News

Poor PR makes a bad situation worse for Pacific Brands 2

Blue Freeway – we lost $14.6m and the previous management lumbered us 7

SMH ups its cover price by 10c as Fairfax attempts to raise $700m 3

GOODLINX: Twitter sceptics; Twitter lovers at the AdNews Awards; ‘Blog sphere’ sceptics 8

Host or Clemenger BBDO or BMF is the agency of the year 12

Hattrick for Seven but Nine takes the night – now it’s down to Will Smith versus Kevin Costner

Research firm Pure Profile bids to recruit industry army 3

Major Aussie agencies face missing out on Government work 8

Rising profits, revenue and subs signal Foxtel’s growing threat to free TV 3

Coke, iPhone and PlayStation please, say MySpace users 11

Strong night for Seven in TV ratings

DR MUMBO: Why is the Herald running old Murdoch stories?

Leader of Doritos ad competition was signed up weeks before the competition began 21

ACP revamps mag sales teams and makes 40 redundant 3

Doritos aims for Superbowl magic to rub off on Australia 8

Problogger is Australia’s top blogger 35

Rafters win for Seven as Nine has worst Tuesday of the ratings year

Seven profits fall as it prices its media assets at zero 1

“Cynical” digital sites accused of ripping off advertisers with dodgy ad placements 3

From Gmail to Gfail as Google’s email services go down around the world 5

DR MUMBO: A bad eggsample; Maths with B&T: Is going to Cannes more important than saving jobs? 6

Droga5 creative director Nott to speak at Australian design pow-wow

GOODLINX: Anti-social media; See the new Earth Hour TVC; The future of papers; Don’t blame me, I’m just a blogger 2

Murdoch: The downturn will be good for us 1

Photon writes down DBS investment but flags healthy growth for group 3

Underbelly and Jackman take Nine to three Monday wins in a row

Talbot quits Tempest for a life on the open road as Response Directive takes on Daily Mail 1

Vodafone media pitch is suspended 3

How the media is reporting the Fairfax figures

Ad agency is in Melbourne; the creative director is in New Zealand 15

PHD set to be local winner from HP’s global realignment

60 Minutes special takes Nine to ratings win

DR MUMBO: The two Penelopes; Flatplan fails; Magnificent Markson

Fairfax reveals $448m fall in value of mastheads 3

TODAY’S PAPERS: Secrecy over readership plans; Is Mitchells on the Vodafone list?; Freeview confusion 4

GOODLINX: Goodby’s awards hell; Freeview stumbles; Death and PR; Mia on mag covers

STW stays positive despite reduced profits and asset writedowns

DR MUMBO: Gruen Transfer Returns, and we publish our first verbatim press release 6

Seven wins Thursday night; news leads the way

Aussie agencies slim down plannes for Cannes 1

COMMENT: Eight tips to win your agency great trade PR 11

GOODLINX: Why local and online doesn’t go; PRs don’t understand blogs; Ten’s equity debacle 5

Newspaper readerships down, but data quality is questioned 2

Growth for Reed in Australia, but company plans $250m global cutbacks 1

GOODLINX: News wires, not newspapers; Rules of social media (part 67); The ‘arrogance’ of Google; What’s next in search; The great Samboy hijack 6

More examples of blog cash for comment 11

DR MUMBO: The genius of social media marketing experts 7

Seven rules the ratings, and takes the lead for the week

Ten shares slump after failed fund raising efforts

Talk about sex crimes, not me, says cash-for-comment blogger 15

DR MUMBO: Gleater, the social media web site that doesn’t exist 4

White Agency hires new Melbourne MD

Bye, bye Bush; hello award for Veet ad 1

303 Perth wins latest Sirens round with Ikea ad

Youth mag Vice launches creative agency Virtue 7

Rafters wins the night for Seven in the TV ratings

Mumbrella Masterclass to focus on social media 16

Eddie McGuire to return to Millionnaire duty? 3

DR MUMBO: The editor who brought a story back from the bar 1

Hyro and Blue Freeway continue the fight 7

DR MUMBO: Worst flatplanning of the year? 8

Underbelly takes Nine to biggest win of the year 2

COMMENT: Why can’t the MPA and Publishers Australia get it on already? 24

GOODLINX: Fairfax’s reader relations; Perth scam ads; Hijacking the Oscars 1

“Extinction level event” pushes Australian Anthill to sponsored online model 1

Austereo’s profits hold steady as sales fall 2

Digital duo Gadney and Wilson team up at The Project Factory 2

Cricket thriller takes Nine to ratings win

TODAY’S TRADE PRESS: MPA is dead; Nielsen set for online monopoly; Sponsorship loses out

COMMENT: The return of macho media management 14

GOODLINX: The downturn is killing planning; The rude Q&A; Why PRs and journos hate each other; Google gets out of radio, Ads are not branded content 1

Award-winning British PR agency Frank opens Aussie outpost 2

DR MUMBO: Welcome to Nine – home of fat, ugly people; How Droga5 curate their clothes; You’re So Belgiovane; The drinking habits of Aussie journos 6

TRADE PRESS: Blood in the TV waters; car brand seeks media agency; M&C launches design house 4

Virgin’s Valentine’s Day delivery 8

DR MUMBO: You never know who’s listening

Bulldozer unveils Virgin Money work 2

Nine the most watched network as Australia Unites raises $21m

WA and SA paper sales slump, as magazine market continues its decline 6

DR MUMBO: Fairfax comedian Brian McCarthy on the Bondi shark attack 8

British paper apologises for bushfires headline as telethon raises $21m 6

DR MUMBO: Mia Twitters; behind the scenes at the news; Underbelly ad angst 1

Agency hires first social media director – and announces it on Twitter 2

Saatchis loses its head of digital too

Ansearch turns the corner

News Digital launches Chinese mobile TV service

Scottish tourism body seeks agency to target Australia and NZ

Comms industry responds to bushfires – PRs urged to get involved; Herald Sun’s yellow ribbon appeal; Twitterers to fall silent