Clemenger BBDO Melbourne has been crowned Agency of the Year at the 64th annual Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity over the weekend.

The Cannes Lions last night presented Aussie expat David Droga, founder & creative chairman of Droga5, with the Lion of St. Mark Award, arguably the highest honour in world creative advertising.

Three of NZ’s main daily newspapers – NZ Herald, Dominion Post, and The Press – all posted modest daily print & digital readership gains, according to the latest Nielsen National Readership Survey, released yesterday.

Bauer Media’s Nadia magazine – the only eponymous NZ title built around a TV foodie star – is now No 1 in the women’s health & lifestyle category, according to the ABC March circulation audit, released by the publisher.

Written for M+AD by Sydney-based Steve Davis, Ooyala vice-president/GM Asia Pacific & Japan:  Forces sweeping across New Zealand’s media landscape are changing the ground rules for all players. The arrival of new competitors and evolving technologies mean existing business models are no longer working. The organisations that survive will be the ones that adapt – and do it quickly.

New downtown Auckland agency Crave has plunged into the worlds of art and social media to transport Ponsonby Rd’s Chapel Bar & Bistro customers to Rome’s Sistine Chapel.