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Low ratings for Masterchef MasterClass 1

Gregor: Stepping away from running Liquid Ideas was too hard

Graduates told career prospects are bright for the communications industry 1

Adland urged to take a lead on representing ethnic diversity 5

The Iconic dumps PR team 3

Magazines take out Battle of the Media trophy 6

WIN found guilty of broadcasting measles scare story – but refuses to do on air correction 5

Australia has a ‘woeful’ lack of hashtag brand activity on Instagram 3

Mumbrella Awards winners revealed 6

Aussie marketers missing opportunities in China 1

Szubanski: it’s not easy being genuine

Zeebox CEO: pirating caused by bureaucracy 5

Jaspan: Fairfax will stop print weekday newspaper within two years 3

ABC says Bananas in Pyjamas are ‘safe’ 5

Publicis Mojo Australia appoints new national ECD 3

McLennan: Ten will be the home of event TV 7

Like a sunrise, Rhonda and Ketut, the love story continues

Twitter: Social media engagement alone “doesn’t mean anything” 7

Encore Score results revealed – Tom Waterhouse joins list of most disliked while Hugh Jackman retains public’s love 1

Battle of the Media Semi-finals: Outdoor Advertising and Magazines win 1

Gamification: getting consumer interaction for free

State of Origin dominates with 2.43 million viewers

Meet the marketers: there will be no PR takeover

Feminism debate is ‘not a cat fight’

Fairfax moves The Age and SMH websites to metered paywall 15

Agencies ‘don’t know how to get paid’ 2

Battle of the Media: Rounds 3 & 4 Newspapers and Magazines win 1

Lawrence: Gillard needs ‘very intelligent’ marketing strategy to combat Abbott 6

Andy Lark: Online anonymity breeds ‘irresponsibility’ 4

IPTV ‘goldmine’ to open doors for smaller advertisers

2GB boss says Alan Jones detractors are ‘left wingers’ with ‘bugger all’ commitment 46

Beveridge: Online abuse prepared me for working in broadcast 3

Davis: Klingons are more likely than socially conscious capitalists

Ferrier: agencies are too closed minded 5

ACMA improves closed captioning with Television Captioning Quality Standard

PRIA President: social media is a ‘train smash about to happen’ 6

Australian ad industry ‘too vanilla’ 5

Aussie John: Waterhouse failed to understand TV is a ‘sensitive space’ 3

Nine CEO David Gyngell concedes Nine went too far with Tom Waterhouse 3

Coles CMO: ‘I don’t care what adland thinks’ 34

Battle of Media: Rounds 1 & 2 Cinema and Outdoor Advertising win 3

TV Ratings: Masterchef gets a lift drawing 860,000 viewers

Mumbrella 360 starts today 1

Record numbers for Mumbrella360 as online sales close 1

AAP restructure sees loss of 20-25 editorial jobs 2

The Guardian to look at joining Australian Press Council — but not yet 5

Fairfax MMP closes seven suburban newspapers in Melbourne 3

Travis Johnson appointed CEO of Mnet 6

Spicks and Specks delayed until 2014 5

Ray White boasts its Know How in breaking campaign 24

Job site eschews nominative determinism 1

AussieMite continues its Catholic battle 17

Masterchef’s first Monday episode rates just 739,000 13

The Encore interview: Baz Luhrmann

Le Tan gets burned over ‘Pasty White Skin’ campaign 6

Coles calls in One Direction 12

The Great Gatsby takes $7m in first few days 8

Nine secures international cricket rights, Ten gets Big Bash 4

Media coverage of Yothu Yindi’s former lead singer offends Yunupingu family 43

AussieMite: We’ve fired our agency over Catholic controversy; Grown Ups: We’re not your agency 27

Sexualised potatoes, racist cavemen and Aryan beer ad complaints dismissed by ASB 7

Dare Iced Coffee plays autocorrect 8

V8 vintage Winfield tobacco ad cleared by Health Department of breaching ad laws 3

Toyota tries for laughs in big kid ad 4

Coles’ new girl introduces new home-cooked ready meals range 5

Cinema safety ad goes live 2

Brisbane agencies to hold Cannes contender night Brisbannes 3

Sweaty Betty PR and Lorna Jane part ways 3

AussieMite tells Catholics: Sorry about our deliberately controversial ad. We had no idea it would be offensive 66

Masterchef returns with 1.1m viewers while Magazine Wars rates 846,000 8

Seven to launch afternoon show The Daily Edition 8

Doctor Who dominates Vivid Sydney projections as Matt Smith exits

Hard-hitting WorkSafe Victoria campaign tells stories of horrific accidents 1

Nation shines light on Adelaide Uni

Magda Szubanski to join Encore Score panel at Mumbrella360 1

Gruen Sweat wins Rose d’Or

BOQ unveils BWM-masterminded rebrand 16

ABC says it wants The Checkout back in 2014 6

IGA takes philanthropic approach in next part of Anh Do campaign 3

Kimberley Lee launches new agency Brand PR Social 10

Final edition of Triple J Mag released

ACMA unveils revamped website 2

Plantable postcard for Melbourne Water wins Postcard of the Year 7

Tom Waterhouse: Somehow I’ve become the face of gambling – sorry about that 23

House Rules begins to close gap on The Block

City of Melbourne says ‘find what you’re not looking for’ in DDB campaign

OMD loses Pernod Ricard account to Vizeum 1

BuzzFeed to hire three editorial staff down under 5