AUCKLAND, Today: Following a year of Covid uncertainty and a strategic review of the NZDM Awards that identified the need for restructure and reinvention, the Marketing Association has decided to postpone the call for entries until 2021.
Partners in Action
AUCKLAND, Today: Avondale-based independent production specialists Production Partners is bringing on a new partner. Olivia Duthie has worked with the team for three years and is now joining Lee Shaw as partner to continue to evolve the business and deliver on their promise of “innovation made easy”.
Warm Reception
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Two big winners at The Radio Bureau’s 2020 Orcas, announced yesterday – the Grand Orca went to Stanley St creatives Tim Thach & Brooke Wiley, and the People’s Choice winners – for the second time running – were David Shirley & Melina Fiolitakis from FCB.
Unicef taps The Feds, Socialites, IDIA
AUCKLAND, Today: Unicef Aotearoa has appointed three NZ agencies – social media specialist Socialites, design shop IDIA and creative agency Federation – to work collaboratively with Unicef to implement their bicultural branding, digital community and marketing strategy.
Missing in Action
BUSAN, Tuesday (Updated): Clemenger BBDO Wellington won the Grand Prix, six Golds and six Silvers at Ad Stars in Korea – yesterday’s report missed three Golds won by the agency for Waka Kotahi’s Belted Survivors (NZ Transport Agency).
Clems & DDB win in Korea
BUSAN, Today: New Zealand agencies have scored a Grand Prix and five Golds at the Ad Stars 2020 Awards overnight in Korea.
TV3 staffers ‘jubilant’
AUCKLAND, Today: There’s been scenes of jubilation at MediaWorks/TV3 in Flower St since the announcement the troubled NZ company has been bought by US media giant Discovery, according to NZ Herald reporter Matt Nippert.
Discovery buys MediaWorks TV
AUCKLAND, Today: New Zealand’s largest independent commercial broadcaster MediaWorks and global leader of real-life entertainment Discovery Inc have have reached a binding agreement regarding the sale of MediaWorks’ free-to-air TV business.
