AUCKLAND, Today: Coca-Cola has made its call after a global media review, keeping WPP Open X across most markets while handing North America to Omnicom. For WPP, that includes retaining the business... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Vogel’s might be one of New Zealand’s best-known loaves, but McCann New Zealand is taking a fairly bold position on the pantry staple. It’s not bread. It’s toast. Technically, yes,... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: The Commercial team at NZME has developed a new role to better meet the needs of advertisers. Paul Hancox, previously head of revenue, is stepping up into the new role... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Earlier this month, TV1’s Dan the Weatherman ran a series in which he talked to Effie NZ 2018’s international judge Mark Earls about why the top 8 campaigns deserved to... Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: Now into its second year, Bauer NZ’s Next Women in Media scholarship provides $10,000 for the winning entry to further her career in media. Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday: Geometry NZ, Ogilvy’s shopper and brand activation agency, has won the Best Campaign in New Zealand category at the Six Dragons marketing awards in Malaysia. Read More
SYDNEY, Thursday: Curious Film has signed British comedy director Lucy Forbes to its roster for Australasia. Known for her witty perspective and snappy storytelling abilities, Forbes is one of the leading voices... Read More
VICTORIA, Thursday: Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne, with Sweetshop director Alexander Brown, have shot a spot for global online bike marketplace BikeExchange, which will screen across 10 markets – including NZ. Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: The latest Nielsen research was released at noon. The data arrived too late for a thorough analysis of everybody – so our report focuses on the detail (scroll down). Read More
AUCKLAND, Today: The New Zealand Herald has seen an 8% increase year on year in readership to 453,000 print readers, with 806,000 print readers across a week, according to the latest Nielsen... Read More
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: The winners of the 2018 Deloitte Top 200 awards have been crowned at Spark Arena in Auckland, acknowledged for their business excellence and noteworthy leadership across 10 award categories. Read More
A number of readers – mainly Radio Live staffers and their associates – have sided with M+AD’s negative take on the Radio Live/Magic ‘merger’ (in reality, a miserable MediaWorks capitulation and closure). Read More