News

Melbourne radio ratings: 3AW sees big ratings drop 4

Scandal-hit Sandilands show increases ratings; 2UE goes backwards and 95.3 shrinks again 12

Sarah Murdoch leaves Next Top Model

Screen Australia invest in $1m across five documentaries

Jeremy Philips to leave Photon 8

Jessie French appointed marketing manager at SceneOn

John Edwards awarded AFTRS honorary degree

Vizual Jazz to help create Sunshine Coast site

Emile Sherman, Kriv Stenders and Gillian Armstrong receive Screen Australia funding

News Limited COO Peter Macourt to step down 2

Actor Harold Hopkins dies, aged 67

Pure Blonde repackaged for summer 15

Sarah Wilson ends Sunday Life column 7

ARN opts for local over national drive shows 4

Brendon Dangar appointed content director at Mix 101.1 2

Paul Gilbert to lead OMD’s social media offering

Mccann Sydney appoints Oliver Maisey as CD

STW buys Bullseye 10

AFR launches ‘revolution’ campaign and tells readers: We weren’t good enough 21

Nine’s Gary Burns to lead Fox Sports

Tim Worner named CEO of Seven Network

Kyle Sandilands issues open letter to the media and apologises for comments 53

Chris Smith’s asylum seeker quiz breaches radio code 13

Mystery buyer makes an offer for Hyro 5

Interbrand makes three redundancies

Four newspaper industry bodies merge into one 2

Screen Australia invests in Thomas Mai and Josh Pomeranz’s FanDependent

MasterCard to pitch 2

Mumbrella is three – thanks for supporting us 26

Mumbrellacast: Jabba on Housos; Who’s Who in Australia; Goldfishgate; YouthFAIL; Google’s most searched ads; And now for the Bullshit 4

Microsoft appoints Marc Barnett to run digital advertising units 2

Mariner Boating Holidays celebrates the excesses of adland in the ’90s 5

South Australian filmmaker wins Beijing Pitching Competition with superhero story

ARN expands On Air with Ryan Seacrest to Brisbane and Adelaide

Chrysler hires Lenore Fletcher from Mitsubishi to run corporate affairs

New group buying for ads site Advideals unveils first offer 3

Telstra and Google create Androidland

Woolworths’ relationship with market research firm The Leading Edge ends 1

Youth off the Streets ad features old homeless man 10

Emile Sherman, Ben Mendelsohn and Lizzy Gardiner recognised in 2012’s Who’s Who

GroupM boss: if Europe goes into recession next year, Australia will follow 17

Motherpedia launches to target Aussie mums 10

End of year new business activity: a dead cat has bounced

ABC TV entertainment boss shifts to Adelaide Film Festival

Here I Am’s TV premiere on ABC1

ABC’s Amanda Duthie appointed Adelaide Film Festival director

Lipton Ice Tea launches ‘misting zones’ 17

Sydney radio market loses nearly 7% of ad revenue in November 4

Streaming film service Mubi added to Sony Australia’s roster 2

Edgerton’s Bear selected for Sundance Film Festival

Hotel chain invites guests to Steal Banksy 41

Fairfax Media upgrades online metro mastheads 14

Oral B sponsors BBC iPlayer in Australia 5

Tourism Australia and TripAdvisor team up to promote Australia’s quality tourism operators

MediaCom wins $2m Merlin Entertainment business 1

Theatre company Belvoir creates Christmas video for subscribers 2

November’s Ad of the Month shortlist revealed 3

Saatchis snares Jason Lonsdale as head of planning 5

Google’s most searched ad in 2011 is Strongbow 15

Screen Australia announces Springboard teams 1

Campaign group pushes for Sandilands boycott to stretch into 2012 11

Linda Mottram for Mornings and Chaser Knight for Evenings on 702 ABC 3

Euro RSCG Sydney restructures creative team, promotes four 6

Leo Burnett wins Creative Showcase with augmented reality app for kids 1

Burson-Marsteller launches youth division that ‘gets digital’ 22

Peroni mounts giant Vespa at Taylor Square 5

Boss apologises for dead goldfish 53

SBS launches online forum and TV debate on ethnic diversity 3

Government axes Australia Network tender and lets ABC retain contract 7

SBS launches Cultural Intelligence portal in preparation for televised forum 2

Oranges and Sunshine’s Dany Cooper wins best editing at the Ellies 2

Screen Australia invests $17m in features and TV drama

Call for entries: feature films at Cannes

Ogilvy Sydney retrenches creative staff, CD Andrew Ostrom exits 7

Moby and co donate signed clothes in Vinnies campaign 8

Paypal: online commerce to reach $30b by the new year 5

Mindshare Melbourne ends year-long MD search, hires Anathea Ruys from CHE 1

Maker’s Mark launches Christmas campaign 1

Mediacom is B&T’s agency of the year 5

Diet Coke gets smoochy with ‘One calorie burnt in a moment…’ campaign

Radio industry launches Christmas digital radio offensive 2

Carriageworks rebrands 2

Val Morgan launches ‘digital pyramid’ 7

Adaptation of John Birmingham’s Tasmanian Babes Fiasco wins BIFF’s Chauvel Award

Grubby and Dee Dee axed from Melbourne’s Gold104.3 FM 62

Quickflix sign VOD rights with NBCUniversal

Movie Extra’s Webfest 2.0 finalists announced

New-look McCann hires ten staff 13