AUCKLAND, Today: The latest Nielsen research was released at noon. The data arrived too late for a thorough analysis of everybody – so our report focuses on the detail (scroll down).
NZ Herald grows readership
AUCKLAND, Today: The New Zealand Herald has seen an 8% increase year on year in readership to 453,000 print readers, with 806,000 print readers across a week, according to the latest Nielsen survey released this afternoon.
Zespri, Creedy win at Deloitte Top 200 Awards
AUCKLAND, Wednesday: The winners of the 2018 Deloitte Top 200 awards have been crowned at Spark Arena in Auckland, acknowledged for their business excellence and noteworthy leadership across 10 award categories.
MediaWorks insiders speak out
A number of readers – mainly Radio Live staffers and their associates – have sided with M+AD’s negative take on the Radio Live/Magic ‘merger’ (in reality, a miserable MediaWorks capitulation and closure).
Māori Television signs with external producer
AUCKLAND, Today: Māori Television has taken an innovative step forward by utilising an external production company’s new media team, together with the MTS internal team, to grow sales and content partnerships.
Auckland woman’s sweet marriage proposal
Or maybe it’s written in the sky as a pair share a romantic picnic and a plane flies overhead, puffing a “Marry me Sharon” above the city.
Aussie consumer insights shop hits town
SYDNEY, Today: Consumer insights outfits Fiftyfive5 and GalKal have announced a merger to create a larger independent consulting business – with an office in High St, Auckland.
Live/Magic is no merger
AUCKLAND, Today: Not everybody is celebrating the merger of MediaWorks stations Radio Live and Magic. One insider has written to M+AD saying: “It’s not so much a merger – more of a closure of Live” (which is exactly the way M+AD ed David Gapes – an old radio hand – sees it).
Cinema stunt’s powerful road-safety message
AUCKLAND, Today: Ogilvy has released details of Auckland Transport’s latest road safety campaign – a multimedia affair that the agency rightly describes as “hard-hitting”.
PR Awards finalists
AUCKLAND, Today: Just one week to go till PREScom – the Comms Council’s inaugural PR/experiential awards show – the finalists include Spark PR, Lassoo, Mango, Sherson Wills, Fuse, Tenfold, Campbell & Co, TBWA\ and Copper Brand Experiences (scroll down for details).
