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Movie Extra’s Webfest 2.0 finalists announced

New-look McCann hires ten staff 13

Niche Radio Network to launch with 55 new stations 9

Mark Addy joins Patts Melbourne as digital creative director 1

Government urges Victorians to prepare for bushfires 1

McCann ECD Michael Raso leaves for CD role at Ogilvy

Mumbrellacast: Paul Merrill on Zoo; An Aussie media without Poms?; Google eats journos’ lunches

Woolies imports idea from New Zealand for new campaign 25

Red Bull body-paints surfer Sally Fitzgibbons to launch design contest 1

Strongbow goes night surfing 4

Call for entries: November Ad of the Month

Louis Vuitton wraps The Herald 4

Myer super boost bras: we’ll boost your breasts by 200% 13

BMF creative director Dennis Koutoulogenis leaves 2

Kieran Darcy-Smith’s Wish You Were Here to open Sundance Film Festival 1

UTS study accuse News Limited of bias in carbon tax coverage 19

S&J Media Group wins $10m contract to put ads inside Melbourne trains 5

CommBank review latest: M&C Saatchi and Goodbys are shortlisted 7

Greenpeace chief moves to Republic of Everyone

Matt Granfield on hipsters in agencies 29

Ogilvy PR shuffles MDs 2

BWM unveils new work for Selleys 2

Basketball player Andrew Bogut joins sports marketing firm

Sunday Life editor Sarah Oakes to launch Fairfax women’s website Your Daily Life 5

‘Reinvented’ McCann lands first post-merger win: retailer Suzanne Grae 4

AFR cuts cost of pay wall 9

Needle gets Mexican theatrical release across 50 screens 2

Simon West signs on to direct Dust and Glory

20th Century Fox home entertainment sign deal with Hopscotch/eOne

BMF MD Martin Rippon leaves, agency splits into three 5

The Hunter leads AACTA Awards nominations 4

Agencies face exodus of British staff and bigger super bills following axing of tax perk 253

Mindshare hires Evelina Lye from Omnicom Media as marketing manager 2

Dave Brady joins Whybins Sydney as creative group head

UM wins Tempur from Mitchells 2

Fairfax’s severed ties with founding family ‘not a reflection of poor corporate strategy’ 4

MTV program line-up dominated by foreign imports 3

Adland ocean swim league launches 3

ABC confirms axing of Hungry Beast

Creators of Review with Myles Barlow launch sketch comedy site

Ex-BMF digital honcho Justin Hind joins ex-Burnett wife Dominique at WiTH 8

Survey: Aussies stop during sex to use social media 19

ARIA chief to talk digital

BBC Worldwide marketing director Amanda McGregor promoted to new role 4

Postcard medium launches QR code education campaign 6

Tim McDermott shifts from 2UE to DMG

Jungleboys launches comedy site 3

PPR wins Cricket Australia 1

Engine signs US director Saman Keshavarz 2

Woolies pushes new credit cards 2

Austar footy: no ad breaks, siren to siren 9

Packed to the Rafters and Underbelly are 2011’s top local dramas

TV Ratings: A big week of finales

Foxtel to launch catch-up TV service as ABC boss laments inability of free networks to work together on Aussie Hulu 9

We’re going down the toilet while Google eats our lunch, warns News Limited editor 33

Virgin Mobile gives away 75 bikes leading up to Christmas 2

ABC tops the honours at Walkleys 2

Manufacturers union subverts ‘This is our story’ mining ads 11

Consumer watchdog warns against buying dodgy products this silly season

ARIAs deliver for Go 2

Australia’s Got Talent is most-watched show of 2011 as Seven claims ratings victory 5

Val Morgan launches 3D ad unit

GetUp launches pro-gay marriage campaign 29

Save Your Legs! scheduled for 12 December start date

BOFA announces finalist for their Digital SLR competition

Paul Bodlovich announced as CEO of WA’s FTI

PR agency fires client over Sandilands ads 87

Executive producers of The Tunnel launch independent online film platform 5

Fetchtv introduces a dog as mascot with nine animated TVCs 2

Big W reviews ad account 2

Glenn Robbins and Andy Lee to fill Today Network’s breakfast gap 1

Beauty and the Geek finale wins Thursday night with 1.3m

Mumbrellacast: Sandilands; Qantas social media disaster; Women’s mags back in fashion; Regional papers get the chop; Nine and ABC lineups 1

APN wins Perth airport ad contract

Guide Dogs: How would you spend $1.4m this Christmas? 3

Staffer turns against Sandilands as brands go to air despite pulling ads 30

NAB Break up wins ADMA awards 2

Cyclone Yasi home insurance ad for Suncorp wins October Ad of the Month

Hayley Lewis is the face of Special K website 2

Kleenex launches sampling campaign in public toilets 3

Daily Telegraph launches The Wiggles annual calendar

We’re sorry for Kyle’s comments, says Southern Cross Austereo CEO 48

Ad uses sex attack to promote iPhone app 11

Saatchi & Saatchi signs Damon Stapleton as ECD

Air New Zealand stages pop-up restaurant flight give-away stunt 6

Junior MasterChef finale gets less than 1m, Spicks and Specks finale draws 1.6m 3

Trudi Sampola replaces Ben Willee to run Ikon Melbourne 6

Hino trucks become the first vehicles in Australia to fit digital radios as standard