News

Coles celebrates start of spring with Curtis Stone fronted ad

Live blog: Wednesday, September 3

PR agency won’t repeat journalist awards following complaint from recipient 27

New Idea warns rivals not to rip off exclusive Brangelina wedding snaps in legal letter 7

MLA hands lamb campaign to the Monkeys with future of ‘lambassador’ Sam Kekovich in doubt 2

Ford offers customers $200 to test drive Ranger in bid to claim customers from Toyota Hilux 5

Coles head of communications Jon Church to depart 1

Carat Sydney hires OMD’s Georgie Nichols as GM of Sydney 4

M&C Saatchi appoints Ogilvy & Mather’s Kate Smither as group strategy director 9

Seven’s audience dips as Nine improves, while Family Feud was Ten’s highest rating show 1

Brandscreen appoints Adstream’s Robert Manning as VP for APAC

Commonwealth Bank media pitch down to three

Celebrities front CommBank campaign celebrating school banking 4

Live blog: Tuesday, September 2 3

Queensland government ‘red cards’ anti-social alcohol-related behaviour in new campaign 4

Into The Storm uses augmented reality technology in outdoor campaign to promote release date 2

Whybin\TBWA ECDs Dave Bowman and Matty Burton quit to be partners in Special Group 15

H&R Block ad faces calls to pull campaign featuring ‘non-consenting’ Asian elephant 16

Media buyers welcome potential of Freeview Plus, but warn networks not to over-promise 7

Marketers struggling more than ever with data explosion, ADMA chief warns 3

Good Weekend celebrates its pictures and stories in 30th anniversary campaign 4

Big W tests Father’s Day gifts

SMI and Mumbrella to present snapshot of adspend and economic outlook 1

Bondi Hipster’s real-life story beaten into third by reality TV as Nine wins the night

APN considers spinning off NZ assets

Experienced media executive Doug Flynn quits Seven West Media board 1

Slow weekend at box office sees new Woody Allen and Ethan Hawke films bomb 8

Live Blog: Monday September 1

Kiis1065 pulls down ‘inappropriate’ naked photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence 2

Blogger agencies dispute findings that ‘mummy blogging’ is on the wane 4

Freeview boss aims for HbbTV in 10% of Australian households in first year 4

Seven confirms HbbTV services around Australian Open but rivals remain tight lipped

Press Council board rebukes The Australian over attacks on regulator 2

Kennards Hire uses sponsorship of The Block as launch pad for new campaign 1

Mumbrella to hold free content marketing discussion

McCann uses pop-up storybook to warn of the dangers of human trafficking and exploitation 3

MediaCom Match and UM lead nominations for MFA Awards 1

Enero folds BMF’s Melbourne office into Naked with Tom Ward to head agency 1

The Block helps Nine win night as ABC’s Doctor Who and ANZAC Girls most time shifted shows

Ten launches new Dragon’s Den style reality show Shark Tank 10

Former Ipsos executives join forces to launch insights consultancy start-up

John Cleese talks Llamas in fourth Bankwest spot 3

AFL ramps up Don’t go Quietly campaign with Face the Finals Facebook extension 9

Arnie brands Austria the ‘lucky country’ in latest Realestate.com.au ad 1

The Gunn Report releases study on how to win awards in Print and Outdoor 1

Restaurant chain Urban Purveyor Group launches Oktoberfest in September

Kim Williams wonders what could have been if he’d stayed at ABC, criticises drama and doco output and labels print ‘doomed’ 15

News quietly removes Perth Now paywall 3

Tongue handed creative role for ARU National Rugby Championships, Ikon wins media gig 7

Live blog: Friday, August 29

Shine starts to fade for mummy bloggers as study indicates interest falling away 8

AOL’s digital prophet: Australia is just a ‘mid-sized audience’ for Huffington Post 1

Virgin Australia sells stake in Velocity to private equity in move to ‘accelerate growth’ 1

Consumer group Choice crowd funds anti-internet filter ad campaign 1

Myer former marketing and brand GM Megan Foster quits

Site Tour hires former SpotXchange MD Vicki Lyon as chief commercial officer

The World’s Oddest Animal Couples outperform The Bachelor on Thursday night

Video advertising spend surges on the back of FMCG brand interest

Live blog: Thursday, August 28

Southern Cross shuffles new ventures roles after Songl closure 1

Mike Carlton pens first column for Crikey since quitting Fairfax 26

Gyngell slams Government over stalled media reforms, no merger with Fairfax while it is in print 6

Ooh Media won’t reinstate controversial pro-Palestine billboard arguing it could incite hatred 10

RadiumOne hires Patrick Darcy as first APAC commercial director 6

Topshop collaborates with Uber and Mini Cooper to drive consumers in-store 3

Target follows up spring/summer campaign with one promoting children’s line

Qantas to keep hold of loyalty scheme after pondering partial sale 1

Ed Harrison appointed chair of IAB 1

Australia Post suggests Darrell Lea’s Dad Bag is the perfect Father’s Day gift in new ad 2

Enero boss sees pay rise to just over $1m, annual report reveals 3

Ten’s Wonderland and Extant shed viewers as ABC’s Utopia and Reality Check claw back audiences

Nine posts $144.2m net profit, in first results since float

SingTel chief commercial officer Michael Smith to return to Australia

Government launches $3m ad campaign following sweeping changes to travel industry 3

Life jacket company censured for harrowing ad featuring screaming woman and drowning child 1

Government advertising could turn to Facebook to reach indigenous communities

Live blog: Wednesday, August 27 1

Today Tonight Adelaide breached TV code twice in 2011 report about beauty clinic

Coles ditches Status Quo song in new ‘Down Down’ ads 18

Guvera general manager Scott Hamilton let go following restructure 5

Brookfield Rail uses cartoon characters getting killed in online game for safety campaign 3

Seven CEO admits company is in talks over video streaming play 4

Head of marketing Kathleen Drumm among victims of Screen Australia cuts 3

Hahn set to toast entrepreneurs with launch of Jumpstart program

Yahoo!7 hires ABC digital guru Arul Baskaran 3

Toyota unveil new content for online campaign promoting Toyota Certified Used Vehicles

The Works picks up Domain following pitch 2

Seven’s Bringing Sexy Back stabilises as Under the Dome falls further 1