AUCKLAND, Sunday: “We still need to become more digitally focussed – but that doesn’t mean we’re letting go of print,” Stuff ceo Sinead Boucher told Sunday Star-Times reporter Tony Wall when he asked her “what’s next?”.

WELLINGTON, Today: This week NZ enjoys its 7th public holiday in 2020 when we celebrate Queen’s Birthday Weekend.

AUCKLAND, Today: oOh!media has elevated Nick Vile, GM of its New Zealand operations, to the company’s executive leadership team as part of a realignment to promote greater cohesion and integration across the business.

AUCKLAND, Today: Eden Terrace-based creative indie Chillbox has launched a new online and billboard campaign for domestic violence service provider Shine.

LONDON, Today: WARC’s latest Advertising Trends report, released overnight, paints a bleak picture of the impact of Covid-19 on global advertising investment.

AUCKLAND, Today: 99 is helping New World to showcase a range of NZ brands and producers in a new campaign to help kickstart a customer movement to buy NZ-made products and support our recovery post Covid-19.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Lumo Digital Outdoor will be the first NZ customer for a new partnership between global tech platform AdMobilize and AI company Seedooh (based in Australia) that will enable the automated integration of two foundational data-sets, of increasing importance for brands.

AUCKLAND, Today: Leading influencer marketing agency Born Bred Talent has ramped up its offering in New Zealand by signing 20 new TikTok creators to their NZ talent roster and launching one of the first major TikTok campaigns in the country.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: Grey Lynn-based indie media agency D3 has been appointed to manage the UP Education media account. The incumbent was MBM, which was also involved in the selection process.

NEW YORK, Today: NZ has scored 23 One Show finalist entries, with DDB leading the way with 12 (including four for Kiwirail Near Miss Memorials). Colenso BBDO and Special Group have four finalists each, and Clemenger BBDO has two.