AUCKLAND, Sunday: In the eyes of lovers of the English language, there’s a special place in hell for those who misuse apostrophes.

AUCKLAND, Today: Entries close tomorrow (Tuesday 24th at 4pm) for the Beacon Awards 2020 – the premium event in New Zealand’s media world.

AUCKLAND, Today: Newmarket-based agency Boyd PR has retained the South Australian Tourism Commission following a competitive pitch.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: The IAB has released its 2019 Digital Advertising Revenue Report, showing total mobile growth (smartphone and tablet) is up 22.5% on the previous year – and just over 25% in Q4 2019.

SYDNEY, Today: Three prominent Kiwi creatives have been named to perform jury duty at Australia’s 41st AWARD Awards 2020.

AUCKLAND, Today: Colenso, Clemenger, DDB led the field in the Axis finalists list – released by the Comms Council yesterday (scroll down for the PDF).

AUCKLAND, Today: Three of the planet’s most interesting creatives – all judges at Axis Awards 2020 – are scheduled to take part in a Q+A session at AUT on Thursday 5 March.

AUCKLAND, Today: Pead PR has further solidified its corporate offering by the appointment of Stephen Jones as corporate account director.

AUCKLAND, Today: One year since launching, NZ employment site Seek’s Smarter Search function – designed to help job seekers expand their prospects by using AI technology to predict their top matches – is receiving 250,000 search sessions each day.