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Victoria targets ice use in drug awareness campaign 3

Brand New Media hires Lisa Hudson and confirms new IPTV food channel 2

Mumbrella nominated in two categories at 2014 Australian Event Awards

Liquid Ideas picks up Fairfax events work and builds out content team

Bonds invites women to create their own ‘boobicons’ in latest phase of BOOBS campaign 2

Powershop portrays rivals as ‘greedy and plain old evil’ Darth Vadar 3

Cost of Australian drama hitting networks as future of quotas called into question 9

Rugby bombs for Ten on Saturday as 60 Minutes Ashby interview can’t top Sunday Night 4

APN NZ beefs up senior management, including Myer’s general manager of online

NRMA Insurance introduces new positioning in first campaign from M&C Saatchi 35

Ten to run local version of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here in 2015 9

New RID insect repellent campaign asks for nomination to trek through Amazon in their undies 2

Mnet Australia gets Best in Show as Unilever dominates APAC Smarties awards

Presto boss: ‘Netflix in Australia will be an inferior product’ 18

Online betting comparison website Kruzey creates suggestive launch TVC 3

Melbourne Racing Club promotes Caulfield Cup Carnival with short film 9

Alzheimer’s Australia teams up with Ward6 for ‘simple and creative’ TV awareness drive 3

Live blog: Friday, September 5 1

Efficiency review author Peter Lewis tipped for the ABC board 1

Documentary to explore reasons behind box office slump of Australian movies 26

Wolf Blass returns to TV in move to ‘re-engage’ with consumers 2

Southern Cross Austereo launches advertising barter e-commerce platform My Local Auction 1

Turner Broadcasting boss says pay-TV challenged as millenials think content is free 2

Doritos brings back Crash the Super Bowl competition 1

Sunbeam uses neuro research to find men who cook are more appealing to women 3

Humans turn the tables on animals as The Bachelor beats Seven’s odd couples

AJF Partnership scoops top Effie award as Clems Melbourne grabs three Golds 6

ASTRA chair calls for ‘handbrake’ of media regulation to be removed

Journalist union withdraws copyright submission saying it was ‘never intended’ to support internet filter 3

Video Hangout with Pandora’s Steve Hogan 5

Peter Biggs retires as CEO of Clemenger BBDO Melbourne 8

Live blog: Thursday, September 4

Nick Worthington to be keynote speaker at next month’s BEfest, as draft program is revealed

Foxtel slashes prices and puts more premium content in basic package in bid to tackle threat of streaming rivals 35

Chrissy Blackburn departs The Leading Edge

Freeview boss concedes its HbbTV regional offering is ‘complex’ due to absence of Prime and WIN 1

Woolworths rapped over guerilla marketing on side of ABC Adelaide head office 12

News Corp’s Daily Telegraph raises price of eNewspaper app by 320 per cent 20

Fairfax gets all-clear for $50m acquisition of All Homes

Industry Superfunds target banks in new ad 1

The Bachelor continues to build for Ten but Extant finishes sixth in timeslot

Nielsen set to battle GfK to retain IAB online audience measurement contract

Motorcycle Grand Prix ad campaign switches focus to ‘risk-taking’ nature of sport 2

‘We used to mail every Australian, alive or dead, often’, says Amex digital marketing chief 3

Coles celebrates start of spring with Curtis Stone fronted ad

Live blog: Wednesday, September 3

PR agency won’t repeat journalist awards following complaint from recipient 27

New Idea warns rivals not to rip off exclusive Brangelina wedding snaps in legal letter 7

MLA hands lamb campaign to the Monkeys with future of ‘lambassador’ Sam Kekovich in doubt 2

Ford offers customers $200 to test drive Ranger in bid to claim customers from Toyota Hilux 5

Coles head of communications Jon Church to depart 1

Carat Sydney hires OMD’s Georgie Nichols as GM of Sydney 4

M&C Saatchi appoints Ogilvy & Mather’s Kate Smither as group strategy director 9

Seven’s audience dips as Nine improves, while Family Feud was Ten’s highest rating show 1

Brandscreen appoints Adstream’s Robert Manning as VP for APAC

Commonwealth Bank media pitch down to three

Celebrities front CommBank campaign celebrating school banking 4

Live blog: Tuesday, September 2 3

Queensland government ‘red cards’ anti-social alcohol-related behaviour in new campaign 4

Into The Storm uses augmented reality technology in outdoor campaign to promote release date 2

Whybin\TBWA ECDs Dave Bowman and Matty Burton quit to be partners in Special Group 15

H&R Block ad faces calls to pull campaign featuring ‘non-consenting’ Asian elephant 16

Media buyers welcome potential of Freeview Plus, but warn networks not to over-promise 7

Marketers struggling more than ever with data explosion, ADMA chief warns 3

Good Weekend celebrates its pictures and stories in 30th anniversary campaign 4

Big W tests Father’s Day gifts

SMI and Mumbrella to present snapshot of adspend and economic outlook 1

Bondi Hipster’s real-life story beaten into third by reality TV as Nine wins the night

APN considers spinning off NZ assets

Experienced media executive Doug Flynn quits Seven West Media board 1

Slow weekend at box office sees new Woody Allen and Ethan Hawke films bomb 8

Live Blog: Monday September 1

Kiis1065 pulls down ‘inappropriate’ naked photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence 2

Blogger agencies dispute findings that ‘mummy blogging’ is on the wane 4

Freeview boss aims for HbbTV in 10% of Australian households in first year 4

Seven confirms HbbTV services around Australian Open but rivals remain tight lipped

Press Council board rebukes The Australian over attacks on regulator 2

Kennards Hire uses sponsorship of The Block as launch pad for new campaign 1

Mumbrella to hold free content marketing discussion

McCann uses pop-up storybook to warn of the dangers of human trafficking and exploitation 3

MediaCom Match and UM lead nominations for MFA Awards 1

Enero folds BMF’s Melbourne office into Naked with Tom Ward to head agency 1

The Block helps Nine win night as ABC’s Doctor Who and ANZAC Girls most time shifted shows

Ten launches new Dragon’s Den style reality show Shark Tank 10

Former Ipsos executives join forces to launch insights consultancy start-up

John Cleese talks Llamas in fourth Bankwest spot 3

AFL ramps up Don’t go Quietly campaign with Face the Finals Facebook extension 9

Arnie brands Austria the ‘lucky country’ in latest Realestate.com.au ad 1