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Aussie Apples launches major campaign ahead of possible lifting of import ban 6

Limitations can be beneficial: De Vries

Nova presenter sacked ‘for rigging competition’

Mumbrellacast: MTV Classic launches; Mediacom’s big hire; 3D hits TV; the SA and VIC rivalry; and Cougar Town gets the chop

Hertz takes out airport supersites to showcase new car models 4

Last chance for early bird price for Media Metrics Masterclass

Brisbane Broncos front up for latest NRMA ad 4

SFF to be closed by mystery Australian film 3

Greater Sydney Partnership launches to market Sydney as a global city 9

Digital Forty Four TV services go off the air 1

Eddie McGuire’s production company behind Telstra’s new AFL TV show 5

Droga5 to launch in New Zealand

Glee hits ratings high note for Ten 6

The Tree to close Cannes

Tourism Dunedin signs Jules Lund as first celebrity ambassador 2

Hunt is on for agency that’s best at advertising itself 17

Dungog program announced 2

Festival brings new colours to Australian screens

TV viewers turn off across the channels on Wednesday 7

Beneath Hill 60 finds UK distributor

Mediacom hires Nic Hodges as head of innovation and technology 15

Tourism Australia’s call for entries in ‘There’s nothing like Australia’ campaign 7

Optus to launch major brand campaign to promote World Cup 1

Underbelly telemovies funded by Screen Australia 3

Projects fall apart, no matter who you are: Wessler

South Australian producers receive development funds

Seven axes Leckie’s ‘shit show’ Cougar Town 19

Roofing Tile Association launches campaign against sheet metal 10

Masterchef halo gives 7PM Project and Bondi Rescue much needed boost 1

Nine to broadcast State of Origin in 3D 10

Anzac Day fuels BH60 at the box office

Chapman and Sundance's Cooper join SFF jury

Chapman and Sundance’s Cooper join SFF jury

Frost to handle launch campaign for new-look Sydney Airport international terminal 3

Retail website Connect Furniture launches with press campaign 2

Gold Coast fest signs sponsorship deal

Wilfred – The second series

Occupational Health and Safety: un-risky business 1

Triangle: the geometry of co-productions

MIFF Fund announces 2011 slate

Jay Jays capitalises on 3D craze in online campaign 9

Lion Nathan TV ad plays up SA and Victorian rivalry 14

Bieber fever gives Seven breakfast and morning wins 3

Only two merits for Australia at Art Directors Club Awards

AdNews promotes Danielle Long to editor 1

Branded iPhone apps ‘no longer a gimmick’ as Australian-made Tic Tac app hits 1.1m 22

Arclight to produce three Australian films per year 2

The Apprentice, opportunity to join big leagues

Cougar Town slips further, while Masterchef continues ratings reign 3

WWF teams up with Ben Lee in latest video clip 13

MySpace’s Nick Love promoted to MD role 5

Mumbrellacast: Bronwen Clune on saving journalism; Photon’s new CEO; PR agency outsources media relations; and dating on an island 1

Wilkinson PR rebrands with a Woosh

M&C Saatchi wins Building Brand Australia brief 5

Julian Ward and Heather Ann Snodgrass to launch We Are Social in Sydney 23

Telstra launches new experiential push aimed at youth market 2

Matt Porter quits AdNews editorship for agency PR 15

DigiSPAA now open 1

Vodka brand 42Below consolidates creative into Naked 3

NSW invests $0.8m, supports its first games 1

Strong night for Ten, but So You Think You Can Dance fails to match last year’s ratings 13

BBC Worldwide to launch US version of Top Gear 1

Starcom wins at Festival of Media Awards, while Mars awarded advertiser of the year

Website launches social media campaign to bring back the great Aussie road trip 4

Guide Dogs launches ad to celebrate bond with man’s best friend 2

Elliott returns with Hangover style comedy

RSVP, Cook Islands Tourism and Pacific Blue to launch reality dating show 4

Print advertising biggest loser to social media, says survey 33

Pfizer creates ‘floor of cigarettes’ to push quit smoking message 42

World Movies Channel taps into viewers’ emotions in new campaign 3

Dick Smith launches model rocket in retail promotion with Intel 4

LinkedIn’s Cliff Rosenberg reveals Australian launch team 9

Masterchef Tuesday night leader ahead of Top Gear and NCIS 3

Creative startup Bashful to review General Pants Co.’s marketing strategy 4

Hot House drafts former Sapient creative director 2

The Chaser’s Hansen and Taylor launch mockumentary series on Triple J 5

Photon appoints News Corp’s Jeremy Philips as CEO 2

TV, less disposable than before: Zwar

Cowan’s Ward jumps ship to head up rival agency Blue Marlin

The Boys Are Back 4

Aldi launches ‘think smarter’ graduate recruitment drive 8

Accidents Happen: the American Australian dream 2

Underbelly: the golden franchise

PR agency separates media relations function into offshoot agency 2

Hoyts exec joins Screen Australia board

Aussie short for US comedy begins production

The Square expands in the US

Sumsound opens at Trackdown Sydney