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Finalists revealed for CommsCon Awards

BetEasy appoints GPY&R Melbourne following pitch 6

Nine blames profit and revenue falls on weak ad market 6

Seven’s Winter continues to shed viewers as Nine’s Forever improves audience numbers

Reports News Corp Australia to launch $25m bid for Sky Channels 2

Morning Update: Ad imagines Birdman as real action figure

DDB Melbourne restructures management following changes at Tribal Worldwide 2

Clemenger BBDO Melbourne leads the APAC Effie awards finalists list

McDonald’s pitches digital and social media

Tribal Worldwide Sydney MD and ECD departs

Host CEO Suzie Shaw departs agency

Telstra follows ANZ’s rainbow lead in targeting Mardi Gras 4

Vinnies hires M&C Saatchi as creative agency 1

ABC director Mark Scott defends bidding on Asian Cup rights and job losses 6

TrinityP3 rejects conflict of interest claims over new Calibr8or service 14

Southern Cross appoints new chairman, reports profit slump of 24 per cent 3

Havas Worldwide Melbourne pick up Mercedes-Benz Vans following pitch

How to Get Away with Murder continues to shed viewers falling to 587,000 viewers 4

Morning Update: Comcast shows how blind girl envisions ‘The Wizard of Oz’

News.com.au partners with Snapchat Discover 3

Former BMF ECD David Klein joins CHE Proximity 10

Spotify Australia launches first Instagram campaign 11

Holden draws on feelings of irritation towards caravaners in new spot for Colorado 7

ANZ unveils 2015 GayTMs as branch attacked by gay activists accusing bank of ‘pinkwashing’ 19

Mumbrella to hold Travel Marketing Summit with Flight Centre’s Keith Stanley as keynote

John McEnroe promotes Bankwest for Business and home loans in new ads 3

Gallipoli audience continues to fall as five month delay hammers audience for Revenge 4

Morning Update: Tiffany returns to story of gay couple in TV ad

Nine Entertainment appoints Kate McMahon as Perth sales director

Birdman named Best Picture at Oscars but Fifty Shades of Grey continues to dominate box office 2

RaboDirect involves fans as brand enters fifth year of Melbourne Rebels sponsorship 2

One Green Bean poaches Naked CEO and Mango Sydney MD to boost management 9

Racing Victoria and Melbourne Racing Club pitches $3m media account

IAB Director of research Gai Le Roy steps down 9

AAMI’s Gaz wins safest driver contest as insurer gives out free roadside assistance to safest customers 5

MamaMia hires Yahoo!7’s Anne Markey to head Debrief Daily 4

303Lowe Perth hires five including Kelly-Anne Davis as business director

Athlete’s Foot hires former Jurlique marketer as head of marketing

Stan announces mobile deal with Vodafone 5

The Block: Triple Threat wins the night as Downton Abbey audience plummets on return 10

AJF Partnership Sydney wins Goodman Fielder Baking creative after pitch 2

Tourism Tasmania continues with ‘Go Behind the Scenery’ campaign with new outdoor executions

Morning Update: Budweiser’s ‘Lost Dog’ bombed for memorability and relevance

Coca-Cola pulls Sprite Showers activation hours after building them at Bondi Pavilion 6

Free TV looks to show adult content earlier and reduce complaints with new code proposals 4

STW shares rally slightly to close at 79.5 cents

Draft piracy code floats sending warning notices to offenders 4

STW share price collapses wiping $100m off company value in one morning 5

SMI state breakdowns show strong start to 2015 for the West and South Australia

Leo Burnett Sydney launches Samsung Gear VR with great white shark dive

SunRice relaunches Sunwhite and SunLong in time for Lunar New Year

Cirrus Media selling directories business HotFrog as revenues plummet 4

Oakley to inspire consumers to live out their passions in global campaign

Gogglebox falls on second outing for Ten while State of Affairs makes soft start for Seven 7

Special Group joins Qantas roster with campaign for new business suite

STW Group earnings drop by 5 per cent with CEO Mike Connaghan blaming lack of new business 5

David Thodey announces retirement from role of Telstra CEO 8

Morning Update: Oscars relive past winners in ads for awards show

Chris Mitchell vows to remove The Australian from the Press Council after new condemnation over breaches of confidentiality 16

TVN horse racing channel to close in March 26

Coles Liquor hands creative duties to AJF Melbourne 4

Medibank Private pitches $20m media account with five agencies lining up 2

Baxter confirms UM ‘won’t be entering media agency awards anymore’ 17

Former Bauer publisher Peter Holder appointed acting MD of Daily Mail Australia 5

AMP Capital ditches retainer model following pitch, appoints Apparent on a project basis

Woolworths use a dash of pink and Austin Powers in new online video 2

Mini Australia targets Chinese migrants with Weibo presence 1

‘Chariots of Fire’ backs new Mother’s Day Classic campaign 1

Macquarie radio profits slide 77% with contract costs and Fairfax merger blamed 4

iSelect chief marketer Geraldine Davys departs after just over a year in role 5

Stan on track to hit 100,000 subscribers, says Fairfax 11

Fairfax half year profit plummets to $26.3m with publisher announcing share buyback 12

Seven’s Winter sheds 100,000 viewers while Gogglebox falls on second outing 4

Morning Update: Mum goes fast and furious in Famous Footwear’s video; Porsche holds pitch in Singapore 1

Hangout on social media and the law featuring Jules Lund

Chris Savage quits STW Communications 9

‘Media agencies aren’t our competitors’ claims Mat Baxter as he repositions UM 43

Disney pitches $26m media account, with Carat on alert

Telstra introduces 4GX with slow motion ad using Queen soundtrack

Sportsbet hunts for creative agency for project work 1

Tabcorp campaign calls punters to action for return of Autumn footy and racing

Deadline looms for voluntary ISP code on illegal piracy 4

Taubmans Paint aims to make painting less daunting with ad from Naked Communications 8

Telstra opens new Sydney Customer Insights Centre as it looks to cement tech credentials

Woolworths Australia’s most valuable brand while Lego tops global index according to study 1

Seven West Media records $1 billion loss after writing down value of TV ‘good will’ 3

How to Get Away with Murder drops to 800,000 on second outing as MKR holds strong

Morning Update: Heineken launches global Champions League campaign