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Jenni Tosi confirmed as Film Victoria CEO

Canon launches CinemaEOS in company’s biggest cinematography push yet 2

Ad association hits back at ‘baseless and inaccurate’ Tankard Reist sexploitation piece 7

Industry mourns ICAA CEO Mark Sarfaty

Google’s Stuart Spiteri named COO of News Digital Media

AFTRS to add new TV unit 4

Ikea ad mocks Freedom Furniture’s delivery service 16

‘eHarmony for brands’ consultancy launches 5

NAB Break Up campaign ‘undermined’ by rate cuts 16

Mumbrellacast: Photon’s Lazarus act; The Caxtons; The Qantas PR crisis; Radio ratings; The CommBank pitch

Imagination appointed to revamp Sydney New Year’s Eve 6

SBS appoints Lara von Ahlefeldt head of program sales 2

Kmart unveils $25m rebranding campaign 1

Lynx Noah’s Ark spot cleared by ad watchdog 2

Call for entries: Indian Film Festival short film comp 1

Nike wins October outdoor contest 1

Recruits: Paramedics is Ten’s top-rating Thursday night show – with 726,000 1

Lynx ‘girl on girl porn’ rugby vid banned by Ad Standards 42

iSelect rebrands with ‘Decide right’ positioning, appoints Taboo as social media agency 8

CommBank CMO: Australia’s favourite bank should be working with Australia’s favourite agencies 15

Qantas launches post-crisis customer reassurance campaign 17

Naomi Watts to front Jacob’s Creek campaign 3

Circulation device ad features testimonials from close to home 7

Credit Union ad makes bus appear out of shape 4

Mumbrella to name creative, PR and media agencies of the year 4

CUB launches outdoor offensive for Victoria Pale Lager 3

Summer Coda director to helm Aussie Rules film 10

Celebrity Apprentice keeps Nine smiling while Ten’s bad week continues 1

Eagleton joins Fuel VFX as head of colour

Photon Group wipes out debts by selling field marketing and retail division for $146.5m 11

Digital Pictures appoint Sarah Cloutier as Melbourne’s GM

Schweppes launches summer t-shirt campaign 3

CommBank ad review puts Goodby and BMF on alert 10

Shortlist revealed for Queensland New Filmmakers Awards

More wins for The Wedding Party but no local distribution 10

KPMR strikes deal with UK recruiter to bring Aussies home 9

Mumbrella’s online audience hits new high in October as Campaign Brief browsers decline 13

South Australia: magic in your own backyard 5

Heggies print ads double as book marks

Filmmakers descend on Canberra to campaign for local content 5

Woolies review to tackle ‘inconsistent’ marketing 3

Less than half of young Australians believe having local screen industry is ‘very important’ 4

Asics launches ‘True Sport’ cricket campaign 2

Group buying industry releases code of conduct 2

NineMSN restructures, new role for marketing director Alex Parsons 1

Darren Goodsir appointed editor of smh.com.au 2

Melbourne Cup races to 2.3m, but down 10% on last year 4

Greens leader attacks ‘biased and unbalanced’ reporting, backs independent journalism 21

NineMSN to media inquiry: yes to self regulation, no to media subsidies

Emile Sherman’s Shame nominated for Seven BIFAs

SPAAmart announces film executive line-up

Sunrise lands post divorce Kim Kardashian interview, but Kyle & Jackie O (and Ten News) gets to her first 12

Qantas: PR activity will ramp up once our customers are back in the air 6

Rip Curl takes Matrix-style approach in new campaign 7

Press Council pushes for more power, fines for breaches 1

Gruen to look at Qantas crisis 6

Ten trounced in Monday’s ratings 1

Movember pays homage to country gentleman as moustache season begins

LA’s Ausfilm Week: “Like speed dating without the alcohol”

TV Ratings: Celebrity Apprentice rates well-ish

Seven to revamp Weekend Sunrise 2

Qantas story drowns out Melbourne Cup in social media discussions 5

AWG launch horror script competition 8

Overseas content creators to talk multi-platform 2

Adelaide radio ratings: Mix maintains top spot as Nova climbs

Adshel marketing director Elvira Lodewick departs

Perth radio ratings: 92.9 beats Nova while Mix stays on top

Brisbane radio ratings: Triple M pips Nova to top spot

Lion launches virtual pub app

Droga5 launches program to get more disabled people into advertising 16

M&C Saatchi boss: Woolworths review is ‘perfectly understandable’ 3

Qantas faces ‘watershed’ moment in history 59

Digital campaign for Orcon triumphs at newspaper awards

Sydney radio ratings: Fitzy and Wippa see no early breakthrough 6

Melbourne radio ratings: Nova 100 shines 4

Ten’s flashmob special sends audience out of the door 2

Whybins and Mindshare win Tourism New Zealand

Fire Service swaps ‘soft advertising’ for horror movie tactics to warn of bushfires

Fairfax in radio sale u-turn 3

Tropfest’s competition for composers

X director: It won’t do tremendous business but it will do careful business

Melbourne’s ‘Times Square’ outdoor ad site up for grabs 1

Convergence review deadline looms with local content quota top of the agenda

SBS maintain 2018 and 2022 World Cup broadcast rights 2

Cool Ridge Spring Water: keep your wingman watered for Movember

SBS secures 2018 and 2022 soccer World Cup rights 4

IBM’s Jarther Taylor: marketing without data is medieval 12

Brand agency Tank wins Holden