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'Nightmarish' stroke serial killer ad banned Robin Hicks

An ad that portrays stroke as a serial killer, and features a man smashing a brain with a hammer, has been banned by the Advertising Standards Board. The ASB ruled that the ad for National Stroke Foundation, created by the now-defunct agency DraftFCB Melbourne, did not contain enough he...

‘Nightmarish’ stroke serial killer ad banned

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Ten’s Modern Family tops key advertising demos but audience turns away from The New Normal

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PR agency rebrands for a day in the name of breast cancer awareness

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‘Chain reaction’ after power outage takes down Fairfax websites and hits print production

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The Impossible Orchestra completes 24-hour musical marathon for Care Aware

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Morrison Media acquires Slow Magazine

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Bogart Torelli and Glenn Daniel join Smoothfm in Sydney as Mark Robinson departs

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Mick Carroll replaces Neil Breen as editor of The Sunday Telegraph

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Brynne and Beauty & The Geek continue ratings slump

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Woolworths launches first Christmas ad of the year: The Ham King

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Innocean Australia expands client list beyond Korean cars with Make It Cheaper win

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Amanda Gome to take helm of Financial Review Group titles

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Enero boss Melhuish: Conditions are tough but we are optimistic

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Mini takes aim at SUV market with its ‘Fun Utility Vehicle’

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Blue Marlin appoints creative director Ian Catling to run Sydney office as MD

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Hail director forms production company Flood Projects

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Ogilvy strikes strategic alliance with fifty-plus specialist Evergreen

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ACP to rebrand as Bauer Media

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BrandsExclusive makes fashion talk in outdoor campaign

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Streaming service Rara.com gets mobile

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NAB cooks up a video to mark social media landmark

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Celebrity confessionals in youth charity campaign

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The Works reports record growth year on 10th birthday

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First speakers revealed for Festival of Branded Entertainment

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Tiger Airways fined for spamming customers

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Coldplay to perform two exclusive Sydney gigs in branded entertainment deal backed by Huawei, EMI, 2DayFM and Sunrise

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Gruen Planet closes with season ratings best

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Slurpee sales up by 149% on last year’s BYO Cup Day promotion by 7Eleven

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BMF parts ways with planning director Emily Taylor, rumours of more job cuts

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Havaianas attempts to get its name in the dictionary

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M&C Saatchi launches mobile division

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NAB launches final instalment of Stand-Ins campaign

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Tuna brand Safcol pushes environmentally-friendly fishing

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I Will Survive bows out quietly

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Cricket Australia launches Test Series campaign ‘United by the moment’

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Ten picks up Ed Kavalee’s debut feature Scumbus

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BWM’s Shaun Branagan joins Ogilvy Sydney’s creative department

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McDonald’s teams up with The X Factor to produce song about love and lamb burgers

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Ten’s sale of Eye Corp back on

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The X Factor wins Monday as Scandal drops for Seven

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Visual Jazz Isobar to hire robotic engineers and industrial designers for innovation unit NowLab

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Animals Australia calls for an end to factory farming

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Gloria Jean’s rolls out electronic loyalty card

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Ten unveils 2013 lineup

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Madman Paul Kelly doco takes $118,000 at box office

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‘Off-Broadway’ channel Eleven to broadcast local comedy Micro Nation as full length feature

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Rove lends five voices to Cartoon Network’s first local show

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World Movies takes over Goat Island for Battle Royal screening

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STW acquires stake in Maverick

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Kia invents ‘Fathertism’ for Next Gen Sorento

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Vizeum Melbourne appoints Jennifer Maas as strategy director

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Holden marketing head John Elsworth moves to Hyundai

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Ten’s new comedy The New Normal rates 552,000

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Ten appoints Beverley McGarvey chief programming officer

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Seven claims primetime lead, but Nine is ahead in key ad demos

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Match launches campaign for National Bandana Day

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TAC turns to Pinterest to push ‘Slowing down won’t kill you’ message to male drivers

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Merrick Watts unearths ABC’s archive with new show Tractor Monkeys

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Soccer Federation launches player profile vignettes

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Myer renews contract with Ogilvy

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The Chaser’s Unbelievable Truth wins time slot in its second week

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The Week closes Australian edition

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Host to revive expansion plans with Asia launch

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Women’s industry support group SheSays launches in Melbourne

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Chris Kay exits BMF

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Landcare wins Mumbrella’s Ad of the Month

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Subway positions itself as a healthy fast-food brand with summer campaign by Mojo

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These Final Hours begins shooting in WA

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Underbelly: Razor wins at APDG Awards

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Facebook revamps brand pages

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Cameron Daddo joins Smoothfm

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Jules Lund to quit Nine, hints at Seven switch

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Alan Jones to attend accuracy school, comments to be fact-checked before going to air by 2GB producers

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Crawlspace’s US premiere set to scare tonight at Screamfest

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Thirsty Camel: ‘get humping’ for an esky of cash

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‘Disappointing result’ for Ten as EBITDA plunges by 45.5%, redundancies to follow

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Sunrise thumps Today with Gangnam Style

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Nine reaches deal with financial backers to avoid receivership

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Ex Gloria Jean’s marketing chief Paul Mendham joins Christian charity Wesley Mission

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Coles hires ex-Foster’s marketer Cameron MacFarlane to spearhead booze marketing offensive, open to new agencies

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Australasian Festival of Branded Entertainment to debate collaboration and risk

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Nuffnang opens Sydney office

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Charlotte Dawson on being relevant in her 40s, Twitter trolls and her new book, Air Kiss & Tell

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LG creates new head of PR role, hires Phillip Anderson

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Doubt cast over Ten’s sale of Eye Corp

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Southern Cross Austereo enters music streaming space with Songl owner DMD

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The X Factor hits year-high note with Gangnam Style

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Seven confirms Celebrity Splash for 2013 program line up

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