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Photo competition launches to encourage mobile phone recycling 1

Granada Media Australia appoints David Galloway as head of factual entertainment

Media buyers unmoved by Nine receivership speculation 2

MercerBell launches data agency Ngage 5

Seven’s Scandal debuts with 743,000 1

Trading places at STW creative shops sees Nathan Quailey replace Richard Carr as Ogilvy GM 4

Rebekah Horne emerges as founding CEO of social e-commerce platform TopFloor 1

Lawless and Killing Them Softly open modestly at box office

‘Cringe the binge’ campaign tackles heavy drinking among young Australians 6

Film-maker arrested over Screen Australia sit-in protest 23

Ewan McGregor cast in Australian film Son of a Gun

Tribal DDB creates bandanna art app ‘world first’ for cancer charity 2

Designworks Melbourne hires David Jenkinson as strategy director 3

SBS appoints ABC’s Leon Coningham to head distribution arm

Advisory panel for Festival of Branded Entertainment revealed

Bait 3D takes $7m on opening weekend in China 10

Film-maker James Ricketson stages ‘Occupy Screen Australia’ protest against ban 6

Water charity says Thankyou 5

Holler wins Audi digital review 1

The Sapphires director Wayne Blair joins team behind Indigenous series The Gods of Wheat Street

Sally Lewis leaves Liquid Ideas to join The Cru 3

GPY&R Melbourne wins top honours with Mobile Medic at Caxtons

Guy Pearce tele-movie Jack Irish: Bad Debts rates well for ABC 13

Ford turns to John Farnham and flash mobs to unveil new voice control technology 27

Sunrise says sorry for virgin auction segment 14

Jonesy & Amanda top the ACRAs 4

Beaurepaires reviews media

Australasian Branded Entertainment Awards: call for entries 3

First Mumbrella Digital School sells out – new dates announced 2

Will Chapman recovering from transplant operation, will keep campaigning for change 16

Whiskas turns Martin Place into ‘Kitten Place’ 6

NewsLifeMedia closes MasterChef Magazine 4

Brynne: My Bedazzled slumps for Seven 4

ARN reveals music streaming tie up with iHeartRadio 2

Andy Pilkington leaves 303Lowe after four months to join Moon as ECD 3

Huggies pyjama pants – the secret weapon against bedwetting 3

AFL Media searches for executive to sell production services to advertisers, ‘We don’t see ourselves as a rival to ad agencies’ 2

Global Mail relaunches without sideways scroll 2

Bad Boy Bubby actor Nicholas Hope among teaching talent at new Sydney acting school 2

Unilever Australia marketing chief Peter Boone quits

News Limited makes redundancies in marketing team 6

Ed Commander exits ‘vice agency’ G2

Nuffnang launches blogger development program, ‘Australia still in learning phase’ for blogger-brand engagement 7

Updated: Twitter to open Australian office next year 9

Mumbrella’s Ad of the month shortlist revealed 39

Announcing the Mumbrella Digital School 16

Gravity Coffee turns ads into mini TV series 3

Today beats Sunrise, ABC rates strongly with Gruen and The Chaser 1

Foxtel snaps up Showtime five months after Austar takeover 1

ABC reveals first look at Jungleboys’ comedy A Moody Christmas 3

Peter Brennan to leave 2UE 6

Jalna promotes the yoghourt that impresses grumpy Greek grandmas 11

Matt Skinner is the face of Coles’ marketing push behind retail liquor brand First Choice

Coles pushes fresh bread in new Curtis Stone ad 11

Weight Watchers wades into obesity debate 3

Gangster film descends into farce as producer Al Rama claims Mark ‘Chopper’ Read could not attend launch event due to terminal cancer 2

News Limited sells Getprice back to management team 4

Mercedes: Our cancellation of 2GB was commercial not political 16

Live decider of X Factor wins Tuesday ratings 3

BNZ bank debates the ethics of money 5

Carnival Australia gets tactical around Christchurch ‘big things’ tourism campaign 5

Victa gets poetic in ode to ‘the expert turners and backyard learners’ 3

Dettol uses Facebook app to improve hygiene among Indonesian children

Mental takes just over $1m on opening weekend

Ex-Publicis Mojo Melbourne boss Sue Perry launches agency with former L’Oréal client Damon Garrett 9

Make-A-Wish shows effect of donations and sharing on social media on sick kids’ lives 2

Vevo launches event series with surprise Labrinth Bondi gig

Mumbrella launches upgraded free directory service

Unilever marketer Sharon Parker joins Mediabrands 1

Kangaroo Island ad survey: Aussie tourists 41% more likely to visit, 2% of comments after cash-for-tweets exposé were ‘particularly negative’ 3

Call for law forcing bloggers – and journos – to disclose payments and gifts 12

Schweppes launches ‘The Cocktail Revolution’ 1

The X Factor live wins Monday night with 1.465m 1

TMS makes twin hire to bolster digital offering 1

Sensis 1234: Don’t say it, text it 6

Breast Cancer Society: We all have a woman we can’t live without 9

Sunday Tele editor Neil Breen ‘to switch to Nine’s Today’ 2

Patts Brisbane hires Jim McKeown as senior creative 1

Mercedes dealers cancelled 2GB contract before Jones made Gillard comments 41

Suntory launches summer campaign for Midori 2

Johnnie Walker: ‘where flavour is king’ 2

VW unveils ad for ‘most important launch of the year’ 3

Virgin Mobile says Doug Pitt has helped drive awareness as campaign moves to retail focus in latest ad 5

Liquid Ideas to open Melbourne office

Julian Assange show rates 1.336m, wins time slot and all main ad demos for Ten 7

Sunday Tele outs The Australian’s journo as part of Young Liberals ‘cover-up’ over Alan Jones row 4

2GB suspends ads on Alan Jones breakfast show and accuses opponents of cyber bullying advertisers 62

Train ads arrive in Queensland 7