AUCKLAND, Today: School Road Publishing has “quietly” discontinued the print edition of its travel title, Scout, according to a report by Daniel Dunkley in online news site BusinessDesk.

PARIS, Today: The OECD’s 2022 Economic Survey of New Zealand, to be released on Tuesday 1 February, analyses the challenges the country faces after having rebounded rapidly from the sharp downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Previously Unavailable chief James Hurman is to share his perspective on the role of brand in contemporary marketing and how we should rethink brand for future demand – via ThinkTV online, next week.

AUCKLAND Today: Ponsonby-based digital transformation agency Hype & Dexter has been named a winner in the APAC Partner of the Year category in HubSpot’s 2021 Performance Impact Awards for the third year running.

NEW YORK, Today: D&AD has appointed two leading Kiwi creatives as jury members to preside over the judging of the organisation’s 2022 awards programme.

MANHATTAN, Today: The New York Festivals 2022 AME Awards has named Special chief strategy officer Rory Gallery to the top-tier panel of six global execs to the AME advisory council.

AUCKLAND, Today: Just $29+gst will buy you a ticket for the Marketing Association’s online Brainy Breakfast, starring OMD digital director Michael Te Young (and others) next month.

LONDON, Today: WARC (World Advertising Research Centre) has named Matthew Kingston, head of strategy at TBWA\NZ, as a juror for the Sustained Growth category of the WARC Awards for Effectiveness 2022.