Claudia Macdonald of Mango, Gina McKinnon of Fuse and Simon Kenny of McDonald’s NZ shared the Supreme Award at last night’s annual Public Relations Institute’s PRINZ Awards in Auckland, for their entry Crave and rave – golden praise drives results for golden arches.
Y&R, DDB, Colenso, FCB share the spoils in New York
NZ has picked up three Gold Pencils, four Silvers and a Bronze in early results from the 43rd annual One Show Awards at Gotham Hall in New York City overnight.
The numbers stack up for big VR show
Blacksand ECD Jens Hertzum, the Media Design School’s Jamie Telford, NZME’s Dallas Gurney, Vice NZ ed Frances Morton, Animation Research’s Ian Taylor, Y&R New York’s Catherine Patterson, and Augusto’s Leon Kirkbeck are among the 25 high-powered NZ and offshore speakers – including who will speak at the Magnify VR & AR South Pacific Summit next week in Auckland.
Best Dressed hi-res pix
CAANZ and NZME have released the first hi-res pix of the NZME Best Dressed Male & Female competition winners from last week’s Beacons in Auckland.
The Commerce Commission will decide ultimate fate of merger
The Commerce Commission will have the final say on the APN-Fairfax merger proposal – and how much impact the overwhelmingly negative views of media commentators and hostile journos have on the ultimate decision remains to be seen.
New categories, new sponsor at Spikes
The Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity has appointed MasterCard as the headline sponsor for this year’s Spikes.
New look for Instagram
Facebook NZ today introduces a new look for Instagram, including an updated icon and app design for the main Instagram app, and a new unified set of icons for Boomerang, Hyperlapse, and Layout.
Rising NZ media stars win at Yahoo
Two of New Zealand’s best young digital experts have been recognised in the Australasian Yahoo 2016 Digital Stars programme, now in its fifth year.
Dynamic Ads adds Instagram
Facebook has overnight announced a variety of product updates to Facebook and Instagram to help advertisers drive demand and sales of their products and services.