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Alan Ball at Sydney Opera House

AIMC Box Office Awards, Harry Potter and Bridesmaids

Scoopon seeks first ad agency in bid for household name status 8

CumminsRoss in hiring spree 3

Industry mourns NRS Media global CEO Marc Verhoeven

DMG ends Nova 969’s Merrick & Dools Breakfast Show 25

Absolut trials vodka and wine product through publicity campaign 17

Michael Franti stars in Intel ‘Visual Life’ doco

Strong return for Packed To The Rafters 4

Bruce Heald takes sole ownership of Noise International, Dan Higson moves on 1

Choppergate: Nine admits to second faked helicopter live cross 20

Mumbrella360 shortlisted for conference of the year

Joe Matukewicz and Bart Walker to speak at SPAA Conference

The Sphere Agency unveils first work for Bosch 16

Mindshare hires Ignite’s Melissa Fein to run branded content offering 6

Greg Mclean launches comic book and speaks about Wolf Creek 2

Independent Distributors’ award winners

Ivan Curic joins Ignite Media Brands as national sales director 1

Paula Joye joins Fairfax but continues with Lifestyled 14

Australia-China Screen Alliance launched 1

Good return for The Farmer Wants A Wife and Ten left out of the top 15 again

Call for entries: Screen Australia’s Script Factory workshop

Chelsea Wymer joins Fairfax as trade marketing director 2

Lions behind the camera: Australia’s top ad directors 1

Got an email marketing campaign? Send it on a Thursday 11

TV’s Top 20 of Week 34: Nine Blocks Ten

Elissa Krajcer: After working for traditional recruiters, I’m finally with people who get that digital has changed how agencies run 47

Iloura on Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance

Hoyts release facebook ticket booking app

Saunders & Co PR appoints new GM and agency partner 2

Palace to open Double Bay complex

Ian Sutherland joins AHL Entertainment in Digital Content

Top Gear Australia second series to debut next Tuesday 2

JWT Melbourne launches third ad for Ford Territory in ‘Feel the difference’ campaign

33 Postcards reaches 8000 Chinese screens

Choppergate: Nine News admits faking live cross from helicopter 46

Ikon hands Dan Johns national CEO role, Brett Dawson and Chris Christofi move on 5

Former ACP boss Lynette Phillips: I’m going to pioneer the next generation of publishing 22

Edelman appoints Melbourne account director for digital PR services

UM claims marketing first for Zuji

ARN signs The Circle’s Chrissie Swan and Yumi Stynes for new Mix show 3pm Pick-Up 12

3m tune in for The Block’s finale 12

SMH appoints Judy Prisk as its first readers’ editor 6

Pauline Hanson and Germaine Greer star turns for The Apprentice 7

Lingerie brand Kayser launches 3D bra ads 6

Call for entries: Blue Mountains Film Festival

Four Corners celebrates 50 years of broadcasting

Michele Teague out at The Campaign Palace Sydney 2

Moon closes Melbourne office

Reprise appoints Midu Chandra to focus on ROI in social media 1

The Age’s Don Churchill to write book about the media industry 11

Three members of ABC team feared dead in helicopter crash 5

Nike bows to Greenpeace pressure 7

Slow Thursday for all networks 1

Nine: Andrew Rochford may learn not to slag off decent people 15

The Age wins newspaper of the year 7

Snowtown, The Cup & Heartbeat Away shortlisted for Academy Awards 4

Snowtown, The Cup & Heartbeat Away shortlisted for Academy Awards 4

Rush president of new academy, AACTA 10

Laid, Burning Man, My Place and Rake among AWGIE nominations

Trail blazers: The art of branded entertainment

Mumbrella to run community managers masterclass in Melbourne 4

Raw Nerve’s Switch in production

Red ink for APN but billboard business looks good

GPY&R shuns MADC Awards on ‘cost’ grounds a year after scam row 17

Megan Hales leaves The Palace for BWM 3

Breakfast host Andrew Rochford: My rivals are tired and we’ll bring breakfast TV back to life 9

Mix launches search for new Sydney breakfast host after Rochford moves to TV 3

Sleeping Beauty in TIFF

Breakfast, Bikers, Puberty Blues, Johnny Young and Assange to Channel Ten in 2012

The Block wins Wednesday again, Gruen steady 1

Cinema sales house Val Morgan creates Brandfit in bid to widen media options 1

Ten enters breakfast show territory and renovates The Renovators for a second series 7

Call for entries: SXSW Film Fest and Conference

‘Gagged’ slave girl ad for men’s clothing store Roger David banned by ad watchdog 78

Photon fortunes improve but company still faces a debt mountain 5

Solaris: Greenpeace ‘scum’ comments were inappropriate and unprofessional 9

Tassie awards show announces judging panel

Edelman duo apologise to former agency Hill & Knowlton for ‘soliciting’ clients and staff 17

Poor night for Ten, The Renovators beaten by Top Gear 5

Magda Szubanski promotes new sports package for Foxtel 7

Hill & Knowlton ends legal fight with former staffers Hutton and MacIntosh 1

ABC announces $14m kids show, Resistance

Adelaide Studios open for business

Ride the wild surf with Storm Surfers 3D 1

Shift announces first new business win: ADMA 1

‘Scum’ attack on Greenpeace campaigner linked to paper company Solaris 30

Energy Watch ad banned for racial stereotyping 22