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Mumbrella Readers Choice Awards deadline is 5pm today 9

Freeview ad takes a swipe at Foxtel as it pushes low cost alternative to pay TV 6

Fairfax, Adconion and FirstClick win Frost & Sullivan digital gongs 3

1.3m tune in to see Eamon Sullivan named Celebrity Masterchef 3

APG reveals Planning Idol shortlist 1

McCann Erickson closes door on loss-making Brisbane office 9

Lachlan Murdoch takes 50% stake in DMG Radio 12

Nine axes Perth and Adelaide versions of A Current Affair 6

Affinity Partnership appoints former One Centre creative director 1

Packed to the Rafters final episode delivers Seven 2m viewers 6

PHD head of digital departs, while agency restructures

TiVo devices to be given away as part of new “awareness” push 3

AFA launches digital legal guide following agency’s Spam Act breach 3

Mumbrella Podcast: The Apprentice; Oz Idol; Best headlines ever; How to use LinkedIn; PRing bloggers; James Boag ad reviewed 3

Microsoft’s Bing okayed to power Yahoo!7 Search 1

Reckitt Benckiser puts US$1.3bn global media into Havas and Publicis

Organisers of swear day campaign claim Google Wave first 2

Former Saatchi & Saatchi CEO Bartley and creative director Newman to launch agency 4

Apprentice bows out with well under 1m 15

BMF digital chief leaves after less than a year to head to Mark

ABC to launch new kids channel with simulcast 1

P&O Cruises relaunches website to push greater interactivity 5

Nova moves to national breakfast show for December 6

Why Rudd fell out with Chris Mitchell

Microsoft and News Corp eye anti-Google pact

Ten programming boss: I wish we’d never made the Spearman Experiment 11

Australian Idol finale fails to draw big audience 18

Exclusive: Amnesia creative director in talks with Reading Room 8

STW ready to buy again as Photon talks to Murdoch

Triple J names new breakfast team 18

MasterChef to launch as a magazine 4

Seven’s digital channel beats Go for first time 1

MRN sees 6% revenue rise, with profits buoyed by cost cuts

Euro RSCG chief leaves amid group restructure 4

Pitch doctor Peter McDonald joins next week’s Mumbrella Question Time panel

Mediacom and Match retain Ikea media account

Bebo may exit Australia after failure to dent Facebook’s dominance

DDB London the most awarded agency according to The Gunn Report

Aegis revenue down 10.8%, with gloom to continue 4

Clemenger scoops Grand Prix at ADMA awards 4

Sony in global overhaul of ad budget to focus on smaller number of products

Are marketers reshaping the media industry with the launch of their own media companies?

NCIS franchise continues to grow audience for Ten Network

Lion Nathan launches first TV ad for James Boag’s Pure 36

LinkedIn opens Australian office headed by Cliff Rosenberg 3

Stephanie Rice’s dumping of agent ‘could be an expensive mistake’ 4

Host’s Freedman to chair Communications Council 2

Seven to relaunch Sunrise in January 8

Mumbrella Podcast: Cheerio Rove; Virgin Blue’s PR woes; The Apprentice flop; Has the Aussie newspaper decline begun? Smug Jacob’s Creek 11

CHE appoints DDB’s McKeown as creative chief

NCIS finale gives Ten ratings boost 2

ABC to relaunch opinion site Unleashed 12

Former Marketing Zoo directors set up own agency 1

AFR.com unveils new site and divides opinion 12

AFA and AWARD vote for creation of new industry body 3

Evian’s Rollerbabies becomes most watched online video ad of all time 9

Optus and MTV launch push to find budding TV makers

Two And A Half Men takes Nine to win but Apprentice fizzling out 5

Grazia pushes up cover price 5

Frost to rebrand Woolworths South Africa 2

Experiential agency closes doors in face of challenging market

Commercial Radio pitches digital radio as ideal Christmas gift 13

Tourism Australia partners with Seven in new TV show

Westfield shifts to Draft FCB in NZ

Seven and Nine digital channels continue momentum 1

Come and see In The Loop with us 3

Rove calls end to TV show in a year of weak ratings 45

AFR circulation falls while Famous enjoys 35% boost 6

Foxtel channel upgrades come at a price 11

Agency boss: expect mass social unrest

Virgin Blue’s gold class Velocity email blunder 80

WPP’s Sorrell says agency bosses are too change-resistant

Pay TV channel signs up Woolworths, RSVP and Domain.com.au for launch 3

Cosmos named magazine of the year at Bell Awards 2

Outdoor ad goes ‘on fire’ to promote movie 2012 13

Seven back on top in Thursday ratings 2

Iris hits up hip-hop star Snob Scrilla in Toyota social media pitch 41

Mumbrella Readers Choice Awards to go out live 14

Peer Group appoints MD and creates new strategy role

Jacob’s Creek looks to ‘true character’ for its new global ad 9

Australian research reveals high consumer recall for online ads 9

Best Job campaign and Publicis Mojo the big winners at AWARD Awards 2

Warner trials social media for Hangover release 5

Mumbrella Podcast enters iTunes top 5 3

Bad review ‘a staff conspiracy’

Corbis unveils winners of photography competition 3

Business titles lead the pack in readership 3

Underwear brand turns to dark story telling 4