News

Tony Abbott loses ratings battle to Julia Gillard on The 7pm Project 3

Garth Davis to direct new Tooheys Extra Dry spot 6

Greenpeace trains its sights on Adidas and Nike 2

Nando’s gets tactical for Lady Gaga’s Sydney visit 27

Eagle Boys: our pizzas are bigger than Domino’s 15

Ex-B Magazine editor Eliza O’Hare joins Bondi Advertising

Arts Minister grants $45,000 to Dungog to nurture Australian script writers 3

Beyond Harry Potter: House of the Rising Sun

Tech Diaries: GoPro’s Helmet Hero

VW Australia plays down impact of Greenpeace ‘Dark side’ campaign 1

PR agency Howorth appoints Sydney Opera House’s Steven Reilly 3

Reborn launches media network, hires ex-Fairfax salesman Dave Wright to run it 6

Ogilvy’s social media arm hires seven staff, claims 440% growth 5

Tool brand Hart hits Australia with radio blitz 1

ComScore: Australian internet users watch 10 hours of online video a month 11

Vanish NapiSan attempts to sponsor White House 20

Quickflix streams Sony Australia

NAB’s Break Up campaign changes tack to focus on honesty 44

AGT beats Masterchef as the finals continue 2

Fox8′s Slide goes transmedia on August 16 3

Foxtel to acquire Austar for $2.5 billion

Astra Awards promise sell-out crowd

Nine invites Hamish & Andy fans to send them a postcard while they’re in New York 6

Mo-town Sydney in March One DM campaign for German restaurant 6

Survey: Self satisfaction is the main reason to blog 4

Bob Connolly masterclass

Domino’s stages Hawaiian-themed flash mob 42

Mumbrella masterclass for community managers

Motor Accident Commission tells South Aussie youth: ‘Lose your licence and you’re screwed’ 9

Australia’s ad industry: not racist, but… 27

Nine News apologises over phone hacking claim 2

Can of Worms edges closer to 1m 12

$29m lost to scam advertising – a ‘conservative’ estimate 1

Hill & Knowlton appoints Tim McPhail to head public affairs; Cook confirmed as MD

Nova claims media first with credit card tapping technology 19

Only positive comments allowed at ‘no wankers please’ ideas-sharing club 41

Quickflix new CEO, Chris Taylor

Mia Freedman is the new face of Fisher-Price 28

Kellogg’s assigns consolidated PR duties to Liquid Ideas 7

Union ad celebrates great moments of denial 27

FremantleMedia takes ‘Qantas-Jet Star’ approach to TV programming with new venture

Three Drunk Monkeys to unveil ‘love song’ to Opera House

Man can’t help ‘falling in luxury’ with the new VW Touareg 12

Gruen Transfer returns in August and announce Gruen Planet

Gruen Transfer returns – and announces spinoff Gruen Planet focused on PR 25

Ian Hogg moves to CEO FremantleMedia Asia Pacific

Manu Feildel salsas to 1.5m viewers as Masterchef’s NY adventure hits 1.6m 1

Hyundai Elantra: the big small car 2

Former Photon boss Matt Bailey returns to the market 5

Nine pins hopes on Top Gear, The Voice, Hamish & Andy and Underbelly for bounceback 5

Antony I Ginnane steps down from SPAA 1

The Renovators launch: Mott says ‘No Plan B’

‘Rip and roll’ gay sex campaign is the most complained about ad this year

Hartigan: News of the World is an affront to all of us 4

Giant ditches pro rider sponsorships to champion ‘real riders’ 13

Ad of the month shortlist revealed 1

Greenpeace increases pressure on VW with new attack ad 4

Masterchef rates for Ten as Today grabs another win over Sunrise

Mumbrellacast: News Of The World scandal; How to fix PR; Verdict on ANZ and Westpac campaigns; Reality TV battle; Can of Worms 7

All ad postcards to get QR codes 12

Mark Britt set to lead NineMSN 2

Murdoch closes News Of The World over voicemail hacking scandal 20

Kaspersky Lab sponsors Manly Sea Eagles 6

Gen Y specialist hires Duncan Byrne as creative director

Optus fined $5m for misleading advertising 3

Vodafone’s little blue credit demons brought to life in experiential push 8

Morphy Richards gets steamy in social media debut 11

State of Origin pulls in 2.5m for Nine, but Mat Beyer eviction still rates for Masterchef

Nature’s own: are you an angel? 2

Walkley Week hits Queensland 1

Fairfax: No police contact with our exec over phone hacking 1

Nando’s launches tactical campaign around State of Origin 90

Tourism Queensland announces top 20 in Million Dollar Memo campaign, values publicity at over $12m 3

Fairfax exec Ricky Sutton ‘faces voicemail hacking questions’ 8

Luna Park Sydney uses wristbands and social media to boost visitor engagement 8

SBS senior marketing specialist Aisha Hillary moves to TigerSpike 2

Mark Buckman takes control of all Telstra’s marketing 7

Community Engine axes commercial team 8

Mamamia hires Simon Marmot to lead marketing 12

Hunt begins for 2011 APG Planning Idol

Dive Another Day: Stunt performers hang tight

Former Mediacom digital head Andrea Rule moves to Yahoo7 7

I Like Your Video: the rise of digital content

Masterchef on top as The Block and AGT deadlock 1

Tourism NT declares today National Hump Day 1

NSW Industry Briefing location announced 10

Screen Futures Summit begins Saturday

MTV Networks Korea VP and GM moves to Nickelodeon Australia 2