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P&O Cruises urge ‘earthlings’ to experience freedom on board their ship as ‘cruiselings’ 19

Brisbane Radio Ratings: Howson loses Brisbane Breakfast crown as 97.3FM comes close to losing top spot

Perth radio ratings: Mix94.5 pulls ahead of Nova93.7

Adelaide radio ratings: Hit107 fails to make immediate impact as Mix102.3 share slips again 1

Geeks and Hawkie dominate TV audiences on Monday night

Melbourne radio ratings: FoxFM wins FM market as 3AW remains dominant despite drop

Sydney radio ratings: Alan Jones completes ton while Kyle and Jackie O back on top 9

Morning Update: Christmas spots from Boots, Barnes & Noble, Kohl and Mulberry

Pandora celebrate special moments in a woman’s life in new brand campaign

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar tops weekend box office as Fury is pushed to third place

Aldi celebrates Aussie Christmas traditions in new campaign from BMF 13

Triple M defends signing of Brian Taylor, following gay slur comments 12

iiNet $20m media account in play, OMD WA on alert 1

Electric car firm Tesla runs pop-up display marketing drive ahead of local launch 9

Qantas to complete $20m media pitch before end of the year 1

Adelaide drive presenter Sean Craig Murphy to join Triple M

Lynx celebrates ‘effortless individuality’ with temporary social club 1

Fiji Airways send three families to Fiji in new campaign from Iris Worldwide Sydney

Ten bidding war begins with Time Warner lobbing a $680m bid 13

Worldwide chairman of M&C Saatchi Tom Dery to relocate to Boston 1

The Brand Agency shows risks of giving alcohol to teens in ad for WA Drug and Alcohol Office 1

Big Adventure hits new low as T20 cricket helps Nine dominate night

Bonds focus on sparkling festive product range in Christmas ad 9

Target focuses on gifts in retail-led Christmas spot 3

The Brand Agency and Marketforce dominate at PADC Awards

Morning Update: Christmas ads from Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Tesco; Netflix acquires rights to Lemony Snicket books

Mix Melbourne rebranded as Kiis with Hughesy and Kate returning to radio replacing Rosso in Drive 6

Stump the Strategist marathon will attempt to answer 100 marketing questions in 24 hours 7

Pinetrees Lodge release video promoting Lord Howe Island from competition winner 4

Stan, Netflix and Presto all likely to eventually allow video advertising

Latest crowdsourcing startup targets agencies with jingle writing needs 5

Appliances Online launches huge blimp to symbolise confidence in economy 6

Shares in Ten jump 20 per cent following takeover speculation 4

ABC head of factual Phil Craig to depart 2

Embattled Qantas looks to ‘reconnect’ with passengers with TV-led brand push 36

WAN sales boss Les Corner departs

Sensis to take media buying in-house after pitching account to agencies 1

Three agencies face off for $7m World Vision media

Coles focuses on ‘everyday’ lower prices in new campaign 3

HIV prevention campaign covers Sydney’s Hyde Park Obelisk with giant condom 7

AAMI continues with use of slow-motion on life insurance and income protection campaign

Seven cameraman carjacked by armed gunman 2

Surfing Australia launches branded content TV play extending IPTV channel

The Economist launches daily agenda-setting news brief The Economist Espresso 1

Makeovers boost Beauty and the Geek as Seven wins night

Uber marketer: The people who complain most about your brand are probably fraudsters 9

Morning Update: John Lewis wins Christmas with penguin ad; Coke’s Wendy Clarke to be first marketer to chair a Cannes Jury

ASB rules against True Value Solar TV ad for normalising use of sun beds 1

Jumptank strategy head Ben Cunnington relocates to Singapore for senior Vizeum role 3

Pizza Hut appoints Host as lead creative agency following pitch 7

Fetch TV boss says he would welcome Netflix and Stan onto platform

Brisbane Airport rejects second outdoor campaign targeting the G20 4

Edelman vows to ‘aggressively’ pursue digital, creates new ECD and strategy roles 5

Kmart kick off retail-led Christmas campaign

Fairfax chairman urges government to take action on media reform 8

Travel Insurance Direct aim to make brand name more memorable with AJF Partnership Sydney campaign 7

Vodafone promotes Spotify partnership with UK ad

News Corp Australia revenues flat amid ‘modest’ ad decline 3

Mercedes-Benz first to partner Sky News as Qantas inflight deal begins

‘It’s not about us’: David Jones switches focus to emotional connection with customers 6

Lung Foundation Australia aim to inspire conversations about lung health with social media campaign

Intel boss Burleigh and Ogilvy CEO Fox join final SAGE lineup

Ten appoints Citi to advise it after speculation around Discovery and Foxtel bids 2

Ad watchdog rules Coles ‘fresh’ Tasmanian apples ad was misleading 3

Ad Standards board rules against Paddle Pop icy pole ad for targeting children 1

Audiences down across the board as cricket season opening helped Nine to win night 2

D&AD unveils awards judging line-up with Jonathan Kneebone to head film advertising jury

Morning Update: GoldieBlox’s latest ad channels Apples iconic ‘1984’; Why GoPro’s Instagram strategy should catch Apple’s eye

KFC celebrate the ‘Home Cricket Ground’ in cricket sponsorship spot 2

Marketers have a one hour ‘sweet spot’ to drive consumer conversion study claims 4

Producers turn to crowd funding to make pilot of online TV show on ‘life and love in Sydney’ 4

Sunny Queen Farms use The Poach Coach in animated ‘how-to’ guide on poaching eggs 1

Optus head of fixed product Sue Bailey handed interim marketing duties at telco

Merrick Watts rules out reuniting with Rosso, admits Drive competition is ‘interesting’ 3

Streaming service Stan to have ‘truly Australian character’, secures exclusive rights to Breaking Bad spin off 14

Pepsi returns to ‘Live life to the max’ in new TV push for Pepsi Max

Peugeot use ‘TV Sync’ technology to target consumers with social media content 1

Gorilla unveil new work for cooking appliance brand ILVE

Perth Racing launches content campaign through 303Lowe

Merrick Watts to take on national Drive show on TripleM network with co-host to be announced 7

Controversial dead horse billboard pulled by Ooh Media given all-clear by ad watchdog 4

Melbourne Cup wins Tuesday ratings with 2.122m tuning in from home to watch the race

David Jones moves from retail to emotion in new ‘Things We Do For Love’ Christmas campaign 14

Nine and Fairfax to announce new streaming venture Stan today 19

Morning Update: Warner Bros begin layoffs; Unilever’s Axe ‘The Look’ tops viral chart

The Hallway’s head of PR Louise Pogmore departs

ABC appoints Jo Mullaley as head of marketing for ABC Television 6

#OnMyAgenda G20 campaign goes ahead despite Brisbane Airport rejecting billboard