AUCKLAND, Today: Flying Fish and the Comms Council have released details of the 2019 12th annual Battle of the Ad Bands.
Media consortium to close
AUCKLAND, Today: KPEX, the Kiwi Premium Ad Exchange consortium created in 2015 by Stuff, NZME, Mediaworks and TVNZ, is to close.
Man in black’s new mystery role
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: OMD NZ managing partner Andrew Reinholds is leaving – to take up a new role outside Omnicom. The agency has yet to name a replacement.
Dirty pictures
AUCKLAND, Today: Phantom Billstickers has found yet another way to create unique environments for their posters – the latest being a full bathroom vanity for personal-care products provider Thankyou.
Rush taps Bruce Cotterill
AUCKLAND, Monday: Parnell-based design tech studio Rush has appointed former ACP Media & Yellow Pages chief Bruce Cotterill as its new chairman.
One Adhesive hero splits – another arrives
AUCKLAND, Monday: Independent PR agency Adhesive has announced the appointment of Eleisha Balmer as its new head of PR in New Zealand, replacing Lwindi Ellis who – after three years in the job – has departed to spend more time at home with her family.
DDB reinvents Chippy (Updated)
AUCKLAND, Today: DDB is giving Bluebird chips a nudge, reinventing the Bluebird penguin ‘Chippy’, according to a statement supplied by the client.
BC&F Dentsu create new foundation for Essano
AUCKLAND, Monday: BC&F Dentsu has launched its first campaign for fmcg brand Essano, aiming “to drive greater growth”.
Dentsu slamdunks Big Mobile tourney
AUCKLAND, Today: Mobile engagement specialist Big Mobile last week held its inaugural agency basketball competition with six digital agencies – Stanley St, OMD, PHD, FCB, Mediacom and Dentsu.
Don’t believe everything you read
AUCKLAND, Today: A M+AD reader comments on yesterday’s story about the early cannabis-fuelled Chesdale campaigns: “Saatchi didn’t exist in NZ until the mid-80s when they bought a local agency called Campaign.”
