M+AD has been unusually quiet because I’ve been really unwell and unable to keep the usual flow of industry news moving. I’m hoping to be back on deck Monday. Thanks for your... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: The Warehouse is planting its familiar red flag across Aotearoa with This is Warehouse Country, a major new platform from TBWA\New Zealand celebrating its place in everyday Kiwi life. Launched... Read More
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: The NZ media market again felt the full consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the economy in May, with the economic slowdown being reflected in another record decline in... Read More
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Australia has dumped the kangaroo, and chosen the yellow wattle as its new national logo – to the delight of comedy-loving Aussies, who believe it looks like the Coronavirus. Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council is offering free 12-month membership to any individual made redundant from a member agency. Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: The Comms Council had to overcome a series of offshore bureaucratic difficulties before finally posting a 2020 Effie entry link on its website (scroll down). Read More
AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Newton-based Hustle & Bustle, which describes itself as a “PR/brand experience agency”, has been appointed as the agency partner for LVMH’s Moët Hennessy New Zealand. Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Denizen magazine – one of the few classy glossy titles left in the wake of the Bauer desertion – has just released its first post-Covid issue, a remarkable 264-page read.“I... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Lumo is putting on weight – despite the pandemic. Charlie McCubbine, formerly of Mediaworks, has joined Lumo as direct account manager. Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: The Effies open for entry tomorrow (scroll down for the links). “We almost didn’t have an Effie Awards programme this year,” emails the Comms Council’s Nathasha Galloway. Read More