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Snowtown, The Cup & Heartbeat Away shortlisted for Academy Awards 4

Rush president of new academy, AACTA 10

Laid, Burning Man, My Place and Rake among AWGIE nominations

Trail blazers: The art of branded entertainment

Mumbrella to run community managers masterclass in Melbourne 4

Raw Nerve’s Switch in production

Red ink for APN but billboard business looks good

GPY&R shuns MADC Awards on ‘cost’ grounds a year after scam row 17

Megan Hales leaves The Palace for BWM 3

Breakfast host Andrew Rochford: My rivals are tired and we’ll bring breakfast TV back to life 9

Mix launches search for new Sydney breakfast host after Rochford moves to TV 3

Sleeping Beauty in TIFF

Breakfast, Bikers, Puberty Blues, Johnny Young and Assange to Channel Ten in 2012

The Block wins Wednesday again, Gruen steady 1

Cinema sales house Val Morgan creates Brandfit in bid to widen media options 1

Ten enters breakfast show territory and renovates The Renovators for a second series 7

Call for entries: SXSW Film Fest and Conference

‘Gagged’ slave girl ad for men’s clothing store Roger David banned by ad watchdog 78

Photon fortunes improve but company still faces a debt mountain 5

Solaris: Greenpeace ‘scum’ comments were inappropriate and unprofessional 9

Tassie awards show announces judging panel

Edelman duo apologise to former agency Hill & Knowlton for ‘soliciting’ clients and staff 17

Poor night for Ten, The Renovators beaten by Top Gear 5

Magda Szubanski promotes new sports package for Foxtel 7

Hill & Knowlton ends legal fight with former staffers Hutton and MacIntosh 1

ABC announces $14m kids show, Resistance

Adelaide Studios open for business

Ride the wild surf with Storm Surfers 3D 1

Shift announces first new business win: ADMA 1

‘Scum’ attack on Greenpeace campaigner linked to paper company Solaris 30

Energy Watch ad banned for racial stereotyping 22

I Wish I Were Stephanie V to screen at Times Square

Nando’s Little Hotties campaign cleared by Ad Standards 18

Monaghan: ‘Networks will only break through with domestic product’ 2

Block’s last week sees strong Monday performance

Ten reveals 20% profit drop 3

Chinese-Australian co-production for seven part detective series

TV's top 20 of Week 33: Masterchef v The Block

TV’s top 20 of Week 33: Masterchef v The Block

Kiwibank goes for movie trailer style for Green Ops switch campaign

Red Dog takes $1.8m in second weekend 14

Dame Edna fronts Qantas campaign 8

Nine gets set for Underbelly Razor 2

Renault push promotes stress-reducing Latitude 19

Ikea’s ‘fight boring’ brand revamp pays homage to Brave Heart 12

Facebook opens up Places deals to Aussie brands 3

Digital radio sets hit half million 8

Big night for Nine as The Block pulls 2m 3

ASB launches new ‘Tell someone who cares’ campaign 4

Free to air TV’s financial year ad revenue results

Lowe to buy 303

Tourism Oz boss: Comparing our TV ad with the Opera House film is like comparing apples and pears 4

Ad agency: I want to do more product placement, but my clients are wary of local movie flops 2

At Home With Julia in homes on September 7 3

Belgo: I want to do more product placement, but clients are wary of Australian movie flops 8

Ogilvy hires Mark Sareff as national strategy chief to boost ‘thinking culture’ 4

ACP to publish The Block magazine 1

Comms Council chairman: Tourism Australia should give their marketing budget to the Sydney Opera House 13

Mumbrellacast: Morgan Spurlock on product placement and The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Stardeals finally becomes Groupon after winning battle for Aussie domain 6

Torah Bright fronts new HP campaign 4

Nine’s big Thursday as Ten and Seven go AWOL 3

Thick and Thirsty targets male kitchen incompetents 28

Sydney Opera House spot by The Monkeys wins ad of the month 14

Bruce Beresford and Antony I Ginnane have Friday on their minds

Photon gains a new stakeholder 9

Burson-Marsteller releases infographics on social media use in Asia-Pacific 5

Screen Australia offers travel grants

The Renovators in disrepair

The Wheel of Value: FremantleMedia’s mantra

The Wheel of Value: FremantleMedia's mantra

VisitBritain: Despite riots, we’ll go on marketing England to Aussies 3

Telstra’s talking phones love a chat 11

STW Group reports 3.7% EBITDA growth for first half of 2011

Rebecca Carrasco takes CD role at Clemenger BBDO Sydney 2

Dust & Glory Ltd partner with Blue Star Ent. 1

Dust & Glory Ltd partner with Blue Star Ent. 2

Foxtel subscribers stalled on 1.6m, but profits rise 5

Sorbent backs Daffodil Day in singing Aussies campaign 1

Last days for Walkley Award entrants

Seamus Byrne to edit CNET after Pam Carroll’s departure to Optus 4

The Renovators receives its lowest audience to date 12

Clive Bingwa and Derry Simpson elected to 303’s board 3

Harry Bardwell appointed to board of Starglow

Needle generates strong box office in Turkey 1

Call for entries: The National Pitch 2011

303’s Simon Murphy joins Draft FCB as national strategy director 1

Hill & Knowlton’s Jacquelynne Willcox moves to rival agency Weber Shandwick 3