AUCKLAND, Today: Ogilvy ECDs Lisa Fedyszyn & Jonathan McMahon will be featured speakers at the Marketing Association’s next Brainy Breakfast event, on Tuesday 14 May.

AUCKLAND, Today: M+AD has two tickets to give away (scroll down for the link) to tomorrow’s premiere of NZ independent film Soldiers Without Guns, narrated by Lucy Lawless.

LONDON, Today: Iconic battery brand Duracell has awarded its global creative business (outside the USA) to WPP agency Wunderman Thompson. The Wunderman win came after a four-month multi-agency pitch with 10 agencies in the running.

NEW YORK, Wednesday: In the highest-profile deal the global ad industry has seen in recent memory, Aussie creative overachiever David Droga has sold the agency that bears his name to Dublin-based management consultancy Accenture.

NAPIER, Wednesday: Chemical giant BASF has appointed Hawkes Bay full service specialist agribusiness agency Tracta (“the Heartland Agency”) as the creative and strategic lead for their Australia and New Zealand agricultural business.

JERSEY CITY, Saturday: Six New Zealanders – including a Wellington agency chief – have made the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list of the hottest “game-changing” entrepreneurs.

NEW YORK, Today: Facebook is taking steps to shore up support from its agency partners in wake of the New Zealand terror attacks.

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA, Friday: Applications have opened for the 2019 New Stars competition have opened – with an appeal to all Kiwi junior creatives aged under 30. “It would be great to have a team from New Zealand here this year, says Sydney-based organiser Barbara Messer.

AUCKLAND, Friday: Colenso BBDO has launched a DM-driven campaign for the all-new BMW 3 Series, featuring voice-activated technology, as well as the car’s connectivity and integrated apps like Microsoft 365, plus a new toy called BMW’s Intelligent PA.