News

No Aussie agencies make shortlist for global social media awards 14

NRMA attempts to become a verb in Tim Ross campaign 27

The Chaser’s alternative wedding coverage pulled by the ABC 42

PANPA reveals ad awards winners

Mad Mex challenges Australians to eat 1kg burrito 15

Fitness First marketing director Andy Mallinson heads to UK, replaced by David Langridge 5

AFP finally delivers Nine with a new hit show – and 58% timeslot uplift 5

Minnie Loves Junior named Best Indigenous Film

Weber Shandwick appoints Heidi Noble VP of lifestyle team 2

Google targets agencies with training offer 2

Fairfax’s merged TV guide sparks uproar with newsagents 7

Southern Cross Travel Insurance hires 303

Legal stoushes see UM accused of sexual discrimination and Seven exec Boland seeking exit 3

Mad Bastards – trailer

Little Sparrows flies to the UK

X|Media|Lab Perth grants its first ever development award

X|Media|Lab Perth grants its first ever development award

McElvogue completes Convergence Committee

Bryant joins Anchor Bay Entertainment as head of marketing

Small Time Gangster: Aiming high 1

Telstra mocks macho movie trailer voice-over guy in T-Box ads 11

Mumbrellacast: Anti drinking down south; Greenpeace attacks; Cadbury and Kraft roster; magazines for the masses; Chasing the Royals

British Council shifts to animation for Realise Your Dream campaign 3

Fairfax: We now recognise some people find autoplay video intrusive and we’re dropping it 22

Nine picks up rights to Kerry Packer cricket drama 3

Bruers Bright challenges the wisdom of cooked beer 30

UBank picks on bad habits 13

TV consumption grows on alternative screens

Droga 5 Telstra Anzac Day campaign calls for public to text the troops 14

Dogstar learns new tricks in Chicago; picks up Hugo TV Award

Blame launches poster

303’s road safety ad Enjoy The Ride wins ad of the month 9

Now it’s Vodafail, the musical 34

Nash Edgerton takes his Bear to Cannes

BMF wins Domino’s 4

Naked Melbourne hires Zenith strategy head Matt Scotton, GPY&R planner Aliya Hasan 1

Simon Bellamy to work with OMD

Johnson & Johnson ad: tampons should not feel like sandpaper 69

Edelman named as PR consultancy of the year 7

Tina McIntosh replaces Polly Stevens as MTV comms head 2

A-listers receive development funding 36

Who will be Australia's Power 50? 3

Who will be Australia’s Power 50? 3

Media agency set to push into creative 14

Travel: Keep your budget under control

Tron: Legacy

Snowtown to screen at Cannes Critics' Week

Snowtown to screen at Cannes Critics’ Week

SA government: drink too much, you’re asking for trouble 5

Oranges and Sunshine to open Dungog

Quickflix reaches 10m milestone

Whybins becomes Greenpeace target after winning ANZ 32

GPY&R Cadbury’s Favourites campaign introduces new line ‘What to bring when you’re told not to bring a thing’ 16

Kraft set to cut its ad agency roster to three 1

John Bowring ACS dies in Hong Kong 63

Grazia editor aims to go ‘beyond Sydney CBD’ to reverse circulation decline 4

The Chaser’s War on the Royal Wedding 8

Seven delivers huge ratings week 1

Happy Soldiers to call it quits 4

Grazia appoints Thelma McQuillan as fashion director 1

VFX: Thor

SMH appoints Tim Dick as media/marketing editor 1

Jim Beam returns to TV with $4m campaign ‘The Dilemma’ 51

Pacific Magazines to launch Marie Claire ‘under the cover’ doco 5

Foul-mouthed kid promotes Ikea kitchens 12

Thursday night non-news shows fail to pass million mark 1

Goldwell makes TV debut to counter supermarket brand claims 1

Michael Ebeid appointed SBS managing director

Mumbrellacast: Un-Australian ads; Controversial Queensland; Top Gear dementia; Fuckwits and recovering arseholes; World’s toughest backyard 1

Nine finally to air AFP 3

My Kitchen Rules: the cookbook launches 1

WPP goes legal on ex Hill & Knowlton staffers Hutton and MacIntosh

Sleeping Beauty to wake up in Cannes 13

Nine programming boss Nick Evans to depart 4

Ad to boost public appreciation of pathologists 11

Ad of the month shortlist revealed 1

Carlton Dry’s Steven Seagal mini-film contest winner is… ‘Sheep Impact’ 28

East West 101 wins Accolade Award

Ten reveals first look at Masterchef 3 7

Jan Sardi joins EncoreLive

Peter Viner to leave Ten board

Tournament opens to find ping-pong champs of advertising 5

Andrology Australia urges men to ‘talk about your tackle’ 4

2m for My Kitchen Rules final 6

Battle Of The Media set for Mumbrella360 – Merrick Watts to represent radio 18

Saatchi NZ fills ECD role with Ogilvy New York’s Antonio Navas

Tourism Australia, Deepend and GPY&R among Aussie contenders at Webby’s 6

Mike Perso to host Classic Rock Melbourne breakfast show