CANNES, Last Night: Clemenger BBDO has tonight converted one of its four finalists in the Radio/Audio category into a Bronze Lion – taking NZ’s tally to five Bronzes, but still no Silvers or Golds.
Arrivals & Departures: Scroll Media ramps up
AUCKLAND, Today: Digital ad sales company Scroll Media has made two senior hires – Vinay Shriyan and Megan Keene. Shriyan joins as programmatic & operations director to manage the operational side of the business. He has years of technical experience at realestate.co.nz and stuff.co.nz and Acquire Online and will use his experience to develop several new integrated placements including native, data capture and carousels.
Hosking, Lush gonged at Radio Awards
AUCKLAND, Last Night: The winners of the 2019 New Zealand Radio Awards have been announced at the awards ceremony at Sky City Theatre.
Up: Magazines for women, food, rugby, current affairs. Down: Offshore titles
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Rises across the board were recorded for most NZ magazine titles in the latest Nielsen Magazine Readership Toplines research, released late today.
NZH & Stuff shine at Nielsen
AUCKLAND, Thursday: Arch-rivals Stuff & the NZ Herald are today celebrating successful outcomes from the Nielsen Magazine & Newspaper Readership Toplines for Quarter 1 2019, released late today.
DDB & AIDS Foundation create risqué HIV prevention campaign for casual partners
AUCKLAND, Today: Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB) has launched Rules of a f***buddy, the latest campaign from Ending HIV – a community-focused behaviour change programme run by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation to reach men who have sex with men.
Effies call for entries
AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council has posted on its website the official entry call for the 2019 Effie Awards. A formal announcement can be expected shortly.
Arrivals & Departures: New partner joins founder at Socialites
AUCKLAND, Today: Melanie Spencer joins social media agency Socialites as managing partner, alongside founder/ceo Wendy Thompson, with a remit to help grow the business.
Still no Golds!
CANNES, Last night: At the half-way mark of the 2019 festival, New Zealand entries have made shortlists and Bronze Lions aplenty – but we’ve yet to mine Silver or Gold.
Focus on print sees sharp readership rises
CHRISTCHURCH, Today: According to the latest 2019 Nielsen readership report, Canterbury regional newspaper group Star Media – part of Allied Press, which owns Dunedin’s daily ODT – has enjoyed a 14% increase in readership across its Canterbury titles.
