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AFL ad celebrates uniqueness of Aussie rules to kick off 2013 season 30

TAC warns of dangers of texting while driving 2

Guardian Australia posts ad for ‘digital journalists’ 11

Peter Fray takes up university position 4

CommsCon conference schedule revealed 4

The Huffington Post to delay Australian launch

Planner Sophie Price joins The Hallway 10

Mediacom appoints Geoff Clarke MD Sydney 8

Saatchi and Saatchi win St George Bank account 1

Herald Sun mulls spoiler for Fairfax’s big day 3

BWM wins SsangYong car account 2

Lisa Messenger takes a punt with $1.5m launch of ‘the Vanity Fair of business magazines’ 28

2DayFM becomes 2GayFM 8

MKR leaves little room for rival shows in Wednesday’s ratings 3

Dentsu Australia hires Peter Ogden as creative director 1

Lore takes almost $100,000 at UK box office on opening weekend

ABC website hacked

Liberals release first attack ad of election year 16

Maxus retains JetStar 1

NRL claims ‘Rugby League’s got a hold on me’ in ad starring Jessica Mauboy 19

Fox FM’s Matt & Jo hit back at Catherine Deveny comments over ‘everything that’s wrong with commercial radio’ promo shot 19

Thomas Dux launches Twitter recipe campaign 6

Aussie marketers ‘wasting’ email medium with one in five emails going missing 4

Packed To The Rafters rates with 1.4m, Today beats Sunrise again 4

Building show goes into production for History Channel 1

The Encore Interview: John Edwards

Former JWT boss Noel Magnus behind consultancy The Clock’s Ticking 3

The Weekend Australian to publish Sunday edition 13

Hangout: The Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara and Packed to the Rafters’ Bevan Lee 5

Jon Steel takes consultancy role at Meerkats

Bauer appoints Tony Kendall as director of sales after Monti spends just five months at helm 8

Seven Group Holdings announces lift in profits

Bread goes free range in new campaign for Abbotts Village Bakery 4

The Block: All Stars pumping up but MKR still rules

Just one in three Aussie marketers say their content marketing is effective 6

Canon marketing chief Darren Ryan leaves after seven years

Announcing Mumbrella Asia 15

Healthdirect Australia appoints Bohemia and Workshop

Telstra launches ‘Thanks’ loyalty program 14

Beautiful Creatures tops box office on $1.15m

News Limited: Speculation on us buying Ten is ‘highly fanciful’ 12

Lore wins big at Australian Film Critics awards

Ten’s CMO Tony McMaster follows James Warburton out of the door 12

Kat Thomas becomes One Green Bean’s ECD as Matt Buchanan steps up to MD 6

Ten shares rise after Warburton firing 4

The Block tops the ratings for Nine

Damian Eales takes News role

Cabinet to discuss media reform

Will ‘Hamish the Hammer’ McLennan smash production houses? 11

Incoming Ten boss McLennan signals move towards 40+ audience 21

Warburton bows out with 8.1% ratings share on last day as Ten boss 5

James Warburton sacked by Ten board 63

Triple M scores NRL rights as 2UE launches new weekend sports show 3

Myer to hold media review 1

Three boutique agencies to merge into one with plans to expand 1

Production sector opposes local content quotas with cartoon campaign 1

New boss Breen refuses to count his chickens as Today sees strongest start to ratings in eight years

Fairfax unveils first look at compact Age and SMH 30

Printing company Geon goes into voluntary administration

Directory for freelance creatives launches in Melbourne 2

Three contest Cricket World Cup ad pitch

STW Group buys stake in digital agency Fusion 4

Former BMF managing partner Chris Kay joins 72 and Sunny 7

Fairfax delays paywall, dismisses threat from The Guardian 15

Two million consumers targeted in free product sample campaign backed by David Droga 9

The Works starts on Jim Beam’s international account in joint venture with US and German agencies 8

Australian public has ‘lost faith’ in Ten, claims former sales chief Mike Morrison 22

Ipsos hires new MD to run readership survey 1

NewsLocal pulls back on local presence and trials roving reporters 4

Nine chief Gyngell kept a detail of the Packer story out of Howzat 3

APN revenues fall but Adshel is a bright spot

Fairfax net profit $83m 6

Skins launches campaign with Marvel Comics artist 6

Glee’s awful ratings hurt Mr and Mrs Murder debut for Ten 24

Myer, Mercedes and Good Guys tops Roy Morgan’s customer satisfaction poll 1

Foxtel reveals 2013 lineup 6

Incoming Nine chairman David Haslingden buys Northern Pictures

News Limited’s Ben Godkin appointed marketing head of Cycling Australia 8

Anatomy of a media crisis to be examined at CommsCon 3

Seven West posts $109.3m loss

Management buyout at Kastner & Partners 2

Inside story of adland The Pitch to feature on relaunched SBS2 4

BlackBerry hires Tongue’s John Du Vernet as acting marketing director 2

Greens hire Republic of Everyone for election push 13

Optus restructures consumer marketing division

Rafters wins time slot with 1.3m

Subaru heads to Tasmania for latest Forester campaign 1

The Encore Interview: Henry Tajer 1