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Russel Howcroft to replace David Nobay on Recipe to Riches

Mumbrella live blog: Wednesday, April 23 3

Endota Spa encourages the public to tell their mums how they feel this Mother’s Day 1

Court rules in favour of Chinese staff dismissed by defunct Australian agency Activate Shanghai

TV Networks set dates for post Easter franchises, amid increasingly intense race for revenue 3

Subway promote breakfast with animated ad 12

Lexus dealers pitch media account, TMS on alert 3

NSW/ACT Newsagents Association removes its CEO Chiang Lim

Damon Stapleton to join DDB New Zealand

Nine makes key appointments ahead of video-on-demand service launch 2

The Saturday Paper to expand distribution into Adelaide and Brisbane 3

TEDxSydney’s Tasty Video Bits promises ‘varied and eclectic’ creative mix

Seven wins the night with over two million tuning in for MKR

Morning Update: Axe profiles history’s love stories that never happened; Two guys get slimed with food stuffs for charity; Apple marks Earth Day by trolling Samsung

Mumbrella live blog: Tuesday, April 22

Hallmark Cards makes teenagers send Mother’s Day cards in return for entry to concert 3

Red Rooster reveals customers’ favourite food to return to menu

Leo Burnett Tokyo’s Christopher Lyons joins IdeaWorks as Sydney office managing director

NRMA Insurance Crashed Car Showroom named best in show at Sydney Royal Easter Show

Fairfax Media gives notice on Pagemasters contract, up to 40 jobs in the air 9

Saatchi & Saatchi hunting for new ECD as Damon Stapleton heads overseas

Restructure of SBS’s marketing team, as Katherine Raskob departs

Wicked Campers falls foul of the ad watchdog over ‘inappropriate’ slogans 10

Ad watchdog dismisses complaints over Gok Wan Target ad describing breasts as ‘assets’ 3

WSFM and Gold rebrand to target Generation X 3

Staples Australia use brands’ ‘Ts and Cs’ in campaign for highlighters 2

West End Draught continues with its efforts to redraw the Victoria-South Australia border 1

Seven’s return of My Kitchen Rules after Easter break tops Monday ratings

Morning Update: HBO GO campaign draws on awkwardness of watching Game of Thrones with your parents; Amy Poehler returns in Old Navy ad

AFP concludes investigation of Ten over Renae Lawrence interview

Mumbrella live blog: Thursday, April 17

Ten takes news and motorsport presenter Matt White back from Seven 3

Isuzu Ute Australia withdraws competition after campaign describes it as an ‘X-rated Thailand sex tour’ 31

Buzzfeed questions Nielsen’s decision not to classify it as a news site 7

Paul Bailey promoted to editor-in-chief as Fairfax reshuffles business again 4

Southern Cross Austereo looks to digital to boost revenues 2

Commercial Radio Australia encourages audiences to buy their mum a digital radio this Mother’s Day 5

Father Bob launches crowd-funding campaign for the homeless in which he promises to sing in return for donations

Nova FM targets drink driving in radio campaign created by GPY&R Brisbane

ABC secures broadcasting rights in China which could see political shows broadcast live 1

Absolut Vodka celebrates limited edition Absolut Oz with street art

Puberty Blues lifts as news dominates another non-ratings night 1

Clemenger and OMD signal return to full service in Tasmania with new joint state leader 2

Microsoft promotes Adam Anger to lead Asia Pac ad sales

Morning Update: Ad for music school taps into music’s ability to evoke emotions; Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart social media push for production racked up 600 million impressions

Mumbrella live blog: Wednesday, April 16 1

McDonald’s pokes fun at Facebook fans to celebrate a million likes 14

SMI: Ten revenue share falls back to earth after Sochi boost 9

M.J. Bale sews contactless payment technology into ‘Power Suit’ 3

Perth’s 6PR and 96FM launch campaign targeting drivers who text while driving

Mail Online and The Guardian both get record traffic in latest Nielsen online rankings 10

Seven’s Tom & Ben’s Singapore Sling beats Ten’s Jamie & Jimmy’s Food Fight Club

Morning Update: Klondike Bar plays doctor with a hot candy nurse; Mad Men final season sees drop in ratings in the US; Maxwell House says its coffee is good, not great

Bauer Media Group to launch companion mobile apps in bid to grow masthead sales 3

M&C Saatchi wins back NRMA Insurance 12

Mumbrella live blog: Tuesday, April 15

UM loses out as Mitchells wins $137m federal government media account 12

Nielsen finds two million new online audience members amid major changes to its measurement systems 4

JWT set to return to J. Walter Thomson Company as agency celebrates 150 years 3

Kellogg’s restructures marketing, six roles made redundant 2

PR Report purchased by the journalists’ union for undisclosed amount 2

GetUp campaign calls out PM for potentially breaking pre-election promise on cuts to the ABC 21

NZ’s Super Rugby players explain connection to culture in new campaign for Adidas

Bankwest’s Garry the squirrel is off to Brazil thanks to his Qantas Transaction account 2

ACMA to appeal 2DayFM nurse prank call decision to the High Court

TV platform Zeebox to relaunch as social media site 1

APG chairman Russ Mitchinson moves from DDB to Leo Burnett 9

News and current affairs dominate as Kerry Packer’s Australian Story more popular than The Big Bang Theory 8

Secrets of social video to be shared at Mumbrella360

Morning Update: Giraffe doesn’t care about your GoPro; W+K Amsterdam debut World Cup 2014 Powerade campaign; Instagram closes Peaches Geldof’s account

Mumbrella live blog: Monday, April 14

CEO Luke Waldren departs Grey Australia 1

NSW Government announces new list of approved creative agencies 9

The Lego Movie powers through to make more than $5m for second weekend 5

Digital out of home will lift creative standards says Adshel boss

Buzzfeed international commercial chief to open Mumbrella360 4

Woolworths media pitch down to ‘big three’

Ikon Perth closes its office

ABC’s Mark Scott apologises to commentator Chris Kenny 12

Newspaper Works boss admits EMMA takeup is a ‘mixed bag’ 2

Paul Sigaloff starts as commercial director at Yahoo!7 1

TV networks invited to pitch for Qantas in-flight ad service

The Brand Agency launches ‘hard hitting’ first aid ad for St John Ambulance 4

Cuts to ABC funding would brand Abbott a liar, say Friends of the ABC

Kylie Rogers quits Ten, replaced by Melissa Fein as head of Generate 9

Head of comms at Change.org Australia to depart

Host of female artists re-record Divinyls’ I Touch Myself to encourage women to check for breast cancer 9

Ten wins 949,000 for The Biggest Loser winner announcement 4