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Andrew Lamb to depart TMS 1

AIMIA boss admits awards ‘didn’t cut it’ as most attendees missed winner announcements 12

SBS appoints Naked Communications as full service agency 4

Ten posts $7.9m loss for first half with McLennan admitting programming needs to improve 13

The Block winner announcement drops on previous years 3

Ten elevates Paul Anderson to COO to share leadership role with Hamish McLennan 3

Morning Update: Veet pulls controversial ad; Apple poised to add four digital agencies; Dove’s ‘Beauty Patch’ experiment; One Direction’s 7-minute perfume ad

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne tap into the science of sleep in first campaign for TAC 2

Mumbrella live blog: April 9

Piracy: Australian brands duped by the ad fraudsters driving global piracy 8

Piracy: IAB moves to launch Brand Safety Council to tackle ad fraud

Ad watchdog rules against another ‘obscene’ Wicked Campers slogan 8

7-Eleven introduces ‘Xpandinator’ which exploits ‘prime real estate above the cup’

UM wins agency of the year at Festival of Media

Pedestrian.TV tops AMAA web survey with 37 per cent increase on last year 5

Mumbrella Awards call for entries goes live 2

Red Rooster asks customers to nominate favourite food that has disappeared from its menu

‘Tinder Takeover’ campaign for Amnesty International wins latest Creative Showcase round

ABC Radio to launch Double J with presenter Myf Warhurst 12

‘It’s a Famers Union Iced Coffee or it’s nothing’ even if it is the end of the world 1

MercerBell to handle Foxtel CRM and customer and business digital business following pitch 3

Jamie Oliver’s new food show struggles for Ten as Resurrection drops again for Seven 1

Mondelez shifts Cadbury biscuit brands from Droga5 to Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney 4

Morning Update: GoldieBlox spoofs ‘This is Your Brain on Drugs’; Thailand gives life to insurance ads

Philadelphia Cream Cheese encourages home cooks to use it in all meals

SodaStream launches new campaign for world recognition of new continent

Mumbrella live blog: Tuesday, April 8 2

Piracy: Networks turn to Aussie content and streaming to stem tide 2

Mamamia faces contempt of court probe over Robert Hughes case reporting 8

Tigerair launches ‘Infrequent Flyers’ loyalty program 7

Piracy: Call for reform to help Aussie rights holders protect their product 13

Oporto falls foul of Advertising Standards Board for ‘Carne Cartel’ ad 1

Piracy: Australians lead the world for illegal downloads of Game of Thrones 60

Qantas continue with Aquire campaign with ad featuring Bundaberg Brewed Drinks CEO

Annick Perrin to depart as Initiative Sydney MD 4

Ten’s paid prison cell ‘interview’ with Renae Lawrence delivers ratings bump 5

Nova Entertainment creates new role of group sales manager, appoints Simon Joyce 2

Morning Update: Ad warns against texting and driving; Game of Thrones settles into hit status for HBO; Taco Bell take aim at McDonald’s again; AT&T channel True Detective

OMD retains $10m SCA Group media account 1

Mumbrella live blog: Monday, April 7

Schapelle family slams Ten for airing ex-cellmate’s allegations ‘for the sake of ratings and money’ 2

PHD wins Priceline

Captain America sequel makes over $6m while Lego Movie pulled $5.7m 1

Razorfish Australia co-founder Iain McDonald departs 7

Ten confirms it paid for interview with former Schapelle cellmate Renae Lawrence 26

SBS Comedy launches Game of Thrones parodies

Wicked Campers falls foul of ad watchdog again for ‘fat girls are harder to kidnap’ slogan

Daily Telegraph and NewsLocal launch ‘biggest ever’ campaign for Western Sydney 4

CGU Insurance celebrates small business owners in ‘See it through’ campaign 1

Ignite Media Brands to close after MCN takes last big client 7

Bupa hands creative to Big Red 7

Fairfax rubbishes claims Sun-Herald editor Kate Cox has been demoted 3

RadiumOne hires SCA’s Adam Furness as director of enterprise platform sales 9

The Block wins biggest audience yet with 1.829m on fragmented viewing night 1

Thankyou Group showcases products in explainer ads 1

Morning Update: British grandparents focus of British Airways campaign to reunite expats; Topple this statute of King Joffrey using your Tweets

Mumbrella live blog: Friday, April 4

Fox Sports launches online community forum The Crowd 2

Todd Sampson rules himself out of Recipe To Riches 2

Nine axes Australia’s Got Talent 8

Mitsubishi asks consumers to change their view of SUVs 1

Australia gets most awards in first APAC Effies

McCann creates a ‘Keep it Clever’ campaign for Universities Australia 8

Eaon Pritchard joins creative agency Red Jelly 2

ACMA launches ‘Be Deadly Online’ campaign aimed at indigenous cybersafety

Clemenger BBDO Sydney’s Telekenize the Rainbow scoops AIMIA top gong 1

So You Think You Can Dance hits lows and highs as Seven’s share slumps 1

Queensland Police Credit Union positions itself as the bank for everyday heroes

Morning Update: Waitrose ad uses homegrown carrot to illustrate staff structure; the most effective ads of 2014; and Samsung ropes Obama into selfie brand campaign

Sydney managing director Pat Crowley leaves Ikon after 12 years for Match Media 5

Mumbrella live blog: Thursday, April 3 2

Budget Direct’s aliens turn to smart technology 5

Droga5’s David Nobay confirms departure from Recipe to Riches

Pitchdoctors: Agencies need to learn to say no to clients in race to the bottom 10

Mediabrands announces ‘first’ outdoor digital programmatic trading platform 1

News Corp appoints Cameron King to lead programmatic, confirms exit from joint exchange 5

Ellen Fanning to fill in as presenter of RN Breakfast 1

iiNet host virtual experience at MCG as part of sponsorship of Hawthorn 1

Creative Garry Horner joins JMK as it rebrands to Matterhorn 2

Sustainable beef and lamb farmers want people to become ‘Bettertarians’

MKR elimination wins 1.64m for Seven as The Block posts another Wednesday night high 2

Lego gets new chief marketer with promotion of sales boss

Morning Update: Nissan celebrates role a car plays in family; Nicole Kidman unrecognisable in Jimmy Choo ad

CEO claims Nine’s new data division Tipstone puts Google in ‘second tier’ 11

The Hoopla set to charge for content with paywall 18

Mumbrella live blog: Wednesday, April 2 1

Cricket Australia creative account out to pitch

Police injunction forces Herald Sun to stop the press