All copies of the National Party Rowing TVC have been expunged from the net in the wake of the looming Eminem rip-off scandal – but that hasn’t stopped the ad from debuting on the latest TV Top 20. (Visitors to Youtube and www.mad-daily.com/nats-go-sporty-look – where Rowing has featured prominently – now get a blank screen when they click the link, […]
Clio Day 4: DDB & Whybin get close
More metal for NZ overnight at the Clio Awards in New York. DDB won a Silver for Sky TV Bring Down the King (in OOH). And Whybin\TBWA\DAN won three Bronzes for the NZ Effies Results Don’t Lie campaign (two in OOH category, one in Integrated).
Last chance to dance
With just a few hours to go – bidding closes at five o’clock this afternoon – the highest bid for the Botab Euro Chef’s Table prize auction currently stands at $1000. Bids need to be in $250 increments.
AIDS Foundation dumps Interbrand, taps bcg2
Just one week after winning a prestigious global Interbrand Best Work Award for the NZ AIDS Foundation’s Love Your Condom campaign, the foundation has sacked Interbrand and awarded its business to bcg2 after a creative pitch.
Admission rebrands as Vanilla Brief
Admission, the Auckland marketing agency founded by Rob Davis in 2002, has quietly expanded – and rebranded. “After 12 years as Admission, we decided to review our branding to more reflect our specialist digital positioning,” Davis told M+AD.
Worthington takes BEfest keynote role
Colenso BBDO ECD Nick Worthington will be the keynote speaker at the third Festival of Branded Content & Entertainment (BEfest) awards and conference in Sydney on Thursday and Friday, October 8-9.
Effie 2014 – the finalists
CAANZ has identified the 113 successful entries that make the finalist list for the 2014 Effie Awards (held in association with TVNZ). FCB tops the list with 23 finalists; Colenso BBDO/Proximity is close behind with 18, DDB and Saatchi & Saatchi have 11 finalists each and Ogilvy & Mather 10.
Goodoil signs Kiwi director
Sydney-based film company Goodoil – an embedded nest of true-blue Kiwis – has signed NZ director Joel Kefali to its roster.
Moth moves on from Prodigy
Moth Projects, the Sydney & Auckland-based producer that took over from Prodigy Films in June, is setting up its new website (still under construction). The new company sees Jonathan Samways, who ran Prodigy for 15 years, team up with Sydney-based director/DOP Jeff Darling and Darling’s executive producer Sarah Blair.
Lion digital finds a new home
Lion has appointed Young & Shand as its digital agency after a pitch. The incumbent, for the past seven years, was TBWA NZ’s Digital Arts Network, which resigned the business – apparently because the rewards were not commensurate with the work.
