News

Ga’Hoole set for limited US cinema release

Olympics and cricket only win Nine silver in Sunday’s ratings 1

Dr. D to recruit talent in London

BMF loses Langley to 303 2

Olympic numbers not quite there for Nine 6

Minsiter’s ski lodge chats with Stokes

ABC keen to sell Sleuth 101 format

Google baulks at Conroy censorship

Bob Miller handed AANA’s lifetime achievement award 6

New marketing agency for Australian film industry 3

Cougar Town takes Seven to big Thursday win 12

MTV rebrands VH1 to attract younger audience 7

JWT’s Ben O’Brien is new CD at Kastner 5

ACP weekly titles tumble, while PacMags’ Famous continues to rise

Pacific Magazines sees biggest growth, while indie publisher Morrison wins with Frankie 13

National and metro newspapers in biggest ever decline 19

Mumbrella Podcast: Magic PR formulas; the battle for media planning; Optus looks to the bloggers; What next for Toyota? 6

BMF bolsters creative director ranks and makes several new hires 2

Melbourne gets second talk station with Steve Price at helm 3

ABC Online launches investigation unit 4

Pink signs as V8 Supercars ambassador in multi-million dollar deal 11

Ten’s all-female chat show The Circle beats Kerrie-Anne 9

STW results hit by underperforming companies

Cricket’s death by remote

Animal Kingdom release brought forward 2

Omnicom Q4 results sees double digit fall

Government sites brought down by anti-internet filtering activists 28

Unilever reappoints Universal McCann following global media review

Austereo’s Triple M to launch AC/DC digital radio station 6

Seven to make national wireless broadband play 3

Today closes on Sunrise while The Circle sees promising start 7

Optus persuades bloggers to share video dilemmas 5

IBM digital marketing boss: Haymarket editor is an idiot, industry laughs at Australia’s tech journalism and I’ve got a migraine 52

Toyota ponders PR and marketing response as Prius crisis spreads to Australia 11

Dating site Match.com rebrands with animated TV ad 5

‘Monster’ children’s series to be shot in NSW

Accent Blinds awards Match and Ikon media duties

Unilever’s first chief marketing officer to depart 1

Starcom trio breaks away to launch media agency and production company 4

ABC’s Scott attacks article in News Ltd’s The Australian as ‘ludicrous’ 1

Commercial deals behind the talking heads

Mixed response to debut of Ten’s new show The Circle 14

Daybreakers, third most pirated film online

Qantas buys My Tehran for Sale

ABC caught in Chinese diplomacy controversy 1

Nine wins the night, while ABC1’s Australian Story sees strong return 6

Vodafone hands Host creative account 1

Million-dollar debut for Daybreakers

Slow start for Naomi Robson’s new online dating show 14

Pullen pulls out of The Lab as post facility re-structures

Qantas hires The Lab’s GM into key marketing role 1

AMP highlights customer-centric approach in new ads 14

Tourism WA launches new positioning and Taxi Ride campaign 5

Sales and marketing job ads see January rise 1

SMH editor Fray stands by McGurk reporting 3

Ten leapfrogs Nine in first ratings night of the year 8

TTOC absorbed into TAFE NSW – North Sydney Institute

License fee rebates for broadcasters, but no actual content requirements 1

Richard Moore leaves Melbourne Film Festival 2

Australians well represented on Cannes Lions juries

Commercial TV networks to make $240m saving from licence fee rebate 2

Internet nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Sony soccer ad: Feel what they feel 10

Animal Logic secures Sucker Punch VFX work 1

WA releases short film marketing guide

Copyright court decision to impact Australian IPTV models 2

Commercial radio sees continued ad revenue growth

Producer Offset is better than New Zealand’s SPIF, according to Sinbad producer

Mediacom to restructure and switch focus from buying to strategy 24

Lion Nathan campaign promotes Tooheys New as ‘Australian currency’ 25

Ten equals Nine in its strongest rating night of the week

Outdoor media revenue falls 11.8% but sees end-of-year bounce back

Sky News ditches YouTube 11

Precious 7

Everyone should have a slice of Producer Offset cake, says NSW Minister for the Arts

Hill & Knowlton battles to keep account after manager’s anti-Sensis tweets 54

ACA’s Stig lies 2

RSPCA Animal Rescue delivers for Seven, while Nine’s Customs beats out ICU

ABC launches digital initiative to connect regional communities 1

Australian industry was complacent for 20 years: Miller

Lavender drafts former McCann Erickson MD to new planning role 1

Media Watch host Holmes: unlike ACMA and the APC we can be brutal 13

BCM launches ‘world first’ Twebsite 25

Mumbrella Podcast: News Ltd’s Tony Kendall targets advertisers; Australians leaders in social media; where are all the women creatives? 2

iiNet wins copyright court case

Sandilands joins Seven’s Australia’s Got Talent 4

Christian churches claim success in first united advertising push 9

Adelaide Advertiser claims victory over repeal of online comment censorship 3