The working efficiency of many agency creative departments comes under the spotlight at CAANZ functions in Auckland & Wellington in July, led by Dr Wayne (The Switch Doctor) Lotherington, the Australian founder and ceo of global ‘habit creation’ company Allsorts.

Fairfax Media’s competitors are piling into the scrap that’s developing over the company’s newsroom transformation. Fairly typical is today’s John Drinnan column in The Business section (headlined “Fairfax shakeup hits 180 staff”).

Interactive Advertising* continues to grow with the latest IAB/PwC Online Advertising Report noting that it generated $179.88 million in Q1 2015, a 53% increase year on year.

A Kiwi photo & kiosk company – with enthusiastic support from MediaWorks Radio – has just launched a fully customisable branded photo and video marketing app called Biz Brand Cam on the Apple App Store.

PRINZ taps Katie Mathison: At last week’s AGM of the Public Relations Institute, Wellington PR exponent (and PRINZ Fellow) Katie Mathison was voted the insitute’s President Elect. Her term as president will commence after the next AGM in May 2016, replacing current President Bruce Fraser.

Whybin\TBWA client service director Jodi Willocks has left – but the position of ECD Dave King is unclear.

Whybin\TBWA is expanding its services by restructuring its existing PR division, Eleven, with the “integration” of the Starseed agency.