The Cannes Lions and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have put up 10 x US$100,000 competition prizes for a campaign that supports solutions to global health and poverty. The partners will also provide a further US$1 million to execute the winning ideas.
A Scot/Yank/Aussie walks into a Wellington bar …
Positively Wellington Tourism has tapped an LA-based Scottish immigrant to Australia to sell our capital city to the Aussies.
#SMCAKL Awards: The winners
The inaugural #SMCAKL Awards last night saw NZ’s social media superstars recognised at the Britomart Country Club.
Mag Awards deadline looms
The deadline for the Magazine Awards is 5pm tomorrow (Friday 20 June). The event itself will be held in Auckland on Thursday 25 September.
Colenso, FCB, DDB on a roll
Seven Lions for New Zealand work on Day 4 in Cannes – but none of them Gold. The categories decided last night were Radio, Design, Cyber, Press, and Product Design.
Out, damned spot!
ZenithOptimedia is championing a new strategic approach to communications planning that requires a rethink of the way clients prioritise and allocate resources across paid, owned and earned media.
Gold, Silver, Bronzes for NZ in Media
New Zealand has won a Gold Lion, one Silver Lion and three Bronze Lions in the Cannes Media competition held overnight in Cannes.
FCB & DDB/Mango win Silver Lions
FCB won a Mobile Silver Lion in Cannes overnight, for its Unicef Food Photos Save Lives campaign (already a Yellow Pencil winner at D&AD). The previous night, DDB/Mango also won a Silver PR Lion for Paw Justice Animal Strike (Tui won a Gold Lion in the same category, as reported yesterday).
Radio, Design, Cyber shortlists
NZ has picked up another 13 shortlist places overnight at the Cannes Lions – two in Radio, five in Design, and six in Cyber, bringing the NZ shortlist total from the first three days to 51 (scroll down for the earlier reports), plus a Gold Lion, two Silvers, and four Bronzes.
Things are turning ugly
“The definition of bad taste is killing someone.” This was one of the gems served up by newest addition to the Kardashian family on the stage in Cannes today, M+AD special correspondent Peter Vegas reports.
