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Call for entries for 2013 CommsCon Awards now open 2

Mediabrands buys mobile marketing firm Mnet

Encore launches on Android

Fairfax implements new style writing courses and looks at hot-desking 16

Compare The Market introduces the meerkat 8

iSelect enters new advertising territory to reveal the ‘iSelectron’ 2

Razor’s Rupert Pay joins InMobi as head of client services 1

APN wins Brisbane airport terminal contract from Eye Corp

Holden sponsors ‘most famous sporting club in Australia’ Collingwood 7

Cadbury’s Joyville campaign re-launches on Sunday night with new TV campaign 3

PHD Melbourne hires Daniel Isaac from Mediabrands to lead global ANZ strategy team

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival campaign launches today 1

Tropfest secures SBS as broadcasting partner 1

Aussie agencies dominate Festival of Media Asia shortlist

The price is not right for Seven anymore

Encore’s new weekly edition goes live 3

Revealed: How News Limited plotted Parramatta move 17

Mescall takes national role at McCann as Sydney ECD departs 2

ABC MD Mark Scott: Take away Fairfax’s print presence and what are you left with? 7

Randling’s ratings failure was partly because of budget shortcuts admits ABC boss 10

Alana House to edit iVillage weeks after getting sack for protesting Woman’s Day story 7

Commercial television revenues fall below $2bn in the six months to December

Sportsbet gets tactical around election news 4

Ten’s Meet The Press hooks up with News Limited 3

Analysts: Election may give minor boost to lacklustre ad market 1

MKR does it again for Seven with 1.67m 3

Holden signs sponsorship deal with NRL 4

The Sapphires proves to be a gem at Australian film awards 1

Aegis merges promo and experiential agencies to form ApolloNation

PJ Hogan’s Mental gets US theatrical release 3

Big Mobile names Rob Hall first MD 1

Seven’s The Morning Show Saturday edition extended by one hour 2

Kraft moves Oreo to DraftFCB Sydney

Nine to cut jobs as part of move to ‘toughen up’ in difficult economic environment 4

Jeremy Birt returns to Australia to run Sensis operations 5

Durex’s giant cock returns for Mardi Gras 5

Kellogg’s appoints VML as digital agency 6

Bulmers: Born British 20

Wolf Creek 2 begins shooting after financial delays 6

Holden rumoured to be parting ways with McCann, AJF tipped to be in the running 4

PR’s Roxy Jacenko joins Celebrity Apprentice cast 13

David Penberthy to edit Sunday Mail 6

Guardian starts Australian edition with soft launch 9

Nine moves against fake Facebook account 5

Fairfax launches one of its ‘biggest campaigns ever’ for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald 14

Rdio goes on the music streaming attack with free trial ad-free

My Kitchen Rules puts heat on MasterChef, Rafters returns with 1.4m

Django Unchained in strong box office debut 2

Face punch ad banned for portraying violence; too soon after ‘king hit’ tragedy, rules watchdog 9

Garry Linnell: Jaspan’s remarks about SMH and Age merger are ‘complete fiction’ 13

Cheil Australia parts ways with creative director Roy Faulkner after less than a year 12

Replay: Google Hangout with BWM’s Rob Belgiovane and Paul Williams 6

My Kitchen Rules debuts with 1.4m viewers – beats MasterChef by half a million 9

BT launches campaign to ‘Prepare for the Best’ 1

Andrew Jaspan: Tabloid SMH and Age will merge and go mid-market 12

Qantas: ‘the cricket’s almost over, the global sale is now on’ 3

Telstra makes a New Year’s resolution: ‘We know we won’t always get it right, but we’ll continue to work hard’ 9

Sapphires dominate early AACTAs winners

Liberal Party ditches negative tactics to promise a ‘stronger, 21st century Australia’ 41

Sami Lukis and Yumi Stynes to start on Mix106.5 on Tuesday 8

Today Tonight facing axe 48

SPAA appoints Matthew Hancock and Rachelle Gibson 1

New show The Bump to replace Hot 30 2

New marketing boss for ING Direct

PR agency Frank creates Baywatch spoof for Aerogard 19

Radio legend John Kerr to retire from 2UE’s midnight to dawn weekend shift 8

American Idol holds audience

Neil Collins appointed PPR national social media director after short stint at ING 4

Nine News to broadcast live weekly bulletin on ninemsn

PM and Abbott to host radio shows over Australia Day weekend 1

Twitter launches video app Vine 4

SMH in copyright blunder over tweeted duck pic 28

Yellow Pages pushes app that makes your wishes come true 10

John Sintras shifts to Starcom chairman as Chris Nolan steps up to CEO 5

Today Network presenters party by the pool in new campaign 20

CBSi Australia appoints Barry McGhee as new managing director 4

Joel Pearson moves to global PHD role 6

CommBank turns a garden into a cricket pitch in new ad 2

Dumb Ways To Die’s Leah Waymark joins Mumbrella’s Meet The Marketers panel in Melbourne

UM boycotts News Limited autoplay video 24

Victoria police launches recruitment drive to make train stations safer

Ita Buttrose becomes a ‘Health Sister’ for Priceline Pharmacy in multi-campaign deal

Aussie-French cougar romance Two Mothers gets US distribution

Host launches in Singapore as first step towards Pacific network 1

Booze ad watchdog hits back at AANA: ‘If they did a better job, we wouldn’t be needed’ 2

Exclusive: Twitter execs fly in to lay groundwork for Aussie office

News Limited to switch on autoplay video 32

More jobs to go at Fairfax as Financial Review Group sends copy subbing jobs to NZ 12