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New Zealand Symphony Orchestra launches campaign promoting 2014 season

News and current affairs dominate TV schedule

Morning Update: Chuck Norris tops Van Damme’s Epic Split; Cheeky ad for used Nissan

2013 – A year to forget for 3

Bank of Melbourne targets children with new animated cinema ad

Ed Kavalee to join The Grill Team on Triple M breakfast in Brisbane 4

Junior creates ‘sun mum’ to nag young Queenslanders about sun safety 3

AAP sale of media monitoring service to iSentia sparks monopoly fears from ACCC 5

ARN’s rebranded Kiis 1065 Sydney faces legal threat from Melbourne’s Kiss FM 8

Change.org to launch new ‘decision-maker tool’ aimed at brands and decision makers 1

ZenithOptimedia wins $10m Henkel account from MEC 1

Naked Communications Melbourne wins Kinetic Super account 4

Myer celebrate giving with ‘Power of Give’ candid camera fundraising campaign 2

Realestate.com.au tell Christmas story of expectant couple Mary and Joe in online series 6

General Pants celebrates Christmas with discounts and twerking GIFts

Seven takes lead with Highway Patrol as Nine’s Hostages sinks to lowest ratings yet 1

BWM ends year with five new creative appointments 3

BMF appoints Carlos Furnari as creative director 1

2013 – The most eligible industry players of the year 1

Virgin Mobile undecided whether ‘Game of Phones’ will return in 2014

Morning Update: Apple has a ‘John Lewis’ moment; Monash University’s recruitment ad 2

2013 – The most complained about ads of the year 1

Autumn:01 team up with MTV to produce travel website MTV Travel Co

Ten board grilled by angry shareholders as AGM approves $200m loan 13

Dan and Maz to host national Drive Show for Southern Cross Austereo’s Today Network

Chinese group BlueFocus takes majority stake in We Are Social 4

Tiger Pistol launches Pistol Labs to provide end-to-end social strategy

Judi Hausmann to launch Hausmann School of Public Relations 11

Brands celebrate the return of the Ashes to Australia 5

Rhubarb&Custard appointed to lift Big W’s fashion credentials 1

Ooh Media reports increase in revenues and appoints new chief operations officer

XRay Doll create dark images to promote Peek Tours’ ‘The Rocks Pub Walk’

Australia regains The Ashes in front of 937,000 viewers

ZenithOptimedia retains $81m Reckitt Benckiser 12

Seven loses V8 Supercars broadcast rights to Ten and Fox Sports 23

Morning Update: #XMASJammies; Facebook launch auto-play video ads; 10 most sexist ads

Scoopon fined $1m after Federal Court rules company misled consumers 1

Channel Ten breached ACMA licence code by showing Ripper Street promo during Masterchef 3

Fairfax boss Garry Linnell to host 2UE breakfast show and Angela Catterns returns to radio 42

Creative agency Joy appoints head of strategy

5 Seeds sells itself as ‘not your ordinary cider’ in new campaign from BMF 6

Politifact Australia to enter ‘hiatus’ period

Ad market flat but Nine and Ten record summer advertising boost 1

The Ashes wins 1.64m for Nine as Seven takes second place

Greg Ellis quits as CEO of REA Group for ‘overseas’ role 1

Credit union promotes its McGrath pink Visa credit card to men 1

Mail Online bumps The Guardian out of top 10 Australian news websites 8

Morning Update: Coke celebrates parenthood; Volvo Van Damme split most popular ad

ABC TV restructure abolishes controllers with new head of content role 6

DDB NZ ECD Andy Fackrell to move to Sydney to take on regional creative director role

Clemenger BBDO wins $10m unified Stockland account

CumminsRoss takes two creatives from Clemenger BBDO Melbourne 2

ARN marketing executive moves to Warner Music as head of digital

Coles launches movie ticket offer ahead of Christmas holidays

Grill’d uses animated infomercial with decapitated cow to sell grass-fed meat 44

Aussie Ashes domination reflected by Nine with a 30 per cent audience share 1

News Corp appoints Lindsay Chappel to head NSW marketing 1

McCann poach Wunderman’s Brent Clarke to push MRM Australia 1

The Australian’s media editor Nick Tabakoff moves to Commbank

Morning Update: Kmart puts a Christmas twist on ‘Ship My Pants’; Thank-You Batkid billboard 1

Mail Online appoints general manager for Australia and New Zealand 11

FlickerFest launches Blues Brothers themed FlickerFest promo 3

5Gum launch app which allows users to listen to their Facebook feed 6

Embers of Empathy project to raise money for Red Cross

ADT Security ads remind audiences signs of burglars aren’t ‘always your imagination’ 2

Devondale request independent review on banned flavoured milk ad 10

News Corp to sponsor digital tech start-up community Fishburners

Uber celebrates Christmas with carols and holiday treats from Adriano Zumbo

Strategy shake-up sees M&C Saatchi take Justin Graham, with Droga5 landing Jon Bradshaw 11

Bohemia takes $22.5m Vodafone buying business from Ikon 3

Better Homes and Gardens Summer wins Seven 652,000

Merrick Watts, Jules Lund, Sophie Monk and Mel B to host 2DayFM breakfast show 23

Morning Update: Grumpy cat stars in Friskies ad; House of Cards leads Golden Globe TV nominations

Budgie smuggler clad walkers to Strut the Streets for Indigenous education 1

SBS draws on national anthem to promote new documentary series 6

Jacob’s Creek launches eCard generator to help customers celebrate the holidays 1

David Gaines takes US role with Maxus Global 5

Al Jazeera Sports ‘in talks’ to buy Setanta Australia for local push 4

PANPA drop circulation categories in favour of emma audience data 2

RBT wins 764,000 for Nine but viewers tune out for Hostages

Kojo produces computer-generated automotive ‘first’ for Mazda 5

Carlton Dry shows audiences what it means to say #HelloBeer in new ads 9

Paul Sigaloff to follow Ed Harrison to Yahoo!7 as commercial director 5

Morning Update: Beastie Boys countersue GoldieBlox; Murdoch greeting cards available 2

2UE tipped to put John Stanley in breakfast instead of Dicko and Sarah 15

BMF introduce ‘Hipster Santa’ to promote shopping centre during Christmas 23

DDB Melbourne’s new Open Universities campaign features childlike dreams 6

Fairfax’s Ed Harrison appointed CEO of Yahoo!7 16