Welcome to Start the Week, our Monday morning scene-setter for the week ahead.

Today:

* M&A chat: a tie-up between Seven West Media and HT&E?;

* Results season - How News Corp fared and the outlook for SWM, Southern Cross Austereo, Enero and Domain this week;

* Breaking Bad pulls in the Super Bowl attention;

* How Married At First Sight is killing the opposition

Today’s episode feature Tim Burrowes and Abe Udy

Further reading:

* Australian Financial Review: Seven eyes plan to create Australia’s next $1 billion media company

* Unmade: Wind turns for News Corp

* CBS Sports: Super Bowl commercials - A sneak peak at the ads that will air during Super Bowl 57 between Eagles and Chiefs

* NFL Game Pass

* Nine: TV Ratings Week 6

* The Australian: Media Diary - The Project battles after Carrie and Lisa exits

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