Live blog: Thursday, August 7
Welcome to Mumbrella’s live blog, our daily roundup of what’s happening in media and marketing.
Top Stories:
- Press Council breaches Tele over ‘Kids grieve for junkie dad’ story
- Freeview to announce September launch date for HbbTV
- TV ratings: Offspring finale gets decent audience as The Bachelor lifts for Ten
- Wotif releases first M&C Saatchi work celebrating fictional world of “Wotifia”
- CUB CMO Peter McLoughlin to step down
- Council considers putting ads on roads
5:51pm – There’s been a lot of chatter about metadata in the past 24 hours since the government announced its new data storage proposals, and now Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has admitted they government needs to clarify exactly what it means by metadata, and what it will be storing.
3:36pm – Check out this new campaign for Dodge promoting its Dart model car. From Wieden & Kennedy Portland it features one of the stars of the US version of The Office Craig Robinson and New Girl’s Jake Johnson.
