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Big Brother and How I Met Your Mother win over 25-54s

Mumbrella360 shortlisted as best conference

Ten rolls out the stars for new tenplay ad 6

Fox FM’s Matt & Jo show to end as Sandilands Nova rumours circulate 4

Boost Mobile’s zombie wars takes branded entertainment grand prix 2

Morning Update: Oct 4 – How to do a tourism ad; Macca’s first digital officer; Twitter growing but unprofitable; Newspapers & audiences

Coffee Break Project collaborates with made4media in new ad

Fox Sports launches new A League campaign 5

Leo Burnett Melbourne collect ‘fun facts’ to promote Seek Learning

Seven West Media unveils restructure with promotions for Burnette and Chan 6

Kneebone: TV networks ‘disengaged’ and ‘disinterested’ in branded content 8

First look at Chris Lilley’s Ja’mie: Private School Girl unveiled 2

Hadley accepts ACMA ruling but takes aim at complainant Wayne Swan 12

David Holmes appointed CEO of AIMIA 3

Bullseye launches first in-house app Kudos 2

Agents of Shield gives Seven third straight win this week

Morning Update: Oct 3 – Burger King’s temporary rebrand; CMOs should live their brands; How the NYT describes Twitter

Audited sites go dark on data as Nielsen arrangement ends 3

Face of Old Spice Isaiah Mustafa teases Footy Show panel 6

Pet Blogger Awards add advertising categories 2

Ten staff told to talk up ‘critical’ catchup TV offering tenplay 21

2GB’s Ray Hadley broke radio rules on accuracy and corrections over budget cuts story, rules ACMA 7

BE Festival Q&A to include film, TV, media and creative powerhouses

Dancing with the Stars sweeps up for Seven

ABC to simulcast Doctor Who 50th anniversary special 3

Morning Update: Oct 2 – Employee responds to viral resignation; Apple scan your personal care products; Diana ad removed from crash site 2

Thrill of the Taste campaign marks launch of Connoisseur range 3

Ian Law dies 3

New brand work for Tourism Australia: Be Changed 17

Google launches first locally made ad with tale of the boy who feared fast bowlers 9

Federation University unveiled in Cubed rebrand

Supercheap Auto celebrate ‘Bathurst Day’ in first work from new agency

Beware cheese slice rage says Devondale in new ad by DDB 8

Expedia unveils bucket list online campaign 3

Seven storms the US drama battle with The Blacklist while Ten has a Homeland ratings disaster 12

Fairfax to close Sydney and Melbourne magazine inserts with another 45 journalist redundancies 42

The Works wins Foxtel’s Presto 1

Morning Update: 1 Oct – Twitter the musical; US watchdog reviews native advertising; Breaking Bad pulls US audience of 10m

The Roar marks shift to video with branded content 1

Inside Business to end after host Alan Kohler steps down

The Turning takes just $215,000 in opening weekend 8

Tourism NT shifts brand messaging to ‘Do the NT’ 1

L’Oreal hands media account to Carat 8

ABC’s Sally Cray to join Turnbull team 5

Grant Broadcasters drops online streaming after fee ruling 4

Victoria Doidge takes David Jones marketing role 2

Five content makers to respond to brief for briefs at BE Festival

Credit rating brand Veda turns to branded content with story of dog that bought a house 6

Hamish and Andy weigh in for AAMI’s Team Ketut 1

The X Factor wins the night as Modern Family lifts Ten

Mumbrella360 sees delegate and exhibitors numbers increase, audit shows 2

Morning Update: Sept 30 – Agency photoshops out ex employees; Bertolli capitalises on Barilla gaffe; Breaking Bad finale gets ad premium

AFL grand final averages 2.7m for Seven 1

Ten finishes week with metro audience of just 10 per cent as Sydney share dips to 6.2 per cent on Friday 4

Arnott’s asks fans to vote in new Tim Tam social media campaign 2

News Corp’s chief financial officer Stephen Rue resigns, replaced by News UK’s Susan Panuccio 1

MCM’s Lachlan Brahe to run ComScore 2

Tim Cahill pushes Oz Style aerobics in spoof for FIFA 14 4

Australian runs ‘Questions of Perception’ sales promo 4

Guy Sebastian spruiks Foxtel Play in Breaking Bad push 1

Mumbrella360 recap: Michael Beveridge on going from adland to radio (and what he learned from anonymous comments) 1

The Footy Show scores viewers for Nine while Ten is left wanting 1

Oscar-winning film maker Adam Elliot to present BE Fest Awards

Morning Update: Sept 27 – Popular science turns off comments; Did Merc steal the chickens idea?; Radio station turns off mics

Mark Carnegie on the next big media idea 25

Adam Ferrier exits Naked Communications 23

Droga features on Financial Review Magazine cover 3

Measuring effectiveness and ROI of branded content to be debated at BE Festival

Havas Media set for full launch into Australia with new management team 3

Melbourne agency The Royals to set up shop in Sydney 4

Optus closes mobile TV app due to lack of demand 1

Lee Glendinning named Guardian deputy editor

Mini Maccas for Wake Up 13

Ad watchdog dismisses complaints that White Ribbon anti-violence campaign is sexist 3

Intel collaborates with Flume for new brand work 4

The Man With The Biggest Testicles more appealing than the man with the roses 14

Ten to stream Homeland shortly after US broadcast 9

Morning Update: Sept 26 – Merc’s chicken ad, Daily Mail revenue up, Easyjet’s Twitter fail 1

APN comes out on top as Sydney bus contracts change hands

Air NZ appoints Hill+Knowlton Strategies

Cadbury goes with South African floating cows ad to relaunch Bubbly range

Sock-burning safety ad banned by ad watchdog 3

WA Tourism reveals new ‘Extraordinary lives with you forever’ campaign 8

RAC launches ‘attention powered car’ in road safety promotion 1

Crikey apologises for Metro Media Publishing claim 2

YouTube video maker Natalie Tran joins radio conference lineup 1

Myer and Telstra to share branded content’s role in retail at BE Fest

Recipe to Riches drops to 481,000 as X Factor swoops in 6