News

RSPCA Animal Rescue delivers for Seven, while Nine’s Customs beats out ICU

ABC launches digital initiative to connect regional communities 1

Australian industry was complacent for 20 years: Miller

Lavender drafts former McCann Erickson MD to new planning role 1

Media Watch host Holmes: unlike ACMA and the APC we can be brutal 13

BCM launches ‘world first’ Twebsite 25

Mumbrella Podcast: News Ltd’s Tony Kendall targets advertisers; Australians leaders in social media; where are all the women creatives? 2

iiNet wins copyright court case

Sandilands joins Seven’s Australia’s Got Talent 4

Christian churches claim success in first united advertising push 9

Adelaide Advertiser claims victory over repeal of online comment censorship 3

Miracle Fish, a great artistic achievement, but not as golden as Oscar

Fidelity Communications announces first win 2

Avatar to deliver profit boost to News Corp

Orchestral score and more than 100 prints for Beneath Hill 60

Seven leads with return of Grey’s Anatomy, while My Kitchen Rules holds share 2

Mike Zeederberg quits Profero to start own agency 5

New digital agency Reading Room: time to end the big agency bullshit 46

OMD promotes Jarrett into new GM role 2

Scientologists plan Aussie ad blitz 11

Unilever, Diageo and J&J among winners in awards for new product launches 1

Oscar nominations – Patterson, Miracle Fish in, everybody else out

McCann resurrects mPICS

Being in Heaven gets one more week at Palace 1

Adelaide Advertiser in face off with SA government over online comment censorship 8

Seven’s My Kitchen Rules fails to fire up ratings 14

Arctic Blast releases poster 9

Celebrities support law reforms for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community 3

Familiar names will compete at Tropfest 2010

Live Oscar nomination coverage tonight

Baz Luhrmann tours India

Max Markson – editing Naomi Robson’s Wikipedia profile was my job 15

Sinbad feature begins production in Queensland

Questions raised over news sites’ local stats 21

Council for the Arts launches promo video featuring new art of “Pogoism” 14

Nova hoaxes rival stations 20

Kingdom secures international sales 2

Sundance winner Michôd wants to stay in Australia

Holler drafts former Photon MD to drive growth 2

Tennis serves big ratings for Seven, while Ten comes out strong

Green Committee takes shape

Global economy ‘less worse’, but not in recovery just yet, says Sorrell 1

Naomi Robson returns with online TV show 15

News Ltd readies launch of national lifestyle inserts 4

Outdoor firm: Advertisers are finally investing in new formats 1

Animal Kingdom wins at Sundance

Journalists on Myer LA junket accused of hiding bust-up involving store boss 6

Australians world’s biggest users of social media 28

MRN launches Sydney comedy radio station The Crack

Lion Nathan national marketing director steps down

AFACT/iiNet ruling due next week

ABC’s Scott: Broadcasters must invest in event TV to maintain eyeballs 2

Free TV ad revenues continue to fall with Ten showing only improvement 8

Quickflix hires Chief Marketing Officer and foresees growth for the online rental/digital sector 7

St.George launches new brand campaign 11

Chris Smith to return to 2GB on Monday after Christmas party suspension 30

Photon faces legal claim over earn-out allegations 2

Tourism NZ appoints Hill & Knowlton in lead up to Rugby World Cup 1

Gosling to assist Digital Pictures on digital acquisition formats and post workflows 1

Robert Morgan: Ad agencies suffering from lack of women in creative roles 57

Effies introduces new category to recognise marketing is more than just advertising 17

Agencies urged to ‘rile up’ clients to take risks 11

Industry Council encouraged by new Screen Queensland attitude

Chrysler continues realignment into Maxus

Fairfax – we’ve talked about ad-free, subs-based SMH and Age sites 7

Creative – don’t rush to develop campaigns for Apple’s iPad just because it’s trendy 11

ACMA moves into social media to “engage” stakeholders 2

MySpace MD – Social media is also for niche films

ACMA launches social media strategy

Agencies create ‘green’ team

General Pants Co. launches ‘singles only’ record label for unknown artists 7

Fairfax’s Pippa Leary warns – now banner ads are commodotised let’s not do it to video too 3

Sony embraces alternative content

Network Ten stars crack under pressure in new tongue-in-cheek promo 17

Rowland anticipates Being in Heaven will make a profit; dismisses "closed-minded" critics 2

Rowland anticipates Being in Heaven will make a profit; dismisses “closed-minded” critics 2

Beneath Hill 60 trailer released 5

Hughes Public Relations acquires SA boutique agency 1

Apple takes on Amazon’s Kindle e-reader with iPad

Hamilton Island launches first brand campaign in five years 5

Markson signs as publicist for White House “gatecrasher” couple 4

Run-of-the-million

Writer/producer Lynn Bayonas passes away 1

Sunny Queen Farms turns the smile upside down with Whinging Poms eggs 40

Advertisers call on government to move away from ‘one-size fits all’ approach to TV 1

Journo launches tech newswire Delimiter in bid to challenge AAP 11

McGregors International to merge with Fleishman-Hillard 2

Hyro brings in former OgilvyOne creative director Bloomfield 5