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303Lowe Perth hires five including Kelly-Anne Davis as business director

Athlete’s Foot hires former Jurlique marketer as head of marketing

Stan announces mobile deal with Vodafone 5

The Block: Triple Threat wins the night as Downton Abbey audience plummets on return 10

AJF Partnership Sydney wins Goodman Fielder Baking creative after pitch 2

Tourism Tasmania continues with ‘Go Behind the Scenery’ campaign with new outdoor executions

Morning Update: Budweiser’s ‘Lost Dog’ bombed for memorability and relevance

Coca-Cola pulls Sprite Showers activation hours after building them at Bondi Pavilion 6

Free TV looks to show adult content earlier and reduce complaints with new code proposals 4

STW shares rally slightly to close at 79.5 cents

Draft piracy code floats sending warning notices to offenders 4

STW share price collapses wiping $100m off company value in one morning 5

SMI state breakdowns show strong start to 2015 for the West and South Australia

Leo Burnett Sydney launches Samsung Gear VR with great white shark dive

SunRice relaunches Sunwhite and SunLong in time for Lunar New Year

Cirrus Media selling directories business HotFrog as revenues plummet 4

Oakley to inspire consumers to live out their passions in global campaign

Gogglebox falls on second outing for Ten while State of Affairs makes soft start for Seven 7

Special Group joins Qantas roster with campaign for new business suite

STW Group earnings drop by 5 per cent with CEO Mike Connaghan blaming lack of new business 5

David Thodey announces retirement from role of Telstra CEO 8

Morning Update: Oscars relive past winners in ads for awards show

Chris Mitchell vows to remove The Australian from the Press Council after new condemnation over breaches of confidentiality 16

TVN horse racing channel to close in March 26

Coles Liquor hands creative duties to AJF Melbourne 4

Medibank Private pitches $20m media account with five agencies lining up 2

Baxter confirms UM ‘won’t be entering media agency awards anymore’ 17

Former Bauer publisher Peter Holder appointed acting MD of Daily Mail Australia 5

AMP Capital ditches retainer model following pitch, appoints Apparent on a project basis

Woolworths use a dash of pink and Austin Powers in new online video 2

Mini Australia targets Chinese migrants with Weibo presence 1

‘Chariots of Fire’ backs new Mother’s Day Classic campaign 1

Macquarie radio profits slide 77% with contract costs and Fairfax merger blamed 4

iSelect chief marketer Geraldine Davys departs after just over a year in role 5

Stan on track to hit 100,000 subscribers, says Fairfax 11

Fairfax half year profit plummets to $26.3m with publisher announcing share buyback 12

Seven’s Winter sheds 100,000 viewers while Gogglebox falls on second outing 4

Morning Update: Mum goes fast and furious in Famous Footwear’s video; Porsche holds pitch in Singapore 1

Hangout on social media and the law featuring Jules Lund

Chris Savage quits STW Communications 9

‘Media agencies aren’t our competitors’ claims Mat Baxter as he repositions UM 43

Disney pitches $26m media account, with Carat on alert

Telstra introduces 4GX with slow motion ad using Queen soundtrack

Sportsbet hunts for creative agency for project work 1

Tabcorp campaign calls punters to action for return of Autumn footy and racing

Deadline looms for voluntary ISP code on illegal piracy 4

Taubmans Paint aims to make painting less daunting with ad from Naked Communications 8

Telstra opens new Sydney Customer Insights Centre as it looks to cement tech credentials

Woolworths Australia’s most valuable brand while Lego tops global index according to study 1

Seven West Media records $1 billion loss after writing down value of TV ‘good will’ 3

How to Get Away with Murder drops to 800,000 on second outing as MKR holds strong

Morning Update: Heineken launches global Champions League campaign

Bankwest economist and new OMD boss join Mumbrella Perth program

Vijay Solanki to replace Clive Dickens as SCA digital boss 1

Facebook launches Cricket World Cup themed video series starting with Shane Warne 1

AFR in scathing attack on board member Todd Sampson and his agency’s tobacco links 43

House of Hancock case has implications for real life based drama producers, say academics 8

Salt and Shein names 50 most influential corporate affairs leaders 8

Seek announces record profit, up by 64 per cent in 2014 second half 4

SBS’ Feast magazine to close with four job losses 17

Yahoo!7 hires Stu Stevens to be head of commercial partnerships 1

Gallipoli falls to 580,000 on second outing while ABC performs well on Monday night 5

Compare the Market creates first local meerkat campaign with ‘Mission Impawsible’ 1

Morning update: John Oliver takes on big tobacco with Jeff the diseased lung mascot 2

SMI: Ten lifts its revenue share to 24.7 per cent on the back of Big Bash 1

Fifty Shades of Grey dominates weekend box office taking in over $10m

Campbell Arnott’s pitches creative for entire business with four agencies in contention 4

Global IAA boss: no one cares about church and state when it comes to native advertising 6

Enero Group posts nine per cent decrease in net revenue 1

Report claims owned and earned media will grow 3.5 times faster than paid media 3

MTV targets Mardi Gras audience with pop up channel MTV Pride 2

The Daily Telegraph’s publication of journalist beheading image vindicated by Press Council 3

LG taps David Warner for ICC Cricket World Cup campaign

Rinehart tipped to sue Nine over House of Hancock despite earlier settlement 7

Fetch TV still open to Stan tie-up after signing deal to carry Netflix locally

Dentsu Aegis Network acquires Soap Creative as Ash Hopper departs for Lowe Profero 10

BMF CEO Dominic Stinton departs agency after 18-months 1

House of Hancock stays flat despite publicity caused by Gina Rinehart court action

Morning Update: Singapore Police Force draws scorn for ‘Shop theft is a crime’ musical video

Nine and Rinehart reach confidential settlement over House of Hancock 1

Rinehart gets access to Nine’s drama about her life as she battles to stop Sunday’s broadcast

Dave McCaughan leaves McCann after 28 years 1

Holden uses a messy child in latest kid-fronted ad from AJF Partnership 1

Half of Formula One races to only be available live via pay TV following new Fox Sports deal 37

Tourism Tasmania tenders $3.6m media account 2

Thirsty Camel upsets ad watchdog for unsafe behaviour around power points 2

Ben & Jerry’s to unveil #EqualityCalling phone box at Mardi Gras’ Fair Day 3

Qantas unveils new ‘Feels Like Home’ ad as it partners with Spotify to create playlist 3