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Vittoria Coffee celebrate summer with specially designed takeaway cups 3

Addressing gender imbalances within agencies needs to come from the top down 2

Foxtel moves media buying from Mediacom to Mindshare after TV ratings irregularities 9

Ogilvy picks up Hahn following competitive pitch 3

Video hangout with Sydney New Year’s Eve creative Heath Campanaro

WPP digital agency Possible shuts doors after two years in Australia

Melissa Cullen to head Public Relations Council replacing founding chair Stuart Gregor 1

Durex continues ‘Love Same Sex’ campaign as it sponsors Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 4

Native advertising helped save us, says Sound Alliance publisher

Walkleys host Sarah Ferguson brands ABC redundancy plans ‘shark pools’ 16

Australian musicians join forces in PR and social campaign to help fight fatal disease

Nova reshuffles Melbourne management as it prepares for 2015 radio battle 5

Qantas releases second 60-second TV ad as brand push continues 11

ABC Four Corners and Fairfax journalist Adele Ferguson win Gold Walkley for bank probe 1

Upper Middle Bogan final watched by 590,000

Morning Update: Santa ditches sleigh in Expedia’s Christmas ad

WPP global planning director Jon Steel to give keynote at Mumbrella Perth

David Hearn joins Mitchell & Partners to lead strategy on Federal Government account 1

Toyota to consolidate marketing in Melbourne but agency arrangements stay the same 1

Journalism culture must change and old school hacks must ‘get over it’, says Guardian exec 9

CGU continues to celebrate small business success in ‘See It Through’ campaign 2

Buzzfeed sees challenge of making its audience aware it does news as ‘huge opportunity’

eBay set up Christmas windows to merge physical and online shopping experience 1

More than 700,000 viewers tune in for Phillip Hughes funeral 14

Foxtel, Discovery table 23 cents offer for Ten with two other bidders in play

Morning Update: Forgotten toys want to know what love is in ad for UK Freeview

Seven COO Nick Chan departs in shake-up as Peter Zavecz named as Pacific Magazines CEO 2

Australian Grand Prix Corporation releases TV ad as search continues for creative agency 1

Video hangout with Buzzfeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith 3

News Corp offers readers free digital subscriptions in exchange for their data 21

Programmer John Stephens takes over in Melbourne as caretaker as Graeme Hill resigns

‘We’re becoming a publisher’ says Tourism Australia CMO as agency creates newsroom 11

Tweets to light up Sydney Harbour Bridge on New Year’s Eve

Accenture buys up Reactive as it looks to bolster digital capabilities 9

AAMI continue with Neil and Gaz, this time promoting help line 2

Ogilvy Melbourne named M&C Saatchi’s Jo Rozario as group managing director 1

Ten receives non-binding offers ‘from a number of parties’ as deadline closes

Recipes to Riches benefits from non-ratings period against a gang of cop shows 1

Australia’s ‘largest privately owned marketing communications group’ rebrands

Absolut Vodka appoints AnalogFolk globally to handle social media 1

Choice alerts consumers to fake online reviews in digital awareness drive 3

Morning Update: Harvey Nichols ‘Could I Be Any Clearer’ Christmas ad 2

Nine and Fairfax’s streaming service Stan signs content deal with BBC Worldwide 9

The Conversation hit by denial of service hackers this morning 2

Media auditor Ebiquity beefs up processes in wake of Mediacom reporting issues 7

Westfield marks opening of new Miranda Westfield shopping centre with skateboarding video 19

Pizza Hut mimics Apple product launches in ad promoting new Doritos Crunch Crust pizza 6

Ikea uses shadows in out-of-home campaign to promote 2015 outdoor range

Myer names former Simplot CMO Tara Lordsmith as group GM for marketing 3

Mumbrella Kickstart 2015. Day 2: Announcing Summer School

Queensland brings back Sun Mum in music video about sun safety 1

Sales and marketing no longer separate divisions, says NAB marketer 1

Stockland aims to make Christmas stress-free with content filled website

Three Australians make semi-finals of Doritos’ Crash the Super Bowl competition 1

Seven wins the night but Nine wins the demos with repeat of The Big Bang Theory

Morning Update: Christmas spots from Mr & Mrs Smith and Kmart; AdWeek’s 10 best ads of 2014

Volkswagen fourth major client to query Mediacom account 6

The Hunger Games continues to dominate as Jennifer Lawrence’s Serena debuts at 10th place

IAG joins Foxtel and KFC in questions over whether Mediacom overcharged advertisers 12

Australia Post shifts media account from UM Melbourne 4

SBS to shift 58 jobs as broadcaster outsources playout operations to Deluxe Australia

Wotif prepares for next phase of ‘brave’ Wotifia campaign 2

The Dirt n Dust Festival recruit Bondi Rescue lifeguards for TV show promoting the event

Seven wins overall ratings for eighth time as Nine again wins in the demos 3

Novak Djokovic teams up with Jacob’s Creek in next phase of ‘Made By’ global push 1

Announcing Mumbrella Kickstart 2015. Day 1: The Source paywall is down

Nine’s Christmas with the Australian Women’s Weekly drops on last year but still tops night

Bruce Gordon’s representative Paul Mallam quits Network Ten board 1

Morning Update: Durex release app that lets users interact with TV ad 1

Twelve staff depart Mediacom over misreporting of TV audience numbers on clients Foxtel and KFC 25

Ooh Media lodges prospectus ahead of $289m float in December 1

iiNet media pitch down to shortlist of three

Fairfax ordered to pay $350,000 to teacher wrongly identified as having sex with students 14

Former Optus executive heads up marketing for new New York-based Virgin venture 4

ABC defends axing rugby despite receiving financial help for broadcast costs 6

Paul Franklin returns to Shine Australia after working for Shine in the US

Music streaming business model is set for ‘massive change’ warns Vevo boss 3

RSAC use puppets to urge road users to ‘Say thank you not f*** you’ 2

Crikey etches Victorian election promises in stone 9

City of Sydney rolls out Christmas branding

Seven wins night as Beauty and the Geek final watched by less than 600,000 3

Online store oo.com.au showcase products in first TV ad

Agencies who retain ‘toxic’ staff lose right to claim they are value-driven, trainer says 22

Morning Update: Sainsbury’s Christmas ad escapes investigation; Barbie pitches creative

ANZ Bank use Simon Baker to highlight number of ATMs across Asia Pacific 2

Viral anti-duck hunting video created in-house by rights group with no marketing team 11

Real Insurance splits media buying giving some elements to Nunn Media

BMW promote from within after three month search for GM of marketing