AUCKLAND, Wednesday: “An atrocious headline,” a fan writes about yesterday’s Gender Bender piece.

PARIS, Today: Colenso BBDO senior copywriter Ellen Fromm has been chosen to represent New Zealand in Cannes Lions’ See It Be It programme.

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: New Zealand Woman’s Weekly journalists left stranded by Bauer’s collapse have formed an email news service, A Quiet Cuppa.

NEW YORK, Last Night: DDB Group Auckland and Special Group Auckland both won Pencils for New Zealand at The One Show.

AUCKLAND, Today: NZ news website BusinessDesk has made a high-profile appointment, announcing that Jane Clifton starts as political columnist this week.

AUCKLAND, Today: Clemenger BBDO Wellington MD Brett Hoskin and director of social marketing Linda Major have been enlisted by the Marketing Association for a live-streamed Covid-19 review.

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Bauer Media has agreed to sell its Australian publishing business – and the remains of its NZ business – to Australian private equity firm Mercury Capital.

LONDON, Today: Overnight, TBWA NZ has picked up New Zealand’s only D&AD Yellow Pencil for ANZ’s Mr Humfreez in the Direct/Direct Innovation Category.

AUCKLAND, Today: Yesterday’s post about the Effie 2020 entry call was slightly premature – due to last-minute changes on the Comms Council website.