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Julian Assange show rates 1.336m, wins time slot and all main ad demos for Ten 7

Sunday Tele outs The Australian’s journo as part of Young Liberals ‘cover-up’ over Alan Jones row 4

2GB suspends ads on Alan Jones breakfast show and accuses opponents of cyber bullying advertisers 62

Train ads arrive in Queensland 7

Mindshare successfully defends Unilever in Australia; PHD wins NZ battle

Radio ad revenues suffer drastic drop in September 5

Droga5 brand withdraws from New Zealand as agency rebrands as The Collective 3

Creative directors Oliver Devaris and Graham Johnson leave M&C Saatchi Sydney after 12 years 10

Virgin Australia: the romance is back 4

The Second Coming casts Sam Reid and Sarah Snook

Whybins win three golds at New York’s MIXX Awards

Shabbadu makes first hire in Angus Smallwood, launches summer freelance service 1

Peter Fray to lead AAP project offering syndicated freelance copy 2

New direction for Lenard’s chicken: ‘Let’s make something special’ 2

Seven’s Brynne: My Bedazzled Life debuts with timeslot win 7

John West reveals Fisherman versus Bear ad 8

Facebook: Chairs are made so people can sit down (and we’ve got a billion users now) 15

Hourigan International launches creative arm 4

Clems wins agency of the year at MADC Awards 4

The Sapphires enters top 15 all-time highest grossing Australian films 5

Tropfest announces call for entries, Toyota signs as sponsor

Saatchi’s Alex Carr moves to Havas Worldwide as Sydney MD 5

Mental director PJ Hogan: box office success for Australian films is about word of mouth – not marketing 8

Cricket Australia head of digital Mandi McPherson moves to Coles

The Australian to reveal its paywall numbers next month 3

M&C Saatchi Melbourne appoints Kenny Hill as MD, ‘If you’d like to talk, I’m all ears’

Geeks on a bike-powered turntable in ad for Arnott’s Shapes 13

Foxtel reveals cast for Prisoner remake Wentworth 10

Jill Meagher murder prompts Melbourne media firms to ramp up safety measures 9

Local box office bomb Bait gets sequel after international success 5

Comms Council launches industry body for account management

Puberty Blues finishes with 707,000 6

Heroine introduced in fisherman Vs bear story for John West 3

NewsLifeMedia revamps Taste.com.au and Vogue.com.au 3

‘Kids on speed’ among docos to get Screen Australia funding 1

Sol Beer sponsors Vevo Go Shows series 3

Cockatoo Island Film Festival announces event line up 4

The Monkeys launches billboard drag race for Ice Break 8

Hyundai Sante Fe: Experience the unforgettable 1

Big Brother live evictions no match for The X Factor 9

Older Australians treated as ‘brain dead’ by ‘patronising’ advertisers – survey 18

Bait continues to struggle as Looper opens strongly at box office 2

Médecins Sans Frontières launches news and doco portal 2

The Farm hires Michael Menzies as creative director 3

Print edition of Dynamic Business closes after 20 years

Greg Kinnear to star in US version of ABC’s Rake 4

Renault game invites drivers to ‘Zero-in’ on 0% finance rate 2

Hyundai A-league: If there were no stadiums, no mascots, no ads, no headlines, no ball, we’d play anyway 7

Animal Logic buys assets of Fuel VFX 1

WTFN launches Fred Media in time for MIPCOM

Underbelly: Badness ends on a low 3

Call for entries: September’s TV ad of the month

Australia’s ad market is ‘uncertain and volatile, return to ‘slight growth’ expected in 2013 2

Cricket Australia appoints Pulse to build Big Bash League brand 1

Brands pull ads from 2GB show following Alan Jones ‘died of shame’ comments about PM’s father 107

Redundancies at News Limited as consolidated Victorian sales team launches

NRL grand final helps Nine dominate Sunday viewing – but ratings no match for AFL 13

Click Energy: bills you don’t have to be afraid of

ABC begins production on Sam Simmons sketch show Problems

ACP unveils new-look Grazia 4

Melbourne Heart FC: you can have all the tricks in the book – but here, all that means nothing if you don’t have heart 6

Brands get tactical around AFL grand final, 39% of Herald Sun editorial pages devoted to AFL

Rhonda and Katut K.I.S.S.I.N.G. 22

Daily Tele launches next ‘We’re For Sydney’ campaign 10

Appsnack appoints Venessa Hunt as first ANZ sales director 6

Kiwi skateboarding brand Eshe declares ‘Religion is garbage’ 47

Dust and Glory producer looks to automotive brands for funding; confirms Gosling rumours

Finding the branded entertainment Holy Grail 1

Sterling Publishing to buy Morningstar’s trade titles

Match aligns new Maserati campaign with Financial Review Group

Sun-Herald print circulation falls again as video streams recover 3

Coca-Cola to launch ‘Share a Coke and a Song’ during AFL grand final 1

TV networks prepare for the 2013 ratings battle 2

Libra to take on Kotex beaver in digital space, appoints women’s specialist Hello I’m Venus 1

Jim Beam shows its dark side with launch of Devil’s Cut & Cola

Conspiracy 365 acquired by eOne for MIPCOM

MediaCom resigns Blackmores after winning $30m PharmaCare account from Starcom

The Footy Show kicks goals in pre-grand final specials 2

OMD’s Mutant Gum wins top gong at MFA Awards while Steal Banksy dominates 3

Cabana Boys wins brief to warn home renovators of dangers of asbestos exposure 4

Screen guilds attack broadcasters’ $1.35b investment claim as FreeTV calls argument ‘sterile’ 1

Jungleboys expands into factual entertainment

Ricky Chanana to head digital at Maxus 15

Announcing The Festival Of Branded Entertainment 2

Play creates pop-up touring exhibition for Qantas 1

NAB drops ZO as Mindshare, OMD and MB3 move into three-way shootout 6

Industry charity Mayday rebrands as UN LTD 4

Natural Cordial Company – ‘cordial, but without all the yucky sugar’ 2