APN Outdoor has appointed Sydney-based James Warburton as Australia & New Zealand chief executive officer, effective Monday 22 January 2018. His appointment follows the departure of veteran Richard Herring, who is retiring after 22 years in the job.
Insight & bcg2 make finals in New York
Two NZ agencies have made it through to the shortlist stage of the 2017 Global Awards (which reward Healthcare campaigns).
Arrivals & Departures: Isentia taps Queenslander for NZ role
Auckland-based data intelligence business Isentia has today announced the appointment of a new country manager for New Zealand, Russ Horell.
Malware agency a threat to website revenue
The Government has effectively taken a swipe at the NZ ad business by setting up something called the Computer Emergency Response Team (aka Cert), a state agency that is urging consumers to install adblocking software.
Aussies issue NZ entry call
Sydney-based Campaign Brief has issued the entry call for its 2018 CB Australian Agency of the Year, and the CB New Zealand Agency of the Year.
Haunted M&M’s? Your favourite candy, now with ghosts in it
On Friday 13th, M&M’s NZ began pre-haunting boxes of M&M’S in preparation for the Halloween season. Here’s the blurb from Colenso …
ASB, WiTH, Curious sign Wilderpeople’s Rachel House
Downtown Auckland shop WiTH Collective has launched an integrated data-driven campaign and brand relaunch for ASB’s credit card rewards programme, True Rewards.
Wanted: Sponsor for Banksy show
Wellington arts promoter Stewart Macpherson is seeking sponsors to help him mount an Auckland exhibition in NZ of the art of Banksy – the celebrated English street artist of uncertain identity.
Out went the Silver Strings – in came John, Paul, George & Ringo
Johnny Douglas, the broadcasting programmer who introduced state-owned radio to The Beatles, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino in the late 1960s, died in Wellington last week aged 79.
Sugar and Penfolds at 10,000 metres
An enticing opportunity to taste Penfolds finest wine at 35,000 feet was the premise of Sugar & Partners’ Cellar Door Flight campaign, launched in September for long-term client partner South Australia Tourism Commission.
