LONDON, Wednesday: Melbourne Business School adjunct professor of marketing Mark Ritson – a respected commentator on the NZ ad-media scene – writes (in UK Marketing Week): “The first lesson of the coronavirus crisis that now engulfs us is to shut the fuck up and let the experts guide us.
NBR out of ink
AUCKLAND, Today: The National Business Review has canned its weekly print edition and moved to a fully digital-based subscription.
Free for all
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Pain & Gain
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Veteran Marsden Inch recruiter Barry Williamson has responded positively to Paul Head’s state-of-the-industry report, reprinted by M+AD Daily Tuesday directly from the Comms Council website.
Eye of the tiger
SYDNEY, Today: The New Zealand ad market is better placed than Australia’s to weather the Covid19 storm, according to ad intel provider Standard Media Index.
Don’t spray it!
AUCKLAND, Today: Many ad businesses are rapidly finding new ways to operate – like voiceover agency Bigmouth, which is now offering full voiceover services via Skype, Facetime, Zoom, or a phone call.
Creative freedom
HAMILTON, Today: Web delivery may be dropping off many agency radars – but now, in a time where literally every bit of revenue counts, NZ tech firm Blutui is seeing a rise in interest in their web development platform.
Guilt trip
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AUCKLAND, Saturday: M+AD was accused of cribbing after we republished a very personal piece written by a Covid-19 sufferer on the Quora website.