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Rafters improves on debut as 2 Broke Girls drops off

SA Health urges Aussies to think positively about mental illness 9

Bon Jovi is back for NRL ‘This is our house’ campaign 17

ABC current affairs chief Denise Eriksen resigns 1

Salmat Digital hires ex-Ten tech chief Paul Russell 2

Woolworths marketer: Coles tactics are infantile, but they work 22

Government awards two-year media contract extension to UM

Australia has the highest consumer confidence in the developed world

Consumers starting to get the message about green shoots, marketers say

Revenge gets biggest time-shift jump since consolidated ratings began 2

Saatchi & Saatchi brings back ex-creatives May and Eberhardt 11

Kath & Kimderella due out in September 1

Sputnik hires Kevin Ferry as creative director 5

Aussie Rules film Blinder kicks off in Victoria 1

Snack foods are Australia’s most active brands on Facebook 18

WPP’s ‘fastest-growing digital agency’ to launch in Australia

Digital agency hires mathematician with no advertising experience 26

My Kitchen Rules regains Monday ratings top spot for Seven

BWM’s Telstra loss hurts improving Photon balance sheet

Comedy duo’s college commercial reaches over one million views

Puppetry of the Penis ad gets complaint for ‘thrusting the male genital part into the public arena’ 16

George P. Johnson opens Melbourne office

Mumbrella360 – call for curated sessions 3

Gruesome Central Institute of Technology ad goes viral 33

Polson announces collaborative film name and directors involved 8

Young Talent Time fades as Nine wins with cricket 1

Shift makes three redundancies, creative director Colin Sevitt departs 2

Fairfax’s Daily Life launches today 19

Chilling bushfire safety message cleared by advertising watchdog 4

Collingwood Football Club unveils new ad 19

Stokes agrees to sell Vividwireless to Optus 5

Moensie Rossier leaves Patts

Lemonade Stand wins Tropfest 6

Nova ad for Ash, Kip and Luttsy reveals the boys behind the mics 2

TvCentral closes after data disaster 4

ACP restructures computing magazines, PC User’s Glenn Rees and APC’s Nick Race depart 9

Emile Sherman backs anti-factory farming campaign for Voiceless 12

Mazda launches car ad without a car in it 9

Ad body backs drag queen ad 3

Mark Calvert departs Nine News 3

Esben Storm honoured with ADG award 1

Storm Surfers 3D sells across various international platforms and formats

ABC launches footy mag 7

Sione’s 2 Unfinished Business to open March 1

BMF makes redundancies after falling client spend 16

Barney Howells joins Plaza

Mumbrellacast: Global Mail founder Monica Attard | ACP up for grabs? | Fairfax’s digital transparency | Seven’s early ratings dominance

Legal firm King & Wood Mallesons launches post-merger print campaign 21

Subaru wins Mumbrella Ad of the Month 5

Ten’s Breakfast boss: I’m not thinking about ratings but unlike Kochie and Karl, Paul Henry will say what he thinks 11

CommBank appoints M&C Saatchi 43

Earthflight debut fails to fly for Nine 1

ZO hires BMF’s Aaron Michie as chief innovation officer 5

YouTube viewers select final Tropfest film

Margaret Zabel confirmed as Comms Council CEO 2

Solo partners with new Foxtel channel A&E

Media analyst: Ten needs 100,000 viewers to help save The Circle as the morning battle intensifies 4

Hamish McLennan joins News as EVP to Rupert Murdoch 10

My Kitchen Rules takes nearly 2m 2

Swerve to get Australian/US simultaneous release 5

ACP ‘goes cold on Elle launch’ 5

Naked’s Mumbrella360 experiment to be presented at US consumer psychology conference 6

Noiseworks creates lingerie mob 24

SBS cut summer radio services to make ends meet

Saatchi & Saatchi wins Big W 5

Ben English to lead Adobe’s Australian marketing

Leo Burnett boosts focus on shopper marketing 2

Subscription TV ad revenue approaching $400m 3

CommBank starts with cricket 1

Eithne McSwiney swaps Leos for client role at Wunderman 1

Seven dominates Tuesday as Rafters makes a muted return

Alzheimer’s Australia targets politicians in Valentine’s Day DM blast 5

Profits grow at STW 3

Nonagenarian gives Valentine’s Day love advice in radio spot for Tip Top

Motion Picture Company releases Valentine’s Day Cupid promo

Ad agency snubs Perth awards as too parochial and “dominated by scam” 10

Seven’s Revenge a hit with 2m 11

Any Questions For Ben opens mildly

Domestic abuse charity subverts Valentine’s Day messages of love 41

Narayan Pattison leaves IGN Entertainment 3

March One jumps out of a plane for Cancer Council 4

‘Heartbreaking’ data loss as TVCentral goes blank 85

People’s Choice Credit Union launches musical bus stop 10

Web Marketing Experts hires Michael Teasdale to open Sydney office

Louise Buson joins The Australian from Sportsbet to head up digital

Better Homes & Gardens offers media buyers biggest bargain while FHM is priciest, data analysis suggests 20

NewsLifeMedia snaffles Ben Grill from OMD as strategy director 1

Aussie Home Loans boss John Symond returns to front ads 7