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Droga5 Sydney behind Beyoncé-led campaign for World Humanitarian Day 1

William McInnes fronts campaign for Care Aware

Animal rights group behind banned ‘graphic violence’ ad parts ways with agency – work deemed not shocking enough 5

Introducing The E-List

Heinz urges Australia to ‘Bust out the Beanz’ 3

Mumbrella Awards deadline extended until close of play Monday

Cirque du Soleil balloon takes flight to promote new show 2

Call for entries: July’s Ad of the Month

Soccer federation hunts for PR agency to boost profile of women’s league

Mumbrella to open Melbourne operation headed by Robin Hicks 8

ACP Magazines ‘set to be sold to Bauer’ 6

Screen Australia launches new funding program for film producers

CommBank apologises for Olympic backpack bomb hoax ad 36

Masterchef production to Melbourne rumour sparks call for NSW Premier to intervene 3

Telstra’s principal comms advisor Karina Keisler moves to Vodafone 4

CommBank bomb hoax video removed 18

Rogue alcohol ad watchdog reckons 42 out of 44 advertisers are guilty 6

Westpac pitches creative account, Ogilvy and DDB go head to head 2

Former Euro RSCG MD Julie Burke emerges as CEO of Enero-owned Precinct

Mumbrella Awards deadline extended

Ikon hires Sharon Cookson from OMD as Melbourne takes on group strategy hub role 2

Pinnacle Films appoints Match Media

Day five of Nine’s Olympics coverage beats Athens 4

Backpack bomb hoax features in new CommBank Olympics promo 74

Anti-trawler group launches attack ad in The Australian 3

BMF loses grip on Lion, Host and AJF pick up key accounts

Nine in social media storm over Olympics coverage 71

AAMI considers options over Big W staff videos 6

Two Aussie film-makers make final of Ridley Scott film festival 1

Ex-Warner Music VP Thomas Heymann to head ‘largest music streaming site’ Deezer 5

Svetlana Zhukova joins Getty Images as marketing manager 4

Tourism Australia launches ‘world first’ app 6

Mumbrella Awards jurors revealed

Mockumentary wins contest to shoot a film in 48 hours 8

Arnold Furnace rolls out first work for InsureandGo

Mumbrella Question Time: are the days of the million dollar commercial over? 2

Van Heusen introduces the stay-dry suit 1

Nike store pops up on Oxford Street 1

3D surf film gets international premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2

Being Lara Bingle sheds 300,000 viewers on last week 22

Foxtel gets a Sky-like brand makeover 24

Kerrie McCallum appointed editor-in-chief of Sunday Magazine 9

SBS pushes documentaries with ‘there’s always more to uncover’ promos 4

Metricon fined for ‘misleading and deceptive advertising’ 3

Report finds newspaper editors struggling with dwindling resources, quality of journalism in Australia deemed ‘average’ or ‘poor’ 4

Outdoor Media Association backs Missing Persons Week

Coles in Facebook farmer backlash 37

Nine continues Olympic run, The Shire loses another 200,000 viewers 25

Bondi Hipsters shun Olympics for pingers binge, Google: ‘dramatised drug use is not against our guidelines’ 24

American movie trailers dominate list of Australia’s top YouTube viral ads 4

Magic Mike opens strongly but Dark Knight Rises stays top of box office

Get Up! tells government: protect, but respect our online privacy 1

John Allan to lead Sensis 6

Kerrie McCallum to leave InStyle 1

Seven appoints Herald Sun editor as director of News Melbourne

iSelect mocks Olympics ambush marketing in Olympics ambush ad 10

Droga5 hires Sonia Caeiro as communications director 2

Marianne Bess to leave Droga5 2

Rachel Griffiths and Mandy McElhinney lead new Paper Giants cast

Ten axes The Circle due to ‘tight fiscal control’ 58

Big W launches discount offensive, first major campaign by Saatchi & Saatchi 4

Nine’s Olympics coverage dominates Sunday, but down on Athens Games 12

APN hires chairman from outside media sector

Video: Adman Nigel Marsh on his new book and possible US TV career 7

New Idea marks 110th birthday with brand campaign 2

AAMI looks back at 40 years of insuring against mishaps

London Olympics opening ceremony lowest since OzTam ratings began 34

Qantas: To all those who believe anything is possible 5

Down Under gets the Telstra treatment for Olympics ad 31

Cathy Freeman stars in Coles Olympics ad 43

Use of the word ‘vagina’ is fine on national TV, rules ad watchdog 15

ScreenWest teams up with crowd-funding site Pozible

Unbranded version of Telstra’s Down Under ad used to rally Australia’s Olympians 13

Gumtree guns for market lead in classified car ads 2

Coopers ad comes to life after dark 3

Ten’s ad share falls to 25.3% while Seven tops 40% 2

Fairfax’s Sun-Herald loses 100,000 sales while video streams and page impressions fall 18

Aussie tsunami sharksploitation film off to Venice Film Festival

Media mogul Harold Mitchell on managing client conflict: ‘If I had just one of everything, I’d go broke’

New doco to ask ‘why can’t Australia’s film industry be self-sufficient’ 14

BBH to host Melbourne masterclass 2

MasterChef All Stars wins Thursday 2

Niche Radio Network goes live nationally

iSelect marketing chief David May appointed CEO of Gold Coast Titans 1

NRMA Insurance inks sponsorship deal with Western Sydney Wanderers FC 3

Michael Wrenn and Arclight launch distribution company Greenlight Releasing

Nike Olympics ambush ad touches down in Australia 18

Fairfax shares fall to another low 2