G9 targets Telstra
Updated 13 May 2008
SYDNEY: The G9 alliance of broadband providers, lead by Optus, today launched a national campaign attacking Telstra's bid for the proposed National Broadband Network. more »
St George, Westpac accounts up in the air
Updated 13 May 2008
SYDNEY: The fate of the advertising accounts for two major banks is uncertain, following the announcement of Westpac and St George's planned merger to claim market dominance. more »
Business Spectator outsources sales
Updated 13 May 2008
SYDNEY: Publisher Eric Beecher's fledgling business news site, BusinessSpectator.com.au, has hit 200,000 monthly unique browsers and topped revenue of $1 million in just nine months, with the site outsourcing advertising sales as of next month. more »
CHE raids local rival
Updated 13 May 2008
BRISBANE: Clemenger Harvie Edge Brisbane has poached a top planner from local rival McCann Erickson Brisbane. more »
News Mags Hooks new CEO
Updated 13 May 2008
SYDNEY: News Magazines has appointed a new chief executive as the Australian magazine market heats up thanks to a flurry of new launches set for the coming year. more »
A full moon in Sydney
Updated 13 May 2008
SYDNEY: Moon Design and digital specialist agency Newgency have finalised their merger, taking on the new name Moon Communications Group, effective today. more »
Aussie youth consume more
Updated 13 May 2008
SYDNEY: Young Aussies are fitting 38 hours of activities into every 24-hour period thanks to multi-tasking, new research from Synovate has found. more »
Battle brewing in Melbourne
Updated 13 May 2008
MELBOURNE: Grey, Clemenger BBDO and Leo Burnett will lock horns in next month's Melbourne Advertising & Design Club awards. more »
DAILY ROUND-UP: 13 MAY 2008
Updated 13 May 2008
Latest news in brief: Optus, Vodafone will both sell iPhone | CMH deal back on the table? | New motoring mag hits the Tarmac | Optus slashes mobile data charges | DomainHoliday merges with Stayz more »
TV revenue on downward slide
Updated 12 May 2008
SYDNEY: Media alternatives, including the internet and subscription TV, are sucking up commercial TV revenues, with the profitability of commercial networks taking a nosedive over the past two years, according to ACMA. more »
REA ups stake in Italian site
Updated 12 May 2008
SYDNEY: The REA Group, owner of realestate.com.au, has acquired an additional 10% of Italy's largest real estate website Casa.it for $2.44 million from its founder Antonio Fregnan. more »
Sinclair departs Full Circle Media
Updated 12 May 2008
SYDNEY: Full Circle Media's strategy & development manager, Cate Sinclair, has left the company. more »
DAILY ROUND-UP: 12 MAY 2008
Updated 12 May 2008
Latest news in brief: SBS trumps growth | Marmalade lauded for saucy work more »
FRIDAY OPINION: Did Dove retouch its Campaign For Real Beauty?
Updated 09 May 2008
One of the world's most renowned digital retouching artists has claimed he retouched images from Dove's highly-acclaimed Campaign For Real Beauty. Is it true? And if it is, does it really matter? more »
Jackson resigns from M&C
Updated 09 May 2008
SYDNEY: The managing director of M&C Saatchi Sydney has announced her resignation from the agency the same week it was cut from the Tourism Australia pitch. more »
Mars launches chocumentaries
Updated 09 May 2008
MELBOURNE: cumminsnitro will on Sunday launch the biggest campaign undertaken by Mars Snackfood this year. more »
GroupM links with Sydney Film Festival
Updated 09 May 2008
SYDNEY: GroupM's marketing and new business director, Greg Graham, was so keen to work with the Sydney Film Festival he and fellow WPP colleague Clive Burcham of The Conscience Organisation created a short "film noir", begging SFF sales & marketing director Carmel England to call him. more »
Agencies caught up in gunman's escape
Updated 09 May 2008
SYDNEY: Two Pyrmont-based advertising agencies were yesterday caught up in the middle of the dramatic chase for a masked gunman suspected of shooting a woman three times. more »
DAILY ROUND-UP: 9 MAY 2008
Updated 09 May 2008
Latest news in brief: Eye on senior management | SMS Central launches service for MLR | Clems cleans up at Sirens more »





