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How much does an editor earn? $56,000 a month 13

Bad times for production houses; Fosters’ flag hijack; Harpers goes downhill; Dubai’s PR crisis

Mediacom, Universal McCann and Media Contacts only three Aussie representatives on global shortlist 7

WPP boss Sorrell says he doesn’t want to buy Photon 8

Four agencies vie to represent death row mobile brand

Droga5 drafts in Vanilla Ice for Virgin Mobile work 14

Internet is Australia’s most trusted medium – ACMA 4

Underbelly wins, but rest of Nine’s schedule struggles

What the Twitterati are saying about Adtech 4

The Telegraph’s sustained attack on Pacific Brands is madness 12

Give journos a break; Vulture PR; Saturation marketing; Viral packs a punch; Hyro minds think alike

Seven wins the week

Strategy director departs Naked for London 1

Lexus’ so-called bushfire tribute; Ping pong at Adtech 6

Where did charity’s social media money go?; Brits don’t like Aussie sex ads; Which agency will win the war? 1

WPP defies gloom with good results for 2008, but warns of tougher 2009 2

Nine denies all the rumours, More digital radio delays; Everyone’s an adshare winner 1

COMMENT: Online journalism is all about the fish you throw back 22

Don’t use local press, says Fairfax paper; Lions organiser gives a PR masterclass 1

WEEKEND PRESS: Does The Tele hates adland?; NRL pulls ad; Columnists discover Twitter 3

Singo: Ad industry is full of druggy idiots; Daily Tele: He’s right 16

“Go on holiday: it’s your patriotic duty” 3

Rodent’s revenge; Sport & Style not in vogue; Right to know? Not at the Press Council 2

Press watchdog issues new charter

Nine wins Thursday night, old skool style 1

Time running out for Mumbrella Masterclass earlybirds

TODAY’S TRADE PRESS: Australia’s top vblogger; Laurel vs Tony; Frank PR vs Australia; Yanni vs the razor 9

GUEST POSTING M&C Saatchi top ad agency site for usability, Leo worst 7

‘Nothing will ever be the same again’ 7

A Golden Gaytime for Mardi Gras; A golden Korean boost for the SMH 4

SBS confirms plans to take ad sales in-house

Research row as TV claims to be number one after all 3

Ten the Biggest Loser in last night’s ratings

TODAY’S PAPERS: Sport & Style – nothing to scare the advertisers; Banks steer round the ATM PR trap; Silence from the Bonds spruikers

SBS boss – expect free TV to get a lot worse 2

MySpace launches push to make itself marketer friendly 2

GOODLINX: The tone of online comment; Humpty Dumpty does PR; Fairfax’s spin drought; PR etiquette of Twitter 1

Australia’s digital switchover continues to struggle 2

PR agency of the year – eventually; Secrets of the new Naked boss; The reef pros 4

Lowe wins $15m Aussie account 1

Welcome to Tuesday nights – owner: Seven

Telstra, CBA and NAB are Australia’s most valuable brands 8

Paul Merrill – Australia’s secret PR maestro 5

Gloria Jean launches new campaign one sip at a time 3

You can stop the user generated ads now 17

2.2m reasons for Nine to love Underbelly

Skittles gets a taste for Twitter 8

Publicis Mojo Schweppes ad goes viral – after a year’s wait 23

BigPond to talk gaming on Twitter 3

Seven wins tightest ratings week of 2009

COMMENT: PR game is too easy for airline boss 2

Marketers cutting costs and moving to short term planning 6

TODAY’S PAPERS: Magazine ad meltdown; Cameron’s ABC exit; Fat soldiers exposed; Will the plug be pulled on Ten? 2

Online on the up; disastrous decline for magazine ad spend 9

Tabakoff laughs last; Diary skills with AdNews; Todd’s work-life balance; Be cool the Adam Ferrier way

Sydney PR agency publishes bloggers charter 29

GOODLINX: Sexist agencies; Inside story on the Osama reef video; The case for advertising in a downturn; The death of a newspaper; Are Doritos being tight? 1

Poor PR makes a bad situation worse for Pacific Brands 2

Blue Freeway – we lost $14.6m and the previous management lumbered us 7

SMH ups its cover price by 10c as Fairfax attempts to raise $700m 3

GOODLINX: Twitter sceptics; Twitter lovers at the AdNews Awards; ‘Blog sphere’ sceptics 8

Host or Clemenger BBDO or BMF is the agency of the year 12

Hattrick for Seven but Nine takes the night – now it’s down to Will Smith versus Kevin Costner

Research firm Pure Profile bids to recruit industry army 3

Major Aussie agencies face missing out on Government work 8

Rising profits, revenue and subs signal Foxtel’s growing threat to free TV 3

Coke, iPhone and PlayStation please, say MySpace users 11

Strong night for Seven in TV ratings

DR MUMBO: Why is the Herald running old Murdoch stories?

Leader of Doritos ad competition was signed up weeks before the competition began 21

ACP revamps mag sales teams and makes 40 redundant 3

Doritos aims for Superbowl magic to rub off on Australia 8

Problogger is Australia’s top blogger 35

Rafters win for Seven as Nine has worst Tuesday of the ratings year

Seven profits fall as it prices its media assets at zero 1

“Cynical” digital sites accused of ripping off advertisers with dodgy ad placements 3

From Gmail to Gfail as Google’s email services go down around the world 5

DR MUMBO: A bad eggsample; Maths with B&T: Is going to Cannes more important than saving jobs? 6

Droga5 creative director Nott to speak at Australian design pow-wow

GOODLINX: Anti-social media; See the new Earth Hour TVC; The future of papers; Don’t blame me, I’m just a blogger 2

Murdoch: The downturn will be good for us 1

Photon writes down DBS investment but flags healthy growth for group 3

Underbelly and Jackman take Nine to three Monday wins in a row

Talbot quits Tempest for a life on the open road as Response Directive takes on Daily Mail 1

Vodafone media pitch is suspended 3

How the media is reporting the Fairfax figures

Ad agency is in Melbourne; the creative director is in New Zealand 15

PHD set to be local winner from HP’s global realignment