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Seb Rennie to replace Danny Bass as head of GroupM investment 4

John Singleton fined $550 after brandishing broken glass in restaurant row with Jack Cowin 6

STW chief Mike Connaghan says group ‘let down by a few’ as internal review continues 7

Fairfax mobile boss: ‘The disruption we faced twenty years ago is happening all over again’ 11

Ted Horton, Mashable and Buzzfeed strategy chiefs, MTV boss and radio host Mel Greig join Mumbrella360 lineup 2

Screen Australia sees more cash stripped away in budget while The Conversation loses funding 3

SAP Australia installs head of marketing following departure of Ray Kloss to Cisco

Danny Bass quits GroupM to take CEO role at rival IPG Mediabrands 10

Masterchef profits from budget dodgers as ABC sees declining interest in Treasurer’s speech 6

Morning update: Dan Aykroyd back in conehead role; YouTube takes over KitKat wrappers

Washington Post confirms it is in talks with Facebook about giving it newsfeed content

QBE promotes new product to help young people drive more safely in new campaign 2

BMF makes 13 redundancies as it looks to create ‘more nimble’ structure 7

Registrations now open for free MGrad student program at this year’s Mumbrella360

RACQ to resume creative pitch process after naming new head of marketing

Newspaper Works boss challenges ‘confusing’ messages from media agencies to publishers 8

Wall Street Journal sales boss: Branded content will never be a dominant revenue source

Colonial First State to shed ‘fear’ retirement message with AC/DC soundtrack 4

Cummins & Partners’ Pownall named GM at Publicis Mojo Melbourne as James Graham exits 8

Presto applauds Government move to force US streaming rival Netflix to pay GST 8

House Rules drops away while NRL match beats Game of Thrones on Foxtel

Peroni launches new digital site ‘Stile Italiano’ to celebrate best of Italian culture 1

Morning update: DDB turns to Porn Hub to spread word; bus ad pulled after public outcry 2

John Singleton lashed out at Fairfax director Jack Cowin with broken glass after ‘long lunch’ 29

Rebel Wilson’s Pitch Perfect 2 tops box office knocking Avengers 2 to second spot

Huggies uses Mickey and Minnie Mouse to launch new product range in Disney tie-up 7

The price of three Daily Mail native ads: $50,000 and a guarantee of 30,000 views 20

Wotif chief marketer Michael Betteridge quits after leading department restructure 2

Campaign group launches petition to get Zoo Weekly pulled from sale in Coles and Woolies 55

Newspaperworks boss: Front page newspaper pointers ‘give you comfort about your purchase’

South China Morning Post says credible coverage key to becoming global media brand 3

News Corp marketing boss: ‘sales promotions are slowing print circulation declines’ 13

Tour firm follows rebrand with focus on luxury in new TV ad from creative agency Bloke

Updated: Southern Cross Austereo starts hunt for new CEO as Rhys Holleran quits 5

The Age rises at expense of Yahoo7 sites as smh.com.au closes gap on news.com.au

Toronto Star scrapped digital paywall as it was ‘expensive’ and had a ‘high churn’ rate 1

Newspapers need to stop being disrupted and start disrupting warns Polish media exec

House Rules tops Reno Rumble but Masterchef tops the million mark in reality TV war

Morning update: Networks nervy over ad spend, Google says most video ads aren’t seen 2

Canberra Airport turns down Campaign for Australian Aid ads as overly political

Christchurch tourism uses Instagram images in new digital push to showcase region 1

Cadbury to begin social conversation around bizarre flavours amid Vegemite launch 8

Fairfax in legal battle to retrieve photo archive from US firm hired to digitise images 8

TV reporters less honest and ethical than newspaper journalists, says Roy Morgan study 3

Regional media risks ‘losing voice’ amid cuts and Govt apathy, warns Prime Media chairman

Daily Mail to focus on ‘absolute monster’ Snapchat to target younger audience

Masterchef still bubbling along but Downton Abbey continues to struggle for Seven 1

Sony returns to TV with camera campaign after blowing up giant mirror in Namibian desert 14

The Royals wins Deakin University creative duties 7

Winners of first Mumbrella Asia Awards revealed

Morning Update: Vale Samuel Crispin; Al Jazeera US in turmoil; XBox gets interactive

Set top box launch to bring cost of HbbTV ‘in line with streaming services’ claims Freeview 13

Cummins & Partners created latest Sia music clip as branded content for Heidi Klum lingerie 27

Accor Hotels’ campaign challenges Australians to holiday at home via GPY&R Melbourne

Philips CMO Damien Cummings set for move to Standard Chartered Bank 1

Digital firm brings agencies under single umbrella brand in move to ‘simplify landscape’

Digital agency Lash Creative picks up Nong Shim account as brand looks to raise profile 7

Watchdog censures The Age for incorrectly stating that Essendon coach had been fired 8

Aussie Farmers Direct launches ‘Shop fair, eat fresh’ campaign to counter imported food 8

Mars Petcare launches Pedigree ‘Feed the Good’ campaign in a bid to drive charity donations

Apron-wearing male baker fronts ‘tongue-in-cheek’ Nestlé TV push for condensed milk 17

Struggle Street controversy translates to viewers beating House Rules and Reno Rumble 16

Yahoo7 names 2015 media agency Digital Stars

SBS decides to fast-track final two episodes of Struggle Street to capitalise on public interest 14

Morning Update: Samsung says call your mother, Oculus Rift release announced

Revenues rise at APN on back of radio acquisition but advertising begins to slip

SBS to air Struggle Street tonight but admits to cutting scenes after consulting with participants 24

Christopher Pyne flags the government will pull funding for The Conversation in budget 24

Marketers ‘stuck in comfort zone’ amid continuing focus on clicks, shares and likes 8

Woolworths to axe 400 jobs as supermarket looks to ‘neutralise’ rivals in on-going price war 4

RAC WA launches Roadside Assistance ‘Bad, Worse, Better’ campaign via JWT Perth

Creative executive Nic Hodges recruited by News Corp to explore advertising innovation 12

Fairfax group revenues rise following acquisitions but publishing slips 7 per cent 4

Foxtel subscriber numbers and revenues up but marketing spend sees profits drop 3

Masterchef dominates House Rules and Reno Rumble and hands Ten rare audience share win 1

Morning update: Dog follows shoppers on billboard, Spike Lee on branded content 1

The search for big media business ideas returns with The Crocodile Pit at Mumbrella360

Twitter launches dedicated handle @TwitterTVAU ahead of winter TV launch 2

Qantas interview comedians about their luggage for web series Qantas Carry On 2

TV ‘less and less relevant’, says Bacardi marketing boss as brand trials programmatic 18

Children’s Medical Research Institute video gains more than 1m views in 72 hours 3

Media workers invited to throw their boss out of a plane with Toss Your Boss contest 9

ANZ marketer: ‘We no longer make TV commercials, we shoot films’ 20

Australian design platform unveils premium model Canva for Work after raising $7.6 million

Builders Academy superhero Bob keeps tools in check in second TV campaign from Sense

People moves: Carat, Facebook, Starcom, Isobar, Starcom and Exponential name new hires

My Kitchen Rules sees audience drop by 500,000 on last year’s winner announcement

Morning update: Huggies helps blind mum see ultrasound, brands mark Star Wars Day