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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 »

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