CHICAGO, Today: TimeZoneOne and Schafer Condon Carter have together been named the new agency of record for Broken Shed Vodka, an award-winning premium New Zealand vodka growing its distribution across the US.

AUCKLAND, Today: The newspaper sector is talking up new research that shows Kiwis’ thirst for news is undiminished, one year after we fist went into lockdown.

AUCKLAND, Today: Grey Lynn-based digital creative agency Method and OMG have brought back The Warehouse’s Red Rabbit Hunt again for Easter.

AUCKLAND, Friday: Ad provocateur Cindy Gallop, accompanied by exec coach and former Gruen panellist Claire Salvetti, were “in town” yesterday to help launch The Verizon Media Academy Masterclass 2021 webinar (“providing free online career training for everyone in the media and marketing industry”.)

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Mobile advertising experts Kargo has announced the launch in Australia & NZ of Fabrik, a proprietary content management system.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: New Comscore results show that Healthline Media Group, which owns Healthline.com and Medical News Today, has ranked #1 in health and is the “9th biggest media website in Australia”.

AUCKLAND, Today: “Here’s a tip,” says Phantom Billstickers’ Rupert Fenton, a perceptive chap, addressing the “art-of copy” problems faced by many brands.

AUCKLAND, Today: A distinguished selection of NZ agency and marketing people have signed on as presenters for next month’s Marketing Association’s Women In Marketing 2021 event.