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Motivational speaker returns in Aldi campaign

Rhonda and Ketut are finally kaput as AAMI moves to end three year campaign 3

Fujitsu reveal ex-cricketer Mark Taylor’s hidden Mandolin talent

Ten fails to build audience for Secrets and Lies as Love Child holds over 1m 7

Ten and Seven head to court after programmer John Stephens elects to stay with former employer 5

Morning Update: Old Spice ad sees Terry Crews act out stubble; Sarah Silverman in Orbit Gum ad; Earthquake causes mayhem during news broadcast

Seven has stopped Deal or No Deal to ‘focus on Million Dollar Minute’ admits host Andrew O’Keefe 6

Mumbrella live blog: Monday, March 17

George Clooney’s The Monuments Men dominates weekend box office

Hangout with Weekend Sunrise hosts Andrew O’Keefe and Monique Wright 6

SBS pitch down to a shortlist

Majority of industry workers ‘lack digital competence’ claims new report 7

MEAA vote on move to appointed CEO tipped to be approved

Ikea chief marketer Rebecca Darley quits

Mother Energy promote new Revive product with campaign from McCann 3

Channel Nine launches ‘live and local’ breakfast news in Perth 3

VCCP moving into more tailored ads for comparethemarket.com.au 1

Bonds targets men in new ads from Clemenger BBDO Melbourne 1

Former AIMIA boss launches digital consultancy with industry body partnership

MEAA welcomes court decision on Rinehart-Ferguson costs and calls for national shield laws

Lachlan Murdoch to appear at Mumbrella360

Formula One wins 1.3m for Ten as The Block tops the night thanks to Seven’s AFL coverage 3

Managing director of Macquarie Radio Network Rob Lowenthal quits 4

Morning Update: Email turned into ad for World Down Syndrome Day; Should the advertising world boycott Israel? 1

Dentsu Aegis rebrands Mitchell & Partners Brisbane as Carat 2

Nielsen charts show surge in catch up TV viewing as news rankings remain stable

STW chief Chris Savage and ACMA’s Tom Burton complete CommsCon lineup

Coles promote Heston Blumenthal hot cross buns with scented ad 1

NRMA Insurance to launch Crashed Car Showroom next week

Mumbrella live blog: Friday, March 14

Mail Online poaches two more Sunday Telegraph journalists 1

2DayFM wins appeal to suppress an ACMA report into ‘Royal Prank call’

Crikey searches for new editor with Jason Whittaker to launch The Mandarin 1

Joe Hildebrand to host CommsCon Awards

RACV $14m up for review, MediaCom on alert

Ikon Melbourne MD Trudi Sampola moved to national talent role amid restructure 1

AJF Partnership promotes News Corp AFL footy card giveaway 1

Ogilvy Sydney draws on American Beauty to promote Primo bacon 39

Nick Feik promoted to editor of The Monthly, John van Tiggelen to become staff writer

Missing Malaysian Airlines investigation wins timeslot for Seven as The Block records highest ever weeknight audience

Mumbrella Social Media Academy returns for 2014 2

AFP drops investigation into Seven’s Schapelle Corby interview

Morning Update: Another ‘First Kiss’ parody; Princess Diana ‘supplied News of the World with royal phone directory’; Sir David Frost honoured 1

Nib’s latest ad has women falling over their feet

Deloitte asks ‘What would you do?’ in interactive video for NZ graduate recruitment campaign 3

Mumbrella live blog: Thursday, March 13

Changed role for in-house PRs to be explored at CommsCon 1

IAB dismisses page impression metric in search for best online measurement

A Current Affair rejects Malaysian journalists suggestions its report was ‘bad journalism’ 3

The Checkout takes aim at Swisse again over claims made to Mumbrella over labels

Foxtel launches Presto ads while Quickflix says new offer is good for the sector 3

Target brings back Gok Wan for Autumn collection

Lack of Aboriginal people in advertising target for new pathways program 8

Mark Buckman promoted to executive role at Telstra as Rick Ellis departs 2

Puberty Blues drops as The Blacklist and Inside Story gain 6

Morning Update: Duracell heats bus shelter; CBS signs up ‘Big Bang’ for three more years

Postcodes used for stats to highlight how reviewproperty.com.au provides suburb and lifestyle information

Charlie Pickering to leave The Project next month 13

Presto launches with Shaun James at the helm 3

Mumbrella live blog: Wednesday, March 12

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne and VML pick up awards at SXSW Interactive Awards

PR at the cutting edge of technology and social media to be showcased at CommsCon

ABC cleared of asylum seekers bias despite report with ‘sole purpose’ to get sympathy for people smugglers 6

BBC Worldwide commissions first series for new channel with ‘epic and ambitious’ series Banished

CHE Proximity creates ‘Alert Shirt’ for Foxtel which allows AFL fans to experience the physical world of the game 8

AMAA cracks autorefresh transparency problem in bid to get big publishers into web audit 2

Announcing the Programmatic Trading Mumbrella Masterclass

DDI promotes Private Media’s Crikey

Cronulla Sharks feed opposition’s jerseys to Great Whites 5

Mr and Mrs Cheese elimination wins 1.7m for Seven as The Block grows Tuesday night audience to 1.158m

Optus continue to target Telstra despite court ruling 3

M&C Saatchi takes The Monkeys head of digital Ben Cooper as group innovation director 4

Ten shifts So You think You Can Dance to Thursday night 30

Morning Update: Miss Piggy launches lifestyle brand; First branded parody of viral ‘First Kiss’ ad

Toyota reveals new ad by OddfellowsDentsu 4

Mumbrella live blog: Tuesday, March 11

BMF and 303Lowe among agencies to agree to not use apes in adverts 3

Ladbrokes Australia promotes new eftpos card with campaign from The Really Quite Good Ideas Company 2

New government relations Liberal landscape to be explored at CommsCon

Changes to Privacy laws explained in hangout with ADMA CEO Jodie Sangster 3

Commercial Radio Australia tells music streaming industry to fend for itself on measurement 1

A ‘fairytale ending’, unexpected drop and new world order for radio bosses in Sydney 2

Agency FCB drops the Draft from its name seven years after the merger 1

DDB Sydney launches print campaign for Volkswagen Genuine Accessories 5

Telstra fined after breaching privacy of 15,000 customers 2

Perth radio ratings: Mix94.5 remains number one with little movement in market 2

Brisbane radio ratings: 97.3FM regains top spot from Nova 106.9 3

Adelaide radio ratings: Mix102.3’s Fun Breakfast maintains breakfast crown 1