News

Sydney radio ratings: Kiis lifts but 2GB and WSFM end year on top 9

Morning Update: Apple and Unicef Sweden Christmas ads

Clemenger BBDO Adelaide closes with some staff and clients moving to KWP 3

Seven evacuates Martin Place newsroom as networks move to rolling news and global media races to cover siege 35

Horrible Bosses topples the Hunger Games as school holidays kick off 1

VCCP Sydney wins ING Direct creative account

Foxtel CMO insists network is ‘well set-up’ for video on demand battleground

Affairs website sparks most complaints in 2014 as ASB defends ruling policy 1

Ten names sponsors of Big Bash cricket as Bundaberg signs on for World Cup 1

Presto picks up HBO content but Game of Thrones ‘won’t be available on SVOD services worldwide’ 6

Ogilvy retains BMW after four-way pitch 2

Ten releases teasers for I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here 11

Cricket wins Saturday while overunning golf takes Sunday crown 3

Morning update: First BMW campaign from FCB, Homeless adorned with Christmas lights

Yamaha Music uses social media for giveaway in the lead-up to Christmas

Seven explores new digital content with development of Home and Away app 1

Flagstaff Studios wins Siren Awards round four for Carlton Mid ad

Joy picks up Telstra’s Boost Mobile 1

Maxus wins iSelect media account – says it will close its doors in Melbourne for six months 7

AMP Capital pitches creative 2

Former Newspaper Works boss Tony Hale appointed CEO of The Communications Council 6

Daily Telegraph rapped by Press Council over disability allowance front page 13

Sportsbet releases new TV ads with fresh set of problems for punters to overcome 1

Qld discourages drink driving by encouraging people to make their place their ‘Mate’s Motel’

Ten and Seven tie in audience share as cricket again hands Nine the win

OgilvyOne picks up Optus Business account

Netflix will not have local presence as execs stress global platform and content investment 1

Morning update: Skittle man’s tough life; A kiss welcomes new airline; Who will succeed Alan Rusbridger? 1

Maxus chief client officer Neil Stewart moving to Facebook as regional agency head

ABC head of arts Katrina Sedgwick departs to take CEO role at Centre for Moving Image 1

KFC marketer stands by embattled Mediacom as audit continues into TV ratings irregularities

Slingshot wins Goodman Fielder baking division media account 9

Nine’s cricket revenue already ‘close to surpassing that of entire 2013/14 Ashes series’

Priceline Pharmacy hands out vouchers in effort to compete with Sephora

Thirsty Camel returns to national TV with campaign looking at how Australians work up a thirst

Gourmet Traveller editor says pop-up restaurant not just a money making exercise

Yoke roll out ‘public service messages’ for Inner East Melbourne Medicare Local 1

Choice lashes piracy code decision claiming it will create an ‘internet filter’

Weather dampens cricket audience for Nine as Seven wins the night

News.com.au reclaims top spot as several sites see big drops 7

Alan Rusbridger to step down as editor-in-chief of The Guardian

Twitter reveals biggest moments of 2014, but Packer v Gyngell doesn’t make top 10

Morning Update: FCKH8 celebrates Christmas with Sexist Santa 4

Industry told to create piracy code by April with copyright infringers to escape harsh penalties 9

Paul Murphy promoted to CEO of the MEAA, replacing Chris Warren as the head of union

Zeno re-enters Australia through Acumen Republic acquisition with Myrna Van Pelt as GM 3

Edelman handed Audi Australia account 3

Ad Standards Board dismisses complaints against HIV prevention campaign; Myer; dead horse mobile billboard; and Wicked Campers 7

CommsCon Awards 2015 now open for entry

Save the Children ad compares life in Australia for children to those in developing countries 3

The Smith Family highlights how charity helps children in Christmas fundraising campaign 7

Guardian editor-in-chief questions new government terror laws

GetUp parodies Government higher education ads with warning that ‘debt is here to stay’ 17

Publicis extends deadline for Sapient deal and sells $1.9bn of bonds

Nine’s David Gyngell the best paid boss of 2014 with package worth nearly $20m 3

A Place to Call Home absent as Presto announces first wave of TV shows 2

At The Movies wraps with bumper 726,000 metro viewers

Morning Update: ‘Lockdown’ PSA marks nearly 100 school shootings since Newtown

Ortolan to end lead agency relationship with Country Road in the new year 4

Tax office will ‘camp out’ at multinational offices in bid to clamp down on tax minimisation

Yahoo!7 confirms it will ‘retire’ companion app Fango and integrate social functions into Plus7 6

Victoria Bitter kicks off cricket marketing drive with scoreboard watch giveaways 11

Pirates buy more content than those who play by the rules claims Choice study 23

Aldi rolls out product-led spots in Perfect Aussie Christmas campaign 1

Nudie launch soda product with interactive vending machine stunt 1

Bauer Media sues Mamamia over spin-off site Debrief Daily 6

Chef Curtis Stone fronts festive TV branded content push by Coles

Ex-Fairfax CEO Brian McCarthy joins The Healthy Thinking Group as board chairman

Presto talking up platform offering as streaming wars continue to heat up 3

Seven wins the night with news as Nine wins the demos with The Big Bang Theory

Morning Update: Christmas ads from KFC and eBay; Netflix wants to premiere new seasons every three weeks

Ridley Scott’s biblical Exodus: Gods & Kings cannot beat The Hunger Games

Sean Cummins: ‘It’s almost my responsibility to redress areas in advertising that aren’t quite working’ 20

Life insurance brand TAL pitches its direct to market creative account 1

Woolworths adds ‘every day’ to ‘Cheap, Cheap’ strap 13

Nielsen admits possible audience report discrepancies on 250,000 TV ads

Programmatic driving resurgence in display ads with mobile to drive most future growth

David Weisbrot named as next chair of the Press Council 1

Swinburne Online celebrates the support its students receive in TV ad 1

Mockumentary Mop Head wins #ReefReels comp as Granny Smith takes out Tropfest title

SPC launches new frozen fruit whip product with sampling campaign 1

Stan signs deal with CBS Studios as Fetch TV adds BBC First to its service 7

Ten’s repeat of Modern Family boosted by non-ratings period as V8s bow out on Seven

Seven West Media signs up for Foxtel’s Presto with TV to be added to streaming mix 5

Morning Update: McVitie’s celebrates Christmas with baby animal choir

Pursuit of awards is ‘very wrong’ says Clemenger Melbourne chairman Jim Moser 4

Vittoria Coffee celebrate summer with specially designed takeaway cups 3

Addressing gender imbalances within agencies needs to come from the top down 2