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Seven wins quiet night with Highway Patrol as Nine and Ten tie 2

Ten’s ad revenues dropped nearly 11% in 2014 as metro TV market dips for year 1

Morning Update: Famous gay dads from Instagram star in Nikon commercial 1

Slow December sees advertising market finish flat for 2014 as papers lose another $127m 5

Daily Mail launches first Australian consumer TV ad, targets more exclusive content 7

McDonald’s promote iced beverage range available drive through 1

Doritos Crash the Super Bowl finalist signed by Photoplay as PepsiCo responds to attack ad

Industry heavyweights announced for Mumbrella Perth

Tony Iffland departs SBS after three years as director of television 15

James Packer spends big on star-studded ads promoting his Crown Casinos 8

Presto launches with pricing beginning at $9.99 a month 4

Facebook tests Facebook at Work platform 1

Nine’s Fast4 Tennis audience crumbles as Seven wins night 3

Airbnb signs as major partner for Sydney Mardi Gras and changes logo 2

Morning Update: Thai Life Insurance ad follows boy garbage collector

Pitch doctor Darren Woolley elected chair of Australian Marketing Institute 3

Ex-PRIA president Terri-Helen Gaynor made Burson-Marsteller APAC CEO

Clinique celebrates positive beginnings in new social media campaign 4

Anti-palm oil ad targets Doritos Crash the Super Bowl campaign 7

Woolworths unveils ad promoting sponsorship of tennis ballkids 6

Ad watchdog rules AMI ad too sexual for radio 5

Speculation WPP is eyeing takeover of STW Communications after increasing stake

Tennis star Serena Williams controls ‘what bounces around here’ in new Berlei ad 2

Shelly Horton to lead Mamamia TV which will launch in quarter one 2

Cricket Australia launches Apple TV channel and eyes possible subscription model 4

Lynx tells men to ‘make the most of your hair’ as it repositions as ‘total grooming suite’

AAMI creates social newsroom to promote #DriverDuels competition 7

Bringing Sexy Back drops for Seven on second outing 1

Morning Update: Newcastle asks other brands to chip in for Super Bowl ad

Clarks uses ‘if you’re happy and you know it’ tune to promote 2015 school shoes range 1

Financial security top concern for Australian creative agencies claims study 1

Target appoints Coles’ Mat Medcalf as head of digital marketing 1

IPG Mediabrands ramping up offering in Perth with appointment of Clive Bingwa 8

CommsCon 2015 program outline unveiled

Aussie Home Loans appoints CommSec’s Richard Burns as general manager of customer 6

Herald Sun cleared of standards breach in AFL drugs coverage despite ‘intruding on privacy’

Herald Sun leapfrogs The Age in December news rankings 3

Lynx promotes antiperspirants with Ponce Buenos Aires ad 3

Nine’s Fast4 Tennis watched by 713,000 as rain delayed Ten’s Big Bash

Charlie Hebdo uses crying Prophet Mohammed on first cover since attack 2

Alan Jones to broadcast on Fairfax’s Brisbane radio station for state elections 3

Morning Update: Ad seeks encourage women to get active; Dumb Ways to Die makes Ad Age’s top ad campaigns of the 21st Century

Taken 3 storms box office in opening weekend as nine films break million-dollar mark

Publishers hit due to global Brightcove video outage 2

Seek looks to fire ‘restlessness’ with new master campaign uniting brands 14

ANZ Bank takes on Ice Bucket Challenge with ‘Australian Open Rally for Good’ campaign 3

Foxtel kicks off ad campaign for iQ3 with ‘making entertainment sexier’ line 12

Nimble pulls ad over concerns it exploited people in financial hardship 10

iSelect urges consumers to check if they’re on the right plan in new ad from AJF Partnership 2

Bonds launches print campaign promoting denim chambray shirt

Cummins & Partners bolsters strategy team in Melbourne and Sydney 2

The White Agency wins U by Kotex following pitch

Fairfax Media acquires final 50 per cent of Metro Media 9

Sunday Style apologises for Instagram intern ad featuring lingerie model on all fours 15

Sport dominates weekend TV as 1.3m viewers watch final session of test match

Foxtel unveils first Gogglebox teaser as Ten teases I’m a Celebrity contestants 8

Morning Update: McDonald’s launches next step in brand refresh; Justin Bieber claims untouched Calvin Klein photo is fake

Stan unveils first Rebel Wilson ads, but no mention of launch date 13

Former Google Australia spinner takes up top PR job with Twitter in Germany 4

Subaru Australia launches Outback SUV with ad paying homage to comedy hit Australiana 15

Fairfax Radio announces first change since Macquarie merger 3

Video hangout with Edelman’s Matt Gain from CES in Las Vegas

Nabo partners with Seven to run MKR Australia Day BBQ competition

Sophie Price rejoins UM after seven years working in creative agencies 7

Todd Sampson appointed to Qantas board 28

News and test cricket help Nine win the night as Ten edges Seven for total network share

MLA’s Australia Day campaign moves away from Kekovich rant to a Richie Benaud BBQ 42

Morning Update: Shirts fly in Ikea ad; Google search share falls to lowest level since 2008

Documentary of BMF’s ‘passion project’ As You Dreamt It airs on ABC tonight 1

Bauer Media to take control of digital sales from Mi9 in April 3

Porsche launches digital outdoor campaign that detects oncoming Porsches 15

The Woolmark Co pulls content promoting wool’s fire retardant nature in light of bushfires

Facebook not a social network but a video platform says agency sales boss 28

Iris Worldwide regional strategy head Dan Pankraz takes Nike role with AKQA 2

Hotondo Homes unveils new national brand campaign 1

Click PR rebrands as Sling & Stone

National Maritime Museum promotes new exhibition with animated campaign

Ten’s Big Bash out-rated by ABC’s 7.30 Summer and Nine’s Customs 1

Cartoonists pay tribute to Charlie Hebdo shooting victims 17

Morning Update: Terror attack on Paris newspaper Charlie Hebdo kills 12

Calvin Klein rolls out global Justin Bieber and Lara Stone campaign 17

Industry Super uses Channel Nine cricket theme in animated Compare The Pair ad 4

McCann Melbourne picks up AGL in pitch beating incumbent GPY&R 2

Sunrise accused of wasting time of bushfire volunteers after no-show at animal shelter 2

Coles pushes online shopping partnership with Taste.com.au in new Curtis Stone ad 3

Officeworks positions itself as ‘one stop school shop’ in back to school campaign 2

School kids put Target school uniform through their paces in new ad

Cricket dominates for Nine and Ten as Seven lags behind