Veteran adman – perhaps the most admired one of his generation – David (Dave/Devo/Waldo) Walden died in Auckland on Saturday, aged 66 after a short (but vigorous) fight against an aggressive form of cancer.

Nationally, MediaWorks’ The Edge is the most listened-to network (in All People/cumes), closely followed by NZME’s NewstalkZB.

NZME & MediaWorks share the glory in radio station website traffic – NZME taking 4 of the top 10 spots and MediaWorks 5 (No 1 is Radio NZ National).

Mobile advertising technology company Snakk Media (NZAX: SNK)  is today launching a public equity offer for new and existing shareholders, which aims to raise up to $NZ2.3m. The offer opens on Monday 12 October and Snakk has applied to transition its listing to the NXT Market following the offer’s completion.

Campaign Asia-Pacific Agency of the Year Awards – which includes the NZ Agency of the Year – has extended its deadline to this Friday 9 October.

Last year, Special Group and Paspaley Pearls created an award-winning campaign with acclaimed author Anna Funder (Australian Book of the Year, Miles Franklin Literary Award) and actress Teresa Palmer. Everything Precious was a “unique” multimedia and content collaboration that centred around a specially commissioned, original short story.

Fifty-eight per cent of respondents to a recent online Australian industry drug survey admitted to using cocaine, making it the No 1 drug of choice amongst Aussie Adlanders.

Following a successful exhibition in Chrischurch, the New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year exhibition moves to Auckland for a month tomorrow (Saturday 3 October).