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P&G launches first corporate ad offensive in Australia

New fizzy juice brand: ‘We’ve Eff’d up fruit juice’ 3

Pink Media Group wins its first client: a ‘small sexy car with grunt’ 1

A minute’s silence on a page marks Remembrance Day 10

Strongbow targets festival goers in summer marketing blitz 1

Weekly mags ABCs: Zoo bombs, Who climbs, Grazia steady 5

Why you might not want to book newspaper ads in Melbourne for Tuesdays 2

Paul Bailey named as AFR editor; Sean Aylmer moves to national metro role

Comscore boss: Next time we bid against Nielsen for the IAB tender we’ll have local trust 3

Marketers bang the regional TV drum in new campaign

MTV still ‘very present locally’ – despite 13 redundancies, production cuts and website merger

SBS announces sales team hires – but still no sales director 1

Secure Parking introduces ‘Happy hours parking’ 1

Meat & Livestock Australia builds billboards that smell of meat 24

Tissot: try on a virtual watch 2

Sony recruits photographers to spruik the qualities of its digital cameras

Extended Celebrity Apprentice wins Wednesday 2

Medibank: the insurance your health deserves

News Limited boss John Hartigan steps down; Kim Williams to replace him; Freudenstein moves back to Foxtel 50

Redfern Now set to employ 250 jobs 2

Paul Middleditch directs ‘trust’ ad for GIO 1

Ogilvy Melbourne fills long-vacant ECD slot with Richard Ralphsmith 4

Veteran editor begins production on directorial debut

I, Frankenstein to film in Victoria

YouTube ad-making service for used car dealers launches 1

CommBank launches centenary treasure hunt 5

Tequila brand el Jimador: please don’t shoot 5

NineMSN unveils ‘stock exchange for ads’ 9

Ex-Smart CD Dan Gregory joins Newrepublique as creative chairman 2

Today spared ratings hammering – despite airing Michael Jackson result in Brisbane twice

Bondi Short Film Festival announces finalists

Call for entries: October ad of the month

AACTA launches international awards; announces dates for local awards 1

CumminsRoss wins Carsguide.com.au, headcount rises to 34 8

Australian Screen Editors’ Guild nominates Blame, Hawke and The Ball among nominees

Sydney Film Festival announces Nashen Moodley as new director 2

Kellogg’s scores ‘hat trick of shame’ in kids marketing report 19

Classic Hits mulls local content strategy after The Jono & Dano Show is axed 6

Nine Entertainment Co ‘set for assets fire sale’ 15

America’s #1 yogurt launches in Australia 3

Fat-fighting campaign ‘waste of money’ claims rebuffed 15

Google+ opens up to brands 8

Kleenex sponsors book on saving the orangutan 6

Grass sculpture stars in Tourism Vic film for Gippsland 1

Monday ratings blues for Ten

Next on Gruen: how to greenwash mining and protect pokies

The Project grows Ten’s audience in first week 1

Outdoor ad industry joins sexploitation debate: pre-vetting is too expensive 11

Sydney’s commercial radio sees October revenue drop on last year

Melbourne Cup rides into first place as local drama holds just six slots in top 100

The Eye of the Storm wins at Rome International Film Festival

Out-of-work ad man makes breakfast news with ageism claims 62

Scope ‘What do I look like?’ ad wins third round of Sirens 3

Seven’s new datacasting channel TV4: ‘not designed to be a ratings winner’ 4

eBay ad spoofs the price-matching promises of David Jones 15

Nine wins Sunday night while new look Weekend Sunrise wins breakfast after 24 hour delay

Street art campaign targets heroin users 9

‘Mischievous’ Paul Henry to front Ten’s Breakfast, ‘no truth’ to Sarah Murdoch rumours 11

Filmmaker Sarah Watt dies age 53

Clipsal 500: the race that rocks 1

Police, free petrol and gangsterettes used in marketing stunt for new video game 23

Fighting Fear gets biggest Australian doco release 1

Deborah Cameron exits ABC 8

Casting announced for Campion’s Top of the Lake 6

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