AUCKLAND, Friday: Colenso, PHD Media, NZME and Skinny have taken an innovative approach to content sponsorship with a new integrated content model, called Friendship, launched by The Hits Breakfast hosts Jono Pryor & Ben Boyce. (Scroll down for a combined credits list.)

AUCKLAND, Today: Auckland University Press is about to release the first substantial book, Billy Apple: Life/Work, by Christina Barton, on the career of pop (and advertising) artist Billy Apple.

AUCKLAND, Today: Unilever has appointed Wright Comms to handle the PR for its consumer and corporate portfolio, following a competitive pitch. The incumbent was Acumen.

LONDON, Thursday: Rolls-Royce has unveiled a digital-friendly identity, carefully created by the Pentagram agency (London & New York). The luxury car brand has brought a refined version of its Spirit of Ecstasy emblem to the forefront of its new visual identity, complete with abstract visualisations and a tweaked wordmark.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Radio users still opt for traditional transistors and car radios, according to the annual radio device insights report conducted by GfK and the Radio Broadcasters Association.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Authority PR has forged a strategic relationship with NZ’s Covid-19 Vaccine Corporation. CVC ceo Dr Robert Feldman said: “We propose a unique approach to the development of a vaccine utilising New Zealand biobead technology.

BUSAN, KOREA, Today: The Young Ad Stars competition is making a determined pitch for Kiwi young creatives and uni students this year.

AUCKLAND, Today: Is the handshake dead? Here’s a Business Section story from this morning’s Herald: “Forged in antiquity, the preferred office greeting of the corporate era has survived the peace-sign-as-hello 1960s; the deal-clinching high-five 1990s; and the bro hug of the past decade (a manly-man micro-Heimlich ascending all the way from the playing fields to the Obama White House).