NEVADA, Tuesday: Colenso BBDO’s Mars Pedigree SelfieSTIX campaign has won Best in Show – the Diamond Award – at the DMA International Echo Awards in the US.
Eight days to Effie
AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council says tickets are selling fast to next week’s 2018 Effie Awards – but there are still plenty to go around.
Ford runs with Colenso & Clemenger in NZ
DETROIT, Tuesday: WPP’s NZ agencies JWT and VMLY&R are winding up their Ford campaigns as they prepare for the official switchover to BBDO NZ agencies in just three weeks, on Wednesday 1 November.
DDB & Sweetshop shoot The 72 Club
DDB has launched a new Lifeline fundraising campaign, The 72 Club, which aims to flip the infamous ’27 Club’ on its head. The 27 Club’ are young musicians whose lives were tragically cut short. “From that inspiration,” says DDB ceo Justin Mowday, “The 72 Club was created to inspire all Kiwis to go on to live to 72 and beyond.”
Deadline: 11pm today
HONG KONG, Today: The deadline for the New Zealand-Australia division of the Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year Awards closes at 6pm today (Tuesday).
Everybody loves Kong (Updated)
July’s No 1, Mitre 10’s hugely likeable donkey spot Roy, this month has picked up its second championship title, reports Colmar Brunton client executive Andy Strain. KFC is the only new entry in September, debuting in 2nd with their humorous airport escalator ad.
Publicis Media wins US$1.7 billion global account
Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline has awarded its US$1.7 billion media business to Publicis Media, following a competitive review, according to “people with knowledge of the matter”, reported in Campaign Asia. Publicis Media is said to have created a dedicated agency unit for the account.
Object or objet?
It’s not often you get to use a fancy word like objet in a heading – but we did manage it in a story in M+AD Friday about Aussie adman Ralph van Dijk, headed The objets I love.
Aussies get in early
Trade publication B&T which covers the Australian media, marketing and advertising industry is expanding their latest breakfast event series to include an event in Auckland.
More LIA finalists – DDB, Assembly, Ogilvy, Sweetshop
LONDON, Friday: New Zealand entries have collected five Production, Post-Production, and Music Video shortlist places at the London International Awards. Sweetshop was involved in three of these, DDB (2), Assembly and Ogilvy (one apiece).