News

Twentysomething’s second season receives Screen Australia funding 5

ABC’s head of comedy joins Matchbox 1

Peter Rowe replaces Erica Smyth as ScreenWest chair

Qantas suspends in-flight wi-fi citing lack of demand from passengers 13

Santa surfs with ham in Christmas ad for Aldi 40

Bonus for TV networks as government waters-down content quota recommendations 1

Lenard’s in ‘cost effective’ refit by Ideaworks 30

Vodafone rolls out vbook ads around cricket sponsorship 4

Woolies turns to scented media to lure Christmas shoppers 10

Ratings year sees Seven win overall audience battle and Nine win key advertising demographics 4

Whybins tops B&T Awards 2

KFC’s Summer Session radio show presented by Meatfree Monday supporter Pat Cash 10

QUT hunts for grads to be ‘heroed’ in its ads 5

Strike Bowling offers to rescue Aussie companies from terrible Xmas parties 5

KFC’s Madden story changes 10

TV1 is now ‘Always great’ 3

REA Group appoints Microsoft’s Lisa Hickson as marketing head

TAC marketing chief John Thompson joins Mitchell & Partners 1

Sky-high yoga in stunt for Sydney Tower Eye 1

Fairfax on top at The Walkleys 3

Today Tonight host Matt White leaves ‘to play somewhere else’ 10

BridgeClimb launches Live from the Bridge

TAC stunt reminds Victorians of those who won’t be at Christmas lunch this year 10

Meat Free Week to launch next year in anti-factory farming awareness campaign 21

Prime Media Group CEO Ian Audsley named media executive of the year 4

Leveson inquiry into UK press: the experts respond

Ten’s Breakfast experiment bows out 38

Grazia attempts to broaden demographic to men 24

Beauty and the Geek finale ratings down on last year

Media agency PHD turns planning into global game 4

Wonderful Pistachios ‘get crackin’ with Angry Birds, The Simpsons and The Peanuts Gang 4

KFC: Madden brothers told us they were never vegetarians; Benji: I’m not any more 18

Zoo Weekly censured by ad watchdog for ‘demeaning’ Facebook posts 23

SBS launches campaign to promote new indigenous channel NITV 1

PR Council declares mission to ‘champion earned media’, Michelle Hutton joins Comms Council board 5

KFC goes silent on Madden brothers summer campaign after Benji is revealed as vegetarian 5

Everyday Rewards apologises for patronising Facebook fans; tells them ‘You’re smart cookies’ 3

James Thomson to edit BRW; Joanne Gray to edit Boss 7

Porsche launches magazine aimed at women 3

Spicks and Specks, Chris Lilley, Joe Hildebrand and Chaser team return to ABC TV in 2013 11

Call for entries: November’s ad of the month

Seven News is Wednesday’s only million-plus show 3

Aegis Media launches social media unit The Social Hatch 1

Ex-BMF creative director Tim Wood joins RAPP Tribal in New Zealand

Ogilvy Australia resurrects national creative chief role as Steve Back returns home 6

KFC reveals partnership with the Madden Brothers 8

Wild Turkey tells Aussie blokes to ‘bird up’ 5

Qantas severs $50m ties with Tourism Australia 5

Enero shares drop as BMF and Naked struggle 4

Contiki appoints ex-Mojo exec Toni Ambler as Australia marketing director 1

JCDecaux creates a singing billboard for Eftpos 2

AustralianSuper wins top award at superannuation industry marketing awards

Archibald/Williams wins Nando’s digital business 2

Series finale of Winners & Losers wins Tuesday 2

Mango boss Simone Drewery joins UK PR firm Kaper 3

Miranda Kerr is the most ‘Binged’ Australian 7

Ads around music videos are more memorable than regular TV ads – neuroscience study 2

Study reveals the power of love for a brand 14

Seven news ‘legend’ Peter Meakin steps down

St. Vincent’s Hospital launches Opera in the Market

News Ltd in early talks on acquiring The Age print centre 1

Today beats Sunrise as Nine wins Monday 3

Nine uses upfronts to pledge a 5% audience increase in 2013 4

Danny Lavell ends 16-year stint at ACP to join Ten as national direct sales manager 11

Bug-hating inventor and ladies man spruiks Suk-a-Bug mozzie-killing device 8

Condom brand invites Aussies to choose music that goes best with sex 5

Guzman y Gomez launches re-gifting social media campaign

Skyfall takes a huge $12.3m at box office 1

Roger Savage receives lifetime achievement award at Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards 1

News Limited opens up to real time bidding 4

Brands told to check their Facebook pages at least once a day 17

More Fairfax redundancies ‘may see Boss magazine merge with BRW’ 5

MTV to film Big Day Out for live music series

Tourism Victoria: our ad campaign has helped Melbourne attract more visitors than Sydney 1

OMD’s Simon Davies joins ACP 6

ARN’s Christmas station Elf Radio goes on air 8

60 Minutes tops demos as Sunday Night wins Sunday

Nivea asks men: ‘shave it or save it’ 2

News Limited appoints Fiorella Di Santo as sales chief 1

Dumb Ways To Die viral views exceed the population of Australia 12

Hamish and Andy go daily on Today Network

Merrick cooks up the Carbeque in steak stunt 3

Australia’s top brand Facebook page? Bananas in pyjamas 13

Chivas Regal launches short films based on ‘Real friends make time’ slogan 3

Hungry Jack’s hits back at junk food advertising shame award: ‘we don’t target kids’ 7

BWM boss Paul Williams: buying out of Enero has given us a shot in the arm 4

Reed Collins leaves JWT 3

US version of Rake lands at Fox 7