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Bondi Rescue claims Google+ Hangouts ‘world first’ 8

MasterChef return rates 1.368m, beaten by The Block 5

The Star: There will be stories 25

Media Alliance warns of press freedom promises slipping away 1

James Hardie mini-series wraps a day after high court judgement 3

3000 women Run the Night at Nike’s first Australian event 23

The Monkey’s win Gold Siren for f(bleeping) Ikea ad 2

BlackBerry’s ‘Wake Up’ campaign strategy labelled ‘pre-digital age’ 23

Cane toad fatally underestimates the Ford Falcon EcoBoost 7

Young Lions finalists revealed 1

Nando’s hires media agency ahead of marketing push around MasterChef 1

Ten to air FremantleMedia murder mystery drama Mr & Mrs Murder 5

Mumbrellacast: Naked’s new positioning | Photon’s heady days | Steal Banksy | Wake Up ethics | Rafters in decline? | The convergence review | Sapphires to Cannes

Peter Fitzhardinge promoted to MD at Whybins Sydney 3

Metro Trains urges footy fans to swap road for rail 1

Call for entries: April’s Ad of the Month

Wake Up! Central Sydney hostel sees four-fold jump in web traffic after ‘Wake Up’ campaign 9

Sunrise and Today run close again 7

Animal Kingdom’s David Michod looks to Robert Pattinson for The Rover

Complaint against ‘gender biased’ anti-pokies ad thrown out by ad watchdog 6

MasterChef reveals final sponsors list 1

Mad Mex plants Dictator lookalike in Sydney restaurant 47

DMG Radio rebrand sees launch of smoothfm in Sydney and Melbourne 29

Crawlspace to premiere at Cannes; Arclight and XYZ on board as sales agents

Talcott to lead Mumbrella360 debate on the broken relationship between marketers, agencies and media 3

See-Saw Films moves into TV with hire of Jamie Laurenson from BBC

Matt Moran is the face of LG Electronics kitchen range 7

The Loved Ones added to US film curation platform 2

Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney wins Carnival Cruise Lines from Arnold Furnace 1

Austar corporate development director Deanne Weir to depart after 10 years

Red Bull to turn tweets into beats for Melbourne event 2

Outgoing Austar boss and Photon chairman John Porter: “Photon is undervalued”

Radio industry body ad cleared for repeatedly using the word shit 2

Strong debut for Denton’s Randling while Sacha Baron Cohen helps Today to breakfast win 4

Bob Goodge exits Starcom after 13 years of service 4

GetUp! seeks to crowd fund airtime for supermarkets pokies attack ad 25

A real estate agent checking out a woman’s bottom is not degrading, rules ad watchdog 8

Jason Davis to moderate at Mumbrella360 1

Baidu International launches Australian office led by Dean Capobianco and Paul Christy 15

University students’ web series win at LA screen festival 4

‘Agencies failing clients in their attitude to digital’ 2

Liquid Ideas hires first agency director Samantha Allen, the ‘best credentialed PR in Australia’ 6

Magnum Infinity launches ‘Australia’s first’ facial recognition billboard 4

Tim Tam orchard replaces Lego forest at Martin Place 12

Packed to the Rafters gets lowest ratings in show’s history 7

Sydney aerial advertising firm Branding By Air launches in California 5

Apple protest video blogger Blunty admits he was in on BlackBerry ‘Wake Up’ stunt 34

Antony J Bowman begins production on Almost Broadway in LA

Aussie consumer confidence falls to pre-GFC levels, 1/3 of Aussies think we’re in recession 3

Mamamia hunts for community manager who knows what zeitgeist means 24

Y&R’s comms director Lynda Gray departs after 10 years 13

Convergence Review: Dramatic changes on the table for Australian media 1

Convergence Review: Protection remains for free TV sport despite ‘competitive advantage’

Convergence Review: New rules for the ‘content service enterprises’ big boys

Convergence Review: Drive to promote Australian screen content production 1

The Voice rates 2.6m for Nine, Ten gets less than 10% share 20

Garry Linnell promoted to editorial director at Fairfax 4

Real estate agent pelted by hail in new Allianz ad 3

The Sapphires in Official Selection for Cannes Film Festival 2

Apple is Australia’s most reputable brand – study 14

TV station C31 rebrands with ‘We are Melbourne and Geelong’ slogan 4

Wish You Were Here opens with a strong $7,356 screen average 1

BlackBerry confirms it is behind ‘Wake up’ campaign 70

RACQ: the largest club in Queensland 3

Candid Projects officially opens for business 1

CPA scores Neil Armstrong interview for branded show The Bottom Line

It’s okay for suitcases to flatten wolves, says ad watchdog 6

Fairfax shares slump to all time low of 69c

Samsung denies ‘Wake up’ campaign is theirs 7

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab tele-movie begins production

Arnott’s to launch ‘Truly, Madly Tim Tam’ campaign 2

Vodafone poised to launch music streaming service 9

Woman ditches her man to make a cup of tea in new Tetley ad 18

XYZ’s Bruce Mann and Nikki Warburton depart after Foxtel-Austar merger

ABC makes full apology to Ita Buttrose’s ex-husband over claims he was “selfish” 7

Google launches self-serve AdWords for video with $50m ad giveaway 1

Photon to change name to Enero 12

The Avengers takes massive $13m on opening weekend 3

NRMA Insurance reveals concept car made out of other car parts 3

Nicole Kidman joins director Jonathan Teplitzky in Scotland for The Railway Man

Canadian club is behind sweaty fairy teaser, Aussie beer drinkers labelled ‘vulgarians’ 1

RaboDirect hires Commbank’s Renee Amor to head up marketing 4

Optus: we think broadband is important 9

Special K launches designer handbag with snack bar pocket 13

Mumbrella360 earlybird deadline looms

A Voice-less Sunday gives The Block top spot 1

AAMI Bali massage ad is not racist, rules watchdog 31

The Slap gets Bafta nomination