AUCKLAND, Today: Brand-building agency Pead PR’s journey with Uber has come to an end as the two part ways in a regional alignment. Uber’s new shop is Sydney-based Sling&Stone, which opened an office in Auckland last year.

SYDNEY, Sunday: Strong growth in Newspaper ad spend is the common early Covid-19 adspend trend across the Australian and New Zealand media markets, although total media market trends vary markedly in March, according to the latest report from Standard Media Index AUNZ MD Jane Ratcliffe.

HAMILTON, Today: Waikato/BoP full-service agency King St has – like most of us – been keeping a close eye on media trends during the Covid crisis. Here’s their take …

AUCKLAND, Today: Stanley St CD Kim Ellison writes: “Since the oldie but a goodie* article was published, I’ve been inundated with calls from very talented people looking for work.

AUCKLAND, Today: Nielsen NZ director Tony Boyte has been promoted to the role of executive director, replacing Caroline Atford, who’s been appointed MD of Nielsen TAM Australia.

AUCKLAND, Today: “The secret of the lemonade stand isn’t lemons, it’s the recipe,” writes Hunch agency’s Michael Goldthorpe in his latest blog posting (scroll down for the link).

AUCKLAND, Today: A collection of micro-poems from Kiwi writer Annabel Hawkins goes macro on billboards across Aotearoa, with a little help from Go Media.

AUCKLAND, Today: MediaWorks has launched a $20m advertising fund to support SMEs, innovative start-ups and community organisations as they fight to survive Covid-19.

AUCKLAND, Today: The Outdoor Media Association has announced the launch of a new traffic report, detailing the impact of the Covid-19 alert stages on traffic flow across the main cities.

AUCKLAND, Thursday: Phantom’s Ben Stonyer writes: “It was four long weeks. 28+ days with no posters. The printing presses went silent. The paste buckets were put down. The Phantom vans and bikes were parked up.