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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

Incoming Fairfax chairman Nick Falloon cleared to join board after radio licence mix up 2

Magazines set for royal baby bonanza with Bauer Media predicts $1m circulation boost 3

Porter Novelli appoints Tourism Australia global PR head as Sydney managing director 2

Avengers continues to dominate box office as Unfriended gets a strong start

SBS to air documentary Struggle Street despite calls from participants not to show it 42

News Corp and Daily Mail reopen hostilities over story ‘theft’ with legal letters 13

Nissan turns to Instagram video platform in campaign to promote ‘vibrancy’ of Juke 1

Don’t waste unused roof space, says Origin Energy in new campaign 3

Investigative journalist, indigenous Australians, top marketers and creative technologists join Mumbrella360 conference lineup

NBN unveils first TV ad as BWM Dentsu creative aims to shed ‘boring’ image of network 4

Dove follows up ‘Real Strength’ campaign with new ads showing the strength of masculinity

Kia collaborates with Marquee Studios to produce social media food series, Foraged 8

Magazine body disputes claim distribution changes will leave newsagents uncompetitive 7

Sunshine Coast launches next phase of migration campaign with $500,000 TV push 2

Pioneers front ANZ campaign as bank encourages customers to follow their dreams 7

News Corp quietly launches viral video website Internet Action Force as challenger to Buzzfeed 14

Logies see audience rise as Seven’s Sunday Night Nepal report tops a million viewers 1

Carrie Bickmore wins Gold Logie at fourth time of asking as Nine Network wins most gongs 2

Morning update: Samsung teams up with Avengers, brands salute defeated Pacquiao

Magna Global boss: TV networks globally must get on board with trading TV programmatically

US cable companies put on united front to showcase their digital credentials

Vice touts global expansion in news saying it can do ‘whatever the fuck we want to do’ 5

AOL agency sales boss: TV and digital video shouldn’t see each other as a threat

Sunrise host refuses to perform interview about Sunday Night Nepal segment labelling it ‘bloody disgrace’ 7

Macquarie Radio to cut 10% of staff with Fairfax execs Parker, Frangi and Forbes going 7

Suncorp Insurance ties up with US tech firm Trov to promote ‘stuffies, not selfies’

Publicis media agencies merge programmatic capabilities amid claims rivals aren’t transparent 1

Magazine distribution changes on hold as ACCC investigates whether they are uncompetitive 2

Amanda Keller, Ben Fordham, Wippa and Merrick Watts announced for Mumbrella360 1

Australia and New Zealand is WPP’s fifth largest market as Sorrell pockets $83m 2

Vevo promises better brand engagement and launches demographic report

Magna Global boss: Audience measurement players must ‘up their game’ on TV and video 1

Vevo boss claims music video streaming services are better placed to pay artists well

Elite Daily boss: ‘If Buzzfeed and Vice had a lovechild it would be us’

Seven’s Downton Abbey sinks to all-time low as ABC’s The Checkout grows audience 3

YouTube says it now has bigger 18-49 audience on mobile alone than US cable TV networks

Stan puts first original series into production with Jungleboys comedy series No Activity

Ubet focuses on the thrill of having a bet in first campaign from The Monkeys 6

Air New Zealand celebrates 75 years of flying with themed flight and themed ferry commute

Morning Update: Dick’s Sporting Goods unveils first campaign aimed at women

Reports incoming Fairfax chairman Nick Falloon facing investigation over Macquarie merger 4

Freeview names new marketing chief and closes in on creative agency appointment 3

Ten to bid for AFL and NRL rights admitting it ‘suffered’ from lack of winter sports 10

HuffPo founder: Journalism has to get away from ‘if it bleeds it leads’ mentality 3

Volvo wants to ‘make parenting look easy’ with new positioning in campaign from Grey Sydney

First Mentor Matchmaking sees 18 charities harness expertise of adland representatives 4

Special Group unveils first work for RM Williams with campaign celebrating signature boot 2

303Lowe Perth picks up WA’s P&N Bank from The Brand Agency and Meerkats

News Corp’s Tory Maguire named HuffPost Australia editor-in-chief 9

Ten reports $264m loss but claims ‘best start to ratings year since 2012’ 6

The Block: Triple Threat winner announcement down on last year but still breaks 2m viewers 1

Hulu says 2015 will be a ‘break out year’ in the US as streaming platform challenges television 4

Morning Update: Three blind women say what beauty means to them in new Dove ad

Sunday Night crew travels with Hugh Sheridan to help rescue brother in Nepal earthquake 3

New ads: Kit Kat, Booking.com, McCain, Coles for Coca-Cola Life, Kmart and Bankwest

Fiat Chrysler names Zac Loo as marketing chief following exit of Mark McCraith to Maxus 1