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David Angell replaces Wendy Gower as MD of UM Melbourne 10

Melbourne Metro offers rides for brides 5

Gravox Gravy launches ‘save a seagull’ campaign 21

Big Brother return rates 1.6m for Nine while Everybody Dance Now plummets to 304,000 for Ten 28

Two advertising execs enter Big Brother house 19

Fnuky sells to THEM

Tassie government department wipes out car registrations 8

PR exec Robert Marson joins experiential agency Liveworks 6

The most complained about ad of 2011 is back 10

Paul Cox casts David Wenham in Force of Destiny, launches doco The Dinner Party

Lore wins audience award at Locaro Film Festival

The Sapphires claims biggest box office opening weekend of the year for an Aussie film 14

NAB calls media review 1

‘Melbourne is the new Adelaide because we lost focus’ 13

Host wins former BMF client Ella Baché

Nutella celebrates morning rituals with first campaign by BMF 18

WorkSafe Victoria urges businesses to sign up for free health checks

ING Direct: spend your life well 9

Everybody Dance Now rates just 598,000 24

SMH’s Kate McClymont tops the Kennedy Awards 2

Government anti-obesity campaign ‘less effective than expected’ 12

Triple J and Tom Ballard apologise for holocaust ovens joke 60

Kyle & Jackie O lie detector test to feature in new play 2

Doug Pitt thanks Virgin Mobile for making him a star 6

BMF loses CommBank 5

Regulator rules Sandilands ‘grossly insensitive’ over disabled baby but did not breach rules 20

Nine’s Olympics average highest ratings since second day 2

Something to talk about: Getting publicity from radio stunts 1

Rdio and dmg launch music streaming joint venture 2

Save Your Legs! goes for slow build 8

BWM founders buy back the agency for $7.5m 7

Olympic efforts among the contenders for Mumbrella’s ad of the month 6

Mumbrella Media Agency Review to be published on tablet

Triumph tells women: it’s your right to express your opinion 2

ABCs: Tele doubles SMH sales as Fairfax accuses News Limited of boosting giveaways 7

ABCs: ACP Magazines’ two worst performers pulled from audit; Zoo continues fall 3

ABCs: Masterchef goes off the boil 5

Australia’s plastic surgeons use talking bras in TV ads to promote breast surgery service

Industry rallies round UM staffer’s organ donation campaign 3

McDonald’s uses Sam Kekovich to launch its first Aussie lamb burger 8

Facebook search for new Australian boss hits six month anniversary 6

Major brands’ ads feature on racist Aboriginal meme page 10

Newspaperman Mitchell Murphy takes senior role at The Newspaper Works

The Shire down 160,000 viewers on last week 12

Content of racist Aboriginal meme Facebook page deleted 15

Human Rights Commission to investigate racist Aboriginal memes Facebook page 10

Agencies lend weight to ex-staffer’s campaign for increased organ donation 29

Sydney presenters dominate radio awards’ Best On Air category 1

Ten releases preview of first Puberty Blues episode exclusively for Facebook fans 12

Lessons for marketers from CommBank and Tourism Australia

New Idea ad draws complaints for religious insensitivity 27

Scott McClellan steps down as CEO of AANA

AMI’s longer lasting sex ad returns to Sydney despite ban 17

Ben Amarfio leaves Southern Cross Austereo for lead marketing role at Cricket Australia

Being Lara Bingle bombs on finale 14

Production begins on Nim’s Island 2 starring Bindi Irwin

Crikey publisher’s Women’s Agenda site goes live

Bohemia wins Vodafone strategy account from Ikon 8

The Dark Knight Rises tops box office, but no match for The Avengers

Droga5 pulls back on claim that VB handled its own Facebook page 12

MasterChef All Stars rates well among young for Ten 1

Droga5 claims VB manages controversial Facebook page itself despite brand blaming agency 1

Brisbane radio ratings: Triple M up and Nova down to squeeze market

Ad watchdog’s stance on Facebook brand pages is ‘commercially unrealistic’, VB warns 19

Encore – August iPad edition available now

Sydney radio ratings: Smoothfm grows but still trails commercial FM pack 13

PR agency sends out press release to find new MD 6

Perth radio ratings: Mix94.5 cements market lead

OMD appoints Stuart Bailey as national digital head

Adelaide radio ratings: SAFM’s axed breakfast team grows audience share

Melbourne radio ratings: Triple M takes hit 1

Marketers preying on ‘worried well’ consumers with vitamin supplements they don’t need, says consumer watchdog 4

Huawei launches campaign for go-anywhere mobile phone 1

McDonald’s sends kids to the Olympics 3

DMG Radio Adelaide merges sales teams, launches DMG Create 3

Ten begins to air infomercials on Breakfast 14

Bundaberg Red: As smooth as life is rough 4

Telstra hires Eric Kearley as IPTV head

Jonesy & Amanda: We’re breathing down Kyle’s neck in the ratings because he’s got to play it safe now (and we’re smarter) 5

Annis and Rabbit axed by SAFM 3

ASB rules brands are responsible for all fan comments on Facebook 36

Merger enables national bus advertising in Canberra 3

Nine’s Olympics dominates across the weekend

Myer spring/summer campaign set in South Africa 2

Ogilvy boss Tom Moult departs after less than two years 10

Seven claims highest share for non-Olympic broadcaster since OzTam ratings began 10

Expedia launches ‘Tag Me If You Can’ game 7

Paul Merrill on misadventures in magazines 1