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Regions to miss launch of Ten’s new digital channel

Exclusive: Ten turns to poker for next reality show 3

The new look Mumbrella 12

Murdoch shuffles News Corp management

Vodafone shifts global strategy brief to WPP

Banjo wins Freeview account

Anthony O’Reilly quits INM

Award School Sydney opens

ABC’s Australian Story to probe ‘mercy killings’

Today’s trade press: Hungry Jacks; clever clients and Freeview

Mumbrella down at the weekend

Telstra’s new marketing honcho McKenzie has hardly worked in marketing 9

Wi-fi as advertising; Four-day agency week; Newspaper pioneer dies; Vanilla Ice pt 2; Who is Craig? 1

Optus wraps itself in the flag with Telstra price attack 1

Footy Show delivers for Nine… and for Rusty’s sponsors 2

Dedicated networker Conroy puts in the hours at the tennis, soccer and racing

Mitchell and OMD winners; Universal McCann and Mindshare losers in 2008 media spend

AFR salutes the heroes; ABC turns to the Hollowmen for funding bid 1

Will Google Voice be a Telstra killer? 3

Video special – Papworth papped; Nissan redux; What radio presenters wear

Tooheys tests the six degrees of separation theory as Foster’s gears up 4

DR MUMBO: Guerilla PR 2

Government ad decisions were ‘muddled and unaccountable’ 3

Biggest Loser is Ten’s only winner 1

Harold Mitchell – it’s not Wall Street; Phoenix from the flames; Adtech – the gulf between ad agencies and social media 1

Politicians to scrutinise how sports reporting is affected by commercial deals

Ron Walker’s Ferrari; ABC’s unfortunate signage; Media agency boss’s love of quantum mechanics 2

Round-up from the Adtech conference 1

Intel feels the need for speed 1

Rafters rule ratings ; Nine’s Tuesday nightmare continues

The story you’re about to read is true. Tobacco ads return to Australia 1

How much does an editor earn? $56,000 a month 13

Bad times for production houses; Fosters’ flag hijack; Harpers goes downhill; Dubai’s PR crisis

Mediacom, Universal McCann and Media Contacts only three Aussie representatives on global shortlist 7

WPP boss Sorrell says he doesn’t want to buy Photon 8

Four agencies vie to represent death row mobile brand

Droga5 drafts in Vanilla Ice for Virgin Mobile work 14

Internet is Australia’s most trusted medium – ACMA 4

Underbelly wins, but rest of Nine’s schedule struggles

What the Twitterati are saying about Adtech 4

The Telegraph’s sustained attack on Pacific Brands is madness 12

Give journos a break; Vulture PR; Saturation marketing; Viral packs a punch; Hyro minds think alike

Seven wins the week

Strategy director departs Naked for London 1

Lexus’ so-called bushfire tribute; Ping pong at Adtech 6

Where did charity’s social media money go?; Brits don’t like Aussie sex ads; Which agency will win the war? 1

WPP defies gloom with good results for 2008, but warns of tougher 2009 2

Nine denies all the rumours, More digital radio delays; Everyone’s an adshare winner 1

COMMENT: Online journalism is all about the fish you throw back 22

Don’t use local press, says Fairfax paper; Lions organiser gives a PR masterclass 1

WEEKEND PRESS: Does The Tele hates adland?; NRL pulls ad; Columnists discover Twitter 3

Singo: Ad industry is full of druggy idiots; Daily Tele: He’s right 16

“Go on holiday: it’s your patriotic duty” 3

Rodent’s revenge; Sport & Style not in vogue; Right to know? Not at the Press Council 2

Press watchdog issues new charter

Nine wins Thursday night, old skool style 1

Time running out for Mumbrella Masterclass earlybirds

TODAY’S TRADE PRESS: Australia’s top vblogger; Laurel vs Tony; Frank PR vs Australia; Yanni vs the razor 9

GUEST POSTING M&C Saatchi top ad agency site for usability, Leo worst 7

‘Nothing will ever be the same again’ 7

A Golden Gaytime for Mardi Gras; A golden Korean boost for the SMH 4

SBS confirms plans to take ad sales in-house

Research row as TV claims to be number one after all 3

Ten the Biggest Loser in last night’s ratings

TODAY’S PAPERS: Sport & Style – nothing to scare the advertisers; Banks steer round the ATM PR trap; Silence from the Bonds spruikers

SBS boss – expect free TV to get a lot worse 2

MySpace launches push to make itself marketer friendly 2

GOODLINX: The tone of online comment; Humpty Dumpty does PR; Fairfax’s spin drought; PR etiquette of Twitter 1

Australia’s digital switchover continues to struggle 2

PR agency of the year – eventually; Secrets of the new Naked boss; The reef pros 4

Lowe wins $15m Aussie account 1

Welcome to Tuesday nights – owner: Seven

Telstra, CBA and NAB are Australia’s most valuable brands 8

Paul Merrill – Australia’s secret PR maestro 5

Gloria Jean launches new campaign one sip at a time 3

You can stop the user generated ads now 17

2.2m reasons for Nine to love Underbelly

Skittles gets a taste for Twitter 8

Publicis Mojo Schweppes ad goes viral – after a year’s wait 23

BigPond to talk gaming on Twitter 3

Seven wins tightest ratings week of 2009

COMMENT: PR game is too easy for airline boss 2

Marketers cutting costs and moving to short term planning 6

TODAY’S PAPERS: Magazine ad meltdown; Cameron’s ABC exit; Fat soldiers exposed; Will the plug be pulled on Ten? 2

Online on the up; disastrous decline for magazine ad spend 9

Tabakoff laughs last; Diary skills with AdNews; Todd’s work-life balance; Be cool the Adam Ferrier way

Sydney PR agency publishes bloggers charter 29

GOODLINX: Sexist agencies; Inside story on the Osama reef video; The case for advertising in a downturn; The death of a newspaper; Are Doritos being tight? 1