The Rock is rolling out a new station logo from next week – the first visual rebrand in the station’s 27-year history. The new visual identity is part of the new brand marketing campaign which celebrates the loyalty of The Rock’s listeners and their faithful love of rock music (scroll down for the rebrand launch reel).

One of the biggest moves in the Australian media history is underway, with Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media set to merge businesses, according to a report just published by Mumbrella Australia (scroll down for the link).

Auckland, Today: Hot off the heels of a strong creative launch, Skinny is continuing to celebrate its new Get The Skinny campaign with New Zealand media-firsts and uniquely ‘Skinny’ executions from PHD and Spark PR & Activate.

“I’ve been blocked from your fantastic website,” writes Talkies PR’s Richard Carter. “What kind of paranoid pyjama-wearing bastard fiddles the knobs in your IT department?”

Special Group has created a mobile-first game for Kiwi FMX superstar Levi ‘Rubber Kid’ Sherwood to celebrate the nationwide release of his dedicated 473ml Red Bull can.

FCB New Zealand ceo Dan Martin has left the agency – by mutual agreement – after less than one year in the role. And the recruitment process has now begun to find a new chief executive.

Auckland digital marketing agency Done Digital has launched a standalone brand for property advertising. Its new brand, PropertyAdvertising.co.nz, specialises in advertising properties for sale through social media, messaging platforms, as well as popular apps and websites, using the very latest in targeting methods. 

The 2018 Effie Awards in association with TVNZ have introduced a new category: Short-Term Success, which aims to reward short-term impact campaigns with good strategy, excellent execution and great results.