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Radio National manager Louise Evans moves to News Radio after just 6 months in role 1

Westpac joins the nighttime economy in new campaign 9

BWS launches new positioning encouraging customers to celebrate daily victories with a drink 16

Energy Safe Victoria hosts awkward barbecue to promote safety

ME Bank unveil new campaign from CumminsRoss

Digital agency BlueArc goes into voluntary administration 7

2m+ tune in for Melbourne Cup on Seven 6

Fairfax Media journalist Ricky Sutton’s role in Milly Dowler voicemails outlined at News of the World phone hacking trial

Fred Hollows Foundation searches for world’s happiest advertisement

Morning Update: Nov 6 – New Lego ad ‘perfect’; AOL’s revenue rises; PR director fired for careless tweet 2

Woolworths hires former Gillard advisor as supermarkets head of comms 4

Southern Cross Austereo: We didn’t expect Kyle & Jackie O announcement to hit share price 5

Studio 10 sinks to zero viewers in Perth 8

Redundancies made at BlueArc 7

Foxtel unveil new ‘makes you think’ brand position with star-studded ad

Blogger launches cooking magazine for busy parents 7

Mindshare’s Paddy Douneen moves to marketing role at myPlates 3

Sportsbet creates comedy videos for Melbourne Cup

Thor thunders to the top of the Aussie box office

Wake Up debuts with 52,000 with just 29,000 watching first half hour 18

Morning Update: Nov 5 – “We’ll really miss you Mrs. K”; Publicis-Omnicom merger unopposed; YouTube pulls off ‘watchable’ Awards Show

Announcing the Mumbrella Content Marketing Academy 11

Southern Cross Austereo shares lose $130m after Kyle Sandilands departure 2

Adam Ferrier and Sean Cummins to present their agency vision at SAGE 1

Big W launches Eric Stonestreet Christmas campaign 5

RACQ there to rescue Queenslanders in need says new campaign

McCann Melbourne named London International Awards’ Agency of the Year 1

Bauer Media Group set to merge Cleo and Dolly teams 6

Radio Ratings: Perth – Mix 94.5 takes ratings lead from 96FM

Radio Ratings: Brisbane – 97.3FM holds onto ratings crown

Murdoch: Ignorant consultants responsible for News Corp’s financial woes 18

Radio ratings: Melbourne – Nova100 takes top spot in FM 1

Radio Ratings: Adelaide – Mix102.3 holds onto top spot again

Australia’s Got Talent reaches just over 1m in absence of The X Factor

Radio ratings: Sydney – 2UE becomes least listened to commercial station as smoothfm continues its march 14

Morning Update: Nov 4 – Google’s Nexus 5 ad tugs on heartstrings; Coulson told news editor ‘do his phone’; Most shared ads of October

Nick Baker named marketer of the year as Dumb Ways To Die dominates ADMA Awards 2

ARN boss Ciaran Davis: Talks have commenced with Kyle & Jackie O 2

CEO of CarAdvice.com.au dies unexpectedly – memorial service tomorrow 2

Anna Reid appointed Sydney Opera House marketing director 3

McCann Melbourne team up with Metro Trains and publish tongue-in-cheek race-day guide 4

CJZ makes former Shine boss Matt Campbell CEO 2

Tooheys Extra Dry combats ‘mouth abuse’ in new campaign 7

Bevan Lee: ‘Broadcasters encouraging audience conversations makes my blood run cold’ 6

Richie Benaud commentates costumes in new commercial for Cricket Australia

Mumbrella360 video recap: You don’t have to be a sadomasochist to work in China but it helps 4

One Green Bean wins Westfield PR account after competitive pitch

Fiveaa Adelaide breakfast radio host Keith Conlon to retire

VicHealth asks what kind of drinker are you in new digital campaign 2

Bauer buys APN New Zealand Magazines titles

Indigenous drama Redfern Now draws 600,000 viewers

Kyle and Jackie O Show to end 40

Morning Update: Nov 1 – Haunted Honda Civic; Top 20 Halloween Vine and Instagram videos; Brooks-Coulson affair revealed to jury

Screen Australia contributes to $400,000 YouTube content fund 8

smoothfm to become Foxtel music channel 1

Optus promote ‘My Plan’ with Halloween-themed campaign

Ten reveals jump in video views after tenplay launch 3

AAP to close Papua New Guinea bureau

TV, radio and outdoor media buying to embrace automation technology in 2014 1

Private Media promotes Marina Go to CEO 10

War of the Worlds on Radio 2SER has Sydney under alien invasion for Halloween eve 1

SBS tipped to axe Ellen Fanning’s The Observer Effect as network unveils plans for World Cup year 3

Army targets women with its latest GPY&R campaign 2

BMW targets technology lovers with campaign for all-electric car 1

Nine goes for scaled down upfronts ahead of IPO 1

Gruen Planet finishes the right side of 1m 4

Morning Update: Oct 31 – The best Halloween ads of the last decade; Ex-News of the World staff plead guilty; Facebook revenue win 1

News Corp Australia winds back national news desk 1

Red Rooster’s ‘RoosterRaps’ is perfect getaway food suggests new campaign

Planet Video print ad recreating a scene from ‘The Shining’ too violent for the ASB 4

Screen Australia relocates HQ to save $2m over 10 years

Finding your agency’s creative spark to be discussed at SAGE

White Ribbon campaign uses tourism focus to uncover Australia’s “dark secrets” of violence 2

Renault Koleos campaign brings together ‘beauty’ and ‘capability’ 4

Katy Perry at the Opera House takes Seven’s Sunrise to biggest ratings of the year 4

Morning Update: Oct 30 – Scooby-Doo stars in ad; Phone hacking trial warned of prejudice risk; AMC orders more of ‘The Walking Dead’

You face constant bushfire risk, fire service tells residents 1

Sydney Opera House commemorates 40th anniversary with online video series

Bushfires grow advertising spend 2

‘Curiosity’ herds sheep in NZ in new Qantas Frequent Flyer ad 1

AAP to sell media monitoring service to iSentia 1

Museum Victoria launch ‘Wominjeka’ campaign promoting First Peoples exhibition

Captain Phillips tops the Australian box office

The secrets of promoting your agency to be shared at SAGE

Announcement of X Factor winner Dami Im draws 2.431m

Morning Update: Oct 29 – E-cigarette ad spotted in kids’ app; Phone hacking trial underway; Media outlets embrace events

James Proctor launches Melbourne agency One Small Step Collective 2

New retail agency Pencil&Pixel aims to link traditional and digital 1