AdFest has issued its entry call for the 2017 Lotus Awards – a four-day event to be held in Pattaya, Thailand, on Friday 20 January. The theme is 20 Years of Diversity.

New York Festivals International Advertising Awards is now accepting entries for the 2017 creative competition. The deadline is Tuesday 31 January.

Phantom Billstickers has introduced a 50% discount on all sites – including its new digital monster at Christchurch Airport – during the three-week Xmas holiday.

Almost 80% of New Zealanders aged 10 years and over listen to commercial radio each week, according to the results of the latest radio survey conducted by GfK. Newstalk ZB headed the network breakfast audiences, followed by More FM, The Edge, The Rock, and Breeze.

New York Festivals International Advertising Awards 2017 has issued its formal entry call. Entries for this creative competition submitted by Thursday 15 December 15 save 10% of their entry fees. The deadline is Tuesday 31 January.

By Shout! Web Strategy Melbourne ceo Michael Jenkins: Today the world is waking up with the greatest hangover since Brexit. We have entered the era of Trump Pence.

MDS AdSchool CD Kate Humphries writes: Our end-of-year show invites were held up in Customs (we got them printed by a street vendor in Peru) and we’ve finally got the last of our balloon invites with their prominent prick instruction out yesterday.

Forsyth Barr last night warned that Trump’s policies would stoke inflation, in turn putting pressure on New Zealand interest rates.