It is with much sorrow that M+AD notes the passing of rock’n’roll pathfinder David Bowie (in London, of cancer, aged just 69). Throughout his career, Bowie made a number of TV ads – including work for Pepsi, Nestle and Louis Vuitton (that’s his 2013 Louis Vuitton ad, above).
oOh!media expands
oOh!media says it has secured further long term contracts with shopping centre owners of key retail locations in New Zealand – including Nelson, Tauranga, Christchurch and Auckland – boosting its offering to a total of 30 centres.
Fairfax sells six titles – to staffers
Fairfax Media has sold six of its national magazines as it continues restructuring to focus on core audiences and subject areas, according to Stuff.co.nz.
Devo – the book
You know it’s been a fairly quiet start to the new year when there’s only a few items good enough to make the first issue of M+AD in 2016.
Global giant buys ad2one in NZ & Australia
Auckland-based digital sales house Ad2one has been purchased by Gravity4 – a US headquartered global company that describes itself as “the world’s first high-frequency marketing cloud”. Gravity4 also made its intentions clear in this part of the world by buying Ad2One Australia.
Call for entries
After a revamp of categories for the 2015 NZ Radio Awards has announced its 2016 call for entries – with just one change: The addition of a new category – Best Promotion.
Showtime!
The One Club New York has set Friday 29 January as the final deadline for the 2016 One Show.
Goodoil soars to global top 3
NZW-based NZ-founded Goodoil Films is 2015’s highest ranking – equal 3rd – Australasian production company in Campaign Brief’s global list issued by Best Ads over the weekend. Goodoil director Hamish Rothwell was named No 1 director in 2015.
Gone fishin’
This is the last 2015 edition of M+AD’s daily newsletter. We’re taking a break and will return on Monday 11 January.
Auckland shop tweaks Fullers interface
A collaboration between Fullers ferries and Newmarket-based digital agency Motion Sickness Studios has produced documentary-like content illustrating that – when it involves the Hauraki Gulf – the journey is just as important as the destination.
