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Sydney Film Festival announces Nashen Moodley as new director 2

Kellogg’s scores ‘hat trick of shame’ in kids marketing report 19

Classic Hits mulls local content strategy after The Jono & Dano Show is axed 6

Nine Entertainment Co ‘set for assets fire sale’ 15

America’s #1 yogurt launches in Australia 3

Fat-fighting campaign ‘waste of money’ claims rebuffed 15

Google+ opens up to brands 8

Kleenex sponsors book on saving the orangutan 6

Grass sculpture stars in Tourism Vic film for Gippsland 1

Monday ratings blues for Ten

Next on Gruen: how to greenwash mining and protect pokies

The Project grows Ten’s audience in first week 1

Outdoor ad industry joins sexploitation debate: pre-vetting is too expensive 11

Sydney’s commercial radio sees October revenue drop on last year

Melbourne Cup rides into first place as local drama holds just six slots in top 100

The Eye of the Storm wins at Rome International Film Festival

Out-of-work ad man makes breakfast news with ageism claims 62

Scope ‘What do I look like?’ ad wins third round of Sirens 3

Seven’s new datacasting channel TV4: ‘not designed to be a ratings winner’ 4

eBay ad spoofs the price-matching promises of David Jones 15

Nine wins Sunday night while new look Weekend Sunrise wins breakfast after 24 hour delay

Street art campaign targets heroin users 9

‘Mischievous’ Paul Henry to front Ten’s Breakfast, ‘no truth’ to Sarah Murdoch rumours 11

Filmmaker Sarah Watt dies age 53

Clipsal 500: the race that rocks 1

Police, free petrol and gangsterettes used in marketing stunt for new video game 23

Fighting Fear gets biggest Australian doco release 1

Deborah Cameron exits ABC 8

Casting announced for Campion’s Top of the Lake 6

Jenni Tosi confirmed as Film Victoria CEO

Canon launches CinemaEOS in company’s biggest cinematography push yet 2

Ad association hits back at ‘baseless and inaccurate’ Tankard Reist sexploitation piece 7

Industry mourns ICAA CEO Mark Sarfaty

Google’s Stuart Spiteri named COO of News Digital Media

AFTRS to add new TV unit 4

Ikea ad mocks Freedom Furniture’s delivery service 16

‘eHarmony for brands’ consultancy launches 5

NAB Break Up campaign ‘undermined’ by rate cuts 16

Mumbrellacast: Photon’s Lazarus act; The Caxtons; The Qantas PR crisis; Radio ratings; The CommBank pitch

Imagination appointed to revamp Sydney New Year’s Eve 6

SBS appoints Lara von Ahlefeldt head of program sales 2

Kmart unveils $25m rebranding campaign 1

Lynx Noah’s Ark spot cleared by ad watchdog 2

Call for entries: Indian Film Festival short film comp 1

Nike wins October outdoor contest 1

Recruits: Paramedics is Ten’s top-rating Thursday night show – with 726,000 1

Lynx ‘girl on girl porn’ rugby vid banned by Ad Standards 42

iSelect rebrands with ‘Decide right’ positioning, appoints Taboo as social media agency 8

CommBank CMO: Australia’s favourite bank should be working with Australia’s favourite agencies 15

Qantas launches post-crisis customer reassurance campaign 17

Naomi Watts to front Jacob’s Creek campaign 3

Circulation device ad features testimonials from close to home 7

Credit Union ad makes bus appear out of shape 4

Mumbrella to name creative, PR and media agencies of the year 4

CUB launches outdoor offensive for Victoria Pale Lager 3

Summer Coda director to helm Aussie Rules film 10

Celebrity Apprentice keeps Nine smiling while Ten’s bad week continues 1

Eagleton joins Fuel VFX as head of colour

Photon Group wipes out debts by selling field marketing and retail division for $146.5m 11

Digital Pictures appoint Sarah Cloutier as Melbourne’s GM

Schweppes launches summer t-shirt campaign 3

CommBank ad review puts Goodby and BMF on alert 10

Shortlist revealed for Queensland New Filmmakers Awards

More wins for The Wedding Party but no local distribution 10

KPMR strikes deal with UK recruiter to bring Aussies home 9

Mumbrella’s online audience hits new high in October as Campaign Brief browsers decline 13

South Australia: magic in your own backyard 5

Heggies print ads double as book marks

Filmmakers descend on Canberra to campaign for local content 5

Woolies review to tackle ‘inconsistent’ marketing 3

Less than half of young Australians believe having local screen industry is ‘very important’ 4

Asics launches ‘True Sport’ cricket campaign 2

Group buying industry releases code of conduct 2

NineMSN restructures, new role for marketing director Alex Parsons 1

Darren Goodsir appointed editor of smh.com.au 2

Melbourne Cup races to 2.3m, but down 10% on last year 4

Greens leader attacks ‘biased and unbalanced’ reporting, backs independent journalism 21

NineMSN to media inquiry: yes to self regulation, no to media subsidies

Emile Sherman’s Shame nominated for Seven BIFAs

SPAAmart announces film executive line-up

Sunrise lands post divorce Kim Kardashian interview, but Kyle & Jackie O (and Ten News) gets to her first 12

Qantas: PR activity will ramp up once our customers are back in the air 6

Rip Curl takes Matrix-style approach in new campaign 7

Press Council pushes for more power, fines for breaches 1

Gruen to look at Qantas crisis 6

Ten trounced in Monday’s ratings 1

Movember pays homage to country gentleman as moustache season begins

LA’s Ausfilm Week: “Like speed dating without the alcohol”