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EnergyAustralia urge consumers to make a ‘wise call’ when it comes to energy plans 9

Mumbrella hangout with Yahoo7 Digital Stars 1

NRL approaches Google to bid for rights as code tipped to split games across TV networks 20

Marketing now more science than art, says ANZ head of marketing 6

Choice questions ‘shadowy’ new banking ad campaign ‘Don’t Change My Interchange’ 5

Australian agencies pick up six awards in Warc Prize for Social Strategy

New Idea names Louisa Hatfield editor-in-chief with Kim Wilson departing the magazine

Bloke suggests a McGuigan is the wine for all occasions in new campaign 3

Westpac digital boss: ‘No one has got personalisation right’ 1

Greek man smashing plates promotes Aldi’s dishwasher tablets

Game of Thrones finale pulls in 265,000 on Foxtel while Married at First Sight cracks 1m 1

Mediacom CEO Mark Pejic leaves agency 2

Morning Update: Heineken and Wieden & Kennedy end relationship

Jurassic World pulls in $16m to be the biggest box office opening of 2015 2

SMI: Ten reaches 22.4 per cent revenue share on the back of Masterchef

Frank, Rocky and Misty check in for Stayz to help promote pet-friendly properties 2

Satirist Dan Ilic fired by Al Jazeera for applying for The Daily Show 11

Suzie Shaw joins We Are Social as David Fairfull opts to remain with agency 2

Royal Australian College of GPs aim to highlight importance of a good GP in new campaign

Opera singer sings exhaust notes of Alfa Romeo as it completes race-track lap 7

Latest Ads: Toyota, RACWA, Mazda, NIB, iSelect, Nissan

Mediacom finance director David Reid departs 3

Blow for Torch Media as Woolworths takes in-store advertising in-house 4

Soul singer serenades family as ebay urges consumers to ‘send themselves a present’ 2

Gerry Reynolds’ Medium Rare takes Foxtel magazine contract from Bauer Media 3

Ten’s CSI: Cyber watched by 645,000 as House Rules beats Masterchef 2

Foxtel to take 15 per cent of Ten and launches capital raising, also buying stake in MCN 10

Morning Update: Rolling Stone wants the whole world to think like Steve Jobs

Internet advertising to reach 51 per cent of Australian ad market by 2019 – PwC 1

IGA urge Australians to shop independent in first ad from The Monkeys 1

South Australians reminded to think about their legacy after death in new campaign

Field of media and creatives agencies line up for a place on the $49m Optus pitch 3

News Corp commuter newspaper mX signs off with ‘heartfelt thanks’ in its final edition 5

Hit Network launches campaign promoting ‘secret’ early return of Hamish & Andy 7

Fairfax plays down photo archive claims but admits some may have been sold on eBay 2

Marriage Equality lobby signs up 100 more brands for latest ad push 8

Australian Rugby Union urges all sports fans to support the Wallabies in ‘Stronger as one’ spots 5

Blue Wiggle Anthony Field talks about his first job in ad promoting Woolworths careers 1

Reports Rupert Murdoch to step down as CEO of 21st Century Fox with sons to be elevated

Footy Show arm break watched by 435,000 as Todd Sampson’s Redesign My Brain finale rises 5

Morning Update: Loving lesbian couple in ad shocks India; Twitter CEO Dick Costolo stepping down 1

Senior Clemenger Group executive Kim Boehm takes new role in search for new talent 1

SmoothFM hires veteran Radio 2UE newsreader Steve Blanda 8

Aussie basketball players becoming ‘cultural icons’ as NBA viewing numbers swell for ESPN 4

Unilever pulls trigger on $57m local pitch, with Mindshare facing off against PHD and Initiative

STW to shed 30 businesses and remove ‘dead wood’ as more details emerge of shake-up 13

Harvard Business School’s Michael Norton to headline Mumbrella’s marketing science conference MSiX

Ergon Energy’s Grim Llama warns construction workers of dangers of overhead power lines

Arbitration fails to resolve dispute between SBS and sacked reporter Scott McIntyre 1

Fairfax Events COO Angus Dillon departs 1

A2 Milk accuses ABC of breaching consumer laws through promotion of The Checkout 3

BBC moves back into top ten as News.com.au holds onto top spot 5

Jonathan Betts moves from ZenithOptimedia to OMD to run McDonalds account 4

Masterchef wins 7.30pm timeslot as Seven’s House Rules boosts audience 2

Morning Update: Virgin Media’s Ally McNab heads to Litchfield Penitentiary, AnalogFolk opens in Hong Kong

New York Times hires former Fairfax exec Julia Whiting to lead APAC ad sales

ASIC questions David Gyngell over sale of $1.5m shares, Nine denies all wrongdoing

Judges select 84 finalists to advance to second round of 2015 Effie Awards

STW flags further mergers and restructures to take greater control of its business 6

MSiX Awards launches to celebrate best work in marketing sciences

Playboy Fragrances and HM Communication Group releases tongue-in-cheek online ad as media pitch decision tipped to be imminent 1

Nine shares rally after sharp fall as Seven looks to calm market by maintaining guidance

Marketers urged to learn the art of story telling and ‘be ruthlessly consistent’ 3

Diageo explores expanding brands ‘beyond selling alcohol’ in bid to keep pace with culture 3

The Killing Season pulls big numbers to beat Love Child as Masterchef rules again

News Corp’s Adam Suckling resigns to be CEO of the Copyright Agency

Cannes Lions entries up to record high despite drop in Press and Outdoor categories 4

Morning Update: Investor slaps WPP’s ‘Sorrellcentricity’; FCB takes Leo Burnett’s Credle as CCO

NSW Police reach out for community help with new campaign to tackle ice problem 5

Short term vision blocking innovation as consultant warns firms against ‘Kodak moment’

Content marketing competition expands as Colloquial and Yaffa Custom Content launch 3

Vizeum takes out Racing Victoria and Melbourne Racing Club $3m media pitch

Eleven PR’s Rob Lowe and Magnum’s Matt Holmes launch ‘a more human’ PR agency 13

2DayFM content director Adam Williscroft departs following third consecutive ratings drop 4

David Jones undergoes ‘complete rethink’ to align marketing with brand purpose 20

Media heavyweights question sacking of SBS journalist Scott McIntyre 1

ASB rules Pedigree ad presents unsafe road behaviour but is not unnecessarily violent

Don’t ‘dabble’ in branded content without a defined purpose says Qantas’ Gemma Matthews 3

Cult of failure borrowed from startup world is ‘idiotic’ in marketing context says tech panel

Carat promotes Laura Bartal and Sam Hegg into strategy and product roles 2

Nine Entertainment shares fall 19 per cent after company issued revenue warning on Friday 3

Love wanes for Married at First Sight as dating reality show dips below 1m viewer mark 1

Zoo Weekly apologises to Hanson-Young over photoshopping, admitting it was ‘in poor taste’ 5

Morning update: John Oliver honours FIFA pledge; Apple takes on Facebook in news

Outdoor industry launches assault for more ad revenue with new ‘one-stop hub’ for all buying

Journalists need to get better at considering their audiences says Walkley winning reporter

Optus reviewing creative and media agency roster ahead of closed pitch on $49m account 3

Mumbrella Awards jurors: Independent agencies are ‘surging’ at the moment 2