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33 Postcards wins CRC Award at Sydney Film Festival and New Talent Award at Shanghai

Key Media to close HR Leader magazine, relaunch Risk 1

The Tunnel is Bloody Fantastique

Truelocal boss John Allan appointed COO of The Australian

Kogan: we’re always listening to social media feedback 12

Peter Newman promoted to head of production and development at SBS

A Separation wins at Sydney Film Festival 1

Fairfax’s Greg Hywood: paywalls work for ‘very special content’ 5

Spinach releases fifth ‘Zoe the blogger’ ad for Australian Unity 6

GE spends 40% of budget on post-production in first national ad campaign 12

Downton Abbey continues ratings run

Vancouver Riot Kiss couple hire Markson Sparks 6

Bionics Institute unveils new identity

Cannes Lions day one: It’s about creativity, not advertising 5

The Australian columnist Sheridan found guilty of unfair language to describe asylum seekers 3

NAB breakup campaign on Lions shortlist as Aussie PR agencies miss out again 3

Tontine among Aussie entries on Promo Lions shortlist

Clems and Colenso lead the pack in Direct Lions shortlist 5

Kevin O’Lemon returns in zesty Liberal Party ad 6

Santos pits gas as ‘a fuel for the future’ 9

Tourism Victoria launches $14m ‘Play Melbourne’ campaign to lure younger visitors 40

MacTalk moves to Niche Media 1

Monty moves on as Nova breakfast changes again 3

Tangle Season 3 begins filming

Lani’s Story wins two EVA Awards

Living The End wins at Banff World Media Festival, Director Peedom wins fellowship

LG challenges pedestrian.tv to run its website on LG’s new smart phone for a week 10

Kleenex toilet paper gets WWF seal of approval

HoMedics: are your feet killing you? 6

Three Drunk Monkey’s Ikea ‘holidays’ spot wins first round of Sirens

Go stays Uplate!

Recruiter Williams International hires Kate Marsh as a partner

Melbourne International Film Festival announce line-up

Mumbrellacast: PRs and journos; News’ paywall; Media manifesto; Gen Z; The Age and SMH tabloid size?; New ad campaigns; Kelloggs’ Twitter PR search

Today eclipses Sunrise again, Masterchef pulls in 1.6m 1

SBS ramps up marketing efforts for Go Back To Where You Came From 3

WorkSafe Victoria goes 80’s to encourage Victorians to get health checks 3

UBI World TV: advertisers are ignoring Australia’s ethnic communities

Key Media publisher: no jobs will be lost

Casting for Tourism Australia’s No Leave No Life campaign goes public 1

Teena Jameson quits Mitchells Brisbane to start Media Circus 1

Lexis Nexis offloads HR Leader and Risk magazines to Key Media 13

Ad of the month shortlist revealed 9

Stuart Archibald quits Archibald Ingall Stretton

Cancer Council appoints Loud for Pink Ribbon Day campaign

State of Origin slips, Masterchef holds steady, Angry boys bombs 10

OMD appoints HR manager Carolyn Maloney to executive team 3

Rogue telemarketer receives $120,000 fine for flouting Do Not Call Register 1

Ausfilm report: ScreenSingapore

Tommy Cehak and Gavin Chimes boost JayGrey’s creative team to five 3

Equity Awards celebrate Rake and The Librarians

Posse.com hires Google engineer Alex North, mulls expansion plans

Be Interactive MD Lara Thom launches Conceive 2

CNN invites Sydneysiders to vote on holiday activities of a Hong Kong tourist 11

Keep Left wins Kellogg’s Twitter pitch contest 13

NBN promo video under the hammer 4

Carl Fennessy moves to LA while Mark Fennessy becomes president of Shine

Here I Am’s Beck Cole, Kath Shelper and Warwick Thorton are here to stay 3

Ratings: AGT wins primetime while Today beats Sunrise at breakfast again 3

Weekday editions of SMH and Age may ditch broadsheet format 9

ZenithOptimedia launches effectiveness consultancy Ninah

Salmat hires Ten’s Nick Spooner to run digital operation 3

Australian Mining launches ‘This is our story’ ad 27

Ex-Daily Telegraph editor Garry Linnell resurfaces at Fairfax 8

Lord of the Crows attract Gibson Guitars 1

ATOM Awards extend Call For Entries until Thursday 16th June

The McKee to Success

Umm PR rebadges as Umm Communications 2

Tourism Australia replaces Carat with OMD as global media partner 2

Mumbrellacast: Buckman, Steedman, Pollard and Freedman at Mumbrella360 Question Time 3

IBM and The Australian launch ‘Shaping our future’ in digital first for Fremantle Media 1

FSM show off Rusty, with animated 3D skills

Casting Call: The Jerk Off 3

The Straits begins shooting today

Mystery cube benefactor revealed 8

Vodafone: kill your credit demons 9

Telechoice targets absent minded phone users 22

Industry brass sleeps out for the homeless

ex-Clems Brisbane digital head Chris-Rhyss Edwards joins fundraising group 4

Masterchef soars as Rescue Special Ops flops

Julian Peterson leaves Time Out to open Dianomi Sydney office 2

MSD reaches out to country doctors

ACMA tries outdoor to reach teens on cyberbullying

Free TV’s wish list: Reduce our fees; Let us do less for kids; Include our digital channels in the content quota; Don’t restrict when we can show stuff; Ease up on the advertising regulations 7

Tribeca distributes Shup Up Little Man!

Adam Elliott appointed sales director for Seven West 3

BMF’s media director Paddy Douneen departs

Brand Meets Blog event exposes new brands to bloggers 10