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Million-dollar debut for Daybreakers

Slow start for Naomi Robson’s new online dating show 14

Pullen pulls out of The Lab as post facility re-structures

Qantas hires The Lab’s GM into key marketing role 1

AMP highlights customer-centric approach in new ads 14

Tourism WA launches new positioning and Taxi Ride campaign 5

Sales and marketing job ads see January rise 1

SMH editor Fray stands by McGurk reporting 3

Ten leapfrogs Nine in first ratings night of the year 8

TTOC absorbed into TAFE NSW – North Sydney Institute

License fee rebates for broadcasters, but no actual content requirements 1

Richard Moore leaves Melbourne Film Festival 2

Australians well represented on Cannes Lions juries

Commercial TV networks to make $240m saving from licence fee rebate 2

Internet nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Sony soccer ad: Feel what they feel 10

Animal Logic secures Sucker Punch VFX work 1

WA releases short film marketing guide

Copyright court decision to impact Australian IPTV models 2

Commercial radio sees continued ad revenue growth

Producer Offset is better than New Zealand’s SPIF, according to Sinbad producer

Mediacom to restructure and switch focus from buying to strategy 24

Lion Nathan campaign promotes Tooheys New as ‘Australian currency’ 25

Ten equals Nine in its strongest rating night of the week

Outdoor media revenue falls 11.8% but sees end-of-year bounce back

Sky News ditches YouTube 11

Precious 7

Everyone should have a slice of Producer Offset cake, says NSW Minister for the Arts

Hill & Knowlton battles to keep account after manager’s anti-Sensis tweets 54

ACA’s Stig lies 2

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