News

Qantas head of brand and advertising Kent Heffernan departs 1

McDonald’s in Smurfs tie-in 1

AMI ads banned by ad watchdog again 2

Viral smashes to be dissected at BE Festival 1

GPY&R launches ‘Lead the Way’ campaign for Defence Force Recruiting

Mumbrella360 recap: Gender Equality: Put Up or Shut Up 2

ACMA conducts record number of investigations into online child sexual abuse material

Hughesy and Kate to leave Nova breakfast show after 12 years 6

The Bachelor slips lower on second outing for Ten 5

Wallabies appear to prank rival teams in branded Volvo rugby stunts 6

Morning Update – Sept 10: Monopoly with cats; Nurse Inquiry delayed; Facebook & Iran

KFC’s new Zinger Pie: Thank you for accepting that hospital pass 7

First look: Bondi Hipsters- ABC2 can suck my dick 1

White House Down tops the local box office despite poor takings of $1.7m

REA takes Attenborough-style approach to life at home 3

Heath Ledger backed film set for release next year

Domain Spring campaign brings Dexter back for another Perfect Match 2

Mystery man uses his Holden to regain his memory in short film for Trax 8

Baz Luhrmann fronts Samsung short film competition 3

Telco announces ‘The new Vodafone’ 5

Advertisers launch tactical post election ads 5

Crazy cat lady and glow in the dark girl push home Devondale message 4

News appoints Damian Eales as group marketing director, replacing Corin Dimopoulos 5

Seven switches afternoon lineup with launch of Million Dollar Minute 7

Ad ruled offside because of expression on naked models’ faces 20

Arnold Furnace celebrates Jack Daniel’s anniversary with bespoke signwriting 2

Just 669,000 viewers for debut of The Bachelor 12

Morning Update – Sept 9: Hollywood business model trouble; Buzzfeed profitable; How to do sponsored content

Children’s rights drives OzChild foster care campaign 6

Hamilton Island wedding delivers ratings win for Sunrise

Nissan Pulsar’s race to hospital finally gets clearance from ad watchdog after double bans 3

ABC and Nine top election viewing but Seven’s AFL game draws biggest audience 4

Renault campaign adds a twist 2

NRMA take election campaign to the streets

Diageo’s Matt Bruhn promoted to global Smirnoff role 1

Liberal Party in last minute TV blitz, as Clive Palmer spends $2m on ads 3

Roy Morgan Research claims rival readership metric EMMA’s launch strategy may be ‘predatory pricing’ 1

Absolut has consumers collaborate with artists for The Blue Room events

Sound Alliance appoints Melanie Mahony as ‘Australia’s first native advertising editor’ 7

Abbott beats Rudd in Kitchen Cabinet ratings as duo find themselves in unexpected debate on 2DayFM 5

Whybins tops effectiveness awards, winning titles of most effective agency and Grand Effie

Morning Update – Sept 6: LG’s doomsday prank ad; Yahoo!’s new logo; How MailOnline ate news 5

MX burns for White House Down wrap 3

Make History to be Jim Beam global positioning in campaign co-created by Sydney’s The Works 1

Yahoo!7’s YSM search business closes shop in Australia 3

Insulation brand Knauf insulates Australia’s most isolated town

Musician Ricki-Lee Coulter to talk collaborating with brands at BE Festival

Budget Direct aims for ‘talkability’ with two more ads starring aliens Zeek and Zia

Ipsos offering agencies EMMA at a ‘significant discount’ 8

Tractor ad tops cinema awards 8

ABC1 grabs big viewing share with night of election themed shows 5

Morning update – Sept 5: Twitter search; Tesco ‘misleading’ horsemeat ad; Paid customer social media backlash 2

Peter Maynard appointed Adelaide GM of DMG Radio

Catchup viewing delivers Under the Dome 36 per cent growth 2

Story of Daft Punk’s outback adventure, Rolling Stone’s bar and Coca-Cola’s peace mission to be told at BE Festival

Cricket Australia campaign calls for everyone to Play Cricket 3

Free places for marketers at BE Festival networking forum

Vodafone launches new ‘Meet Red’ online campaign 3

Blogger Nicole Warne makes acting debut in Westfield film #limousine13 1

ABC Vote Compass passes 1.1 million responses 6

MJ Bale unveils collection in short film Summer Pursuits of a Well Dressed Gentleman 4

Woolworths-backed Recipe to Riches falls from top 20 in second outing

Enero boss Melhuish sees pay rise to $939,000 5

Morning update – Sept 4 Oz missing persons campaign, Man buys tweets to trash brand 1

Crabb’s Kitchen Cabinet: Rudd admits ‘scar tissue’ while Abbott owns up to ‘funk’ 1

Adelaide’s industry veteran joins Black Sheep flock 1

Ad watchdog bans strip club poster because it may show nipple 11

Shake-up at Perth’s Mix94.5 moves breakfast to Drive and Drive to Breakfast

TV’s role as a supporting medium to be debated at BE Festival

Jonathan Chancellor moves to editor-at-large of Property Observer

Announcing the return of The Agency Review

New Labor attack ad focuses on what Tony Abbott would be tweeting if he won 24

Yahoo!7 to establish set up ad exchange

Dead shopkeeper and nerds relegate Kevin Rudd to third in ratings battle while X Factor and Big Brother see off Tony Abbott

Tyrrell’s labels look for Lost Block 8

Morning update – Sep 3 Unilever’s homophobic ad, NYT on Oz election, Guardian most trusted 8

Red 2 tops Aussie box office

Jason Scott named CEO of Allure Media as Chris Janz departs 2

Tech commentator barred from Microsoft tech conference after hostile tweets at previous event 20

Red Rooster follows in KFC footsteps with ad featuring IT guy’s inside knowledge of dodgy browsing habits 4

Twitter announces Karen Stocks as first Australian MD 2

NAB launches Footify project to call AFL Grand Final in 10 languages 2

Intel to share brand funded creative process at BE Festival

Vittoria Shortt confirmed as new CommBank CMO

2DayFM lawyers seek emails to media watchdog ACMA about Kyle Sandilands ‘spider baby’ comments 3

Ten newsreader Mal Walden to retire as Stephen Quartermain moves across from sports desk 1

Audit body and Nielsen agree last minute deal to stop audited traffic data going dark

MasterChef winner announcement only just tops 1m for Ten 7