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Freelancer.com contest invites its users to ‘Expose our logo’ 2

The Ryobi lawn mover: the next great leap in backyard technology 6

Revealed: The new Encore magazine 1

Margaret Zabel tells Comms Council members: I’ve no hesitation in taking the helm

Gruen Planet tops Wednesday ratings 4

Canadian Club brands ice and asks ‘Over beer?’ 5

OMD Australia expands senior management line-up 6

Red Dog rules at IF Awards 2

Darcy-Smith: Script assessing should be more like market research 49

Producer takes thriller to the USA after being asked to make changes by Screen Australia 7

Quickflix launches streaming service to home computers

Mark Collis to leave Telstra 16

BMF opens in-house video content unit 3

Tourism NT calls creative and digital review 1

Coles appoints Jon Church as head of communications 5

NRMA holds treasure hunt to promote Home Insurance options

303Lowe announces first creative hire – Jason Kempen – since merger

Access PR co-founder Rochelle Burbury steps down

Lego film to be produced in Sydney 2

Euro RSCG Sydney launches global ‘Always stay true’ ad for Jacob’s Creek 4

Custom publisher Edge relaunches as content marketing agency 1

Ratings big guns take hit, Today beats Sunrise

Matchbox Pictures named Producer of the Year at SPAA Independent Producers Awards

The Word Garden: Sydney’s ‘first copywriting agency’ 27

Hive Production Fund invests in three art films

Jed Kurzel wins best feature film score at Screen Music Awards

Paul Kitchin appointed GM of employment at Fairfax Media

DDB picks up Telstra CRM account

Noyce gets retrospective at International Film Festival of India

VB launches ‘best cold beer’ summer promo 7

Nestle Diet rebrands as Soleil

Gasp caught astroturfing, has ‘no regrets’ about ‘GaspFail’ social media furore 21

Media Report returns to ABC Radio National after three years 8

AAMI invites Facebookers to star in its TV ad 12

Medibank creative review puts Patts Melbourne on alert

Collective Shout reveals list of ‘sexploitative’ brands to boycott this Christmas 27

Junior MasterChef top rates for Ten with 602,000 1

Australian Red Cross takes aim at nuclear weapons 4

Victorian delegation announced for India’s FICCI Frames conference

The Week in TV: The ABC too strong for Ten as Underbelly final is muscled out by pop tweens

ING calls agency review 7

News Limited finds no wrongdoing after phone-hacking review 4

Ad of the Month: last call

Murderer strips dead girl to wear her jeans in short film for Billycock 29

Quit Victoria brings good news about smoking 4

All about the facts in Sunday night’s TV

Host wins Rentokil

Coopers attacks copycat brews 7

ABC ‘greatly saddened’ by Peter Roebuck death 3

Mumbrella named website of the year; Marie Claire is magazine of the year 14

Sunrise and Today tie 2-2 for the week

Mumbrellacast: John Hartigan and what’s next for News; Rebranding Telstra with Interbrand; Google+ opens for businesses; Ageism in advertising; Paul Henry on Ten; Fat fighting 3

Comms Council CEO Daniel Leesong ousted

P&G launches first corporate ad offensive in Australia

New fizzy juice brand: ‘We’ve Eff’d up fruit juice’ 3

Pink Media Group wins its first client: a ‘small sexy car with grunt’ 1

A minute’s silence on a page marks Remembrance Day 10

Strongbow targets festival goers in summer marketing blitz 1

Weekly mags ABCs: Zoo bombs, Who climbs, Grazia steady 5

Why you might not want to book newspaper ads in Melbourne for Tuesdays 2

Paul Bailey named as AFR editor; Sean Aylmer moves to national metro role

Comscore boss: Next time we bid against Nielsen for the IAB tender we’ll have local trust 3

Marketers bang the regional TV drum in new campaign

MTV still ‘very present locally’ – despite 13 redundancies, production cuts and website merger

SBS announces sales team hires – but still no sales director 1

Secure Parking introduces ‘Happy hours parking’ 1

Meat & Livestock Australia builds billboards that smell of meat 24

Tissot: try on a virtual watch 2

Sony recruits photographers to spruik the qualities of its digital cameras

Extended Celebrity Apprentice wins Wednesday 2

Medibank: the insurance your health deserves

News Limited boss John Hartigan steps down; Kim Williams to replace him; Freudenstein moves back to Foxtel 50

Redfern Now set to employ 250 jobs 2

Paul Middleditch directs ‘trust’ ad for GIO 1

Ogilvy Melbourne fills long-vacant ECD slot with Richard Ralphsmith 4

Veteran editor begins production on directorial debut

I, Frankenstein to film in Victoria

YouTube ad-making service for used car dealers launches 1

CommBank launches centenary treasure hunt 5

Tequila brand el Jimador: please don’t shoot 5

NineMSN unveils ‘stock exchange for ads’ 9

Ex-Smart CD Dan Gregory joins Newrepublique as creative chairman 2

Today spared ratings hammering – despite airing Michael Jackson result in Brisbane twice

Bondi Short Film Festival announces finalists

Call for entries: October ad of the month

AACTA launches international awards; announces dates for local awards 1

CumminsRoss wins Carsguide.com.au, headcount rises to 34 8

Australian Screen Editors’ Guild nominates Blame, Hawke and The Ball among nominees