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Louise Pogmore to launch PR offering at The Hallway 3

Undertow Media wins Jetstar PR account

Sydney radio ratings: Alan Jones increased audience in wake of PM furore 8

Naked Communications Melbourne makes three hires 5

Pandora’s first hire packs punch with Huxley as MD 9

1m+ audiences tune in to hear from prank call presenters 8

Melbourne radio ratings: Mix and Nova close gap with Fox FM

Radio ratings: Today Network sees falls in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, while competitor widens gap in Brisbane 2

Pitch Perfect opens solidly for Universal 5

Wunderman Australia ECD Matt Batten takes top creative role in the UK 4

Granada Media Australia rebrands as ITV Studios Australia

SCA axes Today Network’s Hot 30 in response to nurse’s death 2

Burning Man editor wins at Australian Screen Editors Awards

Sharri Markson is appointed editor of Cleo 2

Coles chooses Matt Skinner to front another booze brand – Liquorland 4

Today Network boss: We tried to call the hospital five times before airing prank call 17

RCPA borrows from Monty Python to create a world without pathology 4

Southern Cross Austereo shares slump by $66m after prank phone call death 9

MFA appoints Kraft marketer Sophie Madden as first CEO 1

OgilvyOne Melbourne hires Andrew Pink to lead strategy 3

Although Today Network’s Royal prank call was national, regulator can only investigate Sydney station 2Day FM 4

PacMags launches Bike magazine 10

Commercial Radio Australia launches Christmas campaign 2

Hackers group and pressure group Sack Alan Jones join attack on Today Network 27

SCA pulls ads on Sydney’s 2Day FM, but retains them on rest of Today Network 9

Today Network boss: We broke no rules over prank call to nurse 21

Coles is first major brand to withdraw from Today Network over nurse’s death 10

Media watchdog to hold talks with Today Network over prank call linked to nurse’s apparent suicide 5

Nurse who put through Today Network prank Royal call ‘has committed suicide’ 36

Radio ad revenue up in November

Demonic thriller set to shoot in Perth in February 3

Travel Corporation appoints Bohemia for $7m media account

Shine Australia sets eyes on drama production with another INXS story 3

Carlton Draught offers women the night off from doing their partners’ ironing 61

Nash Edgerton’s The Captain joins Sundance Film Festival

Merrick Watts remakes ’80s Tourism Australia ad for MLA 1

Outdoor price war looms as APN Outdoor offers discounts and 60% more panels

Contiki Holidays repositions with ‘#noregrets’ to boost youth appeal 6

NewsLifeMedia appoints Victoria Carey editor-in-chief of Vogue Living and Country Style 1

Fiat Chrysler: a shift from retail to brand advertising has helped lift sales this year 6

Tourism Australia unveils new $200,000 logo 46

MCM Media restructures as sales chief Matt Tindale departs 1

Kellogg’s marketing chief John Broome: we’ll take more risks next year, the FMCG category has got too conservative 5

Ten to raise $230m in capital, concedes ‘our execution has been poor’ 6

Production sector: government has short changed us on content quotas 32

Diageo launches its first ever Australian cross-category campaign 2

Jason Clarke to star in Mojave

OMD Brisbane promotes Rob Swinton to MD and head of strategy 3

Lego’s Festival of Play comes to an end with video animation ‘The Lost Brick’ 4

Crawford Brown merges with RAPP Melbourne

Today Network duo trick nurse into revealing details about Princess’ medical treatment 40

Motion Picture Company produces web series about a world where charity meets porn

Carlton Dry launches ‘Hello Beer’ outdoor push 14

DTDigital drops ‘digital’ from its name, relaunches as creative technology agency 7

Carlton comms chief Ian Coutts leaves after 20 years of service

Thanks to Rhonda, AAMI is Mumbrella’s Advertiser of the Year 16

Turtle sandwich in tuna fishing awareness campaign for Greenpeace 3

Ten shares suspended for fund raising 2

TAC brings back Naked

Former Grey chairman Paul Gardner joins ASM Liquor, ad pitch for new and existing brands to follow 1

Sensis appoints Kelly Brough as digital chief

Free TV viewing hits fragmentation milestone 5

303Lowe hires Phil Watson as direct CD 1

November ad of the month shortlist announced 1

Seven to air ‘outrageous sitcom’ about Muslim community leader 14

Cowan Design appoints ex-Campaign Palace boss Tom Cooper as Australasian MD 4

Mix 106.5 puts Rosso in drivetime; Yumi Stynes and Sami Lukis host breakfast; Ant Simpson departs 11

McCann launches production unit Craft 2

Screentime’s Bob Campbell replaces Goalpost’s Rosemary Blight on Screen NSW board 1

Grazia wins cover of the year at The Maggies 4

BCM gives students a baptism via Pinterest 1

Top of the Lake to screen at Sundance Film Festival

Vok Beverages launches ‘brave and edgy’ campaign for Bearded Lady bourbon 18

Andrea Ingham to head Southern Cross Austereo national sales 5

Melbourne cinematographer wins New York Film Critics Circle Awards for Osama pic 1

‘Because you have a penis’ – men are charged 10% more for stuff in YWCA ad that demands equal pay for women 18

Nine News found guilty of breaching family’s privacy by filming through window in midwife report 2

Queensland government reviews media 4

Murdoch: The written word is still in my bones 7

New research facility promises alternative to Melbourne’s ‘sterile’ focus group environments 4

Rebel rebrands with Hulsbosch 36

Australian ad market forecast downgraded, 1.5% growth expected next year

New Aussie-made soft drink hits the market with a Mexican wrestler and a Chihuahua 9

Myer retains DTDigital 2

Skyfall adds $7.7m in second weekend

The Sapphires leads AACTA nominations

Twentysomething’s second season receives Screen Australia funding 5

ABC’s head of comedy joins Matchbox 1