AUCKLAND, Today: Google News, Initiative GNI (Brussels), and Bastion Transform (NZ) are presenting the outcomes of a series of highly successful live newsroom experiments with three prominent news organisations – Nine Publishing, the National Indigenous Times (NIT), and BusinessDesk New Zealand. 

AUCKLAND, Today: As usual, the M+AD Daily newsletter will not be posted on Labour Day – this Monday (23 October) – although our website will continue to be updated.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Stuff Group is turning seven of its mastheads green for a good cause. From Labour Day (this Monday 23 October), the Monday editions of the newspapers will be printed on 100% recycled paper.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: NZME has announced the return of its popular Imprint competition, which celebrates the power and efficacy of print advertising by encouraging unique ways of using the medium.

NEW YORK, Today: Special Auckland ECD Lisa Fedyszyn is among the 70 creatives from 27 countries named by The One Club for Creativity to serve on the jury for Next Creative Leaders 2023, a free global competition recognising women and non-binary creatives on the rise.

AUCKLAND, Today: The New Zealand Television Awards have announced the finalists for 2023, with a total of 115 nominations from more than 490 entries across 37 categories.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Once upon a time, Twitter was the place to go if you wanted to connect to New Zealand’s media, political and tech in-crowd. These days – especially since its purchase by Elon Musk – many local users are abandoning the platform in favour of alternatives such as BlueSky, Mastodon and, and putting down their phones and getting some actual work done.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Auckland based production house Reel Factory have just released WTF is Crypto, the latest in their long-form ventures via TVNZ+.