down slightly on last year but Nine still dominates audience share

Morning Update: D&AD releases blocker for boring online ads 2

Industry Superfunds recruits AFL anthem composer Mike Brady for Compare the Pair ad 1

Digital gun Jay Morgan jumps from Havas Worldwide Sydney to J. Walter Thompson 11

Johnson & Johnson global media review puts OMD locally on alert over $25m account

Mamamia poaches IPSOS research director and media commentator Rebecca Huntley 7

Arnold Furnace head of planning Thomasine Burnap joins AJF Partnership Sydney 3

Ziptel signs Brett Lee as ambassador to gain traction for mobile app in subcontinent

Ex-Myer boss Bernie Brookes: ‘Tyranny of distance’ slowed Aussie etail adoption 13

GroupM appoints Jeff Hunt as its local CFO as it looks to bolster local management

Guardian Australia founding editor Kath Viner named in Forbes most powerful women list

OMD Melbourne wins $4m Red Cross Blood service from Ikon Communications

Channel Nine tops the night despite drops for Reno Rumble and Love Child 1

Morning Update: Danish radio station DJ kills baby rabbit live on air 1

Queensland branded ‘them’ in Ubet NSW State of Origin campaign from The Monkeys

Magazine distribution test to move ahead despite continued concerns over disadvantage

Bohemia lifts the lid on its creative offering but baulks at ‘full service’ label 2

Branded content writing ‘undermined’ by meagre Guardian/ANZ offer to Tracey Spicer 3

Latest ads: Nimble Money, Kmart, Budget Direct, iSelect, Compare the Market

Red Planet setting up 100,000 strong research panel offering participants Frequent Flyer points 15

Saatchi & Saatchi boss calls for bravery as agency is awarded NSW Creative Laureate

Initiative wins $3.6m Tourism Tasmania media account following competitive tender

Aldi continue with ‘Like Brands. Only Cheaper’ campaign with cockroaches and a neanderthal 5

Nine’s Married at First Sight holds strong as Game of Thrones beats NRL

Morning Update: Charter said to be near deal to buy Time Warner Cable

Mad Max: Fury Road holds off Spy to top box office for second consecutive week 4

Gravox tells people to split up and enjoy their new single serve gravy portions in new campaign 2

Tracey Spicer claims The Guardian is exploiting freelance writers to produce branded content 56

Fiat Chrysler takes CEO to court alleging multi-million dollar misuse of marketing budget 19

2CH bidders line up, with Grant Broadcasters and Council of Churches tipped as front runners 9

Victorian Hearing apologises for ‘Hearing aids can be ugly’ campaign following online backlash 17

Fairfax accused of forbidding coverage of protest rally as regional Australia faces job cuts 1

Motor Accident Commission appoints agency panel of three following tender process

Bohemia goes full service and creates colourful News.com.au consumer marketing campaign 11

Freeview set top box launch gives consumers ‘affordable’ entry to FreeviewPlus, insists CEO 10

Barry Hall fronts asks Aussies to ‘soften up’ in non-illness related push for Kleenex

Quickflix signals marketing push appointing YOLO to creative account 8

Serial killer mini-series proves popular as Eurovision helps SBS beat the ABC

Six agency brands to do battle for Mumbrella APAC Network of the Year titles

Vodafone kicks off new marketing push with first work from Cummins and Partners 1

Nova breakfast show presenter Ashley Bradnam suspended after second drink driving charge

Morning Update: Blind woman challenges viewer to don’t-blink-first contest in video for eye-care group

Siege-A quick-fire raps for Optus to promote cable-internet speeds 2

Havas Worldwide Sydney picks up Citroën creative after 303Lowe Audi win

Tony McGinn retakes control of Authentic Entertainment amid overhaul of its operations 30

Budget hotel brand Ibis targets youth in tie-up with music streaming firm Deezer

VML scores Australia’s only Yellow Pencil among 37 winners at D&AD Awards 3

TV network WIN blames commercial viability as it closes Mildura and Mackay newsrooms 13

Open Road remains biggest circulating mag while B&T increases lead on AdNews 1

Woolworths confirms departure of former supermarkets marketing boss Jess Gill 11

Masterchef hands Ten winning audience share as it also delivers in the demos 1