News

Big M makes giant headphones from 40,000 drink cartons 1

Durex uses giant cock to target gay community 29

Coles to air new ‘Down, down and still’ ad tonight 10

BWM Melbourne looks to UK direct agency for new MD 2

Aegis Media merges Visual Jazz and Isobar 13

Mumbrella to run social media risk management masterclass 7

Host bags first win of the year – Patak’s 3

Brett Ogle is back for Drummond Golf 3

Open Colleges: Now you can 3

Leggo’s sends Valentine’s Day love songs in Facebook campaign 10

My Kitchen Rules peaks at 2m, Excess Baggage bombs with under 500,000 1

The weight is over for Excess Baggage 10

Caged zombies in Martin Place 20

Peugeot lets the outside world in 4

Kerri-Anne stars in ad for women’s cancer charity 1

Louie the Fly creator Bryce Courtenay to feature on Family Confidential 3

STVDIO rebrands to Studio to help viewers understand how to pronounce it 12

Unilever relaunches Impulse body spray

Melbourne becomes Australia’s biggest radio market as Sandilands effect sends Sydney backwards 15

The Chaser and Seven’s The Unbelievable Truth goes into production this week 6

Aussie rock band seeks legal counsel after Super Bowl ad song apes its own 20

Nine’s Mornings debuts just over 100,000 – but loses to Seven’s The Morning Show 12

Ten agencies line up for pro bono boating industry pitch 17

Samsung appoints ex-Lion Nathan marketer Arno Lenior to run marketing 4

Retail marketing agency Retail-X launches in Australia 2

Public trust in media rises but most think government is lying 11

Domain highlights horrors of Saturday home buyer battles 26

The Brand Agency buys digital agency Market United

Aegis Media launches innovation unit Jumptank, hires Justin Baird from Google 6

Film by Democracy project to launch in March

Beauty Mate tells men: Punch above your weight 1

Phil Whitehouse appointed to run DTDigital Sydney 1

Fox’s 24 hour AFL channel to broadcast from Global TV studio

Tourism Victoria appoints OBM Advertising as fast turn-around agency 2

HBO invests in Quickflix 3

New Australian news site Global Mail launches 17

BD Network brings Brit strategy chief Lee Barber to Melbourne 1

Uncle Tobys launches campaign to teach kids to swim 4

Ex-Nine sales director Gerard Max launches media agency 6

Ten’s Sunday line-up performs strongly, except for The Project 4

Freelance journos get their own Walkley Award 3

Ex Photon boss Tim Hughes: I want to come back to a new media or marketing role 10

Y&R restructures local operations, Naseema Sparks appointed Sydney group MD

BWM uses Grey’s idea for debut work for Leggo’s 6

Lachlan Murdoch tipped for return to News Limited

Nine replaces COO Pat O’Sullivan with gaming company director 1

NRMA Insurance builds car out of optional extras 1

Mizone experiment: what sort of music gets athletes in ‘the zone’? 1

Ikon completes national network with Adelaide launch 1

Sydney’s New Theatre rebrands 2

Australia is world’s 6th most awarded ad market

Sanctum’s Andrew Wight killed in helicopter crash 4

Tropfest announces top 15 finalists

TV revenues down across the board 7

Screen Australia offers grants to India 1

The Straits debuts with a weak 600,000 4

Iloura comes to Sydney

The Grandmothers goes into production on Monday, Australian support cast announced

Clinique to open Mardi Gras pop up store 9

The Straits’ disappointing debut pulls in under 600,000 24

Mumbrellacast: Louie the Fly, squashed | The AACTAs | Foxtel’s Smith on agencies | Excess vs Loser | Cancer Council’s fat attack | Butchering songs is Coles’ cash cow

Ex-Mojo digital creative head Clint Nielsen launches new agency – Pixel Demon 9

Lampooned Normie Rowe remix leads to record beef sales for Coles 18

Ooh! Media woos adland with Mr Big competition 4

SGIO: things often look good until you compare them

Mindshare’s Cathie McGinn moves to Mumbrella 26

Saatchi & Saatchi NZ launches new ad for Tui

Eharmony launches Valentine’s Day love letter campaign

Film critic responds to director’s rant

Dentsu brings in Mike Thomas as creative director 4

Ex Bebo chief Cordero leads InMobi Australian relaunch 16

Weight Watchers introduces “True Year” 3

Louie the Fly campaign killed off early after plant closure backlash 27

Micah Walker joins The Monkeys 6

Interflora launches gay and lesbian Valentine’s Day campaign 3

My Kitchen Rules wins third night in a row 5

Happy Soldiers founders John Kane and Ben Sampson launch Idea Gallery 13

Mining magnate Gina Rinehart buys 12.8% stake in Fairfax 8

Carlton Draught launches new location-specific outdoor blitz 18

News Limited appoints Michelle d’Almeida MD of Sunday Times 2

Reckitt Benckiser plant closure prompts Louie the Fly backlash 21

Slingshot wins Universal Sony media account 6

Marketers told: Watch the briefs 22-year-olds at your media agencies are sending on your behalf 91

Fox Sports marketing director Jonathan Sully quits

The Hoopla pledges to audit figures

The Biggest Loser beats Excess Baggage in day two of weight loss battle 4

Lexus is first luxury car to fit digital radio as standard 5

Cancer Council launches junk food ad guide 8