News

The Hallway wins Battle of the Ad Bands 1

Hungry Jack’s and Chupa Chups ‘shamed’ for using digital media to market junk food to kids 3

Leo Burnett Sydney launches first work for Kellogg’s in a decade with Be Natural campaign 13

TAC launches Christmas campaign to warn drink and drug drivers ‘The party’s over’ 13

Edelman acquires digital agency Design Royale 5

Matt Boss is ANZ’s marketing chief

TAC to motorcyclists: “we’re happy to link your campaign with ours” 27

Robert Galinsky to write Michael Hutchence biopic 6

Dumb Ways To Die singer: ‘I don’t usually do ad work, but I’ve got bills to pay’ 28

The Force tops Wednesday night with 1.2m 1

Priscilla producer to receive AACTA life time achievement award

Sydney Design Awards: winners revealed 1

Say Media opens office in Melbourne, ‘the creative hub of Australia’

Redundancies follow merger of Eye and oOh!, new outdoor ad brand under development 3

News Limited sales chief Tony Kendall exits 3

‘Facebook for real estate’ launches to tackle ‘undemocratic’ property listings market 19

Nextmedia appoints new gaming editors after exit of group editor David Wildgoose

The Great Gatsby gets May release date 1

World Movies Adult: get it every night 9

Westpac brings in Bonnie Tyler to sing at couple’s fantasy wedding 12

Ship Song Project leads winners at Australasian Branded Entertainment Awards 5

Droga5 boss David Nobay joins Ten’s Recipe to Riches 1

Catch Of The Day boss Gabby Leibovich: Click Frenzy collapse was positive for the industry 24

Justin Milne and Chris Taylor resign from board of troubled Quickflix 3

X Factor final tops 2m 1

303Lowe ECD Simon Langley departs 4

Mates sing ‘The Horses’ in a boulder field in latest ad for Nissan Navara 7

Nine let off by media watchdog for airing live phone sex ‘show’ on infomercial channel 2

Dmg Radio makes Sydney GM Tim McDermott redundant 14

Seven’s A Place To Call Home – sneak peek

Booze brand websites slammed for sucking in underage drinkers 19

News Corp media review: UM wins News Limited, MediaCom takes Foxtel and ZO retains 20th Century Fox 4

NapiSan’s ‘Sponsor the White House’ stunt wins top honours at PRIA Golden Target Awards

The Smith Family urges Australia to see disadvantaged kids differently

Final Twilight film takes massive $12.5m on opening weekend

TAC begins hunt for marketing chief as Samantha Cockfield fills in for John Thompson

The X Factor hits season ratings high

Julia Gillard fronts anti-bullying campaign 10

Bikers fight back with road safety campaign that claims car drivers are usually at fault 34

SBS TV boss Tony Iffland tells production houses: I want to hear your early thoughts 1

How Huawei’s Coldplay sponsorship deal got done 3

Art Series Hotels introduces the late, late checkout in new campaign from Naked 14

Jeep Australia deletes ‘sexist’ Facebook post 19

Brendan Cowell makes directorial debut with adland film Ruben Guthrie 2

Bungee jump horror ad warns Aussies of the dangers of foreign travel 2

DDB Melbourne wins AdShel Creative Challenge with idea to tackle street violence in Melbourne

Mobile devices help ‘Dumb ways to die’ become the fastest spreading Australian viral ad ever 20

NAB appoints Mindshare as media agency 1

Y&R promotes Ben Coulson to chief creative officer

Guardian ‘may launch Australian print edition’ 9

Hamish And Andy’s Caravan of Courage stays strong for Nine

VicRoads launches ‘Unlock the grid’ campaign to beat Melbourne traffic 1

New alcohol retail brand GoodDrop.com.au: enjoy the taste of a good deal

Chris Short to edit Weekend AFR

Jennifer Hawkins leaked as new host of Australia’s Next Top Model ahead of live announcement 1

‘Proudly supported by Westpac’ 10

Metro Trains ‘Dumb ways to die’ video goes viral 39

Claire Hooper ‘to quit Mix’ 8

Mumbrella named website of the year again 6

TAC marketing chief John Thompson quits after almost nine years of hard-hitting campaigns 13

Peugeot stages Fed Square dance comp to launch new 208 2

Host backs launch of creative agency Ilk 3

Ex-Clems boss Kurt Viertel launches Brisbane agency Brother & Co with GPY&R ECD Piet Human 3

SBS launches online doco Convenient Education

AAMI marketing chief Richard Riboni: social media – the secret to Rhonda campaign’s success this year 17

Melbourne’s Metro Trains launches ‘dumb ways to die’ campaign to curb preventable train-related deaths 53

M&C Saatchi launches Christmas campaign for Eftpos: ‘a little button can do a lot of good’ 6

Film about West Africans in Western Sydney wins DigiSPAA feature film award

Australasian Branded Entertainment Awards: shortlist revealed 2

Sony launches ‘Summertainment’ 1

Beauty and the Geek tops key ad demos for Seven

PayPal’s Kris Kringle site: It’s the lack of thought that counts 1

Banjo launches campaign for Crown Casino Perth 10

Nine appoints Sam Brennan as sports sales director 4

Fairfax looks to outsource image handling, redundancies to result 7

Paul Davey steps down as Aegis Media Pacific MD

Government to invest $20m in games industry; administered by Screen Australia 4

Droga launches print campaign for Sail & Anchor 8

Hopscotch’s Rachel Okine wins Natalie Miller Fellowship

Essential Media and Entertainment wins SPAA’s independent producer award 1

DDB restructures into one national office, Melbourne boss Andrew Little moves to Sydney 2

The Sapphires’ Wayne Blair signed by Jungleboys

Hooroo hunts for best kept travel secrets in Facebook campaign 3

Bonds is dreaming of a white Christmas 8

The Chaser: Hamster Wheel bows out on season low 14

Shannon Noll, horses, sexy blonde and whips in ad for Harness Racing NSW 9

HoMedics ad set to run in UK and US

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