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Razor hires ex-Wieden + Kennedy strategist Michael Sinclair 9

Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art merge brands 6

SBS: ‘We’re flattered ACP stole the Tech Life name’ 8

Agony Uncles’ debut takes 408,000 for ABC 14

Football Federation launches ‘pointy end of the season’ ad for A-League 21

Time for a little less conversation. If you could ChangeOneThing about media what would it be? 14

ACP’s PC User is reborn as TechLife 16

Hungry Jack’s to launch iPhone app 5

Naked wins PR pitch for WorkSafe Victoria

UM Brisbane appoints first GM, hires comms director from Brisbane Marketing 10

Sushi train ad for Purina poised for export to cat-crazy Japan 3

Mother sponsors Lenny Kravitz ‘Merrick’s housewarming’ event on Triple M 2

Rafters and MKR rule for Tuesday ratings

Jennifer Connell joins Weight Watchers as editor

RBI Australia on the block 3

RAC puts creative account out to tender

Crikey searches for new editor 10

Saatchi’s hires Yahoo!7 social strategist, ‘Our goal is not just keeping up with media trends, but making them’ 2

Bob Katter’s Australian Party threatens ‘Bad Boys’ in music video 20

Mumbrella360 launches with Tourism Australia, how to change the media industry and journalism via Twitter as first topics 3

Droga5 restructure sees Gohil promoted to CEO, ex-Clems ECD Mike Spirkovski joins as CD 1

Gold Coast Film Festival announces first pulp culture focused program

Seven outrates Nine and Ten put together 3

Bashful unveils first work for Trade Secret 5

Consumer Affairs Victoria warns small businesses of scammers 1

Original Source sponsors Tough Mudder 2

Sun-Herald in radical redesign with magazine style cover 12

The Palace to fight on after Target loss 9

Ten moves Young Talent Time to Friday, replaces it with Biggest Loser 9

Crikey joins self regulation watchdog the Australian Press Council 1

21 Jump Street remake takes $4m at the box office

Network Ten becomes the first network to appoint a CMO 5

BBC Worldwide appoints Tim Christlieb as programming and production head

Deadbeat Dads wins Optus One80 Project 10

Ikea stunt puts ‘sleepers’ on public transport 21

Durex asks consumers to cover their box(es) 4

Ten looks to sell Eye 1

DMG joins group buying race with getinquick 4

Industry warns against ‘self-appointed activist ad review board with zero authority’ 6

M&C Saatchi hires ex-News marketer Jodie Collins as planning director 2

Josh Thomas sitcom Please Like Me begins shooting for ABC

Eftpos crowns customers kings of financial destiny 3

Starcom UK MD Matt James moves into Mi9 Media MD role 1

Aussie Grand Prix beaten to pole by My Kitchen Rules 3

ABC telemovie Dangerous Remedy begins production

Google doodles for Sydney Harbour Bridge 80th birthday 1

Jacqui Mooney joins Prevention magazine as editor 3

Jim Beam goes primeval in $5m ad blitz 37

Clems triumphs at TADAs

2012 Logies nominees revealed 5

Sun-Herald to relaunch with Annabel Crabb column and ‘Sunday states of mind’ slogan 8

Ten confirms ‘dramality’ TV show The Shire after leak; predicts it will be ‘breakout hit’ 27

Seven dominates ratings week on main channel and digital 2

Whybins wins top honours for Pedigree at 2012 AIMIA Awards 2

Bondi Rescue executive producer hits back at Daily Telegraph over ‘rip-off’ claims 1

Heather Jacobs to lead Clemenger BBDO Sydney PR 2

Subway pulls Sarah Wilson ads after complaint from TV presenter 16

Mumbrella and Digital Chameleon to host mobile marketing masterclass

Stephanie Gilmore stars in all-Australian ‘I AM’ ad for Nikon 4

Australian Defence Force launches ‘Impossible airfield’ recruitment drive 9

Mumbrellacast: James Hier | The Australian’s subs stats | Fast food scoopons | Bondi Hipsters ‘flips media on its head’ | ‘Super-indie’ demands elbow room at the TV table

Big Brother announces call for entries, reveals new ‘eye’ logo 8

Atheist Foundation returns to advertising with Woody Allen quote: ‘If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse’ 26

Sarah Wilson calls for Subway to drop ad using her name to promote ‘sugar packed’ meal 17

Catalyst returns with 0.57m for ABC, Loser goes well for Ten 2

Seven staff’s ‘A little bit behind’ short to feature at Cannes Film Festival 3

February’s Ad of the Month shortlist revealed 1

Intel buries computers in the sand at Bondi Beach 5

ACP to close FHM 25

Aussie hippies and townsfolk win at SXSW Interactive Awards

‘Definitive’ Murdoch documentary to screen on SBS and UK’s ITV with Screen Australia funding

Spotify to launch next week as Radinck van Vollenhoven joins to drive sales 5

AdNews names Rochelle Burbury as consulting editor 1

iSelect promises Gold Coast Titans free ticket if they don’t win 8

Advertisers urged to pay agencies to pitch – and don’t make it an ‘insulting’ amount 7

M&C Saatchi launches Freedom Furniture winter campaign 3

AFL uses ACDC anthem in ‘Australia’s game’ campaign 28

Urban deer in Jägermeister’s first Australian TV ad 11

More Sunshine Coast newspapers close as News Limited follows APN cull 3

Tom Donald joins Droga5 as planning director 3

XXXX leases Great Barrier Reef island for fans to live the ‘good life’ 8

CommBank data chief Chris Carr joins Mediabrands

Sunrise hammers Today, Ten fails to register a show over 1m 1

SBS commissions cooking show Destination Flavour

Energy Australia ad powers Aussie swim team sponsorship 7

‘Flying Objects’ to deter the safest Kiwi drivers from speeding 4

Dulux: the power to protect in every can 2

Hungry Jack’s Scoopon deal smashes records with almost half a million sales (and counting) 29