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LG CONFIRMS NEW AGENCY ROSTER LG Electronics has confirmed its new agency roster in Australia following a global review of its media and advertising duties which saw the business lodged with WPP group agencies.  (20-Feb-2008) [more from Agencies] ACP CLOSES THE BULLETIN Australia’s longest running magazine, The Bulletin, has been closed after more than 120 years of publication because it is no longer “commercially viable”.  (24-Jan-2008) [more from Magazines] THE BULLETIN FAILED TO ADAPT The exponential rise of the internet and its failure to adapt to a changing media landscape ultimately killed off The Bulletin, agency executives claim.  (24-Jan-2008) [more from Magazines] THE BULLETIN IS AXED Australia’s longest running magazine, The Bulletin, has been shut down by publishers ACP magazines after more than 120 years, with plummeting commercial revenues and the internet blamed for its demise.  (24-Jan-2008) [more from Magazines] KIBBLE TO HEAD YAHOO!7 MARKETING Former Unilever marketing director Fergus Kibble has been named as Yahoo!7’s new head of marketing, in a newly created role for the portal.  (14-Jan-2008) [more from Marketing]

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MYSTERY SURROUNDS STATUS OF COLES PITCH Confusion surrounds the state of the $90 million Coles advertising pitch with some agencies claiming it is on hold until the company’s ownership is finalised. more

NETX CONNECTS WITH VODAFONE Vodafone has appointed digital agency NetX to revamp its customer site. more

AGL’S $4M ACCOUNT GOES TO Y&R Sydney power retailer AGL has appointed George Patterson Y&R Melbourne to handle its $4 million account. more

DE PASQUALE WINS PORTSIDE WHARF DEVELOPMENT Brisbane-based ad agency De Pasquale has won the account for the city’s Portside Wharf development. more

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