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Colenso BBDO managing director Nick Garrett promoted to new role of CEO 3

McDonald’s customers ‘not valued’ as CMO admits short-term campaigns are ‘just noise’ 7

Optus pitches Business account alongside direct marketing account

Ikon picks up digital marketing account for UK sports retailer Wiggle after competitive pitch

Spotzer Media Group names Peter Urmson as CEO

Energy Australia GM of sales and marketing David Hamilton departs company

Southern Comfort rolls out locally-produced billboards as part of global ‘Whatever’s Comfortable’ campaign

Battle of the emotive Christmas ads: David Jones v John Lewis 19

Mumbrella trialling technology to gauge audience reactions and engagement with campaigns 2

IGA focuses on recipes and entertaining tips and advice in new Christmas campaign

BWM appoints Asheen Naidu as ECD as Rob Belgiovane moves back to CCO role

Tigerair compares its customers who don’t fly often with chickens in new ad 8

The ABC’s cuts specials deliver bumper audiences as Big Bang Theory repeat wins night

AIMIA names Rob Wong as new CEO 1

ABC to face ‘$50m cuts’ claims Media Watch as Turnbull plays down impact 18

Morning Update: Kmart’s ‘Jingle Bellies’ Christmas ad; ‘Kick the Habit’ campaign wins at Singapore’s Hall of Fame Awards

Ad bookings tumble in October amid ‘soft conditions’ in print and TV 2

Interstellar posts second massive weekend as Let’s Be Cops debuts strongly

William Hill on hunt for creative agency ahead of local launch next year 4

SBS boss: Oztam ratings are ‘very unscientific’ and underestimate size of NITV audience 12

Coles launches Curtis Stone fronted Christmas push 2

Campaign highlights statistic of adults suffering from effects of childhood abuse 1

SBS to launch event activation team to help advertisers reach multicultural audience

Sport and reality lead the way in first Nielsen Twitter study into TV-generated tweets

Headspace target parents in new campaign

Nicole McInnes joins Pandora Internet Radio as marketing director 4

Former Fairfax Radio DJ Howard Sattler claims he was sacked for having Parkinson’s disease 2

OMD Sydney poaches telco expert from M&C to lead strategic team on Telstra account 3

South Australian Government pitches media as incumbent MEC moves into Melbourne

Countdown’s 40th anniversary celebrations watched by 965,000 2

Morning Update: Anna Kendrick stars in Kate Spade holiday ad; Penguin Books hit back at John Lewis

Chrissie Swan departs Melbourne breakfast as Matt Tilley to partner Jane Hall at rebranded Kiis 34

SBS downplays criticisms of Dateline changes from ‘disgruntled ex-employee’ but confirms new ‘lighter’ format 5

ABC postpones Christmas party for TV division as cuts announcement looms 8

Joe Hockey brands tax minimising tech firms ‘thieves’ amid controversy over multinational tax avoidance 8

‘Epic’ brand campaigns back in fashion as marketers adopt ‘network’ approach 3

Powershop pulls Darth Vader outdoor campaign after complaint from Lucasfilm 7

Ten concedes ‘patchy’ performance in 2014 but pitches for ‘fair’ share of revenue 6

Droga5’s Steve Coll joins ADMA board to plug creative gap and drive copywriting program

StreamCo signs deal with MGM, secures streaming rights to Fargo 6

Allianz targets small business owners in new campaign from MercerBell

Beauty and the Geek audiences tumble after makeover high

Stump the Strategist 24 hour marathon live feed

Morning Update: Mike Myers does Sears ad with his brother; Tiffany & Co’s Christmas ad 1

ABCs: Sunday papers post double digit print declines, digital growth slows 21

ABCs: Zoo Weekly continues to slide as weekly magazine market struggles 7

GroupM global digital boss says Xaxis ‘completely transparent’ and defends content sharing play 12

Music streaming site Guvera vows to retain ad funded model as it launches into India

US jobs site Indeed takes aim at Seek after branding recruitment advertising ‘depressing’

Google silent on impact of global Doubleclick outage of Australian publishers 3

Telstra promotes its bundles with a lizard looking for alone time in ads from The Monkeys

Uber offers customers the chance to ‘ride like a president’ for free with Ubercade 15

Royal Caribbean International launches ‘It’s Royal Caribbean Time’ TV spot 3

Complaints to ASB tops 5,000 with Ashley Maddison and MyPlates among main offenders 5

Terror laws a ‘backward step for democracy’ 1

Woolworths marketer says brands need to start tracking sales metrics from blogger spend 4

OMD and Leo Burnett promote staff to digital head roles 4

Air Rescue dips on debut but up comparatively as TV audiences continue to dissipate 2

Qantas releases first 60-second TV slot as BA campaign replicates ‘welcome home’ ad push 10

Lifelounge launches online and phone-only bank ‘act’ with dancing video

Morning Update: Sainsbury sets Christmas ad during WWI; YouTube introduces a paid service called Music Key 1

Mumbrella hangout with Ad Standards Bureau CEO Fiona Jolly 24

Gruen on ABC 2015 show line up, amid ongoing speculation about funding cuts 4

ABC to allow consumers to buy content in its back library through iView 6

GroupM digital boss: Amazon will crush Australia’s e-commerce like an anaconda 11

McDonald’s downplays loyalty push after launch of mobile ordering service

Creative agency Loud shoots for ‘cultural potency’ with new management team 15

Westpac’s branded content documentary Air Rescue returns with longer run tonight 1

Seven West Media boss warns profits could be down 10% for first half 3

Al Jazeera news campaign targets audiences across political spectrum

Nutri-Grain uses mobile app game to encourage teens to get active 3

Sunbeam highlight competitive nature of cooking in new campaign from The Works 1

Qantas launch ‘mobile first’ youth travel site in partnership with Sound Alliance 11

Karen Halligan departs Bohemia after just six months for SCA role 6

NineMSN posts 20% drop as SMH stays top of Nielsen online news rankings 10

Stable night for TV with Recipe to Riches and Dancing holding, but Big Brother down again 1

Frankie publisher Morrison Media bought out in $10m deal 1

Morning Update: Schick sing about manscaping; Vodafone UK celebrate Christmas with Frozen song 3

APN Outdoor close down on first day of trading

ABC has ‘not had confirmation’ on $200m cuts as unions start week of action in protest 7

Victoria Bitter ‘beats Apple to market’ with launch of live cricket scoreboard watch 19

Bonds adds Leo Burnett Melbourne to agency roster

Tourism Australia strikes $12m marketing deal with Singapore Airlines

Westpac creates new campaign from past ads, season two of Air Rescue premieres tomorrow

Amazon launches audio book brand Audible locally, offering members free content 2

Publish Question Time panel revealed

Al Jazeera English boss: ‘We live in hope’ for the release of Peter Greste and his colleagues 1

More programming shake ups to come as radio bosses flag Drive as key battleground for 2015 2