New Zealand agencies & film companies picked up an impressive 32 gongs – including four Grand Prix – at the Spikes Asia festival, which wound up in Singapore on Friday.
Finding the not so obvious @ Spikes
Marko Klijn – the Ringmaster at Auckland animation savants Cirkus – reports for M+AD from Singapore: Visiting the Suntec Convention Centre for Spikes 2017 gives you that ground hog year feeling when the first point of call is to line up for another Havas double espresso. (We do thank you!)
Bridging The Confidence Gap – gifted women show the way in London
Last Thursday, R/GA, Cannes Lions and See It Be It alumni hosted an evening in London dedicated to building confidence among brilliant creative women – and another is planned next month (go to the end of the story).
Hef was the first global media champion of gay rights, free speech – and great writing
Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner, who died peacefully at home in Chicago, aged 91 was much, much more than a girlie-mag publisher.
NewstalkZB & The Edge top the ratings
Nationwide radio listenership has lifted to 3,360,100, according to the GfK Total New Zealand Commercial Radio Survey results, out yesterday.
NZ still a player in the Global Competitive Index
New Zealand is holding on to 13th place in the Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017, which assesses the competitiveness landscape of 138 economies, providing insight into the drivers of their productivity and prosperity.
Graphite Pencil for Colenso & DDB/Track in New York (updated)
Colenso BBDO and Omnicom NZ shops DDB & Track have won Graphite Pencils at the second annual D&AD Impact Awards, held yesterday in New York City.
Arrivals & Departures: TVNZ taps ex-BBC publicist
NZ-born publicist Rachel Howard is joining TVNZ as corporate communications manager. Howard has been based in London as a BBC publicist for the past year; before that she was Warner Bros Europe publicist, working out of London.
NZ scores 38 on the shortlists
Colenso BBDO has succeeded in winning 24 shortlist spots in seven categories at the Spikes Asia, currently under way in Singapore.
Republik wins Middle-earth
Downtown Auckland indie shop Republik has won the digital business for the new consumer products division at legendary Wellington design & effects facility Weta Workshop.
