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Holden base jumping ad is cleared by ASB 15

M&C Saatchi hires former Optus marketer as group account director

Fleishman-Hillard to report into advertising ‘big brother’

Iron Sky begins €300,000 crowd-funding marathon 2

ACA still fights for Sunday audience

Chrissie Swan surprises in Logie Nominations 4

Packer ‘ready to exit Foxtel if the price is right’ 2

Film Victoria reveals funding plans for Screen Skills

Seven legal proceedings against Ten dismissed 8

MediaCom Melbourne appoints Anny Havercroft as innovation director 4

Wrigley’s pushes the frosty properties of Eclipse mints 3

Tonga launches ‘rugby’s maddest fan’ world cup tourism campaign

Mumbrellacast: KFC’s The Double; IPTV; Radio ratings; Top Gear and Nine; ASTRA; Ad:Tech; Pay TV and exclusive content

Million Dollar Drop stems ratings decline 3

NBN digital comms role for Scott Rhodie 13

Watch Little Johnny The Movie, here and now

Here I Am to release in June

Viacom to support two Indian/Australian co-productions

Balibo wins Best Political Film; shares prize with Mexican doco

April 1 roundup: tweeting pens; six month ads; pitch doctors for pitch doctors; Seven’s new drama; Nessie in the harbour 27

Agency creates ad tool to help brands give charities online exposure 1

Call for entries: March ad of the month

Archive digitisation: Move it or lose it

Walter Jennings departs as boss of Fleishman-Hillard; replaced by Chris Newman 7

Sydney Opera House launches Facebook offensive 1

Ad:tech Melbourne: Promo girls, chill out zones and moustaches

Two Sydney agencies launch full-service shop in Melbourne 1

UM bans video ads with Fairfax until autoplay ends 76

Pay TV marketing should focus on channels not programs: Foxtel 1

Offer for Gadfly rejected

ABC kids commissioning boss to work from Canada 4

ABC executive to work from Canada 18

BBC footage and an Auburn swimming pool combine for John West Tuna 8

SBS finishes eighth with Inspector Rex only top 50 show 3

AFTRS to study its graduates and their careers 4

Limited WA release for Little Sparrows 1

We’re not celebrating Mad Max, we’re celebrating car design: TopGear Magazine 2

City Homicide’s exit watched by 750,000 4

Ward6 takes Dr LeWinn’s to a younger audience with ‘Old Can Wait’

This month in Encore magazine

ASTRA celebrates LifeStyle Channel's local productions 1

ASTRA celebrates LifeStyle Channel’s local productions 1

Australia added to Canadian co-prod market

Hill & Knowlton boss Marcus Warner departs after eight months 5

Nine’s Top Gear audience falls below when it was on SBS 54

Social media crossovers ‘set for Australian TV’ 2

Winners & Winners for Seven in Tuesday’s ratings

Profile: Rachel Perkins, right place, right time

Foxtel boss Kim Williams: Our future will be IPTV first, broadcast second 8

ABC’s Cleo drama to air next month 11

Is ‘lingering sexism’ still a hurdle for women in TV? 11

KFC apologises to customers over promotion for The Double 45

EncoreLive joins Vivid Sydney lineup

Little Johnny at the Melbourne Comedy Festival

In A Better World

Needle to be self-distributed by Filmscope; DVD to be handled by Sony 3

Mumbrella360 joins Vivid Sydney lineup 2

Industry mourns Esben Storm 154

Little Johnny experiments with VOD release 1

Media review for Garuda takes off

Bureaucrats should also come to my writing seminar: Robert McKee 24

Thirsty Camel goes for double entendre with ‘hump’ push 12

Perth radio ratings: Two horse race, with Austereo on both horses 1

Adelaide radio ratings: SAFM closes the gap on Mix

Brisbane radio ratings: Nova close to retaking number one slot 8

Melbourne radio ratings: Fox FM on a winner 5

Movie Network commissions $13m family thriller series

Sydney radio ratings: Solid trip for Mix, 2Day FM and Nova, more woes for Classic Rock 15

Fox Sports' (male) CEO named pay TV 'Pioneer' during Women in TV breakfast

Fox Sports’ (male) CEO named pay TV ‘Pioneer’ during Women in TV breakfast

Updated: Million Dollar Flop rates just 644,000 for Nine (but wins last 15 minutes) 8

KFC launches The Double – the sandwich that replaces bread with chicken 66

Griff the Invisible holds smallest second weekend drop

Austereo rats ad wins in Siren Awards 3

Hyundai reveals Amazing Day ad with amazing budget to match 17

CPR launches green consultancy offering

Grazia and Woman’s Day remake covers for Liz Taylor

Government launches first indigenous-targeted anti-smoking campaign 6

Whybins opens ‘sexy consumer’ Eleven PR in Sydney 2

Matty Johns joins Triple M Sydney 9

Keynote speaker for ad:tech Melbourne pulls out 14

A Heartbeat Away has paid its loan

Nine’s Sunday edition of A Current Affair falls back 1

Subscription Television: TV worth paying for 3

Coles brings The Wiggles into the fray 10

Clems and M&C lead in good year for Australia at Caples

Popbot and John Doe to shoot in Melbourne

Vodafone webisodes drive Australian GP sponsorship 3