AUCKLAND, Today: Hot on the heels of his appointment as ceo of DDB Worldwide, Marty O’Halloran has appointed Justin Mowday to lead the New Zealand group business.
Elite numbers for M+AD

AUCKLAND, Today: M+AD’s daily email set new readership records on Thursday, scoring over 7000 individual page views hourly.
Ex Machina

AUCKLAND, Today: Techweek2020 – a national online celebration of tech & innovation presented by NZTech – starts today and runs through to Friday 2 August.
Carat got the nod
AUCKLAND, Today: Countdown will be moving its media strategy, planning and buying to Dentsu media agency Carat, effective from September.
Cause + Effect
CANNES, Today: The upcoming Lions festival is squeezing good value out of senior NZ adman James Hurman – they’ve tapped him for online Q+A video sessions next week.
Strategy Sage
AUCKLAND, Today: Dentsu Aegis Network NZ has promoted award winning strategist Claire Beatson from WiTH Collective head of strategy, where she has overseen market leading work for ASB Bank, into a newly created role of general manager of strategy for the whole network.
Eye of the Tiger
AUCKLAND, Today: Kiwi author and client/agency specialist Sarah Ritchie has won an international accolade for her latest book, How to Tango with a Tiger: a marketer’s guide to working with creative communications agencies.
No Surprises
AUCKLAND, Thursday: The recently rebranded Out of Home Media Association Aotearoa has reported revenue for Q2 is down by -76% on net media revenue year-on-year, posting $8.8 million.