News

Fairfax appoints Tom Armstrong as commercial director 2

Morning Update: How to ‘end the awkward’ around disabilities; Snapchat settles charges over kept messages; Russell Brand wins ‘substantial damages’ for Sun on Sunday article

Mumbrella live blog: Thursday, May 8

Fairfax staff return to work

Jack White returns to Clemenger BBDO as Peter Chapman joins Engima 1

Music streaming audience measurement ‘by end of year’ as iHeart Radio releases first local data

Foxtel quiet on future of The Face while Ten bullish on Offspring and 24 streams 4

Ticket holders frustrated as World Movies forced to cancel Secret Cinema event

14 more media industry bosses revealed for Mumbrella360 conference lineup

Honda creates bottled water brand to promote hydrogen powered car 2

BMF keeps place on MLA roster joined by The Monkeys

Mondelez global media boss says marketers need to ‘hack’ their businesses

Solo brings updates Solo Man with new tag line ‘Go hard, go solo’ 4

Fairfax strikers say it is ‘up in the air’ whether staff return to work at 3pm 5

Victoria Bitter celebrate NSW State of Origin sponsorship 3

Puberty Blues final takes 578,000 for Ten

Morning Update: Google strategist allegedly storms out of conference ‘because audience is too small’; Celebrities back dementia awareness campaign

Bedshed focuses on listening to customers in new campaign

Mumbrella live blog: Wednesday, May 7

Fairfax staff strike over redundancies 8

Police contact Gyngell and Packer over Sunday’s fight

Media journo Sally Jackson leaves The Australian for ABC media role 3

Honda highlights Space Invaders in ad for new City model

Woolworths promotes online shopping in ad from Droga5 4

Jetstar celebrates tenth anniversary with #jetstargeneration campaign 7

Fairfax announces 70-80 redundancies across production, lifestyle and photographic 25

BBC Worldwide promotes Fiona Lang to COO, amid a series of changes

Labor half way to funding its new ‘Crikey-style’ news service 4

Ten holds onto 847,000 for Masterchef as Nine wins the night with 1.896m for The Voice

Tourism Australia focuses on culinary credentials in first Clemenger BBDO campaign 16

Morning Update: Models recruited for ‘sexy’ ad; Top Gear investigated over ‘slope’ comment; Artist turns street into waterslide

Vodafone corporate affairs boss follows ex-CEO to NBN Co 5

Mumbrella live blog: Tuesday, May 6 1

SBS returns to cinema in film distribution deal with Madman Entertainment

IAB launches Video Advertising Council to push awareness

M&C Saatchi appoints Whybin’s ANZ lead to head CommBank 7

ABC to review procedures following Q&A protest 13

Change of guard for senior marketers at Schweppes 1

Police open investigation into Packer and Gyngell brawl 4

Nando’s forced to pull tactical Packer-Gyngell fight social media post over copyright 3

Office Choice introduce Joan the office manager in new campaign

New Republique restructures and lets go ECD Becky McOwen-Banks 2

Ten wins 874,000 for Masterchef launch as Nine dominates with The Voice 6

Morning Update: Water is Life’s newest ad features girl who cannot cry; Brands out in force for Star Wars Day

Zac Efron, Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne comedy Bad Neigbours tops weekend box office

Qantas launches The Voice sponsorship content 1

Mumbrella live blog: Monday, May 5 2

AAMI sets new course for life insurance products

Witchery asks for review after ad watchdog rules picture ‘sexualised’ children 11

Government set to look at new piracy legislation with emphasis on ISPs 1

News site New Matilda facing second closure next week 2

Ads from the weekend: Huggies; Bendigo Bank; Devondale; CUA; HostPlus; Simmonds

Ex-SMH executive editor Tom Burton named publisher of The Mandarin

Announcing Mumbrella PR School

Mondelēz launch Mobile Futures in Australia to harness startup talent 2

Qantas encourages customers to get creative in new social media campaign

Telstra recruit Jimmy Barnes to promote network coverage 3

Compare the Market pushes 30 June deadline in new meerkat ad

CJZ and ITV Studios beef up show development departments

The Voice launches to 2.155m, double the audience of House Rules

Morning Update: Keven Spacey in the new Call of Duty ad; Lawyers write to Barack Obama over ‘racist’ Top Gear

Holden promotes its VF Commodore Storm in spot from AJF Partnership

Ray Lawrence wins best direction in a TV commercial for NSW Teachers Federation work at ADG Awards 3

Up to 500 journalists made redundant in 2013 2

Mumbrella live blog: Friday, May 2 1

Parents of Australian journalists Peter Greste say Australian government is doing what it can

GPY&R Melbourne takes home a grand prize at New York Festivals 1

Melbourne heads of M&C Saatchi and BMF depart 7

Community radio contemplates public campaign against proposed cuts 20

Kmart refreshes campaign with new song, ‘Bom Bom’ replaced with ‘The Clapping Song’ 8

ABC forges into new media space with launch of longform tablet App ‘The Brief’ 4

Former AFR editor heading ANZ Blue Note wins Citi Journalism Award

So You Think You Can Dance final gets 495,000 for winner announcement

Prime Media founder Paul Ramsay dies 4

Expedia promotes ‘pay now or pay later’ with spot featuring a man dressed in a grass skirt

Morning Update: The Simpsons get Lego-fied in upcoming episode; BBC under pressure to sack Jeremy Clarkson over N-word claims

KFC encourages people to share something real in ad for hot rods 1

Budgets for Tourism Australia, Screen Australia and overseas marketing under threat 9

Mumbrella’s live blog: Thursday, May 1

Australian Unity takes over Melbourne’s Southern Cross station to promote its new ‘Exclusive Lifestyle Packages’ 4

My Dog celebrates the relationship between dogs and owners in new campaign

Southern Cross Austereo takes ex-Seven finance boss for CFO role

Ex-Grey CEO Luke Waldren joins former clients Sportsbet

Fairfax raids AOL London for new programmatic head 2

Bauer set for more launches 4

Fans call for return of Notebook Magazine 9

Yahoo!7 reveals this year’s nine media agency Digital Stars 3

Former DWA boss Adam Powell joins digital marketing firm Cohort 2