PATTAYA, THAILAND, Thursday: Colenso BBDO is through to the finals in two categories at AdFest 2019 – and is the only New Zealand agency to make the shortlists.

AUCKLAND, Today: The wires are buzzing after M+AD yesterday speculated about the future of the Maserati brand in NZ. Barnes Catmur Dentsu’s Daniel Barnes wants our tender parts in a vice, while the Maserati people are just as upset but – as you’d expect from a marque with a bit of style – more polite about it.

LONDON, Today: UK marketing intelligence site Warc is forecasting Google’s and Facebook’s share of online advertising will rise to over 60% this year to US$176.4 billion, reducing the pool of ad money available to other online media, pushing it into decline for the first time by 0.7% to US$111 billion.

SYDNEY, Wednesday: European Automotive Imports, the distributor of Maserati performance and luxury cars in Australia and New Zealand, has appointed North Sydney-based Publisher’s Internationalé as the media sales agency for Il Tridente, Australia & NZ’s official Maserati magazine. There’s already a Maserati creative connection in NZ via BC&FD Auckland.

KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday: Tourism Malaysia is currently weighing contenders in a series of global pitches for creative and media, according to a report in Mumbrella Asia (scroll down for the link).

AUCKLAND, Today: This coming Monday 25 March, DDB Auckland is moving house from its old Greys Ave premises to fancy new digs at 119 Great North Rd, Grey Lynn.

SINGAPORE: Today: Some of NZ’s biggest brands have pulled their advertising from Facebook and Google in the past few days, following the Christchurch massacre.

MELBOURNE, Today: Full service creative agency Town Square has been appointed by leading global power tool maker Chervon as its agency of record across Australia and New Zealand following a four-way competitive pitch.

CANBERRA, Today: Australian broadcasters will be asked to explain themselves over their coverage of the Christchurch terrorist attack as part of an investigation into the networks’ reporting on the atrocity by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).