Live blog: Friday, August 8
Welcome to Mumbrella’s live blog, our daily roundup of what’s happening in media and marketing.
Top stories:
- Daily Telegraph Mike Carlton ‘Palestinian’ mock up was originally Boston bombing victim pic
- Mike Carlton calls Daily Telegraph ‘scum of the trade’
- Two agencies in the running for Vodafone’s creative account
- Carat Sydney poaches OMD Sydney’s Dan Sinfield as Sydney managing director
- TV ratings: Mums Who Murder outrates Seven’s Bali bogans on slow Thursday
- #SPCSunday campaign big winner at Star Awards
2.55pm – A story from our sister site Mumbrella Asia: a model who appeared in a controversial ad for Burger King in Singapore from 2009 has lashed out in a self-created video on YouTube in which she says was unaware how her image would be used next to the words “It’ll blow your mind away”.
12:47pm – Dentsu Aegis media agency Carat has appointed OMD’s head of trading Dan Sinfield as it new managing director for the Sydney office.
